St. Vincent and the Grenadines welcomed home ninety-two (92) Vincentians today, Saturday May 9, 2020. The Vincentian nationals, 91 of whom worked on various Carnival Cruise line vessels, were transferred to the Carnival Glory on May 2, 2020 in the Bahamas. One Vincentian transferred from the Caribbean Princess to the Carnival Glory in Vincentian waters on May 9, 2020. All of the Vincentian nationals disembarked after initially being screened for SARS-CoV-2 virus (the virus which causes COVID-19) exposure. This screening was conducted by the Medical Team on board the Carnival Glory using COVID-19 rapid tests. Two (2) crew members, who…
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It was approximately 9:30 am, 1/27/2018, my phone rang, it was Soca Jones. Before I answered, I thought to myself, morning is usually Soca’s night, what is he up to now? I answered the phone, “Mr. Gobels, how things going?” He asked. I smiled, thinking, wait for the sale pitch. “I good Soca, what’s going on,” I asked, shortening the build up of his sales pitch. I guessed he sensed my no-nonsense mood. “Ok. I just saw the new Executive of Diaspora Committee, and you are not on it.” He stated. “No, Soca I resigned from Diaspora Committee.” I answered.…
Opposition Leader Dr. Godwin Friday has qualified the airfare to be paid per Vincentian student on their one-way LIAT flight home as “utterly ridiculous.” A letter sent from the SVG Consulate in Jamaica on May 5, announced that “the government is in the process of making arrangements to have LIAT in St. Vincent collect all” of the US $1339.29 per student if all 56 seats onboard the aircraft were filled. That price is likely to go up if fewer people subscribe to the trip. “I know that LIAT is expensive across the region but this is outrageous; and you know…
Although the official numbers are not yet known, Vincentian students who are engaged in studies in Jamaica have been advised that they may be faced with quarantine fees if they fail to provide adequate options that satisfy the Dr. Ralph Gonsalves-led government’s seclusion standards; once they are repatriated to SVG. 2 letters sent recently to the Jamaican chapter of the Vincentian Students Association, an umbrella body that represents Vincentian student interests across the University of the West Indies campuses, by Honorary Consul June P. Barbour set out the conditions under which these Vincentians would be allowed to come home. The…
Kingstown, St. Vincent May 7th 2020. The Ministry of National Mobilisation announces the commencement of its registration period for the Youth Empowerment Service Programme (YESSVG). The following Constituencies dates and times along with the venues are listed below for persons to be aware: Monday 11.05.2020 North Leeward – Chateaubelair Community Centre from 9:00- 11:30am North Leeward -Troumaca Secondary School from 12:30-2:30pm North Windward – Sandy Bay Gospel Chapel 9:00-11:30am/12:30-2:30pm Kingstown Constituencies West Kingstown, Central Kingstown, East Kingstown: 9-11:30/12:30-2:30pm at the Youth Affairs Division in Kingstown. Tuesday 12.05.2020 East St George – Calliaqua Town Hall 9:00-11:30 am & 12:30-2:30pm Marriaqua – Emmanuel High School 9:00-11:30am/12:30-2:30pm Kingstown Constituencies – West Kingstown, Central Kingstown, East…
The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) will release a suite of multi- hazard public education materials in preparation for the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season. These include a number of public service announcements, infographics, posters and a colouring book on floods, landslides, earthquakes and tsunamis. The public service announcements were produced locally by the National Emergency Management Organisation in collaboration with Communication Specialist Theresa Daniel. According to Director of NEMO, Michelle Forbes, the suite of Public Education Materials was produced as part of efforts to strengthen the Multi-hazard Early Warning System (EWS) capability and infrastructure of the National Emergency Management Organisation.…
2 Vincentian Fashion Designers have collaborated to produce a line of reusable cloth face masks for the public, to aid in the prevention of the spread of the Covid-19 virus – Christal Oliver – Founder of emerging fashion and accessory brand Olive Art and Kimya Glasgow – Founder and Creative Director of fashion and lifestyle brand Kimya Glasgow. The US Center for Disease Control “recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies”. According to Ms Glasgow, after seeing on the news that internationally medical grade masks…
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad: May 9, 2020: The President of Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL), Nigel Baptiste, announced today a profit attributable to shareholders of the parent of US$81.7 million for the six-month period ended March 31, 2020, a decline of US$36.1 million or 30.6% below the corresponding period last year. These results reflect preliminary estimates of the financial impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the Group as a result of increased operating expenses during the latter half of March 2020 and the setting aside of additional provisions of US$55.3 million for the first half of Fiscal 2020 (2019 – US$20.3…
Ian Sardine, founder and director of System 3 Sports Academy, is satisfied that the measures his Academy has put in place during the period of dislocation occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, will still keep his members (players) in shape.The threat from the coronavirus forced the Academy to cease all coaching activities.In the interim, Sardine said, “I started doing some individual videos of kids doing simple drills and sent them round to the kids in the different teams for them to practise. As proof that they were doing the drills, they were required to video themselves and return those videos to…
(business inisider)Scientists are still learning about the ways the coronavirus moves through the body. Viral particles have been found in saliva, blood, urine, and stool samples. A study published Thursday in the Journal of the American Medicine Association found the coronavirus in semen too. Particles were detected in the semen of men who had active infections and those who had recovered. The researchers aren’t yet sure, however, whether the finding means the virus can be sexually transmitted. About 16% of the men studied had the virus in their semen A team of Chinese researchers took semen samples from 38 male…