WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— A group of Republican senators led by veteran lawmaker Ted Cruz said Saturday they would not vote next week to certify Joe Biden’s election win — the latest last-ditch move to support Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the vote. The initiative, which appears certain to fail, flies in the face of rulings in dozens of courts, and the findings by officials in several key states, that there were no widespread voting problems. The Republicans’ statement, signed by Cruz and six other current senators along with four senators-elect, asserts that “allegations of fraud and irregularities in the…
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Authorities in Barbados have confirmed 161 new cases of COVID-19 at Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds, including 113 inmates. Outside of the 161 cases connected to the prison, there have been a further 33 cases of COVID-19 identified in the past 48 hours. The authorities have indicated that the Pan American Health Organisation is carrying out genomic analysis to determine whether these cases include the new, more contagious form of the virus. The cases at the prison have been linked to the super-spreader bus crawl on Boxing Day. Health authorities say intensive contact-tracing continues into the bus crawl, with people in…
Minister of Health and Wellness, Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic, tonight revealed 45 positive cases had been recorded today, a major uptick from Thursday’s five cases. Of that number, 32 are prison officers while four are members of the Barbados Defence Force. He revealed that more than half of them had attended a bus crawl held by prison officers on Boxing Day. Bostic said the bus crawl was now considered a “super spreader event”. With complete testing of the prison expected to be concluded by 2 a.m. tomorrow, more than 150 prison officers have already been placed in a quarantine facility.…
‘I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.’ Socrates ‘When the world goes mad, those who resist are denounced as lunatics.’ British journalist, George Monbiot. The year that was blindsided all of us. We started with promise and ended in the gloom. One thing is certain; the world we live in will never be the same again. Call us conspiracy theorist if you wish, but there is no credible evidence to convince any reasoned, fearless mind that the death and the fearmongering that pervades the world are not part of a grand design to reorder planet earth…
British tourists who have no ties to the British Virgin Islands will be prohibited from travelling to the territory as of January 11, 2021, until further notice. Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Carvin Malone said the ban is in light of the prevalence of the new strain of the COVID-19 – SARS-CoV2, that is spreading rapidly and prompting high levels of concern in the neighbouring countries. Nonetheless, Hon. Malone added that persons who are nationals, belongers, residents, work permit holders, persons permitted to reside in the territory, diplomats, and persons employed by government and statutory bodies and agencies…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 positive case. One adult non-national arrived on December 20, 2020 with a negative PCR and tested positive on exit screening. Contact tracing of these cases has commenced. No further COVID-19 cases related to the recent cluster of local spread have been detected during testing on December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021. The total number of cases in this cluster therefore remains at six (6). Contact tracing, retesting and quarantining by the COVID-19 Taskforce team will continue, aimed at further containing the local spread of COVID-19 in St. Vincent…
The new cases come following what the Ministry of Health has described as a super spreader event – a bus crawl which took place on Saturday, December 26th, 2020. Minister of Health Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Bostic confirmed that out of those 45 cases, 32 are prison officers from Her Majesty’s Prison Dodds, and 4 are personnel from the Barbados Defence Force. The 4 BDF personnel and 17 of the prison officers attended the bus crawl. So far 200 of the over 300 staff members of the Prison Service have been tested, and the remainder of them should be tested by…
1.Alert level remains at Orange. The Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and steam can still be observed from the Belmont Observatory. Persons living in areas close to the volcano which include communities from Fancy to Georgetown and Belle Isle to Richmond are asked to remain alert and listen to all advisories from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO). 2.The three-person team from The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) began work today having arrived in St. Vincent yesterday, to provide scientific support for the ongoing eruption at La Soufriѐre volcano. Led by Vincentian Geologist…
Alert level remains at Orange. The Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and steam can still be observed from the Belmont Observatory. Persons living in areas close to the volcano which include communities from Fancy to Georgetown and Belle Isle to Richmond are asked to remain alert and listen to all advisories from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO).The three-person team from The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) began work today having arrived in St. Vincent yesterday, to provide scientific support for the ongoing eruption at La Soufriѐre volcano. Led by Vincentian Geologist Prof.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to dismiss a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that seeks to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week. Pence, as president of the Senate, will oversee the session Wednesday and declare the winner of the White House race. The Electoral College this month cemented Biden’s 306-232 victory, and multiple legal efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to challenge the results have failed.The suit names Pence,…