Thirteen (13) new positive cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Grenada in the last 36 hours, and all infected individuals are in quarantine in state facilities, or at home, where they are being monitored. The current COVID-19 epidemiological situation in Grenada is outlined as follows: Nine (9) of the new positive cases are concentrated in one household. Twelve (12) of the new cases are related to the outbreak cluster, previously announced. One new case is imported. A 37-year old female traveler who arrived in Grenada from St. Vincent with a negative PCR test result, went directly into quarantine, in…
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed four (4) new COVID-19 cases. One case is a returning national who arrived with a negative PCR test result from the BVI on December 15, 2020, and tested positive on entry screening. Two UK nationals arrived on December 12 with negative PCR results, tested negative on arrival then positive on day 5 testing. The fourth traveler arrived from the USA on December 18,2020 with a negative PCR result and tested positive for COVID-19 on entry screening. All of these travelers were in mandatory quarantine at the time of receipt of these results and…
We Can Make Things Better My dear friends, the Christmas Season is upon us once again—thankfully. I always look forward to Christmas. I hope you do too. As Christians, we celebrate the momentous occasion of the birth of Christ whose coming into the world brought hope of salvation and offered us the chance to do better in our lives. Many times we have heard it said that Christ is the reason for the season. Yet, far too often, we fail to truly appreciate the beauty and sacred nature of this time of year, as we get carried away with the…
The defining issue of the year 2020, particularly since the month of March, has been, and is, the COVID-19 pandemic and its health, economic, social, and security consequences. COVID-19 has been, and is, affecting profoundly life, living, and production world-wide and in the Caribbean, including St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The dire statistics, globally, tell the tale, though unevenly, in sickness and deaths, huge economic contractions, massive job losses, increased poverty and immiseration of people, drastic declines in government revenues and corresponding jumps in fiscal deficits, pain and suffering. Even in St. Vincent and the Grenadines where, thankfully, we have…
By Jomo Thomas We must investigate and interrogate our body of laws to determine whether our system represents rule by law or the rule of law.’ Justice Peter Jamadar, Caribbean Court of Justice. We have said it before, and this is as good a time as any to repeat, had it not been for the vigilance of the Teachers Union and the Public Service Union, the courageous and brilliant judges in the civil division of our court and erudite, legal heavyweights who occupy the benches of the Court of Appeal, St Vincent and the Grenadines would have been on the…
After three rounds of matches in the Premier Division of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation’s National Club Championships, the a stiff race for the 2020/2021 title is already taking shape.When the round concluded last Sunday night at the Victoria Park, BESCO- Pastures and Sion Hill sat on top with seven points each; Layou and Hope International followed on five points apiece.Je Belle, Awesome and Avenues had accumulated four points each, followed by System Three – two points, North Leeward Predators- one point and Largo Height yet to register a point.Round three results saw two wins and three…
Last Saturday’s Female Fun Day at the Victoria Park was staged primarily with the purpose of assessing teams’ readiness for the Women’s segment of the 2020/2021 St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) National Club Championships. “With the female competition of the National Club Championships coming up, we just wanted to do an assessment of the level of female footballers within the clubs… So we thought having such an activity we would see what the clubs have to offer”, Second Vice- President of the SVGFF- Wayne Grant related. In expressing delight with the outcome of the day’s activities especially…
The Antigua News Room online news service reported Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne as saying on Tuesday that that permission has been granted to LIAT to fly to Barbados. This comes after protracted discussion between Antigua and Barbados, and Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, after LIAT had been refused permission to schedule flights into those countries, and five other destinations, beginning November 30. There has been no indication of a response, one way or the other, from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, up to press time, Wednesday. Notwithstanding PM Browne effort to get LIAT ‘flying again,…
The coronavirus pandemic has snatched away the lives of two doctors who were fighting to keep others healthy during the pandemic. Twin brothers Dr Kevin and Dr Kenneth Guerra, died one day apart from each other. The Ministry of Health and Wellness says the brothers are Belize’s first healthcare workers to have lost their lives to complications due to COVID-19. Dr Kevin Guerra died on December 12. He worked at the Independence Polyclinic under the Ministry of Health and Wellness for five years. Dr Kenneth Guerra also lost the fight to COVID-19 on December 13. Dr Kenneth worked at the San…
The over five thousand persons who participated in this year’s Christmas Road Cleaning programme are scheduled to be paid early next week. They are expected to receive 2.5 million EC dollars for work done over a 7-day period. The programme saw the employment of 5,405 persons. These included 450 gangs, and 905 Jobbers. In addition, over 100 Truckers were employed. Payments will be made on Monday December 21 and Tuesday December 22 between the hours of 9:30am and 4:30pm at the following locations: