Four local Automotive Shops are now better placed to take better care of the environment and more specifically the Coral reefs having participated in a pilot programme organized by the National Parks, Rivers and Beaches Authority in collaboration with the Australian Direct Aid to protect the environment and more specifically the Coral Reefs. The South Coast Reef Guardian Automotive Pilot Programme is designed to sensitize Automotive Shops about the importance of protecting the environment especially our coral reef eco system and to stop marine pollution from these shops. The first automotive shops to participate in this pilot program are: ASL…
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MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — An Ontario caregiver and an octogenarian in Quebec on Monday became the first people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Canada. Gisèle Lévesque, a resident of a long-term care home in Quebec City, has become the first Quebecer to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Quebec’s vaccine rollout began Monday at the Saint-Antoione residence in Quebec City and the Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Montreal. Another woman,Anita Quidangen was televised receiving the injection at a hospital in Toronto as part of a major vaccination campaign in Canada, less than a week after the Pfizer-BioNTech shot was granted approval in the country.…
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. The number of dead rivals the population of St. Louis or Pittsburgh. It is equivalent to repeating a tragedy on the scale of Hurricane Katrina every day for 5 1/2 months. It is more than five times the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War. It is equal to a 9/11 attack every day for more than 100 days. “The numbers are staggering — the most impactful respiratory pandemic that we have experienced…
The Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) has completed the reconstruction of a concrete roadway in Backpiece, Troumaca. The project saw the repair of 228 feet of road in the North Leeward constituency. In addition, BRAGSA constructed a 212 feet long Slipper Drain. The project was carried out a cost of $42,000. It was done over a five weeks period.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of the Electoral College. In reality, electors meet in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to cast their ballots. The results will be sent to Washington and tallied in a Jan. 6 joint session of Congress over which Vice President Mike Pence will preside. The electors’ votes have drawn more attention than usual this year because President Donald Trump has refused to concede the election…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, wishes to advise that routine clinic and other services offered at the Richland Park Health Center will be relocated effective Monday, December 14th, 2020 – Monday December 28th, 2020. This temporary relocation is due to minor construction work currently being done on the facility. Alternatively, clients can access clinics and pharmacy services at Levi Latham Poly clinic. The Ministry regrets any inconvenience.
The Rotaract Club of Kingstown is about to set off on it’s Eighth Annual One Wish Project. This One Wish project seeks to provide care packages to the less fortunate households during this holiday season, and even more so now during the current pandemic. Each year the club collaborates with the Social Welfare Department to identify less fortunate families/individuals who would be assisted through the project by receiving food/care packages. Last year, the Club was able to provide over 60 packages to individuals, so while you shop this Christmas, please look out for us at Massy Stores (Arnos Vale) and…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded four (4) new COVID-19 cases. Three cases are returning nationals who arrived with negative PCR test results from the UK on November 28, 2020 and tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19 on entry screening and day 5 testing. The three adults tested positive for COVID-19 during their nine (9) to fourteen (14) day quarantine period or after their five (5) day mandatory hotel quarantine. The fourth case is also a returning national who also arrived on Monday, December 7 from Canada with a negative PCR test result, tested negative on…
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has donated a quantity of supplies to the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment in support of the fight against COVID-19 and Dengue here. The handing over ceremony was held at the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment Conference room on Wednesday 9th December, 2020. The equipment and supplies are valued at $US 264,472.63 and include: twenty-three air conditioning units, PCR kits, vector supplies, a laptop and six tablets, thermometers, I.T. equipment, oxygen concentrators and developmental toys for children with special needs among other items. Praising PAHO for the assistance provided, Minister…
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— US President Donald Trump’s White House reportedly told the head of the country’s drug regulator to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID vaccine by the end of Friday or resign, after indications the first immunizations were imminent. The threat reported by The Washington Post came on the same day Trump tweeted that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was a “big, old, slow turtle” and told its commissioner, Stephen Hahn, to “Get the dam(n) vaccines out NOW.” The Post reported that White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had delivered the resignation threat to Hahn.null The report followed comments by…