The just concluded elections held on November 5, 2020 here in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, produced a result that that have been correctly regarded as unprecedented and historic by historians, political and social activist as well as ordinary individuals with an interest in these events. The election of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) for a fifth consecutive term in government here, is something that has never been achieved before in any of the independent countries in CARICOM. The swearing-in of Dr. Hon Ralph E Gonsalves as the Prime Minister of this country for a 5th term, on Saturday November…
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Never once to mince his works, St. Clair Leacock, three-times MP for Central Kingstown, cited a surge of ‘ready cash’ for the other side, as undoing the NDP. Vice President of the New Democratic Party (NDP) St Clair ‘Major’ Leacock has said that raw cash made the difference in the turnout at the 2020 General Elections. “Bribery of the highest order flying under the radar,” he alleged while on the November 9 edition of the New Times Radio programme. According to Leacock, who was returned for the third time as Parliamentary Representative for Central Kingstown, the NDP beat the Unity…
Dr Godwin Friday, President of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Leader of the Opposition said that he and his colleagues are disappointed in not forming government, but are encouraged by the numbers. “We are now the majority party,” Friday said on the ‘New Times’ Radio Programme on Monday. The NDP, for the fifth straight time, lost the general elections to the incumbent Unity Labour Party (ULP). Changing the landscape Although the ULP gained a seat for a 9 to 6 victory, the NDP is slightly ahead in terms of the popular vote. The final figures indicate that the ULP…
One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after five passengers tested positive for Covid-19. The SeaDream is carrying 53 passengers and 66 crew, with the majority of passengers hailing from the US, according to Sue Bryant, a cruise ship reporter who is aboard the ship. She told the Associated Press that one passenger became sick on Wednesday and forced the ship to turn back to Barbados, where it had departed from on Saturday. However, the ship had yet to dock in Barbados as local authorities tested those on…
SAN ANTONIO — 2020 has been a year of adapting and adjusting as countless of organizations around the country have done what they have to do to survive. San Antonio Sports is no different. “As an organization, we pivoted,” CEO Russ Bookbinder said. “We knew that our bread and butter was events in front of people, but we had to change quickly and go virtual.” The city’s i play! sport’s program currently serves 90 schools within 10 school districts around the city. It provides local children and teens with the chance to learn the basics of basketball, soccer, track, volleyball…
Guatemalan police have recovered more than 1.5 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $20 million from a crashed plane near the Mexican border, the attorney general’s office said Thursday. The partially burned-out plane was located Wednesday in the Laguna del Tigre forest reserve, the Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. No victims were located, or arrests made. The area is part of the Peten jungle, a known drug trafficking route on the border with Mexico and Belize, about 370 miles (600 kilometers) north of Guatemala City. According to Guatemala’s Office for Drug Crimes, “the approximate value of the shipment…
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) — Health officials in Bermuda on Thursday reported that there are now 23 active cases of COVID-19 cases on the island after five more people tested positive. The new cases, taking the island’s total up to 220, were identified from a batch of 1,230 tests which came back to officials on Tuesday and Wednesday. The number of confirmed cases stood at 190 when the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention lowered its assessment of the COVID-19 risk in Bermuda to “very low” on October 26. Four of the new cases came in from overseas, but in one…
WASHINGTON, United States — The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), announced today the launch of a tender, inviting all COVID-19 vaccine developers to submit a proposal for supply in 2021. The tender, which will run for 6 weeks, aims to provide at least 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of the COVAX Facility, administered by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The aim of the tender is to ensure equitable and accelerated access to quality assured vaccines for the 186 participating economies as of today. All manufacturers expecting to have supply…
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump signed an order Thursday that will ban Americans from investing in Chinese firms that could help Beijing’s military and security apparatus. The executive order said the Chinese government obliges private firms to support these activities and through capital markets “exploits United States investors to finance the development and modernisation of its military”. The ban takes effect January 11 just days before Trump’s presidency ends.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Eta dumped torrents of blustery rain on Florida’s west coast as it moved over Florida after making landfall north of the heavily populated Tampa Bay area Thursday morning. The storm slogged ashore near Cedar Key, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph). The National Hurricane Center in Miami predicted Eta would then move northeast across Florida as it loses strength. Eta briefly gained hurricane strength Wednesday morning, but forecasters said it later weakened to tropical storm status. In Bradenton Beach, Mark Mixon stepped into his flooded garage as he was…