Novian Travis Vaughn Mullings, a Jamaican mechanic admitted, while sharing his side of the story in the docks at the Serious Offenses Court, to his use of contraband while being held on remand. Mullings was arrested and later indicted for allegedly attempting to board LIAT flight #770 to Barbados from the Argyle International Airport with some 30lbs of cannabis on Sunday evening July 28, 2019, in addition to drug trafficking and possession charges. Following an appeal of Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne’s bail ruling in August that year, High Court Justice Brian Cottle granted the Jamaican accused bail in the sum…
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New Democratic Party’s Senator Israel Bruce is troubled by the Dr. Ralph Gonsalves led-administration’s approach to repatriating Vincentian sailors employed with the cruise ship industry or on oil rigs. He sees the approach as being wrong not only because of the much debated quarantine fees that the government is trying to pass on to the cruise ship companies but also for refusing to bring home the sailors while negotiations are ongoing. “I’m giving the Honorable Prime Minister all the benefit of the doubt here, now. Even if there is an international law… within the maritime legislative framework internationally and within…
Introduction St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its first case of the corona virus on March 11th 2020. On the same day, the World Health Organisation declared that the COVID-19 as it is called, is a pandemic. Since then, the world has been thrown into a state of panic with severe global socio-economic disruption, the likes of which has never been seen before. International countries have adopted their own approach to this crisis, with some countries following the World Health Organisation, while others have adopted a home-grown approach, following the science, and taking into consideration the existing health, social, and…
Kamal Martin is the latest player with Vincentian roots to be selected from the NFL draft. He was last Saturday, snapped up by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2020 National Football League, which was staged virtually. The Green Bay Packers are four-times (1997. 1968, 1996 and 2010) Super Bowl winners – symbol of champions of American Football. The 21-year-old son of Vincentian Joyson Martina campaigned as a linebacker for the University of Minnesota, and in eight games in 2019 had 66 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, two forced fumbles, three passes defensed and…
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the issue of “nationals who are overseas” during this current coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health matter but also a security concern. Speaking on the “Shake Up” radio programme on Tuesday April 28th, Dr. Gonsalves who is also the National Security Minister assured the public that he and his government was doing its best to assist in the return of crew men and women, seafarers, students and other individuals who have expressed a desire to return. Coining his catch phrase that, “citizenship should count for something” the leader of this country…
By Chevanev Charles The views in this article are the views of the writer only. There is a statement that goes “without seafarers, half the world would starve while the other half would freeze.” The shipping industry would grind to a halt without seafarers and their contribution to their countries is a key factor in economic development. Hundreds of thousands of seafarers are currently stranded on ships which cannot proceed to sea because of “no sail orders” and cannot be allowed to disembark because of lockdown initiatives. The novel COVID-19 Corona Virus has caused many nations to close their borders…
The NDP has been championing the cause for our sailors and oil rig workers to return during the COVID- 19 pandemic. It is disingenuous for spokespersons of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) regime to imply that the New Democratic Party (NDP) is opposed to bringing Vincentian sailors and oil rig workers home. Dr. Friday is consistent on this issue. He addressed the nation on 1st April and advised the government on a number of measures that it should take to reduce the spread of COVID- 19. He recommended that the borders be closed for a while but our nationals should…
(Jamaica Star)Prime Minister Andrew Holness was blunt. “The possibility is that all of us, at some point in time, will get it,” he said about the coronavirus, which has had a crippling economy on the country since the first case was discovered on March 10. “The COVID-19 is not a death sentence. It is not something that individuals should be scorned because the truth is the probability, and indeed the possibility is that at some point in time, maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, but this disease is going to be around… This virus is around now and the possibility…
Premier of Nevis, Mark Brantley, in an unprecedented show of solidarity with the people of Nevis impacted by loss of income owing to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 global pandemic, has announced that he will forgo his entire monthly salary for the foreseeable future, the Jamaica Gleaner reports. On April 22, the premier informed the public, and wider federation, that “I have since last month forgone my salary and benefits in full and shall continue to do so until we are past this crisis.” Across the region and in the international arena, many leaders have recently taken 30 to 75 per…
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, today urged for vaccination programs to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic. “If we fall behind on routine immunizations, particularly for children, we risk outbreaks, thus overwhelming hospitals and clinics with preventable diseases in addition to COVID-19,” said Dr. Etienne. In a press briefing updating the situation, Dr Etienne said, “until a vaccine for COVID19 is available, immunizations can and must be delivered by the health services alongside the response” to the pandemic. If countries fail to do this, “the impact on our health systems would take months or…