Pointe Xpress: Some persons have not been complying with mandatory 14- day periods of isolation or quarantine intended to determine their COVID-19 status. This is increasing the risk that the virus will spread which in turn frustrates carefully conceived measures that have been established to contain the spread of the disease by preventing or limiting new infections. This concern was repeated this week in the post-Cabinet briefing, where Information Minister, Melford Nicholas, addressed a recent excursion to Bird Island attended by scores of residents in search of an unrestrained party. Nicholas said this was one of the reasons why Cabinet…
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Twenty-one persons from the North Leeward community of Rose Hall and five persons from outside that community were on Sunday 18th October, the recipients of assistance from the Kenville Horne Sports Academy (KHSA). The assistance varied across a range of food, personal and household items, farming materials including fertilizer and seedlings, as well as finance. It is estimated that the 26 persons who received assistance represented households that comprised well over a total of 100 persons. Speaking at the handing over ceremony at the Rose Hall Community Centre, Founder/Director of the KHSA Kenville Horne explained that the donation was made…
Istanbul, Turkey(CNN) At least 14 people have been killed in Turkey and Greece after a powerful earthquake hit the Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon, sending buildings crashing down and triggering what authorities have called a “mini tsunami.” Officials said 12 people were killed in coastal areas in Turkey’s west, while two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos after a wall collapsed on them. In Turkey, at least 20 buildings in the city of Izmir alone were destroyed, Mayor Tunc Soyer told CNN Turk. Images showed vehicles crushed under the buildings and people digging through the rubble in search…
(BBC) US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden are criss-crossing Midwestern states that may hold the keys to the White House. Mr Biden went on the offensive in Iowa, a state that voted for Mr Trump by 10 points in 2016. Mr Trump was making a play for Minnesota, a state that voted narrowly for Hillary Clinton four years ago. Mr Biden holds a solid national lead ahead of Tuesday’s general election. But his advantage over Mr Trump is narrower in the handful of US states that could vote for either candidate and decide the outcome in…
(BBC) The US saw a record high of 91,000 new Covid-19 cases reported on Thursday, with spikes in dozens of states just days before the presidential election. The same day, over 1,000 Americans died with the virus, as the national death toll and number of patients in hospital continue to trend upward. The US is just shy of nine million total cases, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. The contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden comes to a head on Tuesday. This is the third time this month that the US daily death toll has surpassed 1,000, according…
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — St Lucia government today announced stricter protocols aimed at addressing the recent upsurge in community spread of COVID-19. The Allen Chastanet government said that given the current status of active COVID-19 cases and projections, Castries is with immediate effect implementing protocols in order to curb the spread of the virus for the next 30 days. St Lucia has recorded 76 cases of the virus to date. A government statement said that on the recommendations by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Sharon Belmar-George, it has been agreed that all agencies and businesses should implement a…
The Public Service Union (PSU) is endorsing the New Democratic Party (NDP) for the November 5 general elections. Elroy president Elroy Boucher outlined the position last Monday, October 26. Speaking at the PSU’s headquarters in capital city Kingstown. Boucher blasted the Unity Labour Party (ULP) government for not accepting an invitation to talk on “issues which have been plaguing the Public Service and workers for the past 25 years.” Boucher praised the NDP for listening to the Union, and disclosed that President Dr. Lorraine Friday is committed to rectify the situation. The Union leader condemned the ULP, called for an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — There are no crowds at Disneyland, still shut down by the coronavirus. Fewer fans attended the World Series this year than at any time in the past century. Big concerts are canceled. But it’s a different story in Trumpland. Thousands of President Donald Trump’s supporters regularly cram together at campaign rallies around the country — masks optional and social distancing frowned upon. Trump rallies are among the nation’s biggest events being held in defiance of crowd restrictions designed to stop the virus from spreading. This at a time when public health experts are advising people to think…
Prime Minister Jean Castex announced this afternoon, October 29, 2020, the reconfinement is effective from midnight tonight everywhere in France but only in Martinique with regard to overseas. A government decision that is not really a surprise. Martinique will therefore be confined at midnight (the night of October 29 to 30, 2020). Like all the hexagonal territory, the island therefore returns to maximum protection mode against the coronavirus epidemic. For the moment the details of this new confinement, which should see the closure of schools, colleges, high schools or even nurseries will only be communicated from 4 pm, in Martinique…
Twenty-one persons from the North Leeward community of Rose Hall and five persons from outside that community were on Sunday 18th October, the recipients of assistance from the Kenville Horne Sports Academy (KHSA). The assistance varied across a range of food, personal and household items, farming materials including fertilizer and seedlings, as well as finance. It is estimated that the 26 persons who received assistance represented households that comprised well over a total of 100 persons. Speaking at the handing over ceremony at the Rose Hall Community Centre, Founder/Director of the KHSA Kenville Horne explained that the donation was made…