The members of the Thusian Institute for Religious Liberty Inc. (TIRL) wish all Vincentians a blessed 41st anniversary of political independence. TIRL is a non-profit, non-governmental Human Rights Education services provider with a special focuson Liberty of Conscience, otherwise known as the Right to Religious Liberty or the First Right. While we are politically independent, we are not and ought never to think ourselves independent of God. It is God the Creator—the Great Legislator of the Universe —who made us with inalienable and inviolable Rights and Freedoms which we must celebrate at Independence. These fundamental Rights are:The Right to Religious…
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Delivering the Independence Address to mark this country’s 41st anniversary of political independence, Prime Minister Dr Hon Ralph Gonsalves announced the following: As of January 1st, 2021, all Public Servants who are university graduates will be appointed. This is estimated to benefit just over 100 workers. As of January 2021, all temporary workers in the public service will be appointed permanently once they possess the necessary entry qualifications. All former nursing assistants who retired before October 27, 2005 will begin to receive their pensions from the consolidated fund with an effective date January 1st, 2021. Persons receiving public assistance will…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he believes “there is a general acceptance” within the Caribbean for a lowering of taxes so as to encourage intra-regional travel. Gonsalves, who is chairman of the 15-member regional integration grouping, CARICOM, told a panel discussion organised by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) on Thursday night, that the regional governments have come to the realisation that there is a need to lower airline taxes in order to make the sector profitable. He told the discussion on the “COVID-19 pandemic and regional air transport” that the governments would have…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government will complete the distribution of 40,000 devices under the Tablets in Schools programme during the week of November 4. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Fayval Williams, made the disclosure at a ceremony for the handover of tablets at the Buff Bay Primary School last Thursday. The Government, through e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam) began the distribution of devices to students benefiting from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) on October 2. The tablets are targeted at pupils in grades four to six and will augment the 18,000 tablets and the more than 12,000…
The SVG Football Federation launched its Public Relations Training beginning with the Premier Clubs on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd October 2020. The training sessions are being conducted with the aim of enhancing the club structures through various marketing strategies that will attract potential sponsors while growing their existing fan-base. As the clubs continue to move forward in the direction of an innovative and professional outlook these sessions are key to achieving such goal. Different topics were looked at within the Sports Marketing Industry along with the highlighting of the importance of a social media presence while noting management tips…
It is indeed a sad tale and almost an embarrassment when learned persons fall prey to hapless self- subterfuge based on intellectual gymnastics that masquerade sinister intent. But even that opening paragraph read like another political mischief-maker dancing on the head of a pin, equally disguising an aim to persuade unsuspecting readers of a ‘biased’ position. In this regard, I acknowledge that I am a current beneficiary of a scholarship from the Republic of China on Taiwan and categorically denounce the plans of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) to switch ties to mainland China. However, I justify my position…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded a new COVID-19 case with the receipt of a confirmatory result from CARPHA. The new case is a traveller who arrived from Italy, travelling through France and Martinique before arriving on Friday, October 23, 2020 with a negative PCR result. The adult tested positive on entry screening and will remain in isolation until cleared with two negative PCR results. All passengers who arrived on American Airlines 945 from Miami on Saturday 24, 2020, tested negative for COVID-19 on arrival. They will all remain in mandatory quarantine for five (5) days in a Tourism…
PARIS (AP) — A French doctor warned Monday that his country has “lost control of the epidemic,” a day after health authorities reported more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases as nations across Europe enact more sweeping restrictions to try to slow surging infection rates. Spain — the first European country to surpass 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases — declared a state of emergency Sunday that included a nationwide overnight curfew, a cap of six people on social gatherings and possible travel bans in and out of the hardest-hit regions. The effect was clear on Barcelona’s famed Las Ramblas promenade, which…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in practically every state, despite assurances from President Donald Trump over the weekend that “we’re rounding the turn, we’re doing great.” With Election Day just over a week away, average deaths per day across the country are up 10% over the past two weeks, from 721 to nearly 794 as of Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Newly confirmed infections per day are rising in 47 states, and deaths are…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 70,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. The smoky fire exploded in size to over 6 square miles (16 square kilometers) within a few hours of breaking out around dawn in Orange County, south of Los Angeles. Strong gusts pushed flames along brushy ridges in Silverado Canyon and near houses in the sprawling city of Irvine, home to about 280,000 residents.…