AP)— President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive. Taking to Twitter to voice his frustration, Trump argued that countries including Germany, Denmark and Norway have reopened schools “with no problems.” The Republican president also repeated his claim that Democrats want to keep schools closed for political reasons and not because of any risks associated with the coronavirus. “The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if US schools open before the…
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Dear Editor, I have absolutely no hesitation in describing the proposed “liquidation” of LIAT as an act of “state banditry” and a massive blow to an opportunity to catapult the rise of black entrepreneurship in Antigua and Barbuda, the region and beyond. My initial suspicions of this being the case were confirmed by comments made by Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua, on radio in his country on the weekend and subsequently. Who am I? I’m, among other things, a communication/media professional, an entrepreneur and a national of St Vincent and the Grenadines. I’m currently crusading on behalf of black entrepreneurship, and also…
The decision invalidates the Guyana Court of Appeal’s decision and similarly invalidates the report that was submitted by the Chief Elections Officer to the Commission. In a unanimous decision this afternoon, the Caribbean Court of Justice while asserting its jurisdiction to hear the appeal in the Guyana Election case, threw out the order of the Guyana Appeal Court in the matter and the Chief Election Officer’s report that was submitted to the Elections Commission. The decision invalidates the Guyana Court of Appeal’s decision and similarly invalidates the report that was submitted by the Chief Elections Officer to the Commission. The…
Foreign Affairs Minister EP Chet Greene is questioning why the St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is so keen on collapsing LIAT. “For the life of me I can’t understand how someone so steeped in Caribbean integration, someone who is knowledgeable about the integration process, would be so moved as to collapse a regional institution in preference for what is clearly a localized arrangement that will benefit a single economy, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” he told a local radio station. Gonsalves has been actively promoting two St. Vincent Airlines to take over the route that LIAT once dominated.…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in Vermont (Francois community and surrounding areas) on Thursday 9th July, 2020 commencing at 5:00 am daily. Motorists are kindly asked to take caution. Persons who are suffering from any respiratory illnesses are kindly asked to take the necessary precautionary measures.
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2020 – The World Bank approved US$20 million for the Trinidad and Tobago COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness. “This new World Bank project will support Trinidad and Tobago’s response to COVID-19, focusing on the health sector,” said Tahseen Sayed, World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean. “It will assist in providing critical medical supplies and equipment and will strengthen the capacity of the health sector.” The project will support the Trinidad and Tobago government’s National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan. The Plan focuses on identification and treatment of…
Vincentians can view home and business security fixtures via a Virtual Crime Prevention Exhibition. The Virtual Crime Exhibition Week, hosted by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), is available via their social media platforms. The RSVGPF Crime Prevention Unit launched this initiative as part of their annual Crime Prevention Week of activities albeit in a different medium due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition is being held under the theme: “Securing Citizens and Visitors Through Innovative Policing”. In his welcome and opening remarks, Assistant Superintendent and Head of the Public Relations and Complaints Department, Junior Simmons, described the COVID-19 pandemic as creating challenges and opportunities. …
A Caribbean prime minister has accused Barbados of using its majority shareholding in LIAT to run rough-shod over the minority stakeholders. And today, Antigua and Barbuda prime minister Gaston Browne called on Bridgetown to meet in a last-ditch effort to save the regional airline from demise. Browne, who was addressing members of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) in St John’s when he made the comments, also revealed that yesterday, he wrote the Prime Ministers of the two major stakeholders – Mia Mottley of Barbados and Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines – asking them to…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the risks from the coronavirus pandemic but for political reasons.null “They think it’s going to be good for them politically, so they keep the schools closed,” Trump said at a White House discussion on school plans for the fall. “No way. We’re very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools.” The White House’s round-table gathered health and education leaders from across the…
Prime Minister Gaston Browne has yet again reaffirmed his commitment to keeping LIAT alive. He made the following remarks on this Facebook page. “LIAT is the Caribbean and the Caribbean is LIAT. Notwithstanding LIAT’s difficulties, it remains the pride of the Caribbean people. I remain optimistic that the Caribbean leaders and other stakeholders, will work assiduously in the reorganization, or creation of a viable and sustainable LIAT. LIAT will never die.” (Source: Antigua NewsRoom)