A little less than two years ago,11 politicians stood before the nation and presented a united position to face the 2020 general election. They said that they were the best team that the people of St. Kitts and Nevis could support, as well as trust, and asked to be returned to government, giving their Team […]
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By Loshaun Dixon Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris, responding to a question posed by this publication at a People’s Labour Party press conference, about the issue of Nevis receiving its fair share of Citizenship By Investment (CBI) receipts, has revealed that no one has ever brought the matter to the cabinet. “There is no cabinet […]
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Jamaica Observer- A new platform, ACMF-CAREX, has just hit the jobs market in the Caribbean, which could change how maritime jobs are pursued and acquired in the region. ACMF-CAREX is a jobs platform for the maritime sector which was recently launched by the American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF), which is a non-profit foundation committed to […]
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CNW- A Jamaican man accused of lottery scamming in the United States has been extradited to that country to face charges. This is according to the US Embassy in Kingston. The embassy disclosed via social media that Romario Murray is wanted by the US Postal Inspection Service on a federal warrant regarding mail and wire […]
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BY DURRANT PATE Jamaica Observer business writer THE US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered COVID-19 travel health notices for several Caribbean destinations. Jamaica, Cuba, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Maarten, the British Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, and the Turks and Caicos have all […]
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by Dan Ehrlich The United States, and much of the world, has applied all manner of economic sanctions on Russia. But so far none has stopped Russian President Vladimir Putin from continuing his bloody assault on Ukraine. That’s because Putin has his own agenda and whatever it takes to complete it. The televised tragedy […]
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Samoa will go into lockdown from Saturday as it faces its first outbreak of COVID-19 after a woman who was about to leave the country tested positive.
Although health authorities have so far found just a single case, it is the first time Samoa has found any unexplained cases in the community and likely points to an undetected outbreak that has been going on for days or even weeks.
A government report leaked online indicates the woman had visited church services, a hospital, stores, a library and a travel agency since first feeling ill last Saturday.
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Samoa and several neighbouring Pacific island nations were among the last places on earth to avoid virus outbreaks.
But the more transmissible Omicron variant has changed the equation, and one by one the island nations have been succumbing to COVID-19.
Since the start of the year, Kiribati, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, the Cook Islands and American Samoa have all experienced their first big outbreaks.
John Fala, who runs a logistics company in Samoa, said it was inevitable that Samoa would eventually get the virus, a reality brought home for many when COVID-19 began spreading in nearby American Samoa.
"We've had two years to prepare," Fala said. "Now it's finally here. Of course, there is going to be a bit of scrambling."
From midnight Saturday, all schools will be closed, public gatherings will be banned, and all stores and other services will be shut down, except those considered essential. From midnight Friday, people were required to wear masks and use vaccination cards.
There were reports Friday of panic-buying ahead of the lockdown.
Fala, who is vaccinated, said his company is considered an essential service and he's frantically trying to navigate the new rules to keep it operating.
The lockdown is initially scheduled to last through midnight Tuesday although Fala expects it will be extended.
The father of three young children, Fala said his biggest concern is that unvaccinated children will catch the virus. He said the nation of 200,000 had good rates of inoculation among adults but had only just begun vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 in the past week or so.
About 65 per cent of all Samoans have had at least two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, according to Our World in Data.
Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa told people about the positive case in a special announcement to the nation late Thursday. She said the infected woman was in isolation and that her movements and contacts with people were being traced.
Mata'afa said officials wanted to do all they could to contain it from spreading rapidly.
"Although our country continues to traverse through these difficult times, let us continue to trust in the Lord," Mata'afa said in her announcement.
Samoa has had previous virus scares and lockdowns after returning plane passengers tested positive while isolating, but had managed to avoid any community outbreaks until now.
Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Nauru are among the few remaining Pacific island nations to have avoided Omicron outbreaks.
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By Brian Ellsworth March 17 (Reuters) – A group of seven U.S. members of Congress on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to withdraw support for Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry, saying he lacks legitimacy to organize the elections needed to resolve the country’s political crisis. Representatives led by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Haitian American who […]
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Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that effective March 18, 2022, all measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) under which Covid-19 protocols including curfews were imposed, will be withdrawn. The Prime Minister made the disclosure on Thursday in the House of Representatives. Mask-wearing and sanitizing in enclosed places such as supermarkets, tax […]
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