PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — Belize’s national football team was briefly held up by assault rifle-toting insurgents in Haiti on Monday, the country’s football federation said. The central American country’s team — known as the Jaguars — is currently in Haiti for a World Cup 2022 qualifier in the capital Port-Au-Prince on March 25. They were headed to their hotel from the airport when they were stopped by the armed gang, the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) said on Facebook. “Despite the four-man police escort, the team bus was stopped by… insurgents on motorcycles,” they said, adding that their escorts…
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Members of The Rotary Club of St. Vincent collaborated with the Salvation Army Children’s Home and Friends on Sunday March 21st 2021 and treated the children to a fun day out at a local beach for some downtime and fun in the sun. The relationship with the Salvation Army Children’s Home began in earnest in 2020 when the Rotary Club of St. Vincent reached out to provide service to the children through academic support, reading time, and social engagement in an effort to boost their confidence, social skills and overall wellbeing. As part of the fun initiative on Sunday, the…
Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Easter holiday in response to a third wave of coronavirus infections. After talks with regional leaders, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany was now in a “very serious” situation. Restrictions will be even tougher from 1-5 April, when most shops will be shut and gatherings will be limited. Meanwhile, France’s president wants vaccinations “morning, noon and night”. Emmanuel Macron was responding to an increase in intensive care cases and warnings of an “explosion” in hospital admissions. In contrast, the UK has managed to reduce its infection…
Tuesday, March 23, 2021MIAMI, United States (CMC) — The United States Coast Guard says it repatriated 17 Cubans on Monday, a few days after they were caught trying to get into the country illegally. The migrants were interdicted last Thursday about 54 miles south of Key West, Florida “and brought aboard due to safety of life at sea concerns”, the coast guard said. “People who attempt to illegally enter the United States by taking to the sea put their lives, and the lives of their accompanying family members at grave risk,” said Lt Cmdr Mario Gil, Coast Guard liaison officer,…
A wake cloud stretching off the west coast of Barbados brought showers across the southern portion of mainland St. Vincent by late afternoon. Ahead of a weak lower-level trough, occasional cloudy skies with a few showers are likely across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on Wednesday. Unstable conditions with increasing cloudiness can be expected by Thursday afternoon into the night; with pockets of moderate/heavy showers across SVG. Shower activity could continue during Friday. Over the next few days, moderate to fresh (20 – 35 km/h) east north-easterly trades are expected; with higher gusts likely by Friday night. Slight to…
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Police on Tuesday identified a 21-year-old man as the suspect who opened fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket, and court documents showed that he purchased an assault weapon less than a week before the attack that killed 10 people, including a police officer. Supermarket employees told investigators that Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa shot an elderly man multiple times Monday outside the Boulder grocery store before going inside, according to the documents. Another person was found shot in a vehicle next to a car registered to the suspect’s brother. Authorities said Alissa was from the Denver suburb…
The Campden Park Industrial Estate headquartered St. Vincent Brewery Limited on Monday 22nd March , 2021 donated 2000 pieces of personal protective equipment to the local Health Ministry. The items included “One Thousand (1000) Rapid Response Antigen kits (Abbott Brand), Five Hundred (500) N95 masks and Five Hundred (500) Disposable gowns (Blue Colour),” a release from the longstanding corporate citizen described. The donated PPE’s are expected to “be put to use immediately following handover by the CMO [Chief Medical Officer] of St. Vincent & the Grenadines.” While speaking at the hand-over ceremony, SVBL’s newly minted Country Manager Shafia London pointed…
Saint Lucia is gearing up to welcome its first international cruise ship since closure to the sector amid the global Covid-19 pandemic. Following considerable dialogue with local authorities, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has signaled the return of the cruise industry to Saint Lucia after more than a year, naming Her as a port-of-call on a mid-July itinerary, that will see Celebrity Millennium make its first voyage of the season to the destination, as well as to sister islands and homeports of St. Marten and Barbados on its Southern Caribbean route. Preliminary discussions with Royal Caribbean include a commitment that both…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pm daily. Monday, 22nd March 2021 – Cumberland, Ottley Hall, Yambou, Peruvian Vale, Kelbourney, Gomea, Simon, New Prospect, Sandy Bay and Point Tuesday, 23rd March 2021 – Spring Village, Edinboro, Battery Hill, Cemetery Hill, Stubbs, Welcome, Dauphine, Biabou and Owia Wednesday, 24thMarch 2021 – Gordon Yard, Mount Wynne, New Montrose, Montrose, Richland Park, Belair,…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded no (0) new positive cases from one hundred and twenty-nine (129) samples collected on Sunday March 21, 2021. No new recoveries were reported, leaving the number of total recoveries at fifteen hundred and twenty-three (1523). One hundred and sixty-seven (167) cases remain active and ten (10) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, seven hundred (1700) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020. The public is urged to consistently use masks, sanitize, physically distance and get vaccinated to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in St. Vincent…