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Vincentians are being advised to continue to take the necessary precautions to safeguard their health, despite the downward trend in active cases of Covid 19 here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Lesley De Bique has more, in today’s Covid 19 Update.
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Government is focused on helping Barbadian athletes develop their skills.
Speaking during a press conference held yesterday September 15, 2022 following a motocorcade to celebrate the exciting performances of Sada Williams, Amber Joseph, Johnathan Jones and Shane Brathwaite on the world stage, Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Charles Griffith disclosed that government had several plans in motion to assist athletes.
“Government is aware that we need to have a national stadium,” Griffith explained.
“I took a paper to Cabinet last week and I got approval to have a consultant visit on the 23rd of this month to look at the possibility of how soon we will have a national stadium here in Barbados again.”
He revealed that until then, government will be constructing a 400-metre track at the Wildey Gymnasium to provide a facility for athletes to develop their skills.
Speaking during the presser at the grounds of the Gymnasium, he advised, “On the eastern side of this building you would see that we have recently cleared there, [that is] to put a 400-metre track that will be used in place of the national stadium.”
Griffith also spoke about an S.A.T programme that will be implemented to help athletes studying abroad or seeking to study abroad.
“My ministry will be doing several things to make sure that we can help assist the athletes. I am aware that we need someone off the island to take care of additional training and scholarships and to that end, Mr Rowe who is sitting here is piloting a project that we will now own a SAT program.”
He added that in addition to that, government will be working on restructuring the National Sports Council (NSC).
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A few children under the age of 5 years have been recently diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) in St. Kitts & Nevis. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is a mild, viral infection that is highly contagious and it mainly affects children under 7 years of age but anyone can get it. HFMD is most commonly caused by a coxsackie virus but other enteroviruses have been implicated. HFMD outbreaks occur commonly in summer and autumn in the USA.
What are the signs and symptoms of hand-foot-and -mouth disease?
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease may cause some of the following signs and symptoms: • Fever
Sore throat
Loss of appetite
Drooling and child can become irritable and fussy
Painful, blister-like lesions on the tongue, gums and inside of the cheeks • Skin rash affecting palms, soles and sometimes buttocks. Rash may appear as flat red spots, tiny bumps or red blisters.
The usual period from initial infection to time symptoms appear (incubation period) is 7 to 10 days.
How is hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) spread?
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is spread by person- to- person contact with an infected person’s: • Nose secretions or throat discharge
Saliva
Fluid from blisters
Stool
Respiratory droplets sprayed in the air by an infected person’s cough or sneeze
How can hand-foot-and-mouth disease be prevented?
The following interventions can reduce your child’s risk of HFMD:
Children experiencing signs and symptoms of HFMD should limit their exposure to others and stay at home.
Adults who have HFMD should stay at home from work.
Staff at daycare and pre-schools should clean and disinfect high traffic and high-touch surfaces with soap and water followed by diluted solution of chlorine bleach and water. • Children should be taught how to wash hands properly in the following instances: before and after eating, before and after playing, after coughing and sneezing and after using the toilet. • Children should be constantly reminded to keep hands / fingers away from mouth and face. • Adults providing care for children should wash hands thoroughly before and after each episode of care- giving.
Avoid sharing eating utensils and toys among children at this time.
Avoid close contact with others.
In summary, hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) is usually a minor illness causing fever and mild symptoms for a few days. There is no cure for this viral illness and no vaccine to prevent it. The doctor usually recommends home care with symptomatic treatment until recovery. Let us all do our part to prevent the spread of this viral illness that is affecting our children.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 15, 2022 (Government House) — His Excellency The Governor-General Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, KC, JP, LL.D has appointed Ms. Marcella Liburd, JP to perform the duties as Governor-General’s Deputy with effect from today, Thursday, 15th September 2022
This appointment is made for a period of absence from Office of the Governor-General for short duration. Her Excellency Marcella Althea Liburd Esq, JP was administered the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Office at 11:30am today, Thursday, September 15, 2022, by Her Ladyship the Honourable Justice Yvette Wallace at Government House.
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OF the ten police stations and two police posts in the Southern division, four were without detectives for around six months.
This was revealed by Southern division commander acting Snr Supt Richard Smith on Thursday. He was speaking at a press briefing at the Police Administration Building in Port of Spain.
He said there has been more crime in the division for the year so far than in 2021.
One of the initiatives taken to reduce crime was to redeploy detectives in specific areas.
He said the southern division is separated into two sections – east and west.
The east covers the Princes Town, Moruga, Tableland, Barrackpore and Ste Madeleine police stations and the St Margaret’s post. The west includes the San Fernando, Marabella, Mon Repos, Gasparillo and St Margaret police stations and La Romaine post.
Smith said Barrackpore, St Margaret’s, Ste Madeleine and Gasparillo did not have detectives.
“And these are the areas – having done our increased enforcement in the urban areas – we realised that the serious crime like robberies migrated to these rural areas. So we redeployed detectives in those areas.”
Asked by Newsday how long these stations and posts had been without detectives, Smith said “approximately six months.”
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(From left) Supt Ian Carthy, Snr Supt Richard Smith and Insp Michelle Lewis at the Police Administration Building, Port of Spain, on Thursday morning. Photo by Narissa Fraser
COMMANDER of the police Southern Division acting Snr Supt Richard Smith has said crime in the division has increased when compared to last year.
He was speaking at a media briefing at the Police Administration Building in Port of Spain on Thursday morning.
Having just been appointed commander in August, he said an assessment was done and provided the following statistics for January 1-September 13 for both years.
“These are the ‘pillar’ crimes in our division,” Smith said.
However, he said since his appointment, there has been a 47 per cent reduction in serious reported crimes.
“We have partnered with municipal police, licensing officers, stolen vehicles unit, traffic wardens, as well as the watchmen and security officers of the various government buildings and business establishments within the division.
“This initiative has resulted in an increase in law-enforcement presence in the division, especially in the urban areas, and a reduction in street crimes.”
He said over the past four weeks, 151 warrants have been executed and 113 people arrested. In addition, police have seized 15 guns and 180 rounds of ammunition.
“I have also formed a divisional gang unit and intelligence unit, and they have been actively pursuing the gangs that have been identified in our division.”
In addition, he has created a special operations team to deal with protesters who block the road.
“From July 11-August 10 we had 13 murders, compared to from August 11- September 11 we had five murders. Shooting and woundings went from five to three, robberies went from 47 to 29, break-in offences went from 30 to 23, general larceny went from 23 to 13 and larceny of motor vehicles – which is plaguing us right now – remains the same at ten.
“Based on the initiatives that we have put in place, we have seen remarkable reductions.”
2021
Murders 27
Shooting and wounding 41
Robberies 130
Motor vehicle larceny 45
Housebreaking and larceny 49
2022
Murders 63
Shooting and wounding 61
Robberies 230
Motor vehicle larceny 97
Housebreaking and larceny 51
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TWO days after announcing it is making efforts to create an e-book platform, the Education Ministry is making it clear that this was one of its ideas since 2021 after a political party tried to take credit for it.
On Monday, the ministry said new textbooks should not be added nor editions change on schools’ booklists for the academic year 2023/2024, and also that an e-book platform is being considered.
Then, on Tuesday, Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah said the ministry only decided to try e-books “after the call by the MSJ to do so.”
Abdulah said his party proposed e-books for primary and secondary school students at a press conference on September 4, adding that it was not the first time it had done so.
“The MSJ therefore led the way on this issue,” he said.
But in a press release on Wednesday, the ministry said it wanted to “clarify the steps taken” to procure an e-book platform.
“In January 2021, a Request for Information (RFI) on e-books was published, to which there were 42 respondents. The ministry subsequently held a meeting with booksellers to discuss and clarify certain issues surrounding the provision of e-books. The MOE took further steps to establish the availability of e-book platform providers from July 2021 and Cabinet approved the procurement of an e-book platform by the ministry through iGovTT on June 23, 2022.”
It said the request is being formulated and should be publicised in October.
It while the MSJ’s “endorsement of the ministry’s action…is duly recognised,” what it said was the inaccuracy of its timeline “requires the ministry to place the facts of the matter on record for the edification of the public.”
It said the platform is one of 13 initial projects in the ministry’s digital transformation plan for 2022-2025.
Others include digitising school records for primary and secondary school students and creating e-classroom accounts for teachers and students.
It said more information will be publicised soon.
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Police held four people during anti-crime exercises in several divisions over the past two days, a police statement said on Thursday.
It said the swift response of St Margaret’s police thwarted an attempted shop break-in at Claxton Bay on Tuesday.
The report said the police saw three masked suspects outside the building when they responded to a report.
On seeing the police, the men ran off, but the officers held one suspect nearby.
In another incident, police from the Central Division Task Force, Area South, intercepted a car with two male suspects after receiving a report of an assault with intent to rob in the Preysal district moments earlier.
The police held the men, 27 and 38, both of Piarco.
A police-involved shooting in the North Eastern Division (NED) on Wednesday night resulted in the arrest of a suspect. The police also recovered a car and several mobile devices believed to be stolen.
The statement said NED Intelligence Unit, the NED Task Force, CID Crime Patrol police responded to a report of armed robbery in the Aranguez district around 8.15 pm.
While on the way, they saw two suspects crossing the Priority Bus Route and tried to apprehend them.
One shot at the police, who returned fire.
They later held a 19-year-old man and seized a cellphone from him, which was reported stolen.
They searched the area and found three more phones.
Acting on information, police went to the Morvant district, where they found two cars – a silver Nissan Tiida, which was reported stolen last month, and a Nissan Sylphy with a false registration plate.
NEDTF and Canine Branch police found a pistol loaded with a magazine containing eight rounds of ammunition in an Operation Strike Back exercise in the Santa Cruz district.
Investigations are ongoing.
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The Public Relations Office of the Belize Police Department has responded to a viral video of police officers on parade apparently misunderstanding a command to turn right.
The result was confusion, as some officers did the right thing while others were left wanting.
On the other hand, the Belize Police Department in a statement on Tuesday said it seemed that there was a command that was not clear to the officers on parade.
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Local media quoted Police Commissioner Chester Williams as saying that this week’s mishap on the parade square during the medals and awards ceremony was clearly not the fault of the officers who turned facing the street.
“The parade commander made the error; he should have instructed for a left turn instead of a right turn. The officers who turned left did so because they knew it was to be a left turn,” Williams stated.
And the top cop explained that the commander had offered an apology.
“I would therefore ask that we take into consideration the fact that police officers are also fallible beings and focus on all the positive things that took place yesterday and put behind us the little negative,” Williams said.
“As a society, we have allowed that little mishap to overshadow the fact that over 300 police officers were awarded for exemplary service to this country. This type of mishap happens even in the military where drills are more rigid,” he observed.
The viral video has evoked mixed reactions on social media.
Some criticised the police for not knowing their left from their right.
Others commended the officers who followed the command they received while some suggested that while funny, the mishap represented much ado about nothing.
And they declared that the police should be commended for risking their lives to keep Belize safe.
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