Dr. Godwin Friday, President of the New Democratic Party and Leader of the Opposition, is providing decisive and inspiring leadership during this COVID-19 crisis in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He has articulated a clear vision and is consistent with the measures that he has put forward to be implemented to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In his letter to Prime Minister, Dr. Gonsalves, on 21st March; Dr. Friday outlined a number of measures that the government should have adopted. These include: Stricter social distancing controls and guidelines must be advocated publicly and enforced as best we can. All public gatherings…
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St. Lucia News Online) — Prostitutes in Martinique have been taking advantage of relief packages from humanitarian and charitable organisations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Martinique 1ere is reporting that these organisations have handed out over 100 baskets of food, necessities and hygienic products every week. The report says the women have no source of income because they have to stay home as a result of the restrictions imposed by the government to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Over 100 vulnerable persons and health professionals were the recipients of charitable offerings, following the launch of the We Care North Leeward Programme last Thursday. The programme, spearheaded by charitable group Generation Next Inc. and Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon. Carlos James, was launched in the rural constituency to provide relief to residents and health care workers in support of this country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Packages were distributed to health personnel who are on the frontline at five health facilities in North Leeward and vulnerable persons, including the elderly, who remained at home following the Easter…
Andre Russell might be Wisden’s 2019 T20 Cricketer of the Year but the power-hitting Jamaica has no intention of resting on his laurels. The Jamaican all-rounder, who said he was honoured by the accolade, by virtue of his posts on Instagram, seems to spend much of his time in lockdown honing his already considerable skills in anticipation of a resumption in play in the T20 leagues across the world and the T20 World Cup in Australia in November. “My main focus currently, is ensuring that I perform to the best of my ability every time I am given the opportunity…
BBC- Ministers are later expected to announce a three-week extension to the coronavirus lockdown. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will lead emergency Cobra committee and cabinet meetings about the continuation of social distancing measures. Labour has said it will support an extension, but also called for details on how and when the lockdown would end. Meanwhile, social care directors have said distribution of protective kit for carers has been “shambolic”. There have been 27 verified deaths with coronavirus among NHS staff, the Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed. On extending the lockdown, Mr Hancock told BBC Breakfast he believed the government had…
(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) – A Tobago man has been charged with raping a 12-year-old girl at a ‘COVID party” Hullon John is expected to appear before a Scarborough Magistrate today, charged with crimes that allegedly happened on Sunday. John, 28, a straighter, of Culloden Bay Road, Golden Lane, Tobago, was charged with one count of sexual penetration of a minor and one count of child endangerment, by officers of the Tobago Division’s Child Protection Unit(CPU). Officers of the CPU were on mobile patrol around 11p.m, on Sunday when they received information from the Tobago Operations Centre relative to a child found in…
(Antiguanewsroom)-Prime Minister Gaston Browne has estimated that around 20 thousand people in the tourism sector have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19. “In the case of Antigua & Barbuda we have estimated that over 20 thousand people would have lost their jobs directly or indirectly as a result of the closure of the hotel sector and even the lock downs which have been taking place in order to protect our citizens,” Browne said. He said, “those lock downs as well would have impacted on the operations of many businesses and put people out of work.” The prime minister…
(CMC) – The director of research at the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Cuba, Dr Gerardo Guillen, says a clinical trial is now being held for a vaccine aimed at activating the immune system to combat COVID-19. Speaking during a recent television interview, Guillen said that the drug, called CIGB 2020, is undergoing trials at the Luis Diaz hospital in Havana with volunteer patients suspected of being carriers of the disease. He says the drug is nasally and sublingually administered to strengthen these areas and encouraging results have already been observed regarding the activation of the innate immune system,…
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton a short while ago disclosed that test kit supplies for COVID-19 to Jamaica from the United States were blocked by that jurisdiction, and that the Government is now awaiting supplies from other sources. He then assured that there are adequate supplies of testing material in the island at this time. Dr Tufton was addressing the issue of testing at today’s (April 15) meeting of the House or Representatives, which is now underway at Gordon House. The health minister said that the Government has had to “re-calibrate” its strategy and…
Slight haze is noticeable across our islands, due to a thin layer of Saharan dust. Shallow clouds with a few showers occasionally cross our islands and few moisture spikes could support pockets of moderate showers across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) over the next few days. Moderate (20 – 30 km/h) north-easterly trade-winds could turn easterly and occasionally increase to fresh (near 35 km/h) by Thursday night. Sea conditions across SVG, are expected to be slight (0.5 – 1.2 m) on west coasts and slight to moderate (near 1.5 m) on east coasts, with north-easterly swells. Occasionally, slight increases…