Archive for September 28th, 2021
Prospect school closed after child positive for COVID
(CNS): A Year 6 student of the Prospect Primary School as well as the the child’s family, classmates and teachers who had prolonged interaction with that class have all been placed in quarantine after the child tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. Public Health confirmed that it has been on site testing children and staff […]
Pandemic causes significant drop in FOI requests
(CNS): The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the number of freedom of information requests made by members of the public last year, according to the Office of the Ombudsman, which released the statistics to mark International Right to Know Day on Tuesday. The number of requests in 2020 was the lowest ever made […]
Impact of coral disease on spawning under review
(CNS): Researchers from the Department of Environment were out diving Sunday and Monday night to assess the impact that stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is having on the annual coral spawning. The DoE team went on dives in East End and West Bay both nights with local scuba operators to monitor multiple species of […]
CPA urged not to allow clearing of critical habitat
(CNS): The Central Planning Authority is being urged not to allow a developer to clear two separate plots of critical natural habitat, one in Breakers and the other in High Rock, East End, in the absence of any development plans, given the growing concern about the loss of primary forest and mangroves. An application going […]
Jury urged not to convict ‘wrong man’
(CNS): Shane Connor is an innocent man who has been “gravely wronged” by a poor investigation and unsatisfactory evidence that has placed him in the dock facing charges for a serious home invasion, his attorney told a jury Monday as he summed up his client’s defence.
