ST. JOHN’S ANTIGUA, November 25, 2020 – LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, will begin its commercial schedule on November 30th with flights operating to a limited number of destinations. The airline will operate flights five days a week to seven destinations across the LIAT network. The seven destinations are: Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, and St. Vincent. The limited schedule of flights will return connectivity to these destinations which were impacted by the airline’s suspension of commercial services. LIAT will announce shortly the addition of other destinations to the schedule for December 2020. The airline has completed all…
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Lieutenant William Theobalds of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard has achieved a new milestone becoming the first Vincentian to complete the International Maritime Operators Course at the United States Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. Lieutenant Theobalds, who graduated on November 6th, 2020, said he is elated about his achievement and looks forwards to achieving greater things. The programme was informative and provided insight of previous maritime operations, including “Operation Neptune” the largest amphibious landing to take place in history said Lieutenant Theobalds, who has 26 years of experience as a Coast Guard Officer. The International Maritime Operators…
PARIS, France (AFP)— More than 60 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected worldwide, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP on Wednesday. In total 60,014,291 infections, leading to 1,415,258 deaths, have been recorded around the world since the pandemic emerged in China late last year. The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national authorities and information from the World Health Organization, probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of infections. Many countries lack testing capacity, or test only symptomatic cases or the most serious ones. The European region including Russia has had 17.1…
The initiative is one of several programs Canadian diplomatic missions are undertaking globally to shine a light on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against women and girls, and support UN Women’s ongoing #OrangeTheWorld campaign. One in three women and girls experience violence in their lifetime. SGBV happens disproportionately to women and girls in every country and every society, including in conflict situations: at home, in schools, on the streets, at work, on the internet and in refugee camps. Too often violence against women and girls is normalized and goes unpunished. Canada condemns in the strongest terms all forms of SGBV…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In a time of plague and raw division, President-elect Joe Biden appealed for unity Wednesday in a Thanksgiving-eve address to the nation asking Americans to “steel our spines” for a fight against the coronavirus that he predicted would continue for months. But even as he implored Americans to join in healing and common purpose, President Donald Trump asserted that the election should be overturned, a futile call but one that stokes the divisions Biden is trying to overcome. With COVID-19 cases surging nationwide, Biden called on Americans to take precautions to try to stem the tide…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)— The Trinidad and Tobago government today criticised the international community, most notably the Organization of American States (OAS) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees(UNCHR) regarding the controversy that has erupted here after 16 Venezuelan nationals, including children, deported last weekend, returned to the island late Tuesday. In a strongly worded statement, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said his administration was not surprised at the unfolding situation given that the OAS “under its misguided (Secretary General) President (Luis) Almagro has been almost singlehandedly responsible for triggering and fuelling the current Venezuelan situation”. He said…
BBC -Football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had a cardiac arrest at home. He had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November and was to be treated for alcohol dependency. One of the greatest players of all time, Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, producing a series of sublime individual performances. He played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career, winning two Serie A titles with the Italian side.
Jamaica observer – Ricardo Lewin, an immigration officer of Bogue Village in Montego Bay, is now in hospital battling for his life after he was shot during a hit and run incident at approximately 6:10pm on Monday. According to police reports, Lewin was driving home when upon reaching a section of Bogue Village main road, he was hit head on by a white Voxy/Noah motor vehicle. It is alleged that he stopped to assess the damage to his vehicle; however, the men in the Voxy/Noah reversed and drove away. It is alleged that Lewin pursued the vehicle, however, the drivers…
Press Release:- Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development Hon. Dr. Gale Rigobert has announced that both students and hundreds of teachers will benefit from the Government’s distribution of content ready “E-books,” laptops and various E-learning devices. On Friday November 20, which was observed as World Children’s Day, the Minister recommitted her Government’s promise to bridge the digital divide, by not just providing students with devices but offering the requisite training, as well as content and curricula that go with those devices to both students and teachers. “I wish to recommit my efforts and that of my team,…
Should Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves be made to answer a charge making a comment likely to causing fear or alarm among the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines? That is essentially the question that was posed on the New Democatic Party’s (NDP’s) New Times interactive progamme on NICE Radio on Monday as Vincentians expressed concern over the Prime Minister’s recent comment in relation to repatriated sailors and how they voted in the November 5th, 2020, general elections. “Despite what I did for the sailors, objectively, most of them voted against the ULP. Life really ain’t fair eh,” Prime…