If the nation’s hoteliers had their way, it would be mandatory for every passenger seeking to travel to Barbados to take a COVID-19 test before they land here. But for now, their umbrella organisation, the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Organisation (BHTA) has thrown its full support behind the Ministry of Health’s enforcement of health protocols by the COVID-19 Monitoring Unit, which has led to the temporary closure of some popular entertainment spots. BHTA chairman Geoffrey Roach suggested on Thursday that Barbados could be losing out on some visitors coming to the island because they were uncomfortable with the current protocols…
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SANTA CRUZ, California (AP) — Dozens of wildfires raging throughout Northern California have now claimed at least three lives and threaten tens of thousands of homes, authorities said Thursday. The death of a resident in Solano County, in the north eastern San Francisco Bay Area, was reported Thursday by Sheriff Thomas A. Ferrara, although he didn’t have any additional details. A Pacific Gas & Electric utility worker assisting with advance clearing was found dead Wednesday in a vehicle in the Vacaville area between San Francisco and Sacramento. A pilot on a water-dropping mission in central California also died Wednesday when…
Fri, Aug 21, 2020 Introduction The Unity Labour Party has been in government for just over 19 years, and the record of governance is stellar by any measurement, but evermore so when we consider the work that had to be done to take this country out of the mess left by the James Mitchell NDP. While many “straw men” type arguments have been attempted by some to sterilise the NDP’s tenure in office in an attempt to offer some semblance of honour to that time period, their arguments all fall down in the face of the metaphoric huffing of the…
A dusk to dawn curfew is among the bail conditions imposed on three youngsters charged with multiple offences, reportedly committed at Peruvian Vale between August 8 and 9, 2020. Jemark ‘Parch Nuts’ Jackson of Campden Park, Quincy Boyde of Rillan Hill and Romando Andrews of Peruvian Vale/Clare Valley, are charged jointly with entering the 2-Go Restaurant as trespassers and stealing two televisions, a kettle, a microwave, an alarm siren, and a keyboard, which altogether valued $7,070, the property of Hazel Ann Joseph of Arnos Vale. They are also charged with unlawfully damaging two dead bolt locks valued $120, unlawfully damaging…
Senior Prosecutor Adolphus Delpleche has zero tolerance for persons who resort to stealing as a way of life. The Prosecutor was visibly irate at the Serious Offences Court on Monday when Sion Hill resident Curtis Joseph told the Court that he stole four pairs of socks from the Cloud9 apartment store in Kingstown, because he was under the influence of alcohol which caused him to lose control of his senses. Joseph gave the explanation after pleading guilty to the charge. However, Joseph’s criminal record prompted the Prosecutor to question whether Joseph had lost control of his senses every time he…
The following are extracts from Education Minister St. Clair Prince’s response during the Thursday 13th August sitting of Parliament, to questions relating to conditions under which teachers and students are expected to return to for the new school year: * Temperature checks (of all students) to be done by teachers at the start of each school day; all schools are provided with non-touch thermometers; * Students encouraged to wear face shields and masks while travelling on public transportation; * Students advised to wear masks while in public during school hours; * Hygiene and hand washing protocols to be adhered to…
Voice Of The Disabled, a 3 year-old locally based non-profit organization, is positioning itself to better execute its advocacy on behalf of persons with disabilities who live throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The group was formed because long time School for Children with Special Needs teacher, Cheryl Adams, was inspired to so do. “Once or twice I heard a voice telling me ‘why not advocate for persons with disabilities and when I really took a look at what is happening around us with persons with disabilities I had to take up the challenge,” she said. Cheryl is visually impaired…
The Unity Labour Party (ULP) government has failed Vincentians for nineteen years and it is now in panic mode as general elections approach. The ULP government is in a mad rush to implement projects that it has failed to execute over the past five years. The ULP is trying desperately to convince the electorates to vote for them in the upcoming general elections. Vincentians will not be fooled, the ULP has failed miserably and will pay a heavy price at the polls when the next general elections are held. The ULP cannot campaign on its performance in government. It has…
Six young Vincentians were awarded 5-year scholarships, last Wednesday, as they continue on their journey into the secondary school phase of their education. At a ceremony to honor the awardees and the donors, Juno DeRoche – the event’s emcee – noted that the successful scholars were selected from a list of 78 applicants. “Initially the ceremony was planned for the handing over of 1 scholarship – the Annette Liverpool Scholarship – but the overwhelming response received” prompted the “Girls Guide, teacher and mother” in Latoya DeRoche-John to intervene. According to Juno, DeRoche-John reached out to her network and was able…
When the New Democratic Party’s central committee convened on Thursday August 20, the primary intent was to ratify the candidates selected by the East Saint George and Marriaqua constituency councils. In a complete turnabout of affairs the Party’s highest decision making body opted to anoint former area MP Bernard R. Wyllie to represent the Marriaqua constituency in lieu of that district’s delegates’ choice. Kirk Da Silva, a former Unity Labour Party hopeful politician, emerged from the Marriaqua primaries with a 7 vote lead on Wyllie’s tally and copped more votes than all the remaining contenders combined. Wyllie managed to secure…