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LIAT ex-staff take protest online

Published 3 March, 2021

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Article by
Emmanuel Joseph

Hundreds of long-suffering, out-of-work former LIAT workers have now created a special protest video for circulation across social media highlighting their plight for the non-payment of EC$119 million in outstanding entitlements including EC$79 million in severance outstanding for close to a year.

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1000th COVID-19 Vaccine Administered. Sint Maarten Protected Together.

Published 2 March, 2021

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CPS Vaccination Team and the 1000th recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine (center).

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):— On Monday, March 1st, the 1000th vaccine was administered at the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (Ministry VSA) Collective Prevention Service (CPS) offices on the very first day of opening up for the administering of vaccines.
The number was brought up to over 900 vaccinations carried out collectively by the Sint Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) and the White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation (WYCCF) last week.

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UHWI Launches Investigation into Death of 17-Y-O Jalisa McGowan

Published 2 March, 2021

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UHWI Launches Investigation into Death of 17-Y-O Jalisa McGowan

Posted by Dennis Brooks | 

The University Hospital of the West Indies, UHWI has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a teenage girl at the facility last week.

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COVID Update: 155 new cases, 25 recoveries in St Lucia

Published 2 March, 2021

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The Ministry of Health and Wellness late Monday, March 1, 2021, received confirmation of 155 new cases of COVID-19 from the Ezra Long Laboratory.

The test results are from a batch of 377 samples processed on February 27, 2021. The samples processed were taken during the period February 13 to February 27, 2021.

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ST. KITTS AND NEVIS PRIME MINISTER THANKS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR GENEROUS DONATION OF 20,000 DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE

Published 1 March 2021

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ST. KITTS AND NEVIS PRIME MINISTER THANKS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA FOR GENEROUS DONATION OF 20,000 DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 01, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has expressed profound gratitude to the Government of the Republic of India for what he described as a ‘generous donation’ of 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. 

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