CONCERNS that students are not meeting coursework requirements ahead of Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations scheduled to begin in May have prompted a call for Government to resume face-to-face classes for “priority students”. Mark Malabver, principal of Yallahs High School in St Thomas, speaking with...
San José, Costa Rica – The catastrophic situation in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which suffered a series of volcanic eruptions this month that left the country in a state of emergency, is affecting the availability and affordability of food, said the Minister of Agriculture...
With much of the country’s hopes for an economic rebound dependent on vaccinating enough residents for Covid-19 to reach herd immunity, Information Minister Melford Nicholas suggested yesterday that some serious decisions may have to be taken if that threshold is not reached in an acceptable...
A day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted in St Vincent on April 9, Uncle Joe’s daughter, her children and her husband started packing bags to vacate the Red Zone. Nothing much was said to Uncle Joe, 67, but he figured he should start packing too,...
“Do not travel to Antigua and Barbuda due to Covid-19.” That’s the first line of the US State Department’s latest travel advisory for the twin island nation, issued yesterday. This advisory comes despite the significant reduction in the country’s new reported infections, amid the loosening of...