NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis Monday night announced a “complete national lockdown” of every island in The Bahamas for at least the next two weeks after the country recorded a significant spike in the number of cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19). In a nationwide radio and television broadcast, Minnis said that acting on the advice of health experts “I am announcing today a national lockdown for the entire country commencing tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4th at 10:00 pm (local time). “The national lockdown will be for a minimum of two weeks (and) nearing the end of this…
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By Casey Alecander Calvert Richards, a 37 years old Calder resident, was hauled before the Kingstown Magistrate Court last Wednesday July 29 to answer to charges that he stole a quantity of items from Massy Stores in Kingstown. Richards is evidently not a stranger to the justice system as Court records showed that similar charges have been brought against him, several of which are still pending. This prompted Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett to urge the unemployed man to put an end to his thievery even as he accepted the defendant’s proffered guilty plea. The Court learnt that Richards was observed…
Oslo – At least 41 passengers and crew on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19), officials say. Hundreds more passengers who travelled on the MS Roald Amundsen are in quarantine and awaiting test results, the company that owns the ship said. The ship, which belongs to the Norwegian firm Hurtigruten, docked in the port of Tromso in northern Norway on Friday. Hurtigruten has halted all leisure cruises because of the outbreak. “This is a serious situation for everyone involved. We have not been good enough and we have made mistakes,” chief executive Daniel Skjeldamsaid in…
The apparent gun related killing of 37 years old Kimron ‘Warlord’ Hannaway has left family and friends reeling from the news of his untimely demise. Hannaway died last Sunday August 2 in the same Block 2000 yard where he sustained what appeared to be a fatal head wound “about 8:45 a.m.” A police bulletin, issued in the wake of the altercation, announced that an unnamed “man is in police custody assisting with the investigations of a shooting incident which claimed the life of” the Block 2000 resident. The same police media report also promised that, “a postmortem examination will be…
South Africa’s Test and T20 series in the Caribbean has all but been shelved for this year. Yesterday, South Africa’s director of cricket Graeme Smith said he did not expect the national team to be back in action until November at the earliest and confirmed the scheduled tour of the West Indies has been postponed indefinitely. “The West Indies tour has been postponed indefinitely,” he told reporters yesterday. “We are struggling to find the time with the Indian Premier League, when our players are likely to be needed from the beginning of September. “In terms of when we will get…
(JAMAICA GLEANER) — Sherine Virgo said she will not cut her seven-year-old daughter’s hair despite yesterday’s court ruling that Kensington Primary School did not breach her child’s constitutional rights when it denied her access in 2018 for having dreadlocks. “I will not be cutting her hair! That was never an option on the table. As it is right now, it seems that everything is going the homeschool direction anyways,” Virgo told The Gleaner after the Supreme Court ruling. The mother was told that her then five-year-old daughter would need to cut her hair before she could attend the school, which…
PR-The Government of Grenada says while its decision to cancel the 2020 Carnival celebrations might be an unpopular one, it is a wise choice intended to protect public health and safety in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister, Dr. the Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, who tabled the COVID-19 Cancellation of Carnival August Celebrations Bill 2020, at a meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, said Government must act in the best interest of public health. In 2019, 13,327 visitors arrived in Grenada during the Carnival period. The figure represented an increase of almost 1,000 visitors over 2018…
West Indies legend Sir Curtly Ambrose has admitted to some level of disappointment with the performance of young fast bowler Alzarri Joseph in the recently concluded series loss to England. The 23-year-old was tipped for a breakthrough performance ahead of the England series, but that promised failed to materialise. Joseph had several bright spells of bowling when the teams met in the Caribbean last year, but in the rematch on English soil, these were few and far between. Joseph claimed figures of 2 for 98 in the first Test, before getting 1 for 84 in the second Test. He was…
IRAN’S government has been criticised for covering up their actual coronavirus death toll, according to a data leak. Iran has claimed that 17,190 people have died from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University which uses government reported data. But a leak has exposed that the government’s actual death toll data is nearly triple what they have reported. According to the leak, Iran has seen nearly 42,000 deaths. Iran’s government has also been accused of misreporting their case total, with the actual number being almost double what was reported. It has seen 451,024 cases of coronavirus, as opposed to the reported…
Nearly two weeks since his July 16 arraignment embattled jailer Kenson King was relieved, ad infinitum, of active duties at Her Majesty’s Prison last Tuesday July 28. The 33 year old Park Hill resident appeared before Magistrate Rickie Burnett; he pleaded not guilty to criminal charges of wounding an inmate entrusted to his care and was granted EC$2000.00 bail with one surety. King told Asbert News Network that the suspension did not take him by surprise. “The suspension was expected. Service Commission had no choice even though they had no hand in the entire matter leading up to me being…