On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Saint Lucia recorded a positive case of COVID-19. The individual is a 27-year-old male, a returning national who arrived in Saint Lucia on Friday, July 10, 2020. Upon arrival, he was tested and placed in institutional quarantine. Upon receipt of the results, the individual was transferred to the respiratory hospital for isolation and related supportive care. He is currently doing well. The risk to people in quarantine and staff of the facility is assessed as low given the infection, prevention, and control guidelines in place at the quarantine site. As we move to the fifth…
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TORONTO, Canada (AP) — The US and Canada are poised to extend their agreement to keep their shared border closed to non-essential travel to August 21, but a final confirmation has not been given, a person familiar with the matter said earlier today. The agreement would likely extend the closure by another 30 days. The official was not authorised to speak publicly ahead of an announcement this week, and spoke on condition of anonymity. The restrictions were announced on March 18 and were extended in April, May and June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week that a decision…
Persons using the Akers to Argyle route can now do so in a more comfortable manner. This follows resurfacing and repair work being done to the asphalt roadway leading from the round-about in La Croixthrough Akers down to Argyle. Work is being carried out on five hundred and fourteen (514) square yards of road between the hours of 8am and 4pm, Monday –Friday. Drain cleaning exercises are also being conducted. The project which is being done at an estimated cost of one hundred and eleven thousand dollars (111,000) is expected to be completed this Thursday.
The Public Relations and Complaints Office within the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) is the recipient of three (3) new office chairs courtesy the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations (CFPWA). The donation was made at Central Police Station (CPS) by the Federation’s General Secretary, Constable Devon Bute, a Vincentian third year law student pursuing studies at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus. The chairs were received by Commissioner of Police, Mr. Colin John. In expressing thanks to the CFPWA on behalf of the RSVGPF, Commissioner John stated that the chairs would be…
Recently, at least two former Hot 97 SVG employees gave voice to their side of the story as they explained what led to their abrupt departure from those radio frequencies. DJ Maff, formerly of the Double Trouble duo which used to be heard midmornings Monday to Thursday, told listeners to SVG’s newest podcast series, ‘Unmasked,’ that he “wouldn’t say it’s a bad blood scene.” He acknowledged that the resulting job loss was precipitated by a “business thing” that “kinda got personal” which led him to “part ways” with the 19 years old radio station. Maff along with 8 other former…
Listeners to the popular local Hot 97.1 franchise would have noticed major changes to its on air personalities line-up in recent times. This, according to the station’s managing director Luke Boyea, was due in a major part to the negative COVID-19 impact on the local economy. Boyea sought to set the record straight and submitted to an interview – a rarity for him – hosted by Vincentian podcasters Jagger Ranks and DJ Krash. He attempted to dispel several commonly held misconceptions while offering his opinion on a range of subject matters. The wide ranging interview provided some scope for the…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 6:00 pm daily. Tuesday, 14th July 2020 – Upper Vermont Wednesday, 15th July 2020 – Edinboro (Secondary school area) Thursday, 16th July 2020 – Vermont (Francois area) Motorists are kindly asked to take caution. Persons who are suffering from any respiratory illnesses are kindly asked to take the necessary precautionary measures.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Monday signed an agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support economic development and integration of the Caribbean Community (Caricom). “Today’s signing ceremony is a re-affirmation of CDB and IDB’s shared commitment to the sustainable growth and development of the Caribbean Region. It signals that we have reached another milestone in over four decades of collaboration between our two institutions. “With the widening of our agreement to include IDB Invest, we are also expanding the opportunities for the regional private sector to play an even bigger and more…
As of now, Government has no plans to take over inter-island airline service LIAT or its routes even as the regional carrier faces liquidation and restructuring. The future of LIAT, which as of April this year was more than EC$100 million in debt, remains uncertain. Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley at a media conference on Monday indicated that T&T has no involvement in LIAT nor are there plans to get involved that arrangement. He noted that the Government of Barbados speaks on T&T’s behalf in the matter as Government allowed its Barbadian counterparts to use, by proxy, the six percent…
(Barbados Today )Minister of Tourism and International Transport Kerrie Symmonds on Sunday revealed that instead of late July, commercial flights from the U.S could be postponed until “early” September. While speaking with Government’s official information arm on Sunday after the arrival of Air Canada Flight AC966, Symmonds stressed that despite removing mandatory testing and quarantine for visitors from low-risk jurisdictions, authorities were continuing to “closely watch” COVID-19 hotbeds like the US. “In instances like the United States of American market when that reopens, I must say we are watching that one closely and we do not believe that we will…