(Demerara Waves)The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) team that scrutinised the recount of the more than 460,000 valid votes cast says the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections reflected the choice of the electorate in who should run the affairs of Guyana for the next five years. “Overall, while we acknowledge that there were some defects in the recount of the March 2, 2020 votes cast for the general and regional elections in Guyana, the Team did not witness anything which would render the recount and by extension the casting if the ballot on March 2 so grievously deficient procedurally or…
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President David Granger on Sunday hinted that a state of emergency would have to declared to pave the way for the reconvening of a Parliament and the approval of funds for government spending, if the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) scraps the March 2, 2020 general and elections. “It is possible…I know it has been done before. It is not an option that I would embark on without receiving agreement of all the parties concerned. I don’t think it should be undertaken lightly or arbitrarily,” he told reporters at State House. He recalled that the Parliament had been recalled in 1990.…
President David Granger on Sunday slammed Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves for his disrespectful remarks that he should have taken his electoral defeat at the March 2, 2020 polls quietly. “Certainly, as the Head of State, I am not going to accept that kind of language. CARICOM, as a community of sovereign States, has never used that kind of language to describe the Government of Guyana and I would not describe my invitation or my participation in the agreement for CARICOM to come here, which was consensual; it…
There are now nine participants in finals of the 2020 National Corporate Public Speaking Championship. Jada Ross, representing the SVG Squash Association, earned the ninth place by virtue of her winning the Social Media Communicator and Leader Award. The finals, scheduled for Saturday, 27th June 2020 at the Russell’s Auditorium in Stoney Grounds, Kingstown, will now feature Ross, as referenced, and Terrece John, Coreas Distribution Ltd; Andreka Samuel, GECCU; Ruth Stowe, KCCU; Shaniese Cole, Massy Stores; Aviar Charles, NIS; Sylvorn Lavia, RSGVPF; Elingford Roban Jr., SVG Tourism Authority; Nicolette Nichols, Treasury Department. Each finalist will present on the topic “Corporate…
Romain David, a young, Vincentian man, expresses his passions, skills and outlook on education using the words of Martin Luther King Jr. “I have a dream”. His dream is to promote a new mindset towards education, capitalizing on inclusion and diversity of all educational fields. “There is no one road to educational advancement and there is no field that should be left out of the conversation when discussing education,” David says. David is passionate about the arts, specifically filmmaking, videography and photography. He believes that every creative person should fit equally into society and be respected for their work, talents…
(Antigua Newsroom)Despite becoming one of the first Caribbean destinations to reopen to tourism on June 1, Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the Government of Antigua & Barbuda will have no choice but to increase the country’s debt burden. He says this is due directly to the effect that the coronavirus lockdown has had on the country’s economy. “The truth is we have to be engaged in some level of borrowing even though very sparingly,” Browne told listeners to his radio programme. “I can see us borrowing about 150 million dollars to help to stimulate the economy and not to give…
(Party Grenada)The latest activity was observed over a seven-day period in the month of June. The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) through Technical advice from the monitoring team at the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre St Augustine Campus Trinidad and Tobago (UWI SRC), that there have been increased seismic activity at the Kick ‘em’ Jenny Volcano. The latest activity was observed over a seven-day period in the month of June. Though the Alert level remains at YELLOW, which is a 1.5 km exclusion zone around the summit of the volcano. However, with the increased activity, the Agency…
(Trinidad Express) The Health Ministry has disclosed that Trinidad and Tobago now has six positive cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The six are from the group of 306 persons who are quarantined on board the Royal Caribbean Enchantment of Seas anchored off Port of Spain. The ship arrived last Friday, and the T&T nationals were expected to stay aboard the vessel for 14 days before being allowed to disembark, if there were no positive cases.
More than one hundred and fifty (150) Vincentians will be repatriated by sea and air during the week of June 14 to 20, 2020. Nineteen (19) Vincentians studying in Barbados will arrive today Sunday June 14, at the Argyle International Airport, while fifty-nine (59) Crew Members from Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) and three (3) from Disney Cruise Lines (DCL), will arrive at Port Kingstown tomorrow June 15. Crew members employed by the Norwegian Cruise Line company are scheduled to arrive later this week. On arrival the nationals will be processed according to the established risk based repatriation protocols, aimed…
Three#tropicalwaves are presently east of and approaching the LesserAntilles. The axis of the closest wave is presently about 200 miles east of the Islands…from east of Dominica southward to over Guyana and is expected to move through the islands tonight through tomorrow. – Scattered showers and thunderstorms are presently within the wave’s environment mainly from just southeast of and then about 150 miles east of Trinidad south-southeastward for about 750 miles – Although it is too early to tell specific timing and impacts (IF ANY) of the wave’s associated weather, an increase in cloudiness and some showers are POSSIBLE over…