Randolf Williams, 41-year-old father of one, will not be spending Christmas behind bars for marijuana possession. The Lowmans Leeward man was on Tuesday fined $9,900 forthwith or ten months in prison for possession of 14,982 grams of marijuana with intent to supply. He paid the fine immediately, and left the Court. Williams was charged jointly with Randolf Samuel, also of Lowmans Leeward, and Atiba Jones of Union Island. All three men had pleaded not guilty to the charge during a previous appearance at the Serious Offences Court. However, on their return to that Court on Tuesday, Williams took the rap,…
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A man, who professed to be a born-again Christian, was yesterday (Thursday) sentenced to 14 years, 11 months and 19 days in prison, for having sex with an 8-year-old girl. Justice Brian Cottle handed down the penalty at the High Court Criminal Assizes. A nine-member jury had on November 23 found Kawanie Williams, 26, of Green Hill, guilty of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13. Sentencing was adjourned. The accused, who was 19 at the time, had seized the opportunity to force himself on the 8-year-old in November 2013, when the victim had gone…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, sidestepping a decision on the merits of the claims and instead ruling that the case must first wind its way through lower courts. In another blow to Trump, two dissenting conservative justices questioned whether disqualifying more than 221,000 ballots as Trump wanted would be the proper remedy to the errors he alleged. The defeat on a 4-3 ruling was the latest in a string of losses for Trump’s post-election…
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which the company says was recently demonstrated to have 94 per cent efficacy, causes the human immune system to produce potent antibodies that endure for at least three months, a study showed Thursday. Researchers at the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which co-developed the drug, studied the immune response of 34 adult participants, young and old, from the first stage of a clinical trial. Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, they said that the antibodies, which stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus from invading human cells, “declined slightly over…
The annual Christmas Road Cleaning Programme conducted by the Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) is scheduled to commence on Friday December 4, 2020. The 7-day programme will see the employment of 5,405 persons. These will include 450 gangs, and 905 Jobbers. In addition, over 100 Truckers will be employed. Communications Officer of BRAGSA, Mr. Rohan Cupid says the gangs will be out from 7am in every district across St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He says emphasis will be placed on the cleaning of drains, following the heavy rains in recent weeks. Mr. Cupid says this is being done as part of BRAGSA’s continued effort in the fight against Dengue Fever in St, Vincent and the Grenadines.…
Membership is now open to fashion designers and other service providers within the fashion industry, such as manufacturers, textile designers, make-up artists, pattern makers, marketing and advertising professionals, photographers, models, and other industry practitioners. The aim of the Association is to act as the guiding body for practitioners within the industry, by providing or facilitating training, workshops and events as well as to lobby on behalf of its members for initiatives and policies that will aid in the development and increased competitiveness of St. Vincent & the Grenadines in the area of fashion and design within the region. The current Board was…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded two (2) new COVID-19 cases. One case is a returning national who arrived with a negative RT-PCR test result from the England on Saturday November 28, 2020, tested negative on entry screening and on day five (5) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. The second case is an American national who arrived from the USA also on Saturday November 28. The adult also arrived with a negative RT-PCR result, tested negativeon entry screening, then positive on quarantine day five (5) testing. Both adults were in mandatory quarantine and will be…
A 70-year-old Swedish mom has been arrested for keeping her 41-year-old son locked up inside their filthy apartment for nearly three decades — leaving him covered in sores and barely able to walk, officials said Tuesday. The son had allegedly been held captive for 28 years when he was found by a relative Sunday in the apartment in Haninge, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported, citing local media. He was discovered lying on a blanket on the floor in the kitchen after the mother had been taken to the hospital. The relative said he had almost no teeth, was covered in sores,…
A Florida mom who was intentionally run over by a group of teens feuding with her son over a “romantic entanglement” has died, authorities said. Suzette Penton, a Polk City librarian, succumbed to her injuries last week after she was mowed down by a dark van at her house on Nov. 9, news station WFLA reported. Death toll from German car attack grows to fiveAt least 4 killed, several injured after car slams into German crowdMan who attacked ex-girlfriend fatally stabbed, beaten by her mom and sisterFour more teens charged over beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty“I think everybody is…
Police report – On 30.11.2020, Police arrested and charged Devorn Charles, 34 years old Businessman of Old Montrose with having in his possession a firearm with intent to commit an offence at Block 2000/Old Montrose about 9:45am on 02.08.2020. The Accused appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court to answer to the charge and pleaded not guilty. Preliminary inquiry into the matter has commenced and the matter was adjourned to 3.12.2020