The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) wishes to advise parents and guardians to be extra vigilant in monitoring and supervising their children’s activities; both at home and away from home during this unprecedented period of the COVID-19 pandemic which has caused the Ministry of Education to close all schools. This advice is being offered in light of the fact that there has been a marginal increase in reports of unlawful sexual intercourse (USI) according to the statistics from the Sexual Offences Unit (SOU) – the specialized unit in the RSVGPF mandated to investigate these types of…
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KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, May 18, 2020 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Commerce wishes to inform the general public of extended temporary travel restrictions for non-essential travel of non-citizens and long term residents to the countries of the European Union until June 15, 2020. On May 8, 2020, the European Commission invited the ‘EU+ area’, which includes all Schengen Member States (including Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, and Romania) and the 4 Schengen Associated States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) to extend the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel to the EU for an additional 30 days, until…
In preparation for the safe reopening of primary, secondary and technical institutions across St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Ministry of Education has rolled out a set of operational safety protocols. The guidelines emphasize cleanliness of schools, personal hygiene, physical distancing and the treatment of sick persons at school. Cleanliness of schools Over the last few weeks, the Public Health Department was engaged in the application of chemical disinfectants in schools (chemical fogging) and measures are now in place for the thorough sanitization of the school buildings on a daily basis. Additional janitorial staff have been hired to ensure that…
The IMF Executive Board has approved the request of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) for emergency financing assistance of about US$16 million to help address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The pandemic has hit St. Vincent and the Grenadines hard. Tourism receipts have dried up, as tourism arrivals have come to a complete halt,” the IMF said on Wednesday. IMF support will help cover some of these needs and allow the government to ease the impact on the population including increased spending and health and social protection. The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved…
May 30 will be no “Arrival Day” for 345 citizens aboard a Royal Caribbean International ship as the Government maintains its closed border policy. Uncertainty surrounds the fate of those citizens aboard the Vision of the Seas cruise ship that left Miami last Friday to repatriate employees to their Caribbean homes. The ship was expected to reach Port-of-Spain on May 30 but took T&T off its itinerary over the weekend as there was no agreement by the Government to allow entry to the T&T nationals. National Security Minister Stuart Young told Guardian Media yesterday that the Government already informed cruise…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has recorded its eighteenth (18) positive COVID -19 case following receipt of results today from the CARPHA Public Health Lab. This new case, is an occupant of a home with two known positive COVID-19 cases. There were no other new positive results in this batch of 17 PCR COVID-19 tests, that included tests for the Carnival Crew members who returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines on May 14, 2020. There are now four (4) active and fourteen (14) recovered cases of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The HealthServices Subcommittee continues to stress…
CDB to provide almost US$67 million to seven Caribbean countries to counter the COVID-19 crisis The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is making available emergency loans to seven Caribbean countries, in the first instance, to finance the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, the Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a total of US$66.7 million for Antigua and Barbuda (US$13 million), Belize (US$15 million), Dominica (US$2.5 million), Grenada (US$5.9 million), Saint Lucia (US$10.8 million), St. Vincent and the Grenadines (US$11.3 million), and Suriname (US$8.2 million). “The provision of support to the seven countries to respond to COVID-19 and keep critical government…
The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) is deeply concerned about the decision taken by the Council for Human and Social Development COHSOD at a meeting on May 8, 2020 to support the Administration of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) for the CSEC Examinations to be held in July, 2020 contrary to the recommended position of the CUT for the sitting to be held in September, 2020. The CUT believes that this unfortunate decision places the lives of thousands of students and teachers at risk, as all the issues surrounding the administering of the examinations have not been addressed. In a…
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of Ohrma Jummo Dallaway, 40 years old Labourer of New Montrose. According to investigations, about 2 a.m. on 17.05.2020 the police was alerted to a report describing Dallaway’s body lying motionless at the grounds of the Faith Temple Church at New Montrose. When the police responded, the body was met with what appeared to be a gunshot wound at the chest area. The body was later pronounced dead by the District Medical Officer. A post mortem examination is expected to be conducted on the body of the decease to ascertain the…
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) Regional telecommunications giant Digicel has filed for bankruptcy before the Bermuda courts, but it insists that its day-to-day operations will not be affected by the filing. The bankruptcy filing involves the appointment of three provisional liquidators from KPMG, the global services company. Coming days after the company implemented a group-wide salary reduction, the move is being seen as part of Digicel’s attempt to restructure US$1.6 billion of its estimated US$7 billion debt.