HAVANA, Cuba – A proposal to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to a contingent of Cuban doctors who specialise in disaster situations and serious epidemics was endorsed by four members of the British Parliament. According to the official site of the Cuba Solidarity Campaign in the United Kingdom, the four members of the House of Commons – Paula Barker, Ian Byrne, Dan Carden and Kim Johnson, highlighted the humanitarian aid provided by Cuba and the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors. With the four formal nominations of the legislators, 16 requests submitted by British parliamentarians are accumulated, to which…
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ATLANTA — U.S. President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome of a free and fair election that he lost. The renewed intervention and the persistent and unfounded claims of fraud by the first president to lose reelection in almost 30 years come nearly two weeks before Trump leaves office…
The National Emergency Management Organization wishes to advise all citizens and residents of St. Vincent and The Grenadines that no evacuation order has been issued to any section of the population. Several media outlets both locally and abroad have published false information to this effect. These reports are inaccurate, and misleading. NEMO is reminding all citizens and residents to always ensure that any information regarding the La Soufrière Volcano and the current emergency are from credible and official sources only. The official sources of information in this regard are the NEMO and the UWI Seismic Research Center (SRC). We continue…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 positive case. The adult national, detected during increased testing for COVID-19, has no recent travel history. Contact tracing, linking and testing related to this new case has commenced. Retesting of the December 28, 2020 cluster and their contacts will continue, even as the wider screening of the Vincentian population for COVID-19 cases intensifies. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded one hundred and twenty-four (124) cases of COVID-19. One hundred (100) persons have recovered and twenty-four (24) remain active. All positive cases will continue to be isolated until…
The team from The Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) led by Vincentian Geologist Prof. Richard Robertson continued work to upgrade the Volcano Monitoring System today. A Web Cam Monitoring System was installed at Rose Hall to constantly monitor the summit of the Volcano. A Data Centre was also established at the Observatory at Belmont, to analyse the data collected from the volcano. The team also conducted an alternate site exploration today at Fancy and other areas to identify new sites where equipment will be installed.Director NEMO, Michelle Forbes and Professor Richard Robertson will…
Due to changes in Barbados’s general COVID-19 posture, the U.S. Embassy Bridgetown has canceled all visa appointments from Wednesday, January 6 to Friday, January 15, 2021. Non-immigrant visa applicants having an appointment during this period may reschedule their appointment here: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-bb/niv. Your MRV fee remains valid. If you have an urgent need to travel to the United States, please e-mail [email protected].
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 positivecase. The adult non-national arrived on December 23, 2020 with a negative PCR, tested negative on entry screening and tested positive on day four (4) to seven (7) testing. The visitor will continue in isolation until cleared by two (2) negative tests. Contact tracing, retesting and quarantining of the December 28, 2020 cluster and wider screening of the Vincentian population for COVID-19 cases will continue during the week of January 4 to 8, 2021. The postponement of the opening of school for the January term will allow for a…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Four passenger samples from the recent United Kingdom (UK) flight to Jamaica have been confirmed positive for the new strain of COVID-19, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton just announced. The samples had been sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for further evaluation. Jamaica has restricted flights from the UK, until January 31. This particular flight arrived on December 21, the same day Government announced that it was restricting flights from the UK, due to an outbreak of the new COVID-19 strain there. Passengers from the flight were quarantined and tested, and 20 passengers from the…
Faith based organisations in Barbados agreed unanimously to discontinue face-to-face services with immediate effect, “out of an abundance of caution and in the interest of protecting the health of the country”. The decision, which received 100 per cent support from the leadership of the Barbados Evangelical Association (BEA), the Barbados Christian Council (BXC) and the Barbados Muslim Association (BMA) after a meeting with Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on Saturday, was in keeping with the stance of the bodies that the current situation requires immediate and decisive attention. The leadership of the three organisations therefore called on heads of individual…
TORTOLA, BVI (CMC)— The government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has implemented a travel ban on people travelling from the United Kingdom to the territory. In making the recent announcement, Health Minister Carvin Malone said the ban will take effect on January 11. The ban will not apply to nationals, Belongers, residents, work permit holders, persons permitted to reside in the territory, diplomats, and persons employed by government and its statutory bodies. “Cabinet decided to implement a 14-day quadrant or quarantine period for all persons allowed to travel to the BVI under the previously-mentioned exceptions, provided that they undergo…