The Caribbean state of Dominica is hoping to boost its position as an international travel market through the construction of a new airport capable of serving long-haul flights. Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit recently revealed that the government has already bought 411 acres (around 1,660,000 square metres) of land. The new airport, which is set to be located near the existing Dominica Douglas-Charles airport. The new airport will be entirely funded through contributions from Dominica’s Citizenship for Investment programme. The government has been setting aside USD5 million income from the programme every year for the last few years. Dominica Douglas-Charles…
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Statistics say that women make up approximately 50% of our population and even more importantly 50% of persons who are able to vote. Statistics also say that women are more likely to vote and to mobilize others to vote. This was evident fresh out of general elections where we recognised that women were at the forefront of political rallies and stood as the backbone of our main political parties. Our women can be found in many leadership positions in SVG from Permanent Secretaries to Directors to Managers to Principals. Our women can be found everywhere except our cabinet. On 10th…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today received confirmation of one new COVID-19 case. The traveler is a returning national who arrived with a negative PCR test result. The adult arrived from the BVI on November 4, having transited through Dominica and Barbados, and was negative by entry screen for COVID-19. However, on Friday November 6, the Ministry of Health of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was informed by the Ministry of Health Barbados that this traveler while in transit in Barbados was tested and a positive result returned. Subsequent in country retesting as per the existing multi-tiered system, gave a…
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Eta remained a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon as it prepared to skirt past the heavily populated Tampa Bay region in Florida and crash ashore in the coming hours somewhere to the north along the Gulf of Mexico coast. The storm’s maximum sustained winds remained at about 70 mph (110 kph) off Florida’s west coast as the storm moved northward, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Additional weakening was possible as Eta approaches the coast. Forecasters had posted — but later discontinued — a hurricane watch for a 120-mile (190-kilometer) stretch that includes Tampa…
On November 5, 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) held its General Elections which according to law is constitutionally due every five (5) years. This very important process empowers every Vincentian (who are of voting age) to vote to elect a government to run the affairs of the SVG for the ensuing five years. The holding of General Elections is the largest and most important security operation which the RSVGPF and its auxiliary force undertakes at any given time. Although several reports resulting from the political campaign leading up to polling day were made to the police; the General Elections were generally…
St. Lucia recorded its second death from the coronavirus (COVID-19) a few hours after it had recorded its first death with health authorities continuing to warn that the virus is no respecter of persons. In addition, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Belmar-George, has announced another six new cases of COVID-19, pushing the island’s total to 148. The new cases were between the ages 32 to 69-years-old and the health authorities said “at this point, the contact tracing team has been unable to establish an epidemiological link of these six cases to any of our prior cases, but investigations are on-going”.…
The project saw the retrofitting of the Radiology Room. This included the construction of partitions, and the carrying out of plumbing and electrical work. Painting and tiling work was also done. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) funded project was done at a cost of $24,000.
WILMINGTON, Delaware (AP) — Vowing “to get right to work,” President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump’s fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as “inconsequential,” even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican president’s actions were dangerous. Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked the incoming president from receiving intelligence briefings and withheld federal funding intended to help facilitate the transfer of power. Trump’s resistance, backed by senior Republicans in Washington and across the country, could also prevent background investigations and security clearances for prospective staff and access to federal agencies to discuss transition planning. As some Democrats and…
The European Union formally accused US giant Amazon on Tuesday of abusing its control over an online marketplace to distort competition, a breach of anti-trust rules. Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Brussels had informed the company of its view and would push on with an investigation, while opening a second formal probe. This second investigation will probe whether Amazon’s Prime service and the “buy box” that appears on the screen “artificially” push buyers into sellers using Amazon’s logistics service. “We reached the preliminary conclusion that Amazon illegally has abused its dominant position as a marketplace service provider in Germany and…
This morning, Cricket West Indies (CWI) was informed that some members of our New Zealand touring party had contravened the strict COVID-19 protocols within the team’s Managed Isolation Facility in Christchurch. The New Zealand Ministry of Health has advised us that all members of the West Indies touring party will now be unable to train for the remainder of the quarantine period and will have to complete their quarantine within the Managed Isolation Facility only. CWI is in full support of the New Zealand Ministry of Health’s position. From the information we have received so far, we have been told…