Chief Medical Officer Dr Simone Keizer-Beache has disclosed that the government has purchased a drug that can spread the dreaded Covid-19 to caregivers. Dr Keizer-Beache made the disclosure at a virtual press conference on Thursday. She was at the time responding to questions of whether the drug Interferon, purchased from Cuba last year, was never used on Covid-19 patients since purchased and if not why not. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said last year his government “placed an order to purchase from Cuba a sufficiency of the dosages of the drug Interferon for 50 persons…cycles of the dosage.” “No, we…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are poised to vote on whether Donald Trump will be held accountable for inciting the horrific attack at the Capitol after a speedy trial that laid bare the violence and danger to their own lives and the fragility of the nation’s tradition of a peaceful transfer of presidential power. Barely a month since the deadly riot, closing arguments are set for the historic impeachment trial as senators arrive for a rare Saturday session, all under the watch of armed National Guard troops still guarding the iconic building. The outcome of the quick, raw and emotional proceedings…
PARIS, France (AFP)— Developing new COVID-19 vaccines will fail to end the pandemic unless all countries receive doses in a fast and fair manner, disease experts warned Saturday. As several nations consider implementing vaccine passports when international travel resumes, the authors of an open letter published in the Lancet medical journal said vaccine stockpiling in wealthier countries would only prolong the global health emergency. They warned that “vaccine nationalism” could leave the Covax initiative aimed at getting vaccines to low- and middle-income countries facing a huge dosage shortfall for several years to come. “The stark reality is that the world…
The Court will continue to function, but will do so with certain safety precautions, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to a memorandum circulating among all relevant and related parties and individuals, following the conclusion of a meeting of Magistrates, Prosecutors, Private Bar and Prisons. During a sitting of the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett outlined that the wearing of face masks is now mandatory, and persons entering the courtroom, including Magistrates, will be subjected to hand sanitization and temperature checks. Physical and social distancing will continue, and there is to be no…
It is vital to the future of our country and our people that SVG has its own Science and Technology University. This is necessary to stop generational poverty and to lift our country into prosperity with a strong economy. Presently, the economy in SVG is virtually dead. The main route to a university education for young people in SVG is to go abroad, either to Taiwan or to one of The UWI Campuses. But these routes are not accessible by most people as the living expenses are so high. Only the rich can afford this. Poorer families have had to…
By Jomo Thomas Dr. Beckles was ‘ambushed’ last Wednesday during a meeting of the Caribbean Reparations Commission (CRC). Earl Bousquet, St Lucia Reparations Committee, and Prof. Verene Shepperd, Caribbean Reparations Research Centre, Mona Campus were the ring leaders. Other plotters included PM of SVG Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Dorbrene O’ Marde of Antigua, David Commissiong and Mighty Gabby of Barbados, Cikiah Thomas and Glenroy Watson of the Global African Congress residing in Toronto and London, Carla Astaphan of the St Kitts Reparations Committee and Artley Gill of the Grenada Reparations Committee, among others. Dr. Beckles was honoured for his 41 unbroken…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed twenty-three (23) new COVID-19 cases. Eight (8) of the results are from samples taken on February 10th, ten (10) from February 11th and two (2) from February 12th. One of the positive cases from February 12th is that of a traveler who arrived with a negative RT-PCR test and tested positive on quarantine day 6. Three of the cases reported today were detected by rapid antigen testing during Flu clinic screening on January 18th, February 5th and February 11th. There are now one thousand, two hundred and sixty-four (1264) local cases of COVID-19.…
Cloudiness across our northernmost Grenadine Islands during this afternoon was maintained by a wake cloud off Barbados west coast. The Atlantic High Pressure System continues to be the dominant feature across the island chain and on its southern edge; lower-level clouds occasionally converge with weak pulses in the wind-flow triggering a few showers across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). A patch of Saharan dust moving with the wind-flow could create slight haze across our area from Sunday night to Monday night. Moderate to fresh (`~ 25 – 35 km/h) east north-easterly trades could occasionally increase near 40 km/h across…
Jamaican national, Linford George Robinson, who pleaded guilty on 11.2.2021 for possession of an AR-15 rifle and 60 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition has been sentenced. On Friday February 12, 2021, Chief Magistrate, Ms. Rechanne Browne sentenced Robinson to a term of imprisonment of five (5) years and four (4) months for possession of the prohibited firearm and two (2) years for possession of the prohibited rounds of ammunition. The sentences are to run concurrently. Robinson was also ordered to be removed from St. Vincent and the Grenadines after the completion of his sentences. Robinson was arrested by members of the…
Introduction During the debate on the 2021 Budget in the Parliament, the Minister of Finance, Hon Camillo Gonsalves, presented what is unquestionably a budget crafted for the challenging times that our country is experiencing. This week’s article would share some excerpts of the 2021 Budget presentation with particular focus on Agriculture, Fisheries and the Blue economy, Tourism and Poverty reduction. Agriculture and fisheries and the blue economy Despite COVID-19 related delays, the Government expects to construct and procure equipment for a modern arrowroot processing facility at Orange Hill in 2021. Half of the estimated $9.7 million for the arrowroot industry…