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 Aedesaegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pm daily. Monday, 22nd February 2021 – Clare Valley, Bellevue, Fountain, Richmond Hill, Frenches & Caratal. Tuesday, 23rd February 2021 – Peter’s Hope, Mount Wynne, Mount Greenan, Evesham, Riley, Sion Hill, Cane Garden & Georgetown. Wednesday, 24th February 2021 – Cumberland, Gordon Yard, Chapmans, Collins, Carrierre, Mala Village, Roseau & Chilli Thursday, 25th February 2021…
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On 21.02.2021 police have arrested and charged Elizabeth Charles, 34 years old Unemployed of Calder with Controlled Drugs. According to investigations, the accused was allegedly met in possession of nine hundred and fifty-four (954) grammes of cannabis with the intent to supply it to another at Layou on 20.02.2021. Charles appeared before the Serious Offences Court on 22.02.2021 and plead guilty to the charge. She was fined EC$930.00 of which EC$300.00 was to be paid forthwith or one (1) month in prison. The balance owed to the court was ordered to be paid by 08.04.2021 or three (3) months in…
Police have arrested and charged Joel Barker, 33 years old Labourer of Penniston with the offences of Criminal Assault, Common Assault and Threatening Language respectively on 19.02.21. According to investigations, Browne being armed with a knife allegedly committed the act of Criminal Assault when he raised it at a 22-year-old Chauffeur of the same address with the intent to commit the offence of wounding. Barker also allegedly assaulted the V/C by striking him with his hand, and threatened to kill him. The incident occurred at Penniston on 18.02.2020. Barker is expected to appear before the Magistrate Court to answer the…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded two (2) new COVID-19 cases from samples collected and processed on February 20th and 21st. One (1) case is a new positive PCR result from fifty-eight (58) samples processed so far for February 20th, resulting in a positivity rate of 1.72%. The other new positive is from a rapid antigen test taken today, February 21st. At the time of preparation of this release there was no additional information on samples received and processed for February 21st. Thirty-two (32) persons were cleared bringing the number of total recoveries to eight hundred and thirty-five (835). Six…
Kaieteur News – Suspicious movements by an outgoing female passenger, yesterday, at the Eugene Correia International Airport, Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD), led to her being busted with a quantity of suspected cocaine. According to what Kaieteur News was told by its sources, the passenger is identified as 23 years old, Tamira Melville. A police report revealed that Melville was about to check-in around 11:00 hrs. on a Barbados-bound flight, when she was observed to be acting suspiciously. As a result, the law enforcement officers intercepted her and decided to carry out a full body search. Officers discovered that the…
By Jomo Sanga Thomas Black History Month is here again — and we continue treating Caribbean History like an academic subject only to be remembered in February, instead of a compulsory subject for every Caribbean student, all-year-round. We remember Marcus Garvey, Dr Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. However, we overlook those giants and icons still standing tall among us and designated as ‘national heroes’, but not given equal treatment regionally. Advocates for change are pressing for urgent upgrading of the History curriculum at our schools to reflect real contemporary Caribbean History. However, it’s still left (primarily) to individual principals…
From the beginning of time, religion and politics jockeyed each other either for position of power or for equal standing. Biblical accounts detail that God established Israel as a people and then as a nation. At that time religion and politics ran alongside each other because God was both the religious and political authority. Israel later incorporated a monarchal system of governance with the selection of their first king, Saul. There was to be a separation of functions; the king would attend to political matters, while the ‘clergy’ [prophets, priesthood] would execute religious obligations. The synergy didn’t always go well.…
As countries around the world wrestle with new challenges even as they respond to existing ones posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says there is need for greater international cooperation among all countries, international financial institutions and major pharmaceutical companies. In a statement to the United Nations on Wednesday 17th February, 2021, Prime Minister Gonsalves said deaths, economic destruction, social dislocations associated with the dreaded virus continue to expand globally as new variants of the virus, with increased transmissibility, threaten to disrupt even the most resilient of societies. “Amidst this continuously evolving threat, the question of…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded five (5) new COVID-19 cases from samples collected on February 18th and 19th and processed at the MLU on Friday, February 19th. Two (2) of the new positive PCR results are from samples collected on February 18th, resulting in a total of four (4) cases for that day and a new positivity rate of 1.75%. The remaining new positives are from three (3) PCR tests for samples taken on February 19th 2021. The total reported number of positive results for February 19this now five (5) from 265 tests or a positivity rate of 1.89%.…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines registered four (4) new COVID-19 cases from tests done on February 18th and 19th. Two (2) of the new positive PCR results were recorded for February 18th from two hundred and twenty-seven (227), resulting in a positivity rate of 0.88%. Two (2) are positive COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for persons seeking care today, February 19th 2021. There have been no other reportedpositive results for February 19th so far. Ten (10) persons were cleared bringing the number of total recoveries to seven hundred and sixty-eight (768). Seven hundred and twenty-four (724) cases remain active and six…