NBC SVG
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, were highlighted yesterday, at the Ceremonial Sitting to mark the Opening of the New Law Year 2021.
This Country’s Attorney General Jaundy Martin was among officials who addressed the ceremony, which was proceeded by a Virtual Church Service in Lucia. He spoke about some of the measures taken to address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice, Dame Janice Pereira delivered the Feature Address with the theme “
the ECSC Managing the COVID-19 Quake”. She said the year 2020 can be described as the year of unimaginable disruptions an unplanned adjustments and uncertainties, brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But pastors say the holiday still means the same even if people can t be together. The whole day has been thrown off because as a pastor, most of our Christmas Eves are wrapped around us getting ready for services and today has been low key, said Brad Barbour, pastor of the Soul Church in Raleigh.
His church rented part of Transfer Food Hall six weeks ago, put a service together and streamed it live Thursday night. All of 2020 for us has been a reminder of what s really important, Barbour said. Christmas is a season of love and that s what we love: friends and family getting to do those traditions and many of those traditions include an Christmas Eve service at church.