The Ministry of Education, National Reconciliation and Information wishes to inform all parents, guardians, teachers, students and other stakeholders that school will be reopened on May 25, 2020 for all students writing external examinations. The school day will commence at 9:30 am and conclude at 2:30 pm. On-line teaching continues for all other students. The Ministry of Education is collaborating with the Ministry of Transport and Works to assist students commuting to and from school daily. We are all reminded of our obligation to maintain a clean and safe environment for all. Let us continue to work harmoniously to combat the…
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“You know, additionally, we are putting on 500 persons with the Interim Assistance (Benefit) at Social Development. These are $200 each month until the end of December. But the idea is, in the next budget cycle, to have these 500 persons go on public assistance because we have to keep the social safety net strong.” Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves made the comment on Tuesday as he gave an update on the $74 million Recovery and Stimulus Package approved by parliament in April to respond to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Gonsalves said the Ministry of National Mobilization…
Central Kingstown Member of Parliament (MP) Major St Clair Leacock has described as votes-attraction the government’s proposed distribution of what it calls ‘Love Box.’ The ‘Love Box’ is to comprise agricultural produce and 3,000 such boxes are to be distributed to communities to help persons amid the Covid-19 impact. It has been proposed that the churches and civil society organizations do the distribution. “What is the Love Box? They’re so scrambling for votes now, holding on like a drowning man to anything, they’re now taking agricultural produce to put them into boxes to distribute to people – not for love…
In light of the novel Coronavirus, Covid-19 global pandemic, the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Traffic Department will be conducting an operation on Friday, May 15, 2020 to ensure the safety of passengers and to curb the issue of overloading onboard the omnibuses. According to Superintendent Kenneth John, Head of the Traffic Department, the operation is paramount to efficaciously combat the issues associated with the public service transportation recommendations according to the protocols and guidelines stipulated by the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHE). The Traffic Department is therefore soliciting the compliance of the general…
COVID- 19 pandemic has forced the closure of educational institutions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. To continue the educational process of the students, the government has introduced online teaching. There isn’t a common online platform which is used by the Ministry of Education to deliver the curriculum. Each school chooses to use its own online platform. The procedure has created anxiety for teachers, students and parents. It would appear that the ‘Education Revolution’ does not have an effective Information Communication Technology (ICT) component to its curriculum. In the age of technology and after nineteen years in power, the Unity Labour Party…
A fire which raged out of control is said to have destroyed the dwelling of one extended family in Lowmans Windward last Monday morning. The victims, a branch of the Barnwell family that populates the Higher Lowmans area, comprise several school aged children including at least one SVG Community College student. According to the information reaching us, “apparently, the fire was lit at the back of the house to burn garbage.” Shortly after 10 a.m. the wooden house that was home to “three young adult mothers” – all of whom are sisters – and their combined seven children was gutted…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines now has fourteen (14) recovered COVID-19 cases, following the receipt of the second negative PCR result for two persons from theCaribbean Public Health Agency – CARPHA. These results were included in a batch of results for fourteen (14) samples sent on Wednesday May 13, 2020 to the regional Public Health Lab. No new positive COVID-19 cases were reported. This means there are now just three (3) active cases of COVID -19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. All precautionary repeat PCR COVID-19 tests done on six (6) Carnival Cruise Line Crew members, in keeping with…
Eleven (11) members of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) on 10th and 12th May, 2020 celebrated 20 years of service to the organization and by extension the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines under the theme “20 years of excellence and continuity through sacrifice”. These officers are: Corporal 19 Lee Archibald, Corporal 103 Germano Douglas, Corporal 147 Marle Lewis, Police Constable 21 Gary Cummings and Police Constable 299 Dominique O’Garro enlisting in the organization on 10th of May, 2000; and Sergeant 560 Olson Rodney, Sergeant 138 Emil Jacobs, Sergeant 508 Irackie Huggins, Corporal 638…
AIM: The safe repatriation of Vincentian nationals in a manner that reduces the risk of the importation and subsequent transmission of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. OBJECTIVES: Establish the nationality of the returning individual.Establish the status of exposure of the returning individual to COVID-19.Establish the appropriateness of the site of quarantine. CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR THE REPATRIATION OF VINCENTIAN CREWPERSONS: Total number of persons to be repatriatedMode of arrival (boat, plane)Full name, date of birth, passport number, contact number and address in departingcountry.Certificate of Health issued by the National Health Authority of the country of departureincluding:details of…
In a phone call conversation with Augustine Ferdinand meant to update listeners of the ULP centered ‘Shake Up’ radio show, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves counseled Vincentians who recently returned to SVG and are also accused of breaking quarantine regulations. 92 sailors were repatriated to Vincentian shores last Saturday by the Carnival Cruise Line Company. Reports are that Vincentian sailors, with that company, were transferred to the Carnival Glory vessel along with other Caribbean nationals who were being brought home. Of the sailors who eventually made it ashore on Saturday, local Health Authorities have said, “two (2) crew members, who…