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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Fewer motorists on the roads during the pandemic didn’t translate to fewer traffic deaths in 2020 in Maine, officials said.
The number of road fatalities was 165 on Wednesday as the year drew to a close, compared to 157 the previous year, even though fewer people were on the roads, said Lauren Stewart, Maine’s highway safety director.
One theory is that motorists gave themselves the green light to speed when there were fewer cars and trucks and a less visible law enforcement presence when the pandemic took hold, Stewart said.
Students of Holy Family Infant and Primary School benefited from the full circle donation of 45 tablets, courtesy of past student Bruce Scott, partner at PwC Jamaica, with the support of his fellow partners. The tablets were presented during a ceremony on December 11, 2020 at the institution. Sharing in the moment are (from left): Christopher Wright, principal at Holy Family Infant & Primary School; Shannon Jones, grade 6 student at Holy Family Infant & Primary School; Bruce Scott, past student of Holy Family Infant & Primary School and partner at PwC Jamaica; Natasha Allen, grade six student at Holy Family Infant & Primary School; and Gail Moore, assurance partner at PwC Jamaica.
Anti-vaxxers have mocked and smeared V-Day heroine Margaret Keenan on social media sites amid a surge of ‘toxic misinformation’.
A mob of online conspiracy theorists – some claiming to be NHS staff – used Facebook to spread slurs about the 91-year-old grandmother and her family after she became the first in the world to have the Pfizer Covid-19 jab outside medical trials.
Calling her a ‘guinea pig’ and an ‘actress’, the anti-vaxxers accused her of making a Masonic sign and of having been given a placebo as a marketing ploy. The wild claims have been widely shared despite being rejected as groundless by independent health experts.
(from left) Garfield Reece, partner at PwC Jamaica; K Alee Harvey, grade 6 student at Holy Family Infant & Primary School; Gail Moore, assurance partner at PwC Jamaica ; Brianna James, grade 6 student at Holy Family Infant & Primary School; and Paul Williams, partner at PwC Jamaica.
On Friday, December 11, 2020, the 121 grade six students of Holy Family Infant and Primary School achieved 100 per cent tech accessibility, following a donation of 45 tablets from past student Bruce Scott, partner at PwC Jamaica, and his fellow PwC partners, to the institution.
According to Principal Christopher Wright, the cohort of grade six students had a participation level of approximately 30 per cent in the initial stages of the COVID-19 protocols. Then shortly after the contribution of tablets for the students on the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), that figure increased to approximately 43 per cent and then rose again to 52 per cent as parents began to take their o