St. Vincent and the Grenadines now has twenty-six (26) recovered COVID-19 cases. This follows the receipt of the second negative PCR result for one person from the Public Health Laboratory at CARPHA. These results were included in a batch of results for twenty-five (25) samples sent to the lab on Wednesday June 17, 2020. Four (4) Disney Crew members who disembarked on June 15, also tested negative for COVID-19.No new positive COVID-19 cases were reported, so there are now three (3) active cases of COVID -19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, out of a total of twenty-nine (29) recorded…
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The New Today- Two Vincentian nationals jointly charged for the offences of Money Laundering and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, by having in their possession cash amounting to $10,000.00 Euros, have pleaded guilty in a court in Grenada. 35-year old Lamar Condice, and his 28-year old countryman Elvis Harold, both Fishermen of Clear Valley in St. Vincent appeared at the St. George’s No.2 Magistrate’s Court on Thursday to answer to the charges where they pleaded guilty to the offences. Condice and Harold were fined EC$5000.00 each by sitting Magistrate George Prime who ordered them to pay the fines forthwith and…
Police have arrested and charged Oranson Garraway, 21 years old unemployed of Layou with possession of unlawful firearm and ammunition on 17.06.2020. According to investigations, the accused man allegedly had in his possession one (1) homemade firearm without a license issued under the Firearms Act. He also had in his possession one (1) round of twelve-gauge ammunition without a license issued under the said Act. The incident occurred at Layou on 17.06.2020. Garraway will appear before the Serious Offences Court to answer to the charges.
Thursday June 18th 2020, Kingstown St. Vincent: Obtaining groceries directly from local supermarkets without leaving your home or work place, will soon be a reality for several Vincentians, through new local business – eHub SVG. eHub launches its Personal Grocery Shopping and Delivery service in less than a week, which will allow Vincentians to simply place their grocery orders through the website, www.ehubsvg.com. An eHub ‘Personal Shopper’ will be assigned to each customer to shop & deliver the requested groceries directly from the shelves of popular supermarkets in SVG. Technology has impacted the world more than ever, and Grocery Shopping…
By: Theophilus Franklyn, Environmental Health Officer. Disasters happen every day, whether man-made or natural. There are always phenomena in our existence. Disaster has made us aware of our existence on earth, such as the recent Category 5 hurricane Dorian, which has destroyed the Bahamas and the Abacos Island. The disaster killed many, more people who are still missing, and efforts from recuse and humanitariansworldwide to help recovery on these islands. Disasters are defined as events that occur when significant numbers of people are exposed to hazards which they are vulnerable, with resulting injury and loss of life, often combined with…
Another batch of budding Vincentian entrepreneurs was, on Tuesday, awarded grant financing as capital for their businesses. The 80 successful applicants were aged 18 – 62 years old(PRYME plus) and encompassed several fields of commercial activity. Music Production, fashion & beauty, agriculture and information technology industries are a few of the economic sectors that Finance Minister (and Tuesday’s feature speaker)Camilo Gonsalves listed as being positively impacted throughthis latest cohort of grant recipients. Together they presented a “wonderful snapshot of the Vincentian people and their desire to work hard, even in this difficult time of COVID,” Minister Gonsalves said. The disbursed PRYME and PRYME plus grants are being used to procure assets “from high end computers, high quality digital…
The Guardian- Farmers report devastating losses as poor control measures are blamed for spread of infection across the country Hundreds of thousands of pigs have been culled by Nigerian farmers in response to an explosion of African swine fever (ASF). The outbreak began around Lagos and parts of neighbouring Ogun state earlier this year, pig farmers say, but has now spread to many other parts of the country. In the absence of official data, farmers who spoke to the Guardian estimated that nearly a million pigs had been put down so far. Mrs Bello, a farmer at Lagos-based Oke-Aro, the…
Airport reopening date agreed to at Monday’s cabinet meetingOpens 1 July 2020 for international and regional passenger trafficAll incoming passengers to be screened and quarantined, some with more restrictions than others Tourism Minister, Clarice Modeste, has confirmed that Grenada will officially be reopening its international airport on 1 July 2020 to commercial passenger traffic. “The date was agreed to at Monday’s cabinet meeting. We believe that we have done a significant amount of education with the various stakeholder about the new health protocol, and despite the risk, we believe that we are ready to welcome passengers,” Modeste said. Grenada closed…
Location: St. Vincent Event: The Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados is exploring the possibility of another flight with the commercial carrier – Seaborne Airlines/Silver Airways –from St. Vincent to San Juan (SJU), Puerto Rico (U.S.A.) for the purpose of repatriating U.S. citizens. U.S. citizens who are interested in this potential flight opportunity should contact the Embassy by emailing us at [email protected]. In the subject line of your email, please write “[Your Surname] – Repat Flight from St. Vincent to San Juan”. Please include your name, contact number, and the number of people who would be flying with you in the body of…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – World Pediatric Project extends aid to the underprivileged, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The non-profit organization, with support from stakeholders, has embarked on a mission outside of the usual scope of providing critical tertiary healthcare but instead for a one off assistance in the form of providing essentials as a form of comfort to Vincentian families. The project is being rolled out in two phases. The initiative “WPP COVID-19 Aid” would help at least 200 families who would receive “Hope and Care Packages” which contain essential supplies that would offer substantial comfortduring the challenging…