US President-elect Joe Biden has accused the US defence department of “irresponsibility” for failing to give his team the information it needs for the transition of power. He said his team had encountered “obstruction from the political leadership”. Mr Biden also claimed that agencies critical to US security had suffered “enormous damage” under Donald Trump. A Pentagon spokesman said it had been “completely transparent”. Mr Biden takes office on 20 January but President Trump has refused to concede. For weeks after the 3 November election, Mr Biden was blocked from receiving key intelligence briefings, an essential and normally routine part…
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The Health Services Subcommittee advises the public that two new positive cases with no history of travel were confirmed over the last 24 hours. Extensive contact tracing and testing have been initiated. All possible contacts have been quarantined. The public will be advised of any additional information as it becomes available. Extensive contact tracing and testing have been initiated. All possible contacts have been quarantined. The public will be advised of any additional information as it becomes available.
After Covid-19 slammed their annual summer basketball training and youth development programme, Playaz rebounded to dominate the hoops in a basketball competition at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex last Saturday. The Playaz Youth Academy (PYA) participated in the 2020 edition of the Veronica Bishop Inter- Academy Basketball Classichosted by the Blue Chip Basketball Academy (BCBA). Twelve teams representing four academies – Greiggs All Stars, Mavrix Youth Club, Blue Chip Academy and Playaz Youth Academy – participated in the classics. The PYA’s two teams ended up facing each other in the semi-finals. The victorious PYA team went on to face-off with…
The Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) has completed the reconstruction of a concrete roadway in Mount Bentick, Georgetown. The project saw the repair of 389feet of road in the North Windward constituency. In addition, BRAGSA constructed an82 feet long Swale Drain. The project was carried out a cost of $63,000. It was done over a seven weeks period.
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines is now authorized to seek funding for its 2021 Public Sector Investment Programme. This, after Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves presented to parliament the Bill for an Act to authorize the government to raise funds to assist in financing the Public Sector Investment Programme. The Bill was passed without support from the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP). In his presentation, the finance minister stated: “This bill that we advance is one that is familiar to most members of this honourable House. It is the bill that we bring at least once a…
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel today named the West Indies Test and One-Day International (ODI) squads for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. West Indies are scheduled to play three ODIs and two Tests in Chattogram and Dhaka. The West Indies touring party are due to arrive in Dhaka on January 10 and the series will run until February 15. The two Test Matches will form part of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Test Championship, and the three ODIs are the first matches in West Indies ICC World Cup Super League campaign with the opportunity to qualify for…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed four (4) new COVID-19 cases. Two (2) adult travelers arrived from the United Kingdom on December 21 with negative PCR test results, tested negative on entry and positive day 5. One traveler who arrived on December 11 from the USA, tested positive after being in close contact with a known positive. The fourth new positive is a traveler who arrived from the USA on December 19 with a negative PCR, tested negative on entry and day 5, then positive on day 9. All persons are nonnationals and will be isolated until cleared by…
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a ban on alcohol sales and said mask-wearing would be mandatory in public as his country became the continent’s first to record one million coronavirus cases. Ramaphosa said during a televised speech that alcohol would be temporarily banned from midnight to help emergency services already under pressure. He also announced it would be “compulsory for every person to wear mask in public spaces,” saying it was a “drastic measure, now necessary”.
Switzerland will return $150 million from blocked Swiss bank accounts by the end of the year to the United States to be given to victims of convicted Ponzi scheme con artist Robert Allen Stanford, the Federal Ministry of Justice said on Monday. Stanford, a former Texas financier known primarily by his middle name, was convicted of fraud by a Houston jury in 2012 in what prosecutors called a $7.2 billion fraud that lasted two decades and which was eclipsed in size only by the Ponzi scheme run by Bernie Madoff. About $50 million had previously been returned, the justice ministry…
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Top US government scientist Anthony Fauci warned Sunday the worst of the pandemic may be yet to come, driving the country to a “critical point” as holiday travel spreads the coronavirus. “I share the concern of President-elect (Joe) Biden that as we get into the next few weeks, it might actually get worse,” the infectious disease specialist told CNN. Biden cautioned on Wednesday that the nation’s “darkest days are ahead of us — not behind us”. Fauci, who has been encouraging everyone eligible to be vaccinated, revealed he felt fine after receiving a first shot and experienced…