Hotelier Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart has died in the United States at age 79. Stewart was the Founder of Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts, and their parent company, Sandals Resorts International, as well as The ATL Group and The Jamaica Observer. Stewart was a pillar of the Jamaican hotel industry. He was a recipient of the Order of Jamaica and a Commander of the Order of Distinction and amassed numerous accolades for his decades of pioneering contributions to the sector. Stewart’s son, Deputy Chairman of the Sandals Group, Adam Stewart, says his late father was recently diagnosed with an illness. However, in a memorandum Adam said the hotel mogul chose to keep the diagnosis private. It is with great sadness that I share with you today the passing of our founder and Chairman, and my father, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart. In 1992 when the Jamaican dollar came under severe pressure from foreign exchange speculators, 'Butch' Stewart sold his company's foreign currency into the formal banking system at a set rate. That became known as the 'Save the Dollar' initiative. Tributes have been rushing in for businessman and hotel mogul. He would have turned 80 this year. [Source]
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According to the latest bulletin at 6pm on Friday (1st January 2021) from the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the La Soufrière Volcano continues to exude magma on the surface and steam can still be observed. The Orange Alert Level remains in effect and NEMO is reminding the public that no evacuation order or notice has been issued. The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines raised the La Soufrière Volcano Hazard Alert Level to Orange due to an effusive eruption on 29th December 2020. This means that magma is coming out of the Volcano quietly. The Orange Alert Level means that highly elevated level of seismicity or fumarolic activity or both or other highly unusual activities are ongoing. Persons living in areas close to the Volcano, which include all the communities from Fancy to Georgetown and from Belle Isle Richmond, are asked to remain alert and listen to all advisories from NEMO. See the latest bulletin from NEMO below: LA SOUFRIERE BULLETIN 4 - January 1, 2021. 6.00 PM This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
It’s safe to say that Jamaican Dancehall Artist, Buju Banton, is firmly in the ‘anti-mask-wearing’ camp. Buju posted a video on Instagram on Wednesday (21st October 2020) to his 1.2 Million followers in which he spoke directly to Jamaicans about the policy of mask-wearing in his country. However, to the dismay and outrage of many fans, his message was not to encourage them to protect themselves and others by wearing a face mask, but instead he chastised mask-wearing, calling it “bullshit” and even boldly declaring, “who fi dead ah go dead,” “me nuh wear nuh mask” and “mask nuh make for man.” He challenged the Jamaican people to “wake up” and questioned why the “intellectual fools” who are so smart, have not found a cure for Cancer. At the end of the video he shouted, “free my people, now!” Jamaica recorded 155 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday along with five (5) more deaths. The country has reached 8,600 total cases with 179 deaths to date.
Buju’s viral video has over 316,000 views and over 6,600 comments so far. The United States Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago has urged "immediate actions" to prevent a potentially catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Paria, off the coast of Venezuela. There lies a tilting ship, the Venezuelan-flagged Nabarima - a Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) facility, which has been sat idle off the Venezuelan coast since January 2019 and is reportedly undergoing repairs. How catastrophic could this oil spill be? To put it into perspective, the infamous Exxon Valdez oil spill, which is widely considered the worst in history by the amount of environmental damage done, involved around 10.8 million gallons of crude oil. The Nabarima contains about 80 million gallons (1.3 million barrels). Recent photos allegedly show the FSO vessel floating at an incline, raising fears that it could spill its load into the Gulf of Paria, leading to devastation of the regional fishing industry and delicate ecosystems. The Nabarima is operated by the Petrosucre company, a joint venture between the Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the Italian Eni oil giant. Petrosucre froze oil extraction in January 2019 after being sanctioned by U.S President Donald Trump's administration. The U.S Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago released a statement on Friday (16th October 2020) expressing its unease at the Nabarima's situation. "The United States remains concerned by the potential risk to safety and environment posed by the Venezuelan-flagged vessel, Nabarima, in the Gulf of Paria," the statement said. "We strongly support immediate actions to bring the Nabarima up to international safety standards and avoid possible environmental harm, which could negatively impact not only the Venezuelan people but also those in nearby countries. PDVSA has a responsibility to take action to avoid an environmental disaster in Venezuelan waters." The U.S Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago said Friday that its call to action regarding the Nabarima is in keeping with its pressure on the Maduro Government. "As a general matter, the United States' Venezuela sanctions program is not designed to target activities addressing safety, environmental, or humanitarian concerns," the Embassy said. "These activities to avert an ecological disaster are consistent with U.S policy to support the Venezuelan people and avoid further harm to the environment." See the full statement below from the U.S Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago: Statement on Nabarima An unnamed source "familiar with the matter" told Reuters the ship was leaning to one side in order to allow the crew to replace its valves. Italian oil giant Eni said Friday that the company was now trying to unload the crude oil aboard and had asked the U.S for a "green light" to do so "in order to prevent any sanctions risk." Gary Aboud, the Corporate Secretary of Trinidadian environmental group Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS), told Reuters: "If this thing flips we will all pay the consequences for decades to come. This should be a red alert." What is the T&T Government doing about this potential environmental disaster? Despite recent criticism of inaction in this matter, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago released the following statement on Friday: Since learning of reports that there had been tilting of the Venezuelan oil storage vessel the FSO Nabarima, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has engaged in consistent action in the best interest of our citizens. There was swift communication of our concerns to the Government of Venezuela on behalf of our people and our environment. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source]
The Ministry of Health and Wellness in Jamaica has confirmed two (2) more cases of COVID-19 in the island, bringing the number of confirmed cases to ten (10). Meanwhile, Venezuela has also confirmed it has ten (10) cases while Guyana has four (4) so far. T&T remains at two (2) as of Sunday 15th March 2020.
In a statement on Sunday, the Ministry in Jamaica said 19 persons were tested in the past 24 hours by the National Influenza Centre, with 17 tests returning as negative.
One of the newly confirmed cases was identified through Contact Tracing of patient one, while the second patient was presented at the Hospital with a travel history to Trinidad and Tobago and displayed symptoms similar to COVID-19.
According to the Ministry, all 19 cases remain in isolation until the healthcare team is reasonably satisfied that their symptoms have subsided. [Source] UPDATE: The Tsunami Warning was updated just before 3:45pm EST to say 'The Tsunami threat has now largely passed.’ There is still a threat of aftershocks after one significant one - 6.5 magnitude - was reported around 5pm EST. A Tsunami threat message has been issued by the U.S National Weather Service's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Jamaica on Tuesday 28th January 2020. The quake was felt all the way in Miami, which is 708 Km (440 miles) from the epicenter. According to the Weather Service, there is a threat of Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 meters to 1 meter (about 1 to 3 feet) above tide level for the coasts of Jamaica, Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Mexico and the Cayman Islands. The earthquake struck at 2:10pm EST in the strait between Jamaica and Cuba. Its epicenter was about 116 Km (72 miles) Northwest of Lucea, Jamaica, and 140 Km (87 miles) Southwest of Niquero, Cuba, at a depth of 10 Km (6.2 miles), according to the U.S Geological Survey. Schools and buildings in Jamaica and Cuba were evacuated after people reported feeling the ground shake for about a minute. No deaths or injuries have been reported following the earthquake and the extent of the damage is still emerging as new images show massive sinkholes opened up on roads and other areas in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands Disaster Management Agency warned citizens who are near the shore to 'evacuate vertically' as a precaution. Tremors felt on the island, which sits about 249 Km (155 miles) from the epicenter, reportedly left cracks in the roads and sewage is said to be spilling out of broken pipes (see photo below). Several downtown Skyscrapers in Miami were evacuated when the quake was felt there and workers were seen leaving their buildings. The earthquake appears to have been a "strike-slip earthquake," in which tectonic plates slide against each other. This limits the threat of a devastating Tsunami, which are more associated with "thrust earthquakes," where a portion of the earth is thrust upward and causes the water to push up and outward, creating the Tsunami.
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