The two leading political parties in St Vincent and the Grenadines have signed on to a code of conduct which is designed to govern the way the various parties conduct themselves during the election season. The signing ceremony of the National Monitoring and Consultative Mechanism’s code of conduct for this year’s general elections was held at the Methodist Church Hall and saw General Secretary of the Unity Labour Party, Hon. Julian Francis, signing on behalf of the political leader the Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves. Dr. the Hon. Lorraine Friday signed on behalf of the New Democratic Party which he heads. Speaking…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded one new COVID-19 case today Tuesday October 20, 2020. The adult traveler arrived from the USA on Sunday, October 18, 2020, with a negative SASR-CoV-2 PCR test result. The adult will remain in isolation until cleared by two (2) negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test results. All of the close contacts have been informed and will continue in quarantine as per their Medical Officer’s Orders. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded a total of sixty-eight (68) COVID- 19 cases, sixty-four (64) of which have recovered. There are now four (4) active COVID-19 cases. The…
Today, Tuesday October 20th, 2020 is an important day in the lives of incumbent and hopeful constituency representatives across the political spectrum in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Nomination day is the process whereby prospective candidates are formally recognized as candidates by the Supervisor of Elections Office as being in good standing, having met the criteria to be on the ballot paper to be elected as a constituency representative. Anyone who wishes to stand for election must be nominated on an official nomination paper submitted on Nomination Day. They must stand either for an established political party or as an…
PR- The Public Service Union has advised nurses at the Paget Farm Health Clinic to relocate to the Port Elizabeth Hospital. The nurses have been complaining for the past two years about the compromised physical structure of the building. Earth movements have shifted the foundation of the facility and, as a consequence, portions of the building have separated from each other. The matter was reported to BRAGSA and the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment on more than one occasion, but no corrective action has been taken. The Public Service Union is appalled at the frivolous way in which…
A Texas woman died from COVID-19 while on a flight from Arizona, officials announced this week. The unidentified Garland woman in her 30s began to have difficulty breathing while on the tarmac awaiting takeoff on July 25, news station WFAA reported. The woman, who had underlying health issues, was administered oxygen but ultimately died on the jetway, the outlet reported. It’s unclear what airport she was taking off from or what airline she was flying back to Texas. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Sunday local officials were previously notified about her death, but only learned that she died from…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pm daily. Monday, 19th October 2020 – Fitz Hughes, Richmond, Dark View & Rose HallTuesday, 20th October 2020 – Rockies & Murray VillageWednesday, 21st October 2020 – BrightonThursday, 22nd October 2020 – Prospect & Harmony HallSaturday, 24th October 2020 – Carapan & Victoria Village Please take note of the following: • Home and business…
T&T Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA) and Caribbean Airlines have agreed that all pilots’ salaries will be cut by 57 per cent—just over half—for the next three months, to support CAL’s cost cutting measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic. TTALPA represents CAL’s estimated 149 pilots. The development halts CAL’s plan to start sending home some pilots on three months’ No-Pay Leave from Monday. The pay cut will halve the salaries of all CAL’s pilots until January 2021. It will also affect other aspects of their pay up to June 2021, but they will keep their jobs. TTTALPA had been negotiating with CAL…
GAMPELA, Burkina Faso (AP) — The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator. From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe. But despite enormous strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine “cold chain,” nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion people live where temperature-controlled storage is insufficient for an immunization campaign to bring COVID-19 under control. The result: Poor people around the world who were among the hardest hit by the virus…
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations said Monday it would stockpile one billion syringes around the world by the end of 2021, to be used for the delivery of any future coronavirus vaccine. UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, said it aims to get 520 million syringes in its warehouses by the end of this year, to guarantee an initial supply in countries ahead of the vaccine. “The world will need as many syringes as doses of vaccine,” UNICEF said in a statement. UNICEF said it was also buying five million safety boxes for used syringes. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases…
The Girls’ High School emerged winners of the inaugural Spelling Bee competition that was organized and hosted by the Modern Languages’ Department of the St. Vincent Grammar School, last Friday, October 16. The other participating schools were the St. Vincent Grammar School and the St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown, who had to settle for second and third place respectively. The competition was held to celebrate “Journée Internationale de la Francophonie” which is held every year, worldwide to celebrate and promote the French language and Francophone culture. There are over 276 million French speakers worldwide on five continents. The personal and professional…