St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed two (2) new COVID-19 cases. Both cases arrived on American Airlines (AA) 945 flight on Saturday July 25, 2020 and have been isolated since the receipt of their preliminary positive results. Both are doing well and have no symptoms typical of coronavirus. All of the other ninety-three (93) AA 945 passengers who arrived from Miami on Saturday July 25, 2020, have been released from mandatory hotel quarantine, having tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on day five (5) of quarantine. They will continue in home self-quarantine for nine (9) more days, unless otherwise…
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne is denying discrimination in the enforcement of coronavirus prevention measures. He made the remarks today while presenting a resolution to the House of Assembly for the extension of the State of Emergency for another three months to October 31st, 2020. The Prime Minister said however, that returning nationals are more capable of spreading the virus “and that is why the Cabinet decided that the returning nationals who are going into the communities should also take an additional covid test on arrival.” Browne said some people have interpreted this as discriminatory but he said “it is not…
BRAGSA has commenced work on the Manawar road project in Bridgetown, Biabou. This will see the construction of a 1000 – feet concrete road and slipper drains. In addition to the road and drains, a 100-feet retaining wall will be erected. It is being done at an estimated cost of $280,000. Meanwhile, road work continues in other areas across the country including Sion Hill Bay, Owia, Riverdale – Pembroke, Old Flour Mill Road, Buddy Gutter, Quarry Road – Layou, Revierre, Diamond and on the road leading from Calliaqua to Glen. Work is also being carried in Bequia and Union Island.
Police have arrested and charged Fitzroy Douglas Jr., 26 year old Mechanic of Murray Village with additional charges related to the theft of three hundred and eighty-nine thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars and ninety-five cents ($389,155.95ECC), the property of the Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. According to investigations carried out, Mr. Douglas was charged for entering into or becoming concern in an arrangement which he knew or suspected, facilitated by whatever means the acquisition, retention, use of control of criminal property by or on behalf of another person to wit the sum of three hundred and eighty-nine…
Former educator, Mrs. Maria Jackson-Richards, on Tuesday 28th July 2020, had her lifelong dream realised when she was called to the Bar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines before Her Ladyship Hon. Justice Nicola Byer of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Having submitted her resignation letter, signalling the official end of her teaching career at the end of the 2016 school year, Mrs Jackson-Richards took the first step in the right direction when she enrolled and started pursuing her legal studies in the United Kingdom. After the successful completion of her studies, she was called to the Bar of England…
The government opened T&T’s borders trying to please the Opposition’s “friends” inside and outside of T&T and the public is now seeing the “drip, drip, drip” of people entering T&T bringing the COVID- 19 virus, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has indicated. “So let the UNC be irresponsible….” he added, noting recently found COVID cases. “These are difficult dangerous times. We’re still in a pandemic, it will take 14 days to capsize everything we’ve done,” he said. He was speaking at Monday’s PNM San Fernando West meeting. His comments came ahead of yesterday’s Health Ministry statement on the latest figure,…
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called on the Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to cancel your hosting on the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in the wake of a surge of Covid-19 cases. “He (Rowley) is on record saying that the opening of the borders has led to the increase in Covid cases. If he truly believes this, he must therefore now act responsibly and take every possible measure to protect our citizens’ lives,” stated Persad-Bissessar. Persad-Bissessar stated further that Government has still not announced any contingency plan to immediately address this crucial life-and-death health matter. “Never mind that, for…
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Grenada today announced a new case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), six weeks after the island had recorded its 23rd case of the disease that has killed more than 661,000 people and infected 16.7 million others worldwide. Health authorities said that a passenger who arrived on the island from the United States last week had tested positive for the virus that was first detected in China last December. The unidentified person was among a group of Grenadians who returned via a charter Jetblue flight last Wednesday. Under the new health protocol, all passengers arriving on an…
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Grenada today announced a new case of the coronavirus (COVID-19), six weeks after the island had recorded its 23rd case of the disease that has killed more than 661,000 people and infected 16.7 million others worldwide. Health authorities said that a passenger who arrived on the island from the United States last week had tested positive for the virus that was first detected in China last December. The unidentified person was among a group of Grenadians who returned via a charter Jetblue flight last Wednesday. Under the new health protocol, all passengers arriving on an…
Laverne Gibson-Velox, the first woman to manage a financial institution here, was selected to represent the East St. George constituency for the New Democratic Party in the upcoming general elections which are constitutionally due by March 2021. Now a retiree, Gibson-Velox led the 3 way race with 14 of the 20 votes cast in the nomination process. While educator Adriana King and former national footballer Renson Haynes racked up 3 votes each and were said to have pledged their commitment to Gibson-Velox’s bid to help “effect the change” of area representative and ultimately national government. Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves is…