(Jamaica observer)Jamaica recorded its ninth COVID-19 related death. The deceased is a 72-year-old male from Kingston & St. Andrew. Today’s report from the National Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health & Wellness has reported that in the last 24 hours, six samples have tested positive for COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jamaica to 469. Of the six (6) new cases, there are four males and two females, with ages ranging from nine to 37 years. All the new cases are from St. Mary and are contacts of a confirmed case. Jamaica now has…
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Globally the socio-economic environment is being adversely affected due to the nefarious, far reaching tentacles of the novel coronavirus. But 16 year-old Michaela and her mother Yinca Chambers-Goodluck refused to be swayed by the potential depressing trade and industry outlook and have banded together to kick start a “headbands and [face] masks” profit-making venture. Yinca Chambers-Goodluck told Asbert News Network that it was her children who inspired the movement which quickly took on the makings of a commercially viable endeavor. “They are the ones who encouraged the start of this business. It started out, initially, with me using cloth that…
Vincentian sailors employed with Royal Caribbean International cruise lines are now expected to be home by June 7th according to an internal memo which was leaked to Vincentian media. Although it heralds welcomed news, the five paged document made no reference to the much talked about quarantine fees that are being imposed by local government. The undated release was titled, “From the desk of Michael Bayley President & CEO” and boasted the company’s official logo. In it, President Bayley attempted to assuage his employees’ repatriation anxieties by addressing a recent “surge of rumors and speculation” on the issue. He wrote,…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has recorded its seventeenth (17) positive COVID- 19 case according to reports received from the Caribbean Public Health Agency CARPHA. This case is part of the cluster whose first case was reported on April 21, 2020, and was identified as part of an aggressive contact tracing and testing campaign. On Thursday April 30, results received medically cleared another person as having recovered from COVID-19. This means that there are now nine (9) recovered persons and eight (8) active cases of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Health Services Subcommittee of the National Emergency…
Two Vincentian students are today exciting national pride as they continue to excel in their respective fields of interest. Kanille Brudy, a creative who’s currently pursuing studies at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica, was recently elected – unopposed – as president of the Students’ Council there while Ralycia Andrews nabbed the second place prize in the 3rd annual Global Voices essay contest. Andrews is a 20-year-old resident of Barrouallie “who, since the age of 11 has been an advocate for the Garifuna culture.” She told Asbert News Network, “my first exposure to this…
Novian Travis Vaughn Mullings, a Jamaican mechanic admitted, while sharing his side of the story in the docks at the Serious Offenses Court, to his use of contraband while being held on remand. Mullings was arrested and later indicted for allegedly attempting to board LIAT flight #770 to Barbados from the Argyle International Airport with some 30lbs of cannabis on Sunday evening July 28, 2019, in addition to drug trafficking and possession charges. Following an appeal of Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne’s bail ruling in August that year, High Court Justice Brian Cottle granted the Jamaican accused bail in the sum…
New Democratic Party’s Senator Israel Bruce is troubled by the Dr. Ralph Gonsalves led-administration’s approach to repatriating Vincentian sailors employed with the cruise ship industry or on oil rigs. He sees the approach as being wrong not only because of the much debated quarantine fees that the government is trying to pass on to the cruise ship companies but also for refusing to bring home the sailors while negotiations are ongoing. “I’m giving the Honorable Prime Minister all the benefit of the doubt here, now. Even if there is an international law… within the maritime legislative framework internationally and within…
Introduction St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its first case of the corona virus on March 11th 2020. On the same day, the World Health Organisation declared that the COVID-19 as it is called, is a pandemic. Since then, the world has been thrown into a state of panic with severe global socio-economic disruption, the likes of which has never been seen before. International countries have adopted their own approach to this crisis, with some countries following the World Health Organisation, while others have adopted a home-grown approach, following the science, and taking into consideration the existing health, social, and…
Kamal Martin is the latest player with Vincentian roots to be selected from the NFL draft. He was last Saturday, snapped up by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2020 National Football League, which was staged virtually. The Green Bay Packers are four-times (1997. 1968, 1996 and 2010) Super Bowl winners – symbol of champions of American Football. The 21-year-old son of Vincentian Joyson Martina campaigned as a linebacker for the University of Minnesota, and in eight games in 2019 had 66 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, one sack, two forced fumbles, three passes defensed and…
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the issue of “nationals who are overseas” during this current coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic is not only a health matter but also a security concern. Speaking on the “Shake Up” radio programme on Tuesday April 28th, Dr. Gonsalves who is also the National Security Minister assured the public that he and his government was doing its best to assist in the return of crew men and women, seafarers, students and other individuals who have expressed a desire to return. Coining his catch phrase that, “citizenship should count for something” the leader of this country…