Tamim Iqbal and Russell Domingo were among several Bangladesh cricketers and support staffers to be administered Covid-19 vaccines in Dhaka on Thursday, ahead of the team’s departure for New Zealand next week to take part in a limited-overs international series. Soumya Sarkar was the first to be vaccinated at the Kurmitola General Hospital, followed by Iqbal, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Naim and Taskin Ahmed, followed by the contingent of support staffers – special arrangements had been made for the overseas coaches, since they don’t have the Bangladeshi national ID that is mandatory to be eligible for the vaccine. BCB director Jalal…
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St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) is partnering with the Health Services Subcommittee COVID-19 Taskforce in its efforts to respond to the pandemic. To this end, VINLEC made a financial donation of ten thousand ($10,000) EC dollars to support the fight against COVID-19. VINLEC recognises that the pandemic has created both public health and socio-economic challenges and made the decision to aid in the efforts being undertaken in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The donation will go towards the Hand, Space, Face, Vaccine Campaign, designed to focus on specific measures which have been proven to reduce the spread of the…
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden will pledge US$4 billion in US aid to the Covax global COVID-19 vaccination program during his virtual meeting with other G7 leaders on Friday, White House officials said. An initial US$2 billion will be released “by the end of this month,” with the rest coming over the next two years, said a senior White House official, who asked not to be identified, on Thursday. Covax is a global project to procure and distribute coronavirus vaccines for at least the most vulnerable 20 per cent in every country, allowing poorer nations to…
Leader of the Opposition, Dr Godwin Friday is encouraging the population at large to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Friday, his wife and one of his sons received their first shots of the Covishield AstraZeneca vaccine on February 14, at the Bequia clinic. They were among those who received from the 5,000 doses, which allow for two doses each to 2,500 persons, that this country received from Dominica from 70,000 doses donated by India. This initial vaccination campaign was said to have targetted frontline workers as well as vulnerable persons in society – persons over 65 and those with underlying…
In an article in THE VINCENTIAN newspaper of Friday 12th February 2021, it was stated that there will be a one percent increase on the Customs Service Charge this year, with the revenue generated expected to assist in the financing of regional organisations, such as the Caribbean Public Health Agency. This moves the tariff from 5 to 6 percent. SVG Green Party Leader, Warrant Officer Ivan Bertie O’Neal BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA, contends that SVG is the South Africa of the Caribbean. Apartheid exists in SVG, as the black, poor and powerless indigenous population is forced to pay tax and…
(Excerpts of Dr Friday’s Budget Presentation) Every dark cloud has a silver lining. We should take advantage of the opportunity presented by the COVID crisis to deepen our integration in the region rather than the grandstand and celebrate the misfortunes of others. Even so, what is there for us to boast about? The notion that St. Vincent and the Grenadines may have a smaller economic decline that other OECS countries does not speak to the strength of our economy or the wisdom of the Minister. It is the opposite. With the worst hotel stock in the OECS and small tourism…
This country like all countries around the world, continues to deal with the many impacts of COVID-19 on our people, addressing the many challenges facing us. From the very beginning, the Prime Minister of this country, Dr. Hon Ralph Gonsalves, saw dimensions of this pandemic that were not obvious and articulated them at various fora locally, regionally and internationally. We are reminded of the 4 dimensions articulated by comrade Ralph – Health, Economic, Social and Security (HESS) – and the understanding that tackling COVID-19 successfully required that leaders look beyond just the impact of the pandemic on health, and instead…
St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Renson Haynes as the interim manager of the Senior Men’s National Team for the two (2) upcoming World cup Group C qualification engagements against Curacao and the British Virgin Island (BVI) on March 25th and March 31st respectively. Mr. Haynes replaces Mr Rohan Thomas Jr who served as manager for over two (2) year’s tendered his resignation on Monday 08th February 2021 with immediate effect. The decision to engage the services of Mr. Haynes was ratified during a meeting held on Sunday 14th February, 2021…
Reynold Ledger is one of those persons who are bent on reaping what they did not sow. But Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne told the 43-year-old agricultural produce thief on Wednesday that, “If you want to have these things, plant them.” The Magistrate added, “People can’t afford to plant and you coming and reaping what you ain’t sow.” Browne noted that Ledger had been before the Court several times before on charges of a similar nature. Her comments came just after ordering Ledger to pay compensation in the sum of $40 forthwith to Anetta Hull of Cane End, Mesopotamia, for stealing…
Each affiliates organization of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) will soon receive a laptop, compliments the National Football body. First Vice- President of the SVGFF – Otashie Spring said that the rollout of the laptop to affiliates forms part of his organization’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Part of our purpose of the laptop initiative is to provide the affiliates with the necessary tools to deal with the pandemic in terms of meetings and so on,” Spring related. “The laptop initiative will also help the affiliates to keep their financial reporting up to scratch, and no…