St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed eight (8) new COVID-19 cases from samples collected between January 17th and February 2nd . All of the new cases were detected during contact tracing and testing of persons with flu symptoms. There are now nine hundred and eighteen(918) local cases of COVID-19, many of whom are linked as contacts of known positives. A 76 year old female is the third (3rd) person to die from complications of COVID- 19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The patient, who was admitted to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on January 31, 2021, had multiple…
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The results of some of the tasks carried out during the trip to the summit of the La Soufriere Volcano on Monday 1st February 2021 are as follows: 1. Some gas measurements were done on Monday using a Multi-Gas Instrument and a filter pack. The Multi-Gas measurements were successful and showed the presence of Sulfur dioxide (SO2 gas coming out of the volcano. The filter packs used to measure gas species such as hydrogen chloride (HCl), Hydrogen fluoride (HF), Sulfur dioxide (SO2) and Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) will need to be sent abroad for analyses. 2. Monday February 1, 2021 was…
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) is investigating numerous reports of what appears to be ‘fake job offers”. A post is currently being circulated on Face Book purportedly advertising job vacancies on behalf of “Canouan Beach Resort” for positions of Bartenders, Waiters and Housekeepers. The post encourages persons to call “534-0875” and ask for “Ms. Marshall.” The public is strongly advised not to call the number provided in the post. This is a bogus scam by the individual(s) to possibly lure the vulnerable and innocent into exploitative situations. However, persons who may have called the number…
Chris Gayle plundered 84 runs from 22 balls as Team Abu Dhabi defeated Maratha Arabians by nine wickets in the Abu Dhabi T10 earlier today. The 41-year-old Gayle achieved a strike rate of 381.82, smashing six fours and nine sixes in a brutal onslaught on the Arabians bowling that powered TAD, chasing 98 for victory, to 100 for 1 off just 5.3 overs. The Universe Boss signalled his intent from as early as the first over bowled by Yamin Ahmadzai that went for 18 runs. It was his only over of the match. In fact, none of the Arabians bowlers…
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP)— A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced Sergei Smirnov, chief editor of Mediazona, an online news publication often critical of the government, to 25 days in jail over a re-tweet amid a growing crackdown on critics. Smirnov, 45, was found guilty of repeatedly violating legislation on public gatherings, his lawyer Fyodor Sirosh told AFP. Ahead of a January 23 protest in support of top opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Smirnov re-tweeted a joke that included the time of the protest rally. In the re-tweeted post, a Twitter user quipped that the editor looked like the leader of the punk…
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said its planned $797 million sale of a stake in its Caribbean unit won’t proceed after regulators rejected the deal, leaving the bank stuck with a business that had been declining in value. CIBC announced the sale of the two-thirds stake in CIBC FirstCaribbean to a company run by Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski in November 2019. The deal, which would have left CIBC with a 25% stake in the Barbados-based bank, valued FirstCaribbean at about $1.2 billion, less than half of its $2.8 billion value when CIBC took over most of the business. “While this…
Bridgetown, Barbados, 2 February 2021 (PAHO/WHO) – Young to mid-career professionals from CARIFOURUM countries who are interested in Empowering Caribbean Action for Climate and Health, are invited to apply to the first cohort of the Climate Change and Health Leaders training fellowship program. Applicants should be between 25 to 45 years and preferably be currently employed in the public health, health care, agricultural health or ecosystem (environmental) health sectors and have experience working in climate science. They should be a resident of one of the project countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti,…
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Camillo Gonsalves has announced government’s intention to pass legislation to allow for a one percent to be charged at the Customs department, the proceeds of which will go towards funding operations of a number of regional organizations. Gonsalves made the announcement as he presented the 2021 budget to parliament on Monday amid threats of natural disasters and health challenges facing the nation. Gonsalves spoke of the importance of these regional bodies to the individual nation states. “Challenges that we face today have highlighted the indispensable role played by a number of regional organizations in…
Delinquency in financial payments by governments of the region continue to impact on the ability of important regional agencies and organizations to function efficiently and at capacity. Word on this has come from Minister of Finance and Economic Development Camillo Gonsalves. In his presentation of the 2021 budget to parliament on Monday, Gonsalves highlighted the critical importance of certain regional bodies to the functioning of governments and the support to, and effectiveness of, programmes including those relating to health and security. Among the regional organizations named by the finance minister were: the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan-American Health…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados and several Eastern Caribbean Countries who signed agreements with the COVAX Facility have been informed of the indicative allocation of COVID- 19 vaccines. St. Vincent and The Grenadines’allocation is for 45,600 indicative doses of AstraZeneca. This means that St. Vincent and the Grenadines can expect to receive the COVID-19 vaccine(s) over the coming few weeks. The vaccines are the first of the assigned doses to satisfy COVAX’s agreement with this country. The COVAX facility has advised that vaccines will be delivered effective mid to late February with 357, 600 doses of the AstraZeneca AZD1222…