KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government will complete the distribution of 40,000 devices under the Tablets in Schools programme during the week of November 4. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Fayval Williams, made the disclosure at a ceremony for the handover of tablets at the Buff Bay Primary School last Thursday. The Government, through e-Learning Jamaica (e-LJam) began the distribution of devices to students benefiting from the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH) on October 2. The tablets are targeted at pupils in grades four to six and will augment the 18,000 tablets and the more than 12,000…
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The SVG Football Federation launched its Public Relations Training beginning with the Premier Clubs on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd October 2020. The training sessions are being conducted with the aim of enhancing the club structures through various marketing strategies that will attract potential sponsors while growing their existing fan-base. As the clubs continue to move forward in the direction of an innovative and professional outlook these sessions are key to achieving such goal. Different topics were looked at within the Sports Marketing Industry along with the highlighting of the importance of a social media presence while noting management tips…
It is indeed a sad tale and almost an embarrassment when learned persons fall prey to hapless self- subterfuge based on intellectual gymnastics that masquerade sinister intent. But even that opening paragraph read like another political mischief-maker dancing on the head of a pin, equally disguising an aim to persuade unsuspecting readers of a ‘biased’ position. In this regard, I acknowledge that I am a current beneficiary of a scholarship from the Republic of China on Taiwan and categorically denounce the plans of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) to switch ties to mainland China. However, I justify my position…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today recorded a new COVID-19 case with the receipt of a confirmatory result from CARPHA. The new case is a traveller who arrived from Italy, travelling through France and Martinique before arriving on Friday, October 23, 2020 with a negative PCR result. The adult tested positive on entry screening and will remain in isolation until cleared with two negative PCR results. All passengers who arrived on American Airlines 945 from Miami on Saturday 24, 2020, tested negative for COVID-19 on arrival. They will all remain in mandatory quarantine for five (5) days in a Tourism…
PARIS (AP) — A French doctor warned Monday that his country has “lost control of the epidemic,” a day after health authorities reported more than 52,000 new coronavirus cases as nations across Europe enact more sweeping restrictions to try to slow surging infection rates. Spain — the first European country to surpass 1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases — declared a state of emergency Sunday that included a nationwide overnight curfew, a cap of six people on social gatherings and possible travel bans in and out of the hardest-hit regions. The effect was clear on Barcelona’s famed Las Ramblas promenade, which…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Deaths per day from the coronavirus in the U.S. are on the rise again, just as health experts had feared, and cases are climbing in practically every state, despite assurances from President Donald Trump over the weekend that “we’re rounding the turn, we’re doing great.” With Election Day just over a week away, average deaths per day across the country are up 10% over the past two weeks, from 721 to nearly 794 as of Sunday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Newly confirmed infections per day are rising in 47 states, and deaths are…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire forced evacuation orders for 70,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be cut to hundreds of thousands to prevent utility equipment from sparking new blazes. The smoky fire exploded in size to over 6 square miles (16 square kilometers) within a few hours of breaking out around dawn in Orange County, south of Los Angeles. Strong gusts pushed flames along brushy ridges in Silverado Canyon and near houses in the sprawling city of Irvine, home to about 280,000 residents.…
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — The Dominica government will table legislation allowing for persons over the age of 18 to be in possession of 28 grams of marijuana as it moves towards the decriminalisation of the drug for medicinal and other purposes in the future. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, speaking on his weekly television programme on Sunday night, said that the amendment to the existing legislation will be debated when the Parliament meets later on Monday to discuss a number of matters. “We are going to Parliament to have an amendment to the Act and to allow people to be able…
MANILA, Philippines — A fast-moving typhoon blew away from the Philippines on Monday after leaving at least 13 people missing, forcing thousands of villagers to flee to safety and flooding rural villages, disaster-response officials said. The 13 people missing from Typhoon Molave included a dozen fishermen who ventured out to sea over the weekend despite a no-sail restriction due to very rough seas. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The typhoon was blowing west toward the South China Sea with sustained winds of 125 kilometers (77 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 150 kph (93 mph). It…
Coronavirus cases in Guyana now stand at 4,023 with the confirmation of 29 new cases on Sunday. Data from the Ministry of Health shows that one new case was recorded in Region One, three in Region Two, 17 in Region Four, two in Region Seven, three in Region Eight, and one in Region Ten. Of the confirmed infections, only 904 are active. The Government of Guyana has so far tested 18,417 people for coronavirus. Source: Loop Caribbean