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Vice president of the New Democratic Party (NDP), St Clair Leacock, has issued a challenge to prime minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves to contest the Central Kingstown seat in the next general elections. And he has also publicly requested that the prime minister should no longer call him. Leacock threw out the electoral challenge to the prime minister while speaking on his party’s New Times Programme on Nice Radio on Wednesday, …
MHRC a COVID-19 cluster: “Negligence,” says Dr. Friday The Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre (a refurbished section pictured) would have attained cluster status with its near 100 cases of COVID-19. As of last Wednesday, March 3, 2021, there were 107 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at this country’s Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre (MHRC) at Glen. Of that total, 94 were patients and 9 were members of staff. The Centre has now been declared a cluster of COVID-19 cases and according to a source, it will have to move into a lockdown mode, if it has not already done so. This ‘statis...
Prison: More needs to be done Brenton Charles, Superintendent of Prisons, was the first casualty following the recent prison break. by: Dayle Da Silva• Leader of the Opposition Dr. Godwin Friday has made it clear that from where he stands, more needs to be done to ensure that there will not be a repeat of last week’s prison break. Dr. Friday was referencing the escape of two inmates, Veron Primus and Ulric Hanson, from the Her Majesty’s Prison in Kingstown, on December 9. The escapees have since been captured. He made the call on Monday, December 14 during his now regular segment o...