A record ninety-one (91) male players were transferred for the 2020/2021 St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation’s (SVGFF) National Club Championships, which open this Friday at the Victoria Park. The transfers, effected during the months of September and October, show movements among the various divisions. Players moved across Premier Division clubs; from Premier Division to First Division and vice versa; from First Division to First Division as well as Second Division to First Division. Among the notable transfers is that national midfielder Nazir Mc Burnette, formerly of Camdonia-Chelsea, who has joined the ranks of 2019/2020 Premier Division Champions Hope…
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A 26-year-old man who forced himself on an 8-year-old girl seven years ago, will know his fate at the High Court Criminal Assizes on December 3. A 9-member mixed Jury on Monday 23rd November, had found Kawanie Williams of Green Hill guilty of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13, but sentencing was adjourned. Williams was 19 at the time of the incident, while the victim was eight. The Prosecution’s evidence revealed that on November 16, 2013, the victim went to the home of the accused to have his sister assist her with her homework.…
Most damning for the government and painful for our people is the widespread incidence of social and economic decay that is seen in the high unemployment rate, especially among our youth, poor health care services and rising crime. It is seen very clearly also in increasing poverty among our people. That poverty was documented in the poverty assessment survey that the government itself commissioned but buried for over two years because they did not like the stark reality of growing poverty exposed by the survey, which only came to light when it was obtained and published by the NDP. The…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded one (1) new COVID-19 case. The new case is a returning national who arrived with a negative RT-PCR test result from the USA on Saturday November 21, 2020 on American Airlines, tested negative on entry screening and on day five (5) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. The adult was in mandatory quarantine and will be isolated until cleared by two negative tests. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has now recorded a total of eighty-five (85) COVID19 cases, seventy-seven (78) of which have recovered. There are now seven (7)active COVID-19…
More than a million Americans traveled via plane on the day before Thanksgiving — the highest number since the COVID-19 pandemic exploded in March, new statistics show. Figures released by the Transportation Security Administration show that 1,070,967 travelers went through US screening checkpoints Wednesday, down from 2,624,250 in 2019. The one-day total is the highest recorded by the TSA since March 16, but still a 59 percent decrease from last year. Public health experts and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had urged people to scrap their Turkey Day travel plans due to rising infection rates across the country.…
Scotland has become the first country to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in public facilities, a landmark victory for the global movement against period poverty. The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously in favor of the Period Products bill on Tuesday, months after lawmakers had initially signaled their support.It means period products will be available to access in public buildings including schools and universities across Scotland. According to the new rules, it will be up to local authorities and education providers to ensure the products are available free of charge. “The campaign has been backed…
PARIS (AP) — A Black man beaten up by several French police officers said he is seeking justice after the publication of videos showing officers repeatedly punching him, using a truncheon and tear gas against him for no apparent reason. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered the officers involved in the case suspended. The incident came as President Emmanuel Macron’s government is pushing a new bill that restricts the ability to film police, which has prompted protests from civil liberties groups and journalists concerned that it would allow police brutality to go undiscovered and unpunished. Videos first published on Thursday…
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AFP) — Cash-strapped Latin American governments face severe geographical, economic and social challenges in trying to ensure life-saving COVID-19 vaccines are made available to vulnerable populations, experts say. Megacities like Sao Paulo, mountain ranges like the Andes as well as the vast Amazon basin pose just a few of the geographical problems for distributors, given the vital need to maintain the cold chain to preserve the vaccines. Transporting vaccines “to the most distant parts of the big cities and to peripheral neighbourhoods, with the need to conserve the cold chain, will be the first major challenge,” Colombian epidemiologist Carlos Trillos…
LIAT has introduced its new baggage policy effective Nov. 30 when it returns to commercial service. While customers will be allowed to carry on a small bag and personal item for free, their 1st Checked bag will cost US$10. The second checked bag will cost US$60 and the airline said these prices will apply for both ways — that’s US$20 and US$120 round trip. Infants who are ticketed separately and have a reserved seat are entitled to pay for the first bag allowance of 50lbs(23kgs) per person. The maximum overall size per piece will be 62 inches (157 cms). Source:…
Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at a construction site in Glen Thursday morning. We would update further