St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed nineteen (19) new COVID-19 cases. One of the new cases is a national who arrived from the USA on December 10, 2020 with a negative PCR test and tested negative on both entry and day 5 quarantine testing. The adult however tested positive on exit screening on January 5, 2021. All of the eighteen (18) other new cases are nationals without a recent travel history. The total number of cases under investigation is now ninety-nine (99). There are five (5) distinct clusters and several cases which have not been linked. Contact tracing, further…
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The ruling New National Party (NNP) will not be having a new political leader in the short term as expected. Dr Keith Mitchell has confirmed that he will not exit public life before the 2023 General Election and will be a candidate. During the campaign for the 2018 General Election, Dr Mitchell indicated that he would not contest another general election. In an interview on Thursday, 7 January 2021 approximately 2 years before the election is constitutionally due, Dr Mitchell said that he has had to change his plans about handing over leadership. “A decision has been made I would…
The dome that broke through the crater floor, on December 27, 2020, on the south-westperimeter of the existing dome, continues to grow within the crater of La Soufrière and has anellipsoid shape with growth expanding in a westerly direction.The SRC Team spent the day preparing equipment for deployment. The Team also did visualobservation of the mountain, which included observation of the emission of gas, taking stillphotos and videos, as these will help to determine the location to place instruments to monitorthe flow of gas.A reconnaissance mission to Fancy and Owia to identify suitable locations for the installation ofadditional seismic stations…
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s infamous Twitter account has been permanently suspended, the company announced Friday. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the company said in a blog post. After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. The president…
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and has been admitted to West Shore Medical Hospital, to be treated for a cardiac issue. He was brought to the private hospital in Cocorite by his security detail. He arrived at around 5p.m. Source: CNC3
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Justice Department announced Wednesday that it has indicted 15 people involved in the assault on Congress, including one man accused of possessing bombs made to act like “homemade napalm”. The department said it had arrested several suspects, including Richard Barnett, a supporter of US President Donald Trump who invaded the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and another man found with 11 styrofoam-enhanced Molotov cocktails in his truck. Others whose charges were unsealed include a man alleged to have entered the US Capitol with a loaded handgun, another who is accused of punching…
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Just when the U.S. appears on the verge of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine, the numbers have become gloomier than ever: Over 3,000 American deaths in a single day, more than on D-Day or 9/11. One million new cases in the span of five days. More than 106,000 people in the hospital. The crisis across the country is pushing medical centers to the breaking point and leaving staff members and public health officials burned out and plagued by tears and nightmares. All told, the crisis has left more than 290,000 people dead nationwide, with more than…
The desperately awaited vaccination drive against the coronavirus in the U.S. is running into resistance from an unlikely quarter: Surprising numbers of health care workers who have seen firsthand the death and misery inflicted by COVID-19 are refusing shots. It is happening in nursing homes and, to a lesser degree, in hospitals, with employees expressing what experts say are unfounded fears of side effects from vaccines that were developed at record speed. More than three weeks into the campaign, some places are seeing as much as 80% of the staff holding back. “I don’t think anyone wants to be a…
Consequent on the increase of the number of imported and local cases testing positive for COVID-19 and upon the revision of the Ministry of Health’s protocols, limiting indoor gatherings to no more than 10 persons, the SVG Mission of Seventh-day Adventists has taken the decision to suspend all corporate worship services in all affiliate churches, effective January 9th 2021 and until further notice. We encourage and urge all Church Members and the general public to tune in to virtual live stream of divine service from the Mt Moriah, Calder, Richland Park, Paradise (Vermont) or Fountain churches commencing tomorrow at 10:00…
Thomas, attorney-at-law and former Speaker of the House of Assembly, has chided the ruling Unity Labour Party for disrespecting court orders, as it relates to settling with persons against who it had loss court cases. Thomas, speaking at a press briefing last Wednesday at his Chambers in Kingstown, highlighted government’s reluctance to settle with persons against whom it had lost court matters, and referenced the matters involving Otto Sam, three teachers (Kenroy Johnson, Elvis Daniel, and Addison “Bash” Thomas), as well as the conflict with Public Servants. He noted that the government has a way of grinding into the ground,…