The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard Service (SVGCG) donated a quantity of relief items to the Calliaqua Anglican School shelter to ease the stress and enrich the quality of life of the occupants residing there. These essential items were handed over to shelter manager, Mr Marlon Joseph at a brief handing over ceremony on Wednesday April 28, 2021. According to Mr. Joseph, the donation is timely. He lamented that the delivery of the items at this time is impeccable since it meets the shelter needs. He thanked the SVGCG service on behalf of the shelter and by extension…
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Tuesday, 27th April, 2021 saw the arrival of relief items from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the aftermath of the La Soufrière Volcano eruptions. Minister of Agriculture Hon. Saboto Caesar and Minister of Tourism and Area Representative for North Leeward Hon. Carlos James were on hand to accept the donations and to welcome Sergeant Sean McCall, Public Relations Officer of the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations. Minister Caesar extended thanks to the Government and People of the BVI for their love “sent to us in our time of great need”. He recalled his visit to the BVI in…
In a show of solidarity for St Vincent and the Grenadines, the Governments of Jamaica and the Bahamas joined forces to bring relief supplies to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This partnership which took place on Tuesday April 27th, 2021 saw the Bahamian vessel HMBS Lawrence Major, a Bahamian Defence Force vessel facilitating the shipment of relief supplies from Jamaica. Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Saboto Caesar, Minister of Tourism and Area Representative for North Leeward Hon. Carlos James, and Honourary Consul of Jamaica to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Mrs. Morine Williams were present to welcome the contingent and accept…
Brothers and sisters in Christ – our fellow citizens and residents of this blessed land, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We are all engulfed in the throes of the eruptions of the La Soufriere volcano. The dislocations and disruption have been unprecedented in many respects. All while mindful of COVID-19 and Dengue and the fast approaching hurricane season. We give God thanks that there has been no loss of life consequent to the eruption and also for the overwhelming responses by so many to alleviate human suffering and discomfort. While navigate the consequences of the eruptions, many are dealing with…
SOURCE: REUTERS – India’s total COVID-19 cases passed 18 million on Thursday after another world record number of daily infections, as gravediggers worked around the clock to bury victims and hundreds more were cremated in makeshift pyres in parks and parking lots. India reported 379,257 new infections and 3,645 new deaths on Thursday, health ministry data showed, the highest number of fatalities in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The world’s second most populous nation is in deep crisis, with hospitals and morgues overwhelmed. Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin, 52, said he and his colleagues were working…
Ayvalik, Turkey (CNN)-Turkey has entered its first national coronavirus lockdown as infection rates continue to climb in the country, now the highest in Europe. The lockdown began on Thursday at 7 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET) and will last through the remainder of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and over the Eid al Fitr holiday. It is scheduled to end at 5 a.m. local time on May 17, according to a statement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Turkey has recorded 37,674 new Covid-19 cases and 339 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Turkish Health…
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley this afternoon called an urgent press conference and disclosed that the country had recorded an unprecedented number of Covid-positive cases over the last 24 hours – 328 As of midnight tonight, all restaurants and bars will be closedAll malls will be closedAll places of worship will be closedAll gyms and fitness centres will be closedAll spas and beauty dispensing areas will be closedCasinos, cinemas, theatres, clubs will be closedPublic Service will operate on ‘essential service onlyTobago would be isolated by limited 3 flights per day and seabridge will operate at 25 per centAll tours to…
Five (5) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from eighty-nine (89) samples processed on April 27th, 2021 resulting in a positivity rate of 5.6%.One (1) new recoverywas noted over the reporting period. One hundred and thirty-two (132) cases are currently active and eleven (11) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, eight hundred and fifty (1855) cases of COVID-19 and seventeen hundred and twelve (1712) recoveries have been recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since March 2020. The public is urged to continue to use masks, sanitize, physically distance and get vaccinated to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in…
The Calliaqua Magistrate’s Court, on Wednesday, upheld two counts of libel brought against iWitness News; the first such development since the St. Vincent and the Grenadines based online media outlet went live in 2009. Founder and Managing Editor, Kenton Chance, took to social media moments after the verdict was handed down and said, “the ethics of journalism does not allow me to write about this because I am a party involved but I just want to let you know in 2018 I was sued in a matter involving Adrian Da Silva. “He came to Court and told the Court that…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The uncle of a six-year-old child has been accused of grievous sexual assault, committed when the child was left alone with him in March. Reports are that the little girl would visit her grandmother on occasion, and when the suspect was bathing her, he would assault her. Earlier this month, Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn said sexual offences accounted for the second highest number of cases currently before the Home Circuit Court, just behind murder. Llewellyn said the novel coronavirus pandemic, as well as widespread depravity, was keeping the numbers high. These offences include sexual intercourse…