SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Helicopters flew through dense smoke Tuesday to rescue scores more people from wildfires as wind-fanned flames kept chewing through bone-dry California after a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200. Rescue choppers pulled another 164 people from the Sierra National Forest through the morning and were working to rescue 17 others, said Gov. Gavin Newsom, who described pilots wearing night-vision goggles to find a place to land. “It’s where training meets the moment, but it always takes the courage, the conviction and the grit of real people doing real…
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(ABC) TOKYO — The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organizers are trying to convince the public that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will take place next year despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Tokyo organizing committee CEO T oshiro Muto said last week that the games could go ahead without a vaccine. This week John Coates, the IOC member who oversees the Tokyo Olympics, said the games would happen despite the pandemic. Coates is to appear Wednesday in a virtual meeting with the IOC executive board. He is expected to give an upbeat assessment of Tokyo’s prospects. Several recent public opinion polls have…
Residents of “The Rocks” in Sharpes, Central Kingstown will soon have a new concrete road. The 257 feet road is being constructed by BRAGSA. In addition to the road, a 300 feet long wall, and a 75 feet long footpath is being done. The project which scheduled to be completed later this month, will also see the construction of slipper and box drains. It is being carried out at an estimated cost of 112-thousand EC dollars.
With reference to the two (2) Missing Persons bulletin that was issued on 7.09.2020 in respect of Tarina Lewis and Sennice Kydd, thirteen (13) and fourteen (14) years old students respectfully both of Paget Farm, Bequia who left home on Friday 4th September 2020 have been found and are in good health. The Commissioner and other ranks of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) wish to express thanks for the assistance and continued support of the general public.
TRINIDAD EXPRESS -A 28-year-old labourer of La Brea Trace, Siparia, was denied bail when he appeared before Magistrate Aden Stroude at the Siparaia First Magistrates’ Court yesterday, charged with rape and kidnapping. At round 8:30am on July 25, a 74-year-old woman arrived at CID office Siparia and reported that around 10:30 pm the day before, she left the home of her neighbour at La Brea Trace, Siparia, and proceeded towards La Brea Trace junction. Whilst waiting to cross the road she said a man approached her and bundled her into a car. The woman claimed that the car was driven…
On 04.09.2020, Rolando Cato, 19 years Labourer of Redemption Sharpes was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition and with discharging a loaded firearm. According to investigations carried out, Cato allegedly had in his possession one (1) firearm and one (1) round of .38 ammunition without a license issued under the Firearms Act. He was additionally charged with unlawfully discharging a loaded firearm within one hundred (100) yards of the public road. The incidents occurred about 9:50am on 04/09/2020 at Redemption Sharpes. The accused appeared before the Serious Offences Court and pleaded not guilty. He was denied bail and remanded into custody. The matter was adjourned to October 12,…
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) Rescue teams in Beirut continue to hunt through rubble on Friday after signs of life were detected 30 days after a massive explosion destroyed much of the city’s downtown coastal area. A pulse signal is still being detected in the ruins in the Mar Mikhael area of the Lebanese capital. Rescuers traced what they believed to be a heartbeat signal to locations under the debris, but no survivors were found, members of the Lebanese civil defense told CNN. “We did not find anybody at the location where the machine detected,” said one volunteer with the civil defense…
BBC-A man has blown up part of his house in France while trying to swat a fly. The man, who is in his 80s, was about to tuck into his dinner when he became irritated by a fly buzzing around him. He picked up an electric fly swatter and started targeting it – but a gas canister was leaking in his Dordogne home. A reaction between the device and the gas caused an explosion, destroying the kitchen and partly damaging the roof of the home in Parcoul-Chenaud village. According to local media, the unnamed man had a lucky escape, sustaining…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans from coronavirus infection emerged as a point of contention in the White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging” for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could be available before the election. “It’s so dangerous for our country, what they say, but the vaccine will be very safe and very effective,” the president pledged Monday at a White House news conference. Trump leveled the accusation a day after Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ vice presidential candidate, said she “would not trust his word” on…
Police have arrested and charged Peter Dasouza, 53 years Labourer of Sion Hill with three (3) counts of theft. Investigations revealed that on three (3) separated occasions, 24th, 25th and 28.08.2020, the accused entered Gibson Building Supplies and allegedly stole one chrome kitchen lock value seventy-seven dollars and twenty-five cents ($77.25), three (3) Bib tops valued eighty-five dollars and eighty cents ($85.80),one (1) chrome entrance lock value fifty-eight dollars and twenty cents ($58.20) and three (3) saw blades value eighty-fourdollars and sixty cents ($84.60). Total value, three hundred and five dollars and eighty-five cents ($305.85). Dasouza appeared at the Serious Offences Court to answer to the charge and pleaded guilty. He sentenced to five (5) months on each count. The sentences will run concurrently.