St. Vincent and the Grenadines today reported one (1) new COVID-19 death. The patient is a twenty-five (25) year old male resident of Owia who tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday March 19th after presenting to the Modern Medical and Diagnostic Centre, Accident and Emergency department with shortness of breath and decreased appetite. The young man was transferred to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital and died this morning at 5:45 am from COVID pneumonia. One thousand, seven hundred (1700) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020. Fifteen hundred and twenty-three (1523) cases…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded four (4) new positive cases from samples collected between Thursday 18 to Saturday March 20. Two (2) positives are for travelers who arrived with negative PCR tests and tested positive during quarantine screening. Two (2) of these four (4) new positive cases were from seventy-three (73) samples received and processed on Saturday, March 20, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 2.7%. Two (2) recoveries were reported bringing the number of total recoveries to fifteen hundred and twenty-three (1523). One hundred and sixty-eight (168) cases remain active and nine (9) persons with COVID-19 have…
By Jomo Thomas The struggle for the heart, minds and soul of Caribbean peoples intensified over the last week. This struggle pits the Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Robert Bermudez, against Dr Hilary Beckles, UWI Vice-Chancellor. This is a struggle about the future of the Caribbean. It is a struggle for our region’s place in the world. It is about strategic vision and how we position ourselves in this new world order rapidly emerging. If you were not paying attention, nothing I have said before might be apparent. You may have heard or read that Chancellor…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded two (2) new positive cases from one hundred and forty-two (142) samples received and processed on Friday, March 19, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 1.4%. Nine (9) recoveries were reported bringing the number of total recoveries to fifteen hundred and twenty-one (1521). One hundred and sixty-six (166) cases remain active and nine (9) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, six hundred and ninety-six (1696) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020. The public is urged to use a mask, sanitize, physically distance and…
Some patients at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) say they are in shock after their cellular phones were stolen on Saturday. One source said a man entered the Maternity Ward at the MCMH about 2 a.m. on Saturday, March 20, and stole four cellular phones belonging to three patients and one of the nurses who was on duty. The phones include a Samsung G4 Plus, a Samsung A10, and ZTE, and a Samsung J2. One of the patients said that her phone was under her pillow. Another witness said she saw the man and thought he was a worker…
Members of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force are investigating the theft of several cellular phones of patients at the MCMH. A man entered the Maternity ward at about 2am on Saturday and stole four cellular phones belonging to three patients and one nurse who was on duty. One patient told ANN she saw the intruder and thought was worker,a
“Education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world,” opined Nelson Mandella. If education is to be used as a weapon, what is the ammunition needed to help us navigate successfully through the period and mitigate against the impact of the pandemic on education and safe guard the future of the teaching and learning process? Further, what has the national budget of 2021 put forward to reflect the urgency of the moment in order to secure a better future for all? The most important point is that we have given meaning to the slogan, ‘no…
TheUnitedStates has further expanded opportunities to renew U.S. visas without having to come to the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados for an in-person interview. Thesenew “interview waiver” procedures will ease travel to the United States for many visitors who do not live in Barbados, as well as contribute to mitigating exposure to COVID-19. Most citizens and passport holders of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines can now renew their visas without having to come to the U.S. Embassy in Bridgetown. Previously, only those applicants whose nonimmigrant visa expired within…
This year less than an estimated $3M of the projected revenue to be raised from the newly increased Vincentian Customs Service Charge is to be paid out to five major regional emergency organizations, Opposition Leader Dr. Godwin Friday told listeners of Hot 97.1 FM on Thursday morning. Last Tuesday the Vincentian Parliament enacted what was touted as the only fiscal measure to be entertained by the Dr. Gonsalves-led government in its 2021 National Budget presentation. The measure is meant to raise approximately 10 million Eastern Caribbean dollars annually, in service of this country’s obligations to several regional emergency management entities.…
[Presented to the House of Assembly on March 16, 2021] Introduction: This week, we publish excerpts of the Ministerial Statement delivered by Hon Camillo Gonsalves, outlining some of the social protection initiatives of the government in the continued effort at addressing the social and economic fall-out from the Covid-19 pandemic. Social protection Since this Coronavirus first came to our shores in March of 2020, the Government has introduced a variety of innovative interventions, designed to strengthen social protections for the vulnerable and assist affected persons in their management of COVID-related economic challenges. As part of this ongoing system of social…