Students of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) Divisions of Arts, Sciences and General Studies, and Teacher Education were among the first to receive their Samsung tablets on Thursday, 29th October 2020. Minister of Education Hon. St. Clair Prince symbolically handed over the first two tablets to Nyla Samuel of the Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies and Avadil Jack of the Division of Teacher Education. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education Myccle Burke explained to the students that the devices will connect them to the world outside; that the smart devices are only as…
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) Two Latin American countries hard hit by coronavirus each recorded another bleak moment in the pandemic on Wednesday with Mexico exceeding 90,000 deaths from its outbreak and Argentina surpassing a toll of 30,000 Mexico has the fourth-highest death toll in the world and recorded another 495 fatalities on Wednesday, while Argentina’s health ministry reported a new total of 30,071 deaths in the country with the seventh-largest number of confirmed infections. Both countries still lag well behind Brazil, the region’s worst-hit nation with five million recorded cases and almost 160,000 deaths. Peru and Colombia have each recorded…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) — The World Health Organization in Europe on Thursday said nationwide lockdowns should be treated as a “last-resort option” even as it noted that the continent was back at the pandemic’s “epicentre”. While widespread shutdowns of society would “cut community transmission and give the health system much needed space to recoup and scale up”, they also came at a huge cost, the WHO’s regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said in a statement delivered to an emergency meeting of European health ministers. As more and more European countries are adopting drastic measures to curb the spread, Kluge also said…
Three people have died in a knife attack at a church in Nice, in what French President Emmanuel Macron said was an “Islamist terrorist attack”. He said France would not surrender its core values after visiting the Notre-Dame basilica in the southern city. An extra 4,000 troops are being deployed to protect churches and schools. In Nice, one elderly victim was “virtually beheaded”, officials said. Another woman and a man also died. A male suspect was shot and detained. Anti-terror prosecutors have opened an investigation into the attack and France has raised its national security alert to its highest level.…
Taiwan has reached a record 200 days without any domestically transmitted cases of Covid-19, underlining its success in keeping the virus under control as cases rise across much of the world. Taiwanese authorities acted early to halt the spread of the disease, brought in strict control measures, including two weeks of quarantine for anyone flying into the island, and poured resources into testing and tracing. Checks on travellers arriving from Wuhan, where the epidemic started, were brought in on 31 December, as soon as health authorities there told the World Health Organization they were treating cases of viral pneumonia of…
On November 1, 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will assume the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for one month ending November 30, 2020. This is SVG’s first and only presidency during the country’s stint on the council and forms part of the SVG’s responsibility as a non-permanent member. St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ presidency of the United Nations Security Council, during the month of November, aims to address contemporary challenges which include: Pandemics, Environmental Challenges, Climate Change and its security consequences and the Nexus between Development and Peace and Security. Key events for the month of…
Moderate to heavy showers, periods of rain and thunderstorms will continue across St. Vincent and the Grenadines due to the presence of a tropical wave and an upper-level trough. Rainfall accumulations of 75mm (approximately 3 inches) with isolated higher amounts in mountainous areas are possible during the warning period. During the last 12 hours, rainfall accumulations of approximately 2 inches have been recorded by some stations across the island and there have been reports of flash-flooding. Due to the saturated nature of the soils, any additional rainfall could lead to additional flooding. As a result, the Flash-Flood watch which is…
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is one step closer to reality with the signing of a commencement contract at Cabinet Room on Monday, 26th October, 2020. Prime Minister Dr. The Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Minister of Tourism Hon. Cecil Mc Kie, and Deputy Chairman SRI Adam Stewart signed the contract in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Sir Louis Straker; Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves; other Government officials; Invest SVG staff; SRI CEO Gebhard Rainer; Director of Development Richard Hamilton, Project Manager Terence Des Vignes; and Heads of Human Resources, Communications, Social Media, Supply and…
Students at the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) will after tomorrow find it much easier to access online teaching thanks to the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines which will tomorrow make some three thousand tablets available to students at the SVGCC. Earlier this year, the government as a consequence of COVID-19 which exposed inequalities in access to online teaching as some students had no devices, made the decision at the level of parliament to make tablets available to all students and teachers to be used in education institutions. An amount of EC$4,000,000.00 was initially allocated…
On 26.10.2020, Police arrested and charged Dave Sutton, a 46 year old farmer of New Chapmans with assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful discharge of a firearm. Investigations carried out revealed that on 16.10.2020 the Accused allegedly had in his possession a firearm, make and serial number unknown without a license issued under the Firearms Act. He was also charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm at a 30 year old barber of Langley Park and assaulting the said barber by firing two (2) gunshots at him with the intent to commit the offence of bodily harmed. In addition,…