By Nathan ‘Jolly’ Green, May 27 , 2020. It is ‘A’ typical for left-wing leaders, more so those with Marxist tendencies to use emotive projects to stay in power. Education, low-cost or free social housing, and exceptional medical facilities are usually what they choose to fool the electorate into thinking they are God sent messengers. In Venezuela, Hugo Chavez promised free University for everyone. He promised to build 10,000 social houses a year, but the most he ever achieved was 1,500 and some years just a few hundred, or none. Since president Maduro arrived, no houses built, the hospital system…
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Union Island was plunged into deeper mourning early Wednesday evening as news of the death of 17 year-old student Shaniqua “Zara” Alexander made its way around the closely knitted Southern Grenadines community. Zara was one of three persons who ultimately succumbed to injuries after the Clifton based gas station exploded around 6:40 p.m. on May 19, 2020. Also deceased are Freddy North, the 72 years old gas station owner, and 12 years old Lindani Neverson a fellow student at the Union Island Secondary School. North and Neverson passed away at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on Sunday morning even as…
Four (4) days before the official start of the 2020 hurricane season, and with two named storms having already formed, SVG is in the midst of one of its worst droughts in recent history. From a regional perspective, the Barbados Meteorological Services has reported that the drought conditions being experienced so far, are the worst in 72 years and international experts have indicated that the low rainfall totals are expected to continue into 2020. Two weeks ago, the severe water shortage prompted the declaration of a Water Emergency in Saint Lucia and a prediction of a rainfall deficit into August.…
Prime Minister Dr. Gonsalves is calling for the reporting of facts as it pertains to the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Gonsalves who was speaking on NBC Radio this morning said that a Trinidad Guardian reporter called him regarding the story that there were 29 Vincentians who tested positive for the rapid testing from the Royal Caribbean Vision of the Seas. He explained, “I know Faine Richards because she had called me. In fact I has specifically said to her don’t demonize St. Vincent…don’t demonize the cruise ships you know?” Dr. Gonsalves noted about the Vincentian seafarers, “They are on…
…TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED AND HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED.. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect along the coast of South Carolina from Edisto Beach to South Santee River. Tropical storm conditions are expected to reach the coast within the warning area in the next couple of hours. NHC is issuing advsories on newly formed Tropical Storm Bertha. The circulation has become better defined and the center has reformed beneath the area of deep convection just offshore of the coast of South Carolina. Recent NWS Doppler radar data from Charleston and buoy data indicates that the system is producing tropical-storm-force winds.…
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) Police Training School will hold its thirty-eight (38th) passing out parade of recruits on Thursday May 28th, 2020 at Victoria Park commencing at 4:30 P.M. During the parade, a total of 105 recruits will take the oath of office as Police Officers in accordance to the Police (Amendment) Act, 2018. Commandant of the Police Training School, Superintendent of Police, Benzil Samuel will deliver the Commandant’s Address. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Colin John will deliver remarks and Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves will deliver the…
The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) is finalizing in-house preparations for the Hurricane Season, which Weather Forecasters predict will be an above-normal season. The preparation comes as the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins next week Monday, June 1st. Michelle Forbes director of NEMO, said the Organisation is continuing to utilize social media, to carry out its Public Education Campaign, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Miss Forbes also disclosed that a National Sub-Committee Meeting was held today, to ensure that the entire nation is ready for the Hurricane Season. The Hurricane season runs from June 1st to November…
Safety remains issue number one for Caribbean countries mulling the reopening of borders following COVID-19 lockdown, the Prime Minister told the BBC today. Appearing as CARICOM Chairman, Mia Mottley said in a BBC World television interview that even in the face of a crippling impact on the region’s bread-and-butter industry, the Caribbean would not be driven by dates. “We are in deep conversations with each other on a common public health protocol within the region, we are also having discussions with the airlines and the cruise industry, but we are not going to be driven by a date, we are…
The Rotary Club of St. Vincent demonstrated its commitment to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by donating 2,500 masks at a ceremony held at the Grenadine House on Monday May 25, 2020, in full observance of personal hygiene and physical distancing protocols. Presentations of KN95 masks as well as non-surgical grade masks were made to seven organisations where front-line workers serve on a daily basis. The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, The Customs and Excise Department, The Thompson Home, The Kingstown Town Board, The Ministry of Health – Public Health Workers including Sanitation Workers, The Lewis…
With more than 2.4 million cases and over 143,000 deaths, the Americas became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic Washington D.C., May 26, 2020 (PAHO)—The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa F. Etienne, today said the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of the Americas must include chronic disease care, as 1 in 4 people are at increased risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19 due to underlying non communicable diseases (NCDs) Noting that more than 2.4 million cases and over 143,000 deaths have made the Americas the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Etienne said…