The North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Chatoyer Endurance 10K, which was slated to take place this Sunday from Gordon Yard to the Sharpes Playing Field, in the North Leeward area, has been cancelled. Organised by Team Athletics SVG (TASVG) and funded by NACAC, the event, a staple on the local road racing calendar and dubbed the ‘World’s Most Challenging 10K’, was forced to be shelfed for this year, because of the “lack of funding.” Also weighing heavily in favour of the cancellation was the absence of the international category. Word from TASVG is that it could…
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Digicel is taking its promise of ‘Simply More’ simply more right through the festive season this year offering more ways for customers to get more, and be able to share more – if they wish. And according to a Digicel press release, Digicel has an app and an experience for everyone no matter what they’re into all year round. The app BiP is offering a 2-day Spin and Win challenge so customers can win great prizes. D’music is coming with its Stream to Win competition, where listening to specific playlists gets customers chances to win cool prizes. GoLoud’s Christmas Conversations…
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would leave the White House if Joe Biden is officially confirmed the winner of the US election, but he repeated that he may never concede defeat. Trump has made an unprecedented attempt to defy the results of the November 3 vote, spreading wild theories about stolen ballots and launching baseless legal challenges that have been thrown out by courts across the country. Answering his first questions from reporters since the election, the president moved closer to accepting that he would serve only one term in office before…
Fri, Nov 27, 2020 Over the last 20 years of the Unity Labour Party administration, this country has seen an unprecedented number of weather events that have wreaked havoc on the physical infrastructure of this country, caused unspeakable tragedy and disrupted the lives of thousands of Vincentians for extended periods. As a reminder of some of those occurrences, we can go back to: 2010, the year of hurricane Tomas in October, that destroyed a number of homes and downed power-lines, caused Major flooding and landslides throughout the country; the December 2013 floods caused by a trough system that dumped over…
Yet again, an official of the ruling Unity Labour Party has brought into question the secrecy of the ballot. This is the second time in just over a decade that prominent individuals in the ULP government have made the claim that the party’s leadership knows the political choice of citizens. Back in 2008, Julian Francis, the ULP General Secretary and long-standing, successful campaign manager, told a stunned nation that he knew how the Syrians voted. This wild and sinister statement was repeated by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on November 19, while addressing the nation on the state-owned National Broadcasting Corporation…
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…
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.…