A letter signed by Tyrone James, the New Democratic Party’s General Secretary, was dispatched to Dionne John in her capacity as General Manager of the National Broadcasting Corporation in protest of what appears to be deliberate efforts to deny NDP President and duly appointed Opposition Leader Dr. Godwin Friday access to NBC’s broadcasting resources. The August 7 communique lamented the fact that “Dr. Friday has requested access to the national radio station [NBC Radio705] to communicate to the nation on matters of public interest and importance. He has still not been allowed such access. Indeed, it is noticeable that NBC…
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By Casey Alexander Cassy Bradshaw, 23, of Brighton pled guilty to 3 counts of theft before Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne last Monday August 10. The young parent was hauled before the Serious Offences Court on charges that she stole a quantity of personal care items and children’s books from local retailers Jax Enterprises on 3 separate occasions. Bradshaw, a single mother, was accused of robbing the 48 years old family owned establishment of stock valued $207.40 on August 6 and $70.20 again on August 7, 2020. These other incidences occurred after she was already flagged as a shoplifter at the…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Monday night said his ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) has won the general elections. Rowley said that the PNM had won 22 of the 41 seats at stake in the elections. “It was a hard election, in the end we prevailed. Our platform has won and we have a mandate to do what we say we going to do,” he added. The Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has so far not made any preliminary or official announcement of the elections. The other major party in the contest, the United…
North Leeward will see significant enhancement to sporting facilities in the coming months, according to Carlos James, the Unity Labour Party’s caretaker for the constituency. James made this declaration while delivering remarks at the launching of the Jules Anthony Cricket Academy at the Cumberland playing field last Saturday. According to James, major upgrades to hard court facilities in Rose Bank and Fitz Hughes are expected in the coming weeks, which will complement the recently constructed Rose Hall Multi-purpose Sporting Facility. James told participants at the launching that there are further plans to complete a playing field in Troumaca, while rehabilitative…
UNITED National Congress leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she is not conceding defeat in the general election, as the party is seeking recounts in three marginal seats. She was speaking to supporters at her Siparia constituency office. “Tonight I am not giving any concessionary speech. I am not conceding. “Our candidates in several of the marginals are in the process of filing for recounts, because the numbers are so close the recounts can be done. Only then can we concede or claim victory. So that’s the way forward for us. “Thank you very much. Go brave. We fought a good fight.…
The mandatory wearing of face masks in public places in St. Kitts-Nevis has now officially become a fixed penalty notice (ticket), as a minimum fine of 500 dollars will be given to persons in breach of public safety regulations. This is outlined in Saint Christopher and Nevis Statutory Rules and Orders No. 38 of 2020, which takes effect from August 8 and expires on August 29. “The regulation provides for fixed penalty notices or what we call tickets to be issued to persons who refuse to wear their masks,” said Superintendent Cromwell Henry during the August 08 edition of the…
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has recorded another death from COVID-19, as 20 more people tested positive for the virus within the past 24 hours, pushing the country’s tally to 1,023. This brings to 14 the total number of deaths in Jamaica due to the virus. The deceased is a 37-year-old male from St Catherine. The Ministry of Health and Wellness said the case is a local transmission that is not epidemiologically linked. The new cases include 14 females and six males with ages ranging from four months to 66 years old. Of the 20 cases, one is imported with an address…
Amid global challenges by small states accessing COVID-19 essential medical supplies, CARICOM Member States have received a significant donation from the World Health Organisation, the Jack Ma Foundation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The supplies, worth over US$700,000, arrived just over a week ago in Barbados – the home base of the Integrated Regional Logistical Hub, operated by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, CDEMA, which has since distributed them to CARICOM Member States and Associated Members. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who had requested the support of WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during her recently ended…
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has suggested that LIAT could begin operating limited flights, even as he revealed that the Administrator will be looking to send home more employees. “One of the possibilities that the Administrator could look at even before the end of the 90 days, even before the completion of the reorganization, is whether or not LIAT should have some presence and maybe to offer some limited flights in the interim,” Browne said on Saturday. “So it’s not inconceivable that LIAT could be back in the air prior to the 90 days as we anticipated.” Extremely low demand for…
(CNN)More than 97,000 children in the US tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a new report says. The report, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, said in those two weeks, there was a 40% increase in child cases across the states and cities that were studied. The age range for children differed by state, with some defining children as only those up to age 14 and one state — Alabama — pushing the limit to 24. The compiled data comes during back-to-school season as health officials are trying to…