The late great Jamaican singer Peter Tosh made famous his song ‘The day the dollar die’ but there is no indication the dollar is going to die anytime soon – not once it continues to play a pivotal role in political elections. The critical importance of the cash to voting came home hardest to the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) following the November 5th, 2020, general elections which saw them winning the popular votes but losing the elections as the incumbent Unity Labour Party (ULP) was able to cling to power by narrowly adding a seat, which it won by…
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The Police Cooperative Credit Union (PCCU) has once again partnered with the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) in sponsoring the annual Police Christmas Caroling Contest. Since 2012, the Police Credit Union has been the major sponsor of this very important event on the calendar of activities of the organization and the citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On Monday November 23, 2020, Mrs. Ayanna Samuel, manager of the PCCU handed over a sponsorship cheque in the sum of $5000 to Commissioner of Police, Mr. Colin John to offset expenses for this year’s contest. During the…
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US plans to distribute 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine after it is cleared for emergency use, officials said Tuesday. That could start happening shortly after December 10, when a committee of the Food and Drug Administration meets to decide on whether to green light the medicine. General Gustave Perna, chief operations officer for the government’s Operation Warp Speed, told reporters some 40 million doses of vaccine would be available by the end of December. That figure includes another vaccine developed by Moderna and the National Institutes for Health, which announced some preliminary efficacy…
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Tuesday was set to become the latest country to ease coronavirus restrictions in the run-up to Christmas, as Russia joined in a flurry of encouraging announcements about possible vaccines. In an evening television address, French President Emmanuel Macron was also expected to announce a strategy for procuring vaccines as world governments scramble to put together a complex and lengthy vaccination programme. “We will see a slight relaxing of the lockdown,” Prime Minister Jean Castex told leaders of Macron’s LREM party hours before the president’s primetime appearance, participants told AFP. The Dow surged past 30,000…
The Republic of China (Taiwan) on Monday, November16th, 2020 handed over a cheque in the amount of two hundred and twelve thousand US dollars (US$ 212,000) to the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, as part of the Capacity Building Project for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes in SVG. The funds will be used to purchase HbA1c and lipid testing supplies for the Cobas b analysers located at Chateaubelair Health Centre, Buccament Polyclinic, Levi Latham Polyclinic, Stubbs polyclinic and Port Elizabeth Health Centre. This will increase the Ministry’s capacity to provide testing services for HbA1c and lipids within…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Greg Barclay has been elected as the new independent chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He succeeds Shashank Manohar who stepped down earlier this year. Barclay, an Auckland-based commercial lawyer, has been a director of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) since 2012 and is currently NZC’s representative on the board of the International Cricket Council. He will step down from his position at NZC to lead the ICC in an independent capacity. He was a director of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2015 and is a former board member and chairman of the Northern…
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Belmar-George, has announced confirmation of another three cases of COVID-19. The announcement came in a statement reproduced below: Today Tuesday November 24, 2020, the Ministry of Health received confirmation of three new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases diagnosed in country to date to 226. Case #224 is a 68 year old female from the Gros-Islet district Case #225 is a 36 year old male from the Gros-Islet district Case #226 is a 25 year old male from the Castries district All of these individuals, after being assessed and tested for…
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has criticized the opposition New Democratic Party’s (NDP’s) proposed reduction of the interest rate on student loans by just over 50 percent, saying it will not be sustainable. The opposition NDP, during their election campaign, promised a reduction from 8.5 percent to 4.5 percent interest on student loans. The incumbent ULP, in their election campaign, promised a reduction to 6.5 percent. Calling to the Issue at Hand programme on WE FM last Sunday, Dr Gonsalves said that when his administration started the student loan programme for economically disadvantage students the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP)…
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has underscored the need for more persons to get involved in lobster harvesting if this country is to be able to supply the demand coming from Rainforest Seafood which is headquartered in Jamaica and currently constructing a 30,000 sq ft processing plant at Calliaqua. “I just saw a report from Rainforest Seafood. Rainforest Seafood is going to need up to about 300 persons selling them lobsters. At least150 pounds of lobster per week, each of them. “Now, Camillo tells me that in Calliaqua, during the season, the men in Calliaqua would do 200 or 200…
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has hinted at the possibility of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) challenging in court the outcome of the North Leeward election which his Unity Labour Party (ULP) candidate Carlos James won by a single vote. Dr Gonsalves’ hint of the possibility came on Sunday when he called the interactive Issue at Hand programme on WE FM. Prime Minister Gonsalves was asked if he had any information on the situation with anumber of rejected ballots in North Leeward and if he had any comment. He replied: “I wouldn’t comment on anything in relation to North…