Local sex industry expert Charles Lewis on Tuesday appealed to health authorities to work with the sex trade to mitigate the impact of commercial sex on the spread of the coronavirus. Declaring that sex will always sell regardless of whether there is a pandemic, recession, or any other global crisis, Lewis said that the 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew now in effect until January 14, has caused some upset among sex workers, as much as it has other businesses that operate at night. Lewis, the founding leader of the Adult Industry Association, told Barbados TODAY: “Right now nobody is…
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of Osborne Yearwood, 43-year-old Labourer of Calder on 31.12.2020. According to investigations, the police was alerted to the discovery of the unresponsive body of Yearwood at Bonhomme about 5:10 p.m. on 31.12.2020. On inspection of the body, the police observed several gunshot wounds. The body was later pronounced dead by the District Medical Officer. Yearwood’s death marked the 33rd homicide recorded in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the year 2020. A post mortem examination will be conducted on the body of the deceased to ascertain the primary cause of death.…
1. The team from The Seismic Research Centre, Universityof the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) led by Vincentian Geologist Prof. Richard Robertson installed a monitoring station at Wallibou today. They made a trip to the crater rim, to take still photos and videos which will allow them to estimate the volume of material extruded and growth of the new dome. Based on observations today, the dome is slowly getting bigger. 2. The SRC Team will also conduct a reconnaissanceof the La SoufriereVolcano on board the French Helicopter on Wednesday 6th January, 2020 through an arrangement between the Government of…
Legendary Jamaican hotelier and Chairman of the ATL Group, Gordon “Butch” Stewart passed away this evening. He was 79. Butch was the founder, owner and chairman of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company Sandals Resorts International, as well as The ATL Group and its subsidiaries Appliance Traders and the Jamaica Observer. “Butch” passed away in the USA while receiving treatment for an illness, he leaves behind seven children and his wife Cheryl. In a moving tribute while making the announcement, Adam Stewart said of his father: “It is with great sadness that I share with you today the…
1. No aerial reconnaissance of La Soufriere was done today due to the heavy cloud cover. 2. Alert level remains at Orange. The Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and steam can still be observed from the Belmont Observatory. Persons living in areas close to the volcano should expect strong sulphur smells for several days to weeks, depending on changes in wind direction. 3. The team from The Seismic Research Centre, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus (UWI-SRC) led by Vincentian Geologist Prof. Richard Robertson spent the day preparing, assembling and testing equipment to be installed…
Good day to the general public of Saint Vincent over the pass couple of days the country has been met with a double edge sword at it every corner with COVID-19 on the left and the volcano on the right. I am writing with concerns of the total and utter blatant disrespect of this government. We as citizens of this country deserve more than just press releases and coming to our own conclusions. This government has neglected the needs of the education sector in the past couple of months they haven’t consider the disadvantages of online classes and the mental…
A traveler who arrived here recently and had to spend twice what she budgeted for at a hotel has lashed out at local authorities for the manner in which they implemented the new Covid protocols for travelers. In an almost overnight move, the authorities recently extended the period from five days to ten days in quarantine at a hotel for persons arriving from high-risk countries. The traveler, who is living abroad but has Vincentian connection, described the sudden move as “disrespectful and distasteful.” “When we got to the airport at JFK, is when we learned that, overnight, the rules changed…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed nine (9) new COVID-19 cases. Four non-national adult travelers arrived from Brazil, the USA and the UK between December 20th and 27th with negative PCR tests. Subsequent testing during the quarantine period revealed positive PCR results. These travelers remain isolated until cleared by two (2) negative results. An additional five (5) adult nationals without a recent travel history have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to twelve (12). One (1) is linked to the December 28, 2020 cluster. The remainder continue to be investigated. Contact tracing, linking and testing related to these…
In St Vincent and the Grenadines, cannabis is grown mainly on the mountains surrounding La Soufriere Volcano, which is currently is in an effusive eruption phase. As a result of this eruption, growers have been asked , for their own safety, to vacate the surrounding areas , leaving unattended thousands of dollars worth of produce in which they have invested, following the passage of an amnesty law, which makes it legal for them to grow their ganja and to sell it to licensed purchasers “It is as if we have been struck with a double dose of poison” says one…
WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defense are cautioning against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fraud, arguing that it would take the country into “dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.” The 10 men, both Democrats and Republicans, signed on to an opinion article published Sunday in The Washington Post that implicitly questioned Trump’s willingness to follow his Constitutional duty to peacefully relinquish power on Jan. 20. Following the Nov. 3 election and subsequentor recounts in some states, as well as unsuccessful court challenges, the outcome…