A MAN charged with the rape of his wife faced the San Fernando magistrate on Monday. The 57-year old appeared virtually before senior magistrate Indrani Cedeno. The 35-year-old woman made a report to the Mon Repos police that last week Thursday she was raped in the bedroom of her home. The Southern Gender Based Violence Unit was also involved in the investigation and the man was charged by constable Sylvan. During the court hearing, police prosecutor Cleyon Seedan said that the accused did not have a criminal record and he made no objection to bail. The man who has three…
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Another Ponzi Schem has hit St Vincent and the Grenadines, this time leaving a number of nurses robbed of tens of thousands of their hard-earned cash. According to information received, nurses were promised significant financial returns on their investments. Now, the key person in the scheme, who has a Trinidad connection, is hard to find. ANN is on top of the story and will bring you details as they come to hand.
A comment by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves amid the flare up at the container port which is affecting commerce has raised the question of the possibility of heads rolling as a result. The problems, which the port experienced from time to time, escalated recently at a time when it is extremely busy with barrels for Christmas and other items for trade. “But, clearly, you know me well enough to know that, and there are things I cannot say, that I have raised already certain questions in relation to management, with management at the level of the board, the chief…
Coreas Distribution Limited (CDL) and Campari presented the Nurses of St. Vincent and the Grenadines with a $37,000 Christmas Gift at the Ministry of Health conference room earlier today, December 22nd, 2020. Coreas Distribution Limited (CDL) and Campari came together to express their appreciation to the Nurses of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for their hard work, dedication and service during this very challenging year of COVID-19, Dengue and the many other issues they are confronted with on a daily basis. Coreas Distribution Limited (CDL) and Campari say Merry Christmas to all the Nurses by giving each of the 738…
AIM: The safe entry of travellers to St.Vincent and the Grenadines in a manner that reduces the risk of the importation and subsequenttransmission of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.OBJECTIVES: To establish the risk of the arriving traveller introducing new COVID-19 to SVG;To minimize exposure of residents of SVG to new COVID-19 cases;Early identification of potential exposure to COVID-19 andEarly containment of new COVID-19 cases.ESTABLISH RISK OF ARRIVING TRAVELLER:The arriving traveller will:Complete the Pre-Arrival Form available at health.gov.vcAnd the Port Health Officer will:Review Port Health form for each arriving passenger. PHASED PROCESS OF ENTRY OF TRAVELERS TO ST. VINCENT…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 case. The adult traveller is a non-national who arrived from the United Kingdom on December 19 with a negative PCR test result and tested positive on entry screening. The traveller was in mandatory quarantine at the time of receipt of the result and will be isolated until cleared by two negative tests. Contact tracing and testing have commenced. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded a total of one hundred and eight (108) COVID-19 cases, eighty-five (85) of which have recovered. There are now twenty-three (23) active COVID-19…
PARIS, France (AFP)— People who fail to get a COVID-19 vaccination could be banned from using public transport in France, according to a draft law sparking angry protests from opposition politicians on Tuesday. Prime Minister Jean Castex on Monday got his cabinet’s backing for a bill that is designed to provide a legal framework for dealing with health crises, including the coronavirus pandemic. According to the text, which will now be submitted to parliament, a negative COVID test or proof of a “preventative treatment, including the administration of a vaccine” could be required for people to be granted “access to…
Governor-General, Dame Cécile La Grenade declared a State of Emergency in Grenada on Monday, 21 December 2020. This allowed for the Cabinet to impose a curfew and other regulations under the Emergency Powers Act. However, if the rate of infections is not reduced in the next 2 weeks, a full lockdown will be enforced. “The decisions and recommendations of Government must be complemented by public cooperation and compliance. We are making a concerted effort to avoid implementing tougher restrictions on the population currently,” Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell said in a national address on Monday night. “Therefore, I urge all…
Passengers on Canadian airlines have been slapped with fines or warning letters by Transport Canada in recent months for refusing to wear a mask on board a flight, with more incidents involving Alberta airports than any other province. A review of Transport Canada data by CBC News reveals that WestJet passengers have been the hardest hit — with 50 of the 72 incidents, or nearly 70 per cent, involving passengers on the Calgary-based airline. WestJet passengers were issued eight of the nine fines, known as administrative monetary penalties, meted out since June. The ninth fine was to a passenger who flew…
President-elect Joe Biden received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose Monday and offered rare praise for President Trump before giving an awkward fist-bump to his nurse practitioner. Biden applauded the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed for successfully developing vaccines before making the new faux pas discouraged during the pandemic. “I think that the administration deserves some credit getting this off the ground with Operation Warp Speed,” Biden said, wearing an informal black long-sleeved shirt to his appointment. Biden, 78, touted the vaccine as safe while wearing two overlapping protective face masks to his appointment at ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Delaware. The president-elect received the Pfizer-BioNTech…