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Month: May 2020

UNION ISLAND EXPLOSION: Second Burn Victim Succumbs To His Injuries

Lindini Neverson the 12-year-old student who received second-degree burns following Tuesday nights explosion of a gas station on Union Island has died. An earlier call was made by residents on Union Island for prayers as latest reports had said that Lindani Neverson situation has turned for the worst earlier this…

Latest Reports Say Student Needs Urgent Prayer As Situation Worsens

Vincentians have been asked to say a prayer for one of the students who received second-degree burns following Tuesday nights explosion of a gas station on Union Island. The call has come from residents on Union Island following the latest reports that Lindani Neverson situation has turned for the worst,…

Union Island Students Who Sustained Burns Need Help Urgently

On the evening of Tuesday 19th May 2020, a Gas Station exploded on the Grenadine island of Union Island, St Vincent and the Grenadines.  Three persons were caught in the flames including the owner and two students: Graniquia (Zara) Alexander, aged 17 and LindaniNeverson aged 14. Both students sustained 2nd…

BREAKING: Owner Of Gas Station Who Sustained First Degree Burns Has Died

News784 was informed that Freddy North owner of the gas station that exploded on Tuesday night in Union Island, and who sustained First Degree burns died earlier this morning. https://news784.com/local-news/two-students-and-owner-of-gas-station-hospitalised-following-explosion/

UK’s contribution of $3.8M to help SVG fight COVID-19

The United Kingdom has agreed to contribute 3 million Pounds (USD $3.8 m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – St Vincent, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, and Saint Lucia – contain the spread of the novel coronavirus disease…

UPDATE: All 34 Results Came Back Negative

Highlights and Changes Since Last Report: * 34 results came in (they were all negative and had the effect of increasing the number of persons tested to 209 and decreasing the pending results to 0) * 31 persons left quarantine.

Son, 32, ‘stabs his dad, 72, to death while in a Zoom AA meeting

(DAILY MAIL) - A father on New York's Long Island was stabbed to death by his adult son during a Zoom video chat with almost two dozen other men who were participating in the live stream. Dwight Powers, 72, of Amityville, NY, was home on a Zoom chat set up…

Son, 32, 'stabs his dad, 72, to death while in a Zoom AA meeting

(DAILY MAIL) - A father on New York's Long Island was stabbed to death by his adult son during a Zoom video chat with almost two dozen other men who were participating in the live stream. Dwight Powers, 72, of Amityville, NY, was home on a Zoom chat set up…

NDP VIEW: Opposition To Set Up Ministry Of Fisheries / Marine Conservation

The unity Labour Party (ULP) regime has failed to recognize the importance of the fisheries sector to the economic development of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  During COVID- 19 pandemic and the discussion of food security, the ULP regime has not developed any meaningful policy to enhance the fisheries sector.…

Services Resume At Kingstown Clinic

Resumption of Services at Kingstown District Clinic: The Ministry is working hard to ensure optimum access to healthcare. This development benefits the thousands of Vincentians who routinely use this facility. We take this opportunity to thank the public for its understanding and cooperation during the period for which services were…

34 Samples Taken From Sailors, Students And Other Groups Sent For Testing

Highlights and Changes Since Last Report: * 34 Samples sent for testing (taken from sailors, students and other groups) * Number of persons in quarantine increased by 25 from 169 to 194 (accounting for the sailors who returned home on Disney Cruise Line) Note: no one is currently being held…

Flow And Rubis Donate Surgical Masks To The Ministry Of Health

Morning Updates on COVID-19 Pandemic and the National Response By Luke Browne The repatriation of 25 Vincentians from Disney Cruise Line went smoothly yesterday. The sailors are now in quarantine. Landed: 4 ventilators from Taiwan. They would be handed over to the Ministry tomorrow. A 2nd group of Vincentian students…