Dexter Layne can say that he went out of the Old Year and entered the New Year on a wave of luck. The Digicel customer, who joined the network as recently as August 2020, was the winner of a Samsung 55” Smart Television, the grand prize in Digicel’s ‘Shake It & Win’ Christmas Text-to-Win Promotion. Layne, like thousands of other Digicel customers, had a chance to win the TV by simply texting the word “SHAKE” to short code 6789. The cost of each text was EC$1. The promotion ran for a period of one month, with draw date being December…
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Fri, Jan 08, 2021 Introduction The traditional greeting offered usually at this time of the year, promotes happiness for all with further wishes of prosperity being offered to family and friends. The beginning of a new year always brings with it renewed hope and unbridled optimism for what lies ahead and Vincentians, in welcoming each new year, extend liberal doses of this hope and optimism to those with whom we interact. Following on from a challenging 2020, there seemed to be a deliberate effort by our people, to ensure that 2021 started the right way as if to signal to…
Leon ‘Bigger Biggs’ Samuel, who has been locked in a battle with government both in and out the court since 2011, said on Wednesday that he was “comfortable” with what he terms “a magnificent team of lawyers,’ and relaxed with the new situation. He expressed that he was focusing on “how to survive economically.” These sentiment were expressed during a press briefing held at the Chambers of Attorney Jomo Thomas, last Wednesday. Thomas is one of two layers, the other being Akin John, who are representing Samuel in his ongoing court matter with the government. The briefing came in the…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines: On Wednesday 11th March 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its first confirmed case of Covid-19 infection. By Wednesday 6th January 2021 there were one hundred and forty-nine (149) reported cases of COVID-19, of which one hundred (100) have recovered and forty-nine (49) remain active. Over the past week, there has been a rapid increase in the number of positive cases, many without recent travel history. On Wednesday 6th, SVG recorded 16 new cases. Eleven (11) of those persons did not have a recent travel history. According to information from the Ministry of…
Plans are on the way for the procurement of the Covax vaccine to be used to treat COVID-19 here. This was revealed by Chief Medical Officer Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache at the virtual press conference on Tuesday 5th January, 2021 hosted by officials of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment at the Ministry’s conference room. Dr. Keizer Beache said “the vaccine would be made available to us in the first quarter,” adding that assistance will be provided through the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO). According to the CMO Covax which has the largest portfolio of COVID-19 vaccines will be…
The protocol for mass gatherings has been revised and effective tomorrow January 8, 2021, indoor gatherings mustbe limited to ten(10) persons and outdoor gatherings to twenty (20). Additionally, public transportation vehicles will be required to limit the number of passengers to six (6) less than the number of passengers they are licensed to carry. As a result, an eighteen (18) seater van should only carry 12 passengers, a twenty-two (22) seater, sixteen (16) and a twenty-eight (28) seater, twenty-two (22) passengers. The protocol for the entry of travelers to St. Vincent and the Grenadines has also been revised and effective…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed fifty-five (55) new COVID-19cases. Three (3) cases are non-nationals who arrived on island between December 31, 2020 and January 4, 2021 with negative PCR test results, and subsequently tested positive during quarantine.Fifty-two (52) of these new cases are nationals without a recent travel history, bringing the total number of local cases under investigation to eighty (80). There are currently five (5) distinct clusters to which most cases can be linked. Contact tracing, further linking and testing related to all of these local cases are ongoing.St.Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded two hundred…
Barbadians could be getting their chip-based national identification cards sooner than expected, as the Government seeks out a fresh approach to tackle challenges relating to contact tracing in the fight against the COVID-19 virus. This indication has come from Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who announced that the use of a digital ID card could be critical in addressing some of the shortcomings. She explained that over the past several days, officials have discovered that some people were giving incorrect addresses and other contact information when they visit establishments, making it difficult for authorities to effectively carry out their contract tracing.…
The Gaston Browne administration is spending a whopping $500,000 a month to keep LIAT flying. This was revealed by Information Minister Melford Nicholas during Thursday’s post-cabinet press conference. “It’s running approximately $500,000 a month, so over the next three months we would expect that we are going to be able to up the ante by the time we get to the window where we have identified a suitable partner — the cost may run approximately $4 million to $4.5 million,” Nicholas said. “But as I’ve indicated, the funds are available and it’s the whole question of managing it effectively and…
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Hospital chiefs in England raced to secure hospital beds on Thursday as the surge in coronavirus cases risked overwhelming the system, healthcare providers and medics said. A leaked briefing suggested that even in a relatively positive scenario, London’s hospitals could be beyond capacity in less than two weeks. The UK on Thursday recorded another 1,162 deaths within 28 days of a positive test — the second highest toll since the peak of the first wave in April last year. There were more than 52,000 new cases in 24 hours, taking the overall number of infections to…