The Cabinet has changed its tone on charging residents a fee of about 100 per night for quarantine accommodation. It was agreed in Cabinet today that the contribution of EC$100 by each returning national, to assist in deferring the cost of the accommodation, will be somewhat voluntary. Information Minister Melford Nicholas told the post-cabinet news conference that passengers will have the option of going to a facility where meals will be provides or going t facility where their families can bring the meals for them. Two separate properties will be utilized, and the passenger will have the opportunity to determine…
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a report of Aggravated Burglary and Attempted Murder on a 52 year old chauffeur. According to investigations, the assailant(s) entered the dwelling house of the virtual complainant as a trespasser armed with a gun and shot the virtual complainant on his upper right arm. The incident occurred about 12:30am on 02.06.2020. Police are therefore seeking the assistance of the public in obtaining any information that will lead to the apprehension and prosecution of the offender(s) in this matter. Persons with information are asked to contact the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Crime…
“This is a crisis therefore that strikes not only at the heart of our humanity but also at the organization of our human societies.” PM Mia Mottley The Chairperson of CARICOM, and the prime minister of Barbados, the Hon. Mia Mottley was one of the 14 Heads of Government who addressed the recently concluded 73rd World Health Assembly. The prime minister in her address on behalf of the Caribbean Community CARICOM recognized they could not fight COVID-19 but instead tried to delay its arrival in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Mottley described ‘the Caribbean region’s economies as the most travelled and…
Thirty-four (34) more Vincentians, including Twenty-nine (29) crew members from TUI and Carnival Cruise Lines, will be repatriated from the United Kingdom via Barbados later today,Wednesday June 3, 2020. On arrival at the AIA, the nationals will be processed according to the established repatriation protocol, aimed at minimizing the risk of any new introduction of COVID-19 to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Additional repatriations of Vincentians will continue throughout June 2020 and will include crew members from the Norwegian Cruise Line Company and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. By the end of today, one hundred and twenty-two (122) crew members from…
Source: (Caribbean online weather )Two #tropicalwaves are approaching the islands from the east. The axis of the closer wave is presently about 500 miles east of the #LesserAntilles and is expected to be over the area on Friday. Please read our short shared post on tropical waves below and note, it is too early to tell the impacts (if any) on the CAI. #Tropicacyclone development is NOT anticipated from both waves. We continue to monitor and will post updates IF NECESSARY #TROPICALWAVES DONT ALWAYS MEAN RAIN Tropical waves are extended areas of moderately low atmospheric pressure, leaning north to south…
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association Owen Speid, claiming that with fewer educators dying since schools were shuttered in early March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, says it might be an indication that the stress levels of the classroom have adversely impacted the health of teachers. “I must bring to the attention of Jamaica that before COVID-19 we at the association had to attend two or three or sometimes up to five funerals each week. That is when the teachers were in the classroom. Since COVID-19 and the schools are shuttered, teachers are at home and even though they…
(ESPNCricinfo) — Former West Indies captain Daren Sammy and senior batsman Chris Gayle have become the first active cricketers to join a growing number of sports personalities worldwide in publicly raising their voice against the scourge of racism following the custodial killing of George Floyd at the hands of a policeman in Minneapolis. Sammy, in a series of tweets on Monday, urged both the ICC and cricket boards to stand up against the “injustice” of racism against “people of color”, an issue that his former team-mate Gayle said was prevalent in cricket. On Tuesday, former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara also…
(CMC) — The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr Carissa F Etienne, said maintaining social distancing measures, improving surveillance, and strengthening health systems are the three keys to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in the Americas, including the Caribbean. Dr Etienne said during the past week there were 732,000 new cases globally, and of these, more than 250,000 new cases were in Latin American countries, which she described as “a serious concern that should serve as a clarion call to redouble our efforts. “The situation we face is dire, but not hopeless – as long as our approach…
(PR) — Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) selection panel today named a 14-man Test squad and list of 11 reserves for the proposed Sandals Tour of England 2020. Subject to the final approval of the UK government, the West Indies will defend the Wisden Trophy in three back-to-back Test matches to be played behind closed doors, starting on July 8. The touring party, who will all be tested for COVID-19 this week, is scheduled to fly to England on private charters on June 8. The West Indies squad will live, train and play in a “bio-secure” environment during the seven weeks of…
(NEW YORK POST) – The attorney for George Floyd’s family slammed the local medical examiner’s findings that detailed fentanyl in Floyd’s system, calling it an attempt to assassinate the man’s character. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday announced it has classified Floyd’s death a homicide, ruling his heart stopped when police compressed his neck in the widely viewed video of Floyd’s arrest. But the office also noted “other significant conditions” in its report, listing heart disease; fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use. Those findings weren’t listed under the cause of death, but Benjamin Crump, the family lawyer, on…