About a week ago, public servants were notified of a new policy requiring them to be vaccinated or be tested twice monthly. Many have condemned this seemingly discriminatory and oppressive policy while many more have understandably remained silent lest they be victimized, targeted or otherwise disadvantaged for openly denouncing the policy. Certainly, there are those who criticize the policy privately. This is an unfortunate and undeniable reality in St. Vincent & the Grenadines. Yet, many ULP zealots and devotees deny that such is the reality while others concede but seek to justify it by stating that this was the reality…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded one (1) additional positive case from one hundred and six (106) samples received and tested on April 3rd, 2021, resulting in a new positivity rate of 6.6%. All of the twenty-seven (27) samples received and tested today April 4th were negative. Two (2) new recoveries were reported, bringing the number of total recoveries to sixteen hundred and twenty-seven (1627). One hundred and twenty-eight (128) cases are active and ten (10) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, seven hundred and sixty-five (1765) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines…
(CNN)He said he’d take the Covid-19 vaccine first, as a role model for the rest of Argentina. A little over two months after receiving the Russian-made Sputnik V, Argentinian President Alberto Fernández has tested positive for the coronavirus. In a series of tweets posted Friday evening — his birthday — the Argentinian President said a fever and slight headache had prompted him to get tested. “I’m already isolated, complying with the current protocol and following the instructions of my personal doctor,” he said. “I have contacted the people I met in the last 48 hours to assess whether they constitute…
The name Kamal Wood when we first heard it back in 2004 and then in 2006 for the Prime Minister’s Award was synonymous with intellect. Some 17 years later Kamal continues to excel and in his chosen field of Technology he has indicated that his ultimate goal is to be able to positively impact St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the region with the experience he has gained working for companies with operations around the world. What has Kamal Wood been up to since receiving the Prime Minister’s Award in 2006? “…15 years…I worked at GECCU for a year and…
CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA: Two young Vincentians are slated to speak at this year’s United Nations’ ECOSOC Youth Forum. Franz George, the Caribbean and Americas Region Representative of the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) and Dr. Dalano DaSouza, Finance and Economic Research, and lecturer at the University of the West indies (UWI), Cave Hill Campus will join other young speakers from Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Trinidad and Tobago at the Caribbean Session. The session will be held on April 8th, 2021 from 11:20 AM (Trinidad and Tobago, Atlantic Standard Time GMT-04:00). This year the ECOSOC Youth Forum will be…
A voice note that emerged on social media on Monday, with what appears to be the voice of a prominent medical doctor using abusive language against some Vincentians, is causing an outcry. In the voice note which is 2 minutes and 19 seconds long, the doctor, in an anti-Covid-19 vaccine rant called people from the countryside of St. Vincent “dunce,” “backward,” “niggas,” and “Country Bookies,” a term used to demean persons from the countryside of St. Vincent. In the voice note, the doctor decried the government’s Covid-19 vaccination program saying that the vaccine is “bullshit” and “it ain’t doing nothing…
A new swarm of Volcano-Tectonic(VT) earthquakes began at the La Soufrière Volcano at 6:38 am today. The numbers and magnitudes of these earthquakes increased until about 8:30 am, after which they continued at a fairly steady rate. 2. This swarm of Volcano-Tectonic earthquakes have been located at a depth around 6 km below the summit of La Soufrière. This is slightly deeper than the Volcano-Tectonic earthquake activities recorded between the 22nd and 25th of March, 2021, which were located at depths from 3 to 5 km below the summit. 3. The largest Volcano-Tectonic earthquake occurred at 9:20 am with a…
Prime Minister Gonsalves declared with a 70% vaccinated population we would be able to party and unlatch our reservations; a worthy bribe according to some. However, only 10 percent of the population have been vaccinated. Despite this low vaccination number the Easter weekend appears to have a semblance of normalcy. Churches held their Good Friday services with commendable turn outs, impromptu events and picnics were held across the mainland and hundreds of Vincentians travelled to the Grenadine island of Bequia. Is it coincidence that all of these outdoor activities are taking place while the Brewery and Corea’s are promoting their…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded six (6) new positive cases from one hundred and six (106) samples received and tested on April 3rd, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 5.7%. All of the twenty-seven (27) samples received and tested today April 4th were negative. One (1) new recovery was reported, bringing the number of total recoveries to sixteen hundred and twenty-five (1625). One hundred and twenty-nine (129) cases are active and ten (10) persons with COVID-19 have died. One thousand, seven hundred and sixty-four (1764) cases of COVID-19 have been reported in St. Vincent and the Grenadines since…
We are between a rock and a hard place. There is no way to turn for relief. The service offered by Cable and Wireless (FLOW) and Digicel is horribly, inadequate and inefficient. We are forced to contend with a case of 6 of one, half a dozen of the next. We must find a solution. Plain Talk had long hoped that the government, through the Attorney General, would take these companies to court to seek redress on behalf of our people and country. But alas, this seems unlikely. Camillo Gonsalves, the Minister of Telecommunications is on record as saying that…