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BALANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: AN ONGOING TUG-OF-WAR ON A FEW TROUBLED CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

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Caribbean News Online Many parts of the Caribbean landscape continue to erode from violence and economic uncertainty and it is giving locals, visitors, and expatriates heightened concern and a reason to pause.  Ongoing reported crime against humanity does not discriminate– against whether members of the clergy, women, children, counsellors, law enforcement officers, teachers, sports icons, … Continued

RETIRED OFFICER WHO BREACHED AIRPORT SECURITY & TRAVELED WITH LOADED FIREARM FROM BARBADOS TO MIAMI, NOW BEING INVESTIGATED SAYS PM MIA MOTTLEY

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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has requested an urgent report on the recent incident that led to the arrest of a retired police officer, Cameron Hinds, who was found with a gun and rounds of ammunition when he landed at the Miami International Airport after arriving on a flight from the Grantley Adams International Airport. … Continued

ERUPTIVE PHASE OF VOLCANO IN ST VINCENT ENDS

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Scientists attached to The UWI Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) have ended their tour of duty in St Vincent and the Grenadines.   Activity at the volcano has declined steadily since the last explosive event on April 22, 2021, and all currently available monitoring data points to an end in eruptive activity. However, residual steaming at the … Continued

UNVACCINATED PUBLIC OFFICERS IN ST. VINCENT FROM TODAY WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN THE COVID VACCINE WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ABANDONED THEIR JOB

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Searchlight From today, any person within the government service who has not taken a COVID-19 vaccine will be considered to have abandoned their job. And last Wednesday, police officers who were unvaccinated were no longer considered employed by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF). Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said on … Continued

AMARO OUT, COMISSIONG IN AS ACTING SCHNEIDER CEO

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The St. Thomas Source The Territorial Hospital Board voted to accept the resignation of Dr. Luis Amaro as acting CEO of St. Thomas’ Schneider Regional Medical Center on Thursday. The Board thanked him for his service. It installed hospital legal counsel Tina Comissiong to the post until the permanent CEO is named. Dyma Williams continues … Continued

BARBADOS OFFICIALLY A PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC BECOMING THE 4TH CARICOM COUNTRY TO REPLACE THE QUEEN AS HEAD OF STATE

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Barbados is now officially a Parliamentary Republic, becoming the fourth Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to replace Britain’s Her Majesty’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state. The country officially made its transition to a Republic on the 55th anniversary of Barbados’ political independence from Britain, in the wee hours of Tuesday November 30. The move … Continued

RIHANNA TO BECOME BARBADOS’ 11TH NATIONAL HERO AS THE COUNTRY IS NOW OFFICIAL A REPUBLIC

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International superstar and billionaire Robyn Rihanna Fenty is set to become Barbados’ 11th National Hero. The announcement was made by Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley as the country officially transitioned into becoming a Parliamentary Republic on the anniversary of its independence, today November 30. The ceremony to install Rihanna as the second living national hero … Continued

PAHO HIGHLIGHTS UNDER-RECOGNISED MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS DUE TO COVID-19

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Anew Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) publication highlights the devastating toll of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of populations in the Americas, as well as the impact of service disruptions throughout the region. ‘Strengthening mental health responses to COVID-19 in the Americas: A health policy analysis and recommendations, published recently … Continued

GUYANA DRAFT LEGISLATION CALLING FOR LOCAL ‘TAKEOVER’ OF OIL OPERATIONS AS ECONOMY PREPARES TO BOOM

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The government will soon lay in the National Assembly its Local Content Bill which could see Guyana setting strong targets for companies operating in the oil industry. The Bill’s first schedule would mandate a near takeover of oil operations by local goods and services in 10 years. Though local penetration of the industry at present … Continued

REMEMBERING SIR JAMES MITCHELL

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Caribbean news online The Caribbean mourns the death of former St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell. Sir James has been diagnosed with dengue and other health conditions. The 90-year-old statesman succumbed to death early today in his home in Bequia days after being discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados. … Continued