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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has rubbished claims of any impropriety in the sale of the Preysal Industrial Park to local conglomerate Ansa McAL Ltd, saying all proper procedures were followed. Opposition Senator Wade Mark raised the issue at a Senate sitting dealing with the Special Economic Zones Bill 2021. Mark said the sale of the park was not brought before the Senate and asked whether it was bought competitively, […]
A November 26 letter from the presidency asked the head of Uganda's national drug authority to 'work out a mechanism' to clear the importation of the vaccines.
China has about five COVID-19 vaccine candidates at different levels of trials. It was not clear what vaccine was being imported into Uganda.
One of the frontrunners is the Sinopharm vaccine developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Product, a unit of Sinopharm’s China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates said the vaccine has 86% efficacy, citing an interim analysis of late-stage clinical trials.
China has used the drug to vaccinate up to a million people under its emergency use program.
On Tuesday, Morocco said it was ordering up to 10 million doses of the vaccine.
Record cases
Uganda on Monday registered 701 new COVID-19 cases, the highest-ever daily increase, bringing its national count to 23,200.
The new cases were out of the 5,578 samples tested for the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
Tuesday's tally was 606, the second-highest ever number of new infections, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the east African country to 23,860.
Health authorities have blamed ongoing election campaigns which have drawn huge crowds for the rise in infections.
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HAVE NOTED A SLOWING OF THE COVID-19 TRANSMISSION RATE.
Approximately 16 percent of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies and supervisors continue to operate and recruit personnel to join in secret cliques or gangs like “Banditos” and the “Executioners,” according to an explosive new report authored by The Rand Corporation.
[The Conversation Africa] Dangote Industries Limited dominates the Nigerian cement market and is a key player in the rapidly expanding African cement business. The conglomerate has also expanded its manufacturing activities in a range of food processing industries such as sugar and salt. This expansion has made it the biggest group listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
THE Prime Minister has so far failed to adequately address the Police Service Commission (PSC) implosion after its mishandling of the appointment of an acting police commissioner. Speaking on Sunday at a press conference at the Office of the Opposition Leader in Port of Spain, Opposition Senator Wade Mark said it was not enough for Dr Rowley to say the TTPS was fully functioning despite the PSC debacle. At a press conference on Saturday, the PM said the imbroglio involving […]
Joshua Chisa Mbele has obeyed a Lilongwe High Court order that directed him to issue a public apology to Nick Chakwera, son to State President Lazarus Chakwera, over alleged defamatory remarks he made on social media Facebook linking him to the infamous plunder of the K6.2 billion CoVID-19 funds. The Court also directed Chisa Mbele […]
The post Chisa Mbele apologizes to Nick Chakwera for defamation over K6.2bln CoVID-19 funds first appeared on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
Previously vaccinated against Covid-19, Sen. Marvin Blyden pleaded not guilty Friday to a single misdemeanor charge of exposing others to a contagious disease.
[IPS] Nyabihu -- Laurent Hategekimana, a villager from Nyabihu, a district from Western Rwanda, recalls the terrible condition of the Gishwati natural forest a few years ago when it was overrun by illegal loggers and invading farmers.
There were enough Black presenters to Cha-Cha slide at the family reunion but very few winners in the bunch.
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Texas nursing homes, struggling during a pandemic that has ravaged their residents and decimated their workforce, are asking the state for $400 million in federal coronavirus relief to address a staffing crisis in the system that cares for the state’s oldest and most fragile residents. Adding to the urgency is the fact that 40% of the […]
Exactly two months after his appointment, long-time U.S. diplomat Daniel Foote has submitted his resignation as United States Special Envoy to Haiti, citing a “deeply flawed” U.S. policy toward the nation that includes continued “catastrophic” political intervention and the administration’s recent decision to ramp up deportations. “I will not be associated with the United States
The Candle Light Movement (CLM) on Tuesday roundly rejected the Prime Minister's claim that anti-crime vigils in February – in the wake of the murder of court clerk Andrea Bharatt – were responsible for the spike in covid19 cases. The movement in a strongly-worded press release called on Government to blame itself.
They said Dr Rowley's remarks on Monday in Parliament were \"reprehensible, vile and callous.\"
The statement by CLM's public relations officer and attorney Candace Bharath, said the group had no political affiliation and was not funded by the Opposition UNC.
She lamented the PM had blamed a group using peaceful vigils to highlight citizens' outrage over crime including the rape, brutalisation and murder of innocent women, including Ashanti Riley,18, and 23-year-old Bharatt, 23.
All of these vigils would have gotten approval of the Police Commissioner.
Bharath alleged the Government has ignored the crime-linked issues of PH taxis and pepper spray, noting a 32-year-old woman was recently escaped abduction in a PH car.
\"Further, it is appalling, but no surprise that the prime minister has sought to use the name of an innocent victim of murder (Bharatt) so callously, without care or any consideration for the damage of such statements to the family and loved ones of this victim who he used as his scapegoat for his government’s mishandling of the pandemic.\"
She said the CLM's last public vigil was in Chaguanas on March 12, following which the Ministry of Health on March 26 stated TT had (only) 217 active cases.
Bharath noted that on March 12, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi attended a vigil in San Fernando held for murdered domestic violence victim Adeina Alleyne.
[caption id=\"attachment_886107\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"476\"] MURDERED: Courthouse clerk Andrea Bharatt. -[/caption]
She hit Government's refusal to secure TT borders from illegal Venezuelan immigrants, resulting in the deadly Brazilian variant entering the country. She quoted Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, \"The first case of the P1 variant was found in a Venezuelan migrant.”
She hit Rowley's Easter invitation to the nation.
\"Despite the concerns of the Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram who was allegedly concerned about increasing cases of covid19 positive cases in March, in blatant disregard for critical social distancing practices, the PM irresponsibly called upon citizens to flock to Tobago for the Easter weekend.
She said large crowds partied on beaches in Tobago, with no social distancing or masks. She noted Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan's announcement that over 50,000 people would have travelled during that week of the Easter, back and forth between the islands.
Unlike Rowley, Bharath said, no member of the CLM’s committee has tested positive for covid19, nor any of its volunteers.
Bharath said that on April 1, the ministry recorded 309 active cases, but on April 16 – two weeks after Easter – there were 712 active cases. The incubation period for covid19 is roughly two weeks.
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After implementing first-in-the-nation school masking and staff vaccination measures, California becomes the first state to announce plans to require student vaccinations – adding the COVID-19 vaccine to list of vaccinations required for school, such as the vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella
Students will be required to be vaccinated for in person learning starting the term following FDA full approval of the vaccine for their grade span (7-12 and K-6).
The post California Becomes First State in Nation to Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Schools appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is retiring from politics and will not stand in elections next year.
The post Rodrigo Duterte: Philippine president announces retirement from politics appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
The notable Squad member has introduced a bill that would help affected individuals cover the cost of wigs, something that Medicare doesn't typically insure
A WARD-WINNING playwright, director and producer, John Mabuyane said his latest solo film titled Toxic Masculinity was intentionally explicit to drive home the message of sexual frustration.
The post Mabuyane tackles sexual frustration appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to return beachfront property in Southern California to the descendants of a Black couple, the Associated Press reported. Nearly a century ago, Willa and Charles Bruce had their land stolen from them and were driven out of the area by the Ku Klux Klan. In 1912, the couple established…
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Sen Tim Scott (R-SC) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) who were the main negotiators working on this legislation By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Talks to enact the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act were halted on Wednesday after a bipartisan Senate negotiations team announced it failed to […]
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor After over 12,000 Haitian migrants gathered at the Mexican border, shocking footage of them being herded like cattle, whipped with horse lariats and treated in a way unlike any other immigrants entering the U.S. in recent memory became public. U.S. Border Control Agents on horseback were widely criticized […]
You probably weren't aware, but you can make ice cream at home without a traditional ice cream maker or a headache-inducing list of directions. Thanks to True Scoops, you can […]
The post You Can Easily Make Ice Cream At Home Thanks To True Scoops And The Black Woman Entrepreneur Behind It appeared first on Essence.
Did Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi agree to indemnify British Queen's Counsel Vincent Nelson from civil and criminal prosecution in return for a notarised statement, and for Nelson to provide his personal bank records? According to a signed document, Al-Rawi purportedly did so on behalf of the Government. There were also certain promises made which included not making any disclosure of the information to any criminal investigator, prosecuting authority, tax enforcement authority, or disciplinary authority outside TT. It was agreed that […]
Although the Prime Minister has indicated no desire to extend the state of emergency (SoE) beyond this month, the Constitution provides for the two houses of Parliament to agree to an extension.
According to Section 10 (1) of the Constitution, once a SoE has run for six months and 15 days, it \"may be further extended from time to time for not more than three months at any one time, by a resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament and supported by the votes of not less than three-fifths of all the members of each house.\"
One of the legal bases for declaring a SoE is if a public emergency has arisen as a result of the occurrence of an earthquake, hurricane, flood, fire, outbreak of pestilence or the infectious disease or other calamity.
On May 15, the office of the President declared an SoE, which was extended for three months on May 24 and for another three months in August to end in November.
Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal, said after six months, the extension has done little to stop the spread of covid 19 and there is no way the Opposition would support such a measure.
'I have taken note of the Prime Minister's comment on his arrival from Scotland when he indicated Government will not seek an extension of the SoE.
'I want to remind him that he cannot seek an extension of the SoE because they will get no support from the Opposition. The matter is a moot point. '
Government has 22 seats while the Opposition has 19. The 22 was sufficient to pass the extension which was done via a simple majority.
However, Moonilal warned that while Government cannot proceed with a further extension, as this would require Opposition support in the House, it can reintroduce another one on December 1.
'The People's National Movement (PNM) is known for its level of trickery and deception and we must alert the national community that they can end the SoE on November 30 and reintroduce it on December 1 as a new SoE which does not require any Opposition support.
Opposition Senator Wade Mark made a similar statement at a UNC press conference earlier Sunday.
He said, \"The state of emergency being lifted, I want to remind this country, do not trust the Prime Minister he has fork tongue.'
Mark said Dr Rowley speaks on both sides of his mouth.
'Remember when he told us Petrotrin is not closing down. And if you are closing your fridge and you did not hear me, 'Petrotrin is not closing down.' Well, he destroyed Petrotrin.'
He added, \"So you can't trust this Prime Minister. So we await to see if his word has any meaning or if we was just again mamaguying the population.'
Political leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah agreed that Rowley's announcement not to seek a further extension was a foregone conclusion.
'That was plain for everybody to see. The Government only has the power to impose a SoE for six months. If the SoE is to continue it will require a special majority, that is, support of the Opposition in both the House and the Senate.
He said while Government may have been ab
Two days after a federal judge decided that South Carolina’s ban on school mask requirements discriminates against medically fragile students, the state
The post South Carolina court upholds mask ban; trumped by federal ruling appeared first on TheGrio.
By SCOTTIE ANDREW CNN The “Harlem Hellfighters” helped the U.S. win World War I. The Black infantry unit was one of the most decorated regiments at the time, even as most of its [...]
The post The Harlem Hellfighters, Black soldiers who fought in World War I, will receive a Congressional Gold Medal appeared first on Dallas Examiner.
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday could not confirm whether the batch of COVAX vaccines that came in on Sunday was paid for by the Government or by the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) and said that he would have to check with his Permanent Secretary, Asif Ali.
The article IDB paid for Trinidad’s first batch of COVID jabs – Permanent Secretary appeared first on Stabroek News.
[New Era] Esther Nantana (24) is one of the four Namibians selected as African Union (AU) Youth Volunteers - Researchers for 12 months.
A number of teachers have been finding it taxing to deliver online lessons while fulfilling other duties and manage their personal lives as they find themselves, like parents and students, wishing for a return to the classroom. It has been tough...
THE EDITOR: The claim by Opposition MP Saddam Hosein that he was 'unjustly ejected' from the House last Friday by Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George has absolutely no merit based on what transpired prior to the Speaker's action.
As I followed the sitting on my TV, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi was making a ministerial statement with the approval of the House to go beyond the stipulated time limit. Hosein believed the Attorney General was abusing his privilege as a Member of Parliament by anticipating matters that were not yet considered at the committee stage of the Tobago self-governing bills.
He raised it as a point of order. He was overruled by the Speaker. Al-Wari assured him that this was not so. He then continued to raise several points of order along the same lines, which were overruled on every occasion. He was at the point of arguing with the Speaker when she ordered him to take his seat. He refused to take his seat at least three times before being suspended.
Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh tried to get into the act and he too was suspended.
The Speaker has the responsibility to keep order in the House and any reasonable person looking on at the drama on Friday would conclude that Annisette-George was patient and ordered Hosein's removal only when the events threatened to overwhelm the business of the House. It has become the narrative of most Opposition members to cry 'bias' and 'trampling on our democracy' when they themselves breach the Standing Orders.
I sat in the House under Speakers Hector McClean, Dr Rupert Griffith and Barendra Sinanan and their treatment of the Opposition is no different to that of Annisette-George. The PNM was in Opposition when McClean and Griffith sat on the Speaker's chair and the UNC was in Opposition when Sinanan was Speaker. They never tolerated disrespect for the Speaker's chair.
Sinanan had to call on the Parliament's marshals to remove Basdeo Panday when he was suspended from the House but refused to leave. Sinanan suspended the sitting for some time that day so that the marshals did not have to go into action.
There is always a level of banter across the aisles which may be ignored by the Speaker, but wilful disrespect for the chair is hardly tolerated in a parliamentary system.
HARRY PARTAP
former UNC MP
The post Hosein not unjustly ejected from House appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
