So far, the grapevine is quiet about Thy Henry’s potential successor at CF Montréal after the head coach stepped down Thursday for family reasons, leaving local fans and league-wide observers to wonder what comes next for the Canadian club. We’re here to fill that void, but floating speculation is simply too crass for my taste. Instead, let’s take a look at some potential hires that Montréal sporting director Olivier Renard might do well to look into. Consider these friendly suggestions rather than attempts at starting scuttlebutt. There are several assistants and one reserve team boss on the list, but no…
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The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) has announced an easing of restriction on the number of persons who can gather at churches and other places of worship. However, other indoor gatherings continue to be restricted to 10 persons and outdoor gatherings to 20 persons, according to the latest protocol, which will be in effect until March 27. Outdoor gatherings include open air crusades, block-o-ramas, outdoor fetes, gatherings around open bars (e.g. Heritage Square), gatherings with direct access to the courtyard or large yard or a large pool area, catamaran cruises, beach, funerals and river picnics. Indoor gatherings include in door…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today reported forty-nine (49) new COVID-19 cases. All of the new positives are RT-PCR results for tests conducted on patients and staff of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre (MHRC) in Glen on Saturday February 27, 2021 as part of the ongoing contact tracing and general screening. Forty-seven (47) are patients and two (2) are staff members. Isolation and quarantine measures continue to be implemented along with additional testing to ensure containment of any further spread in the facility. Screening of admissions will also continue as a measure to reduce the risk of the introduction of…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today reported twenty-three (23) new COVID-19 cases. Three (3) are from RT-PCR tests done at flu clinics on Friday February 26. Two hundred and forty-five (245) samples were received on Friday February 26 resulting in a positivity rate of 1.2%. Twenty (20) of the new positives are RT-PCR results for tests conducted on patients and staff of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre (MHRC) in Glen on Saturday February 27, 2021 as part of the ongoing contact tracing and general screening. Eighteen patients (18) and two (2) staff members tested positive. Isolation and quarantine measures are…
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Grenada’s Health Minister Nickolas Steele said a new shipment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from India is due to arrive in St Lucia on Friday, via a chartered flight, to be immediately distributed to member nations of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). He said this would allow the immunisation programme in Grenada, which was rolled out on February 12, to continue. More than 2,700 adults have already received the first dose of the vaccine from the 6,000 doses which the island received from Dominica, which shared its batch of vaccines gifted by the…
Identical twin sisters Amesha Thuesday Grant and Amela Latahsa Thuesday see a divine hand in their giving birth on the same day. The sisters each delivered their babies on Wednesday at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, creating history at the regional institution despite having had separate due dates. They delivered 13 minutes apart at the regional hospital, after being admitted on Tuesday, when Guyana celebrated its 51st Republic anniversary. The sisters believe that this was possible through prayers, as both yesterday explained that they have prayed intensely to give birth on the same day so that their children can share…
NICE Radio manager Douglas De Freitas is of the view that the behavior of this country’s coronavirus task force in dealing with applications for exemption from mandatory hotel quarantine smacks of political bias. De Freitas expressed the view while on the In-Gear Show aired on his radio station last Monday, noting that he was aware of the importance of quarantine in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. The NICE Radio boss said, however, that “when it is applied without decent equity, political bias and authoritative arrogance, it leads to disrespect and distrust of the personnel and their health system as it…
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 8:00 PM 1. No drone surveys or aerial photographs of the volcano were done due to poor weather conditions . Satellite images on February 23, 2021 confirmed that the dome continues to grow slowly. 2. The results from the testing of gas given off by the new dome remain unchanged and continue to consist of water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2,), hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and sulphur dioxide (SO2). 3. The ongoing outflow of magma onto the crater floor continues with periodic changes in the rate of dome growth. 4. During the week, the monitoring team began construction…
Dr. Damaris Baptiste BSc, MD, DM, FMAS, FACOG, Consultant Obstetrician, Gynaecologist & Gynaecologist Oncologist is pleased to announce that she has joined the staff of Victoria Medical Center effective March 1. Her services include: Annual wellness examination, breast cancer screenings, pelvic pain evaluations, urinary incontinence treatments, pregnancy care, and delivery, contraception, infertility, management of sexually transmitted infections, and uterine fibroid treatment. Her Gynecologic oncology services include: Diagnosis and treatment of pre-invasive disease, diagnosing and managing cancers affecting a woman’s reproductive system, and palliative care. Outpatient procedures include but are not limited to colposcopy and biopsy, pre-cancerous disease treatment, polyp removal,…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today reported twenty-six (26) new COVID-19 cases. Twenty-three (23) were RT-PCR results for tests conducted on patients and staff of the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre in Glen on Thursday, February 25, 2021, as part of contact tracing and general screening. Twenty-one patients (21) and two (2) staff members tested positive. Isolation and quarantine measures are being implemented along with additional testing to ensure containment of any further spread in the facility. None of the persons is unwell. The three other new positives for Thursday, February 25, are results for one (1) person who tested positive…