Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident that occurred in Kingstown,late Monday evening. According to preliminary reports 23 year old Shaquel Ellis of Belair was shot multiple times about the body by an unknown gunman. He was pronounced dead on the spot . This brings the murder count to three for the year .
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Earlier this morning, ANN received video footage of a body of a man laying face down on the sand at Rabacca, on the Windward side of the island. It is unclear at this time the cause of death, however, police have indicated that no foul play is suspected. More on this as information becomes available.
Three Vincentians have been drafted in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place later this year. The three young men are Obed McCoy, Kesrick Williams drafted for the St Lucia Stars while Keron Cottoy was drafted for the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots. Cottoy who made his debut in the CPL T20 in 2015 while playing for the then St Lucia Zouks (later renamed as the St Lucia Stars) as he replaced an injured captain Daren Sammy. After an incredible season, Cottoy was drafted in 2016, however, was unable to play due to a…
The new date for the queen of calypso competition is not sitting well with at least one calypso activity. At a media conference on Wednesday, president of the SVG Calypso association Mr.Earl Bennett explained that they were forced to host the queen of Calypso on the June 7th, the same date when the dynamite calypso tent in New York will host their first major event. He said the queen of Calypso competition was originally slated to take place on a June 8th but they move it up a day ahead because of a competing private event to be held at…
As the Easter Season approaches, the Forestry Service in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is appealing to the public to avoid the use of hazardous substances to capture River Lobster, Crayfish, Shrimp, Fish, and other aquatic wildlife. The Forestry Department says hazardous substances can be: any electrical device designed to frighten any protected or partially protected wildlife, Any article of any nature which is likely to cause injury to any protected or partially protected wildlife or any noxious substance for the purpose of killing and or injuring any protected or partially protected wildlife. The Department has made it…
The St. Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC) says its investigations have revealed that last week Thursday’s power the outage was triggered by a series of events which started at 11:59 am. VINLEC says following the routine maintenance of one of their two 15 MVA transformers at the Lowmans Bay Power Station, the work teams executed a standard procedure to return the transformer to service. However, in executing this procedure that has been in place for last 12 years, the system experienced a current inrush that was notably higher than previously encountered or anticipated. This caused a partial collapse of the system…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is working closely with the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) to address the issue of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The Ministry of Agriculture says under the work being done St. Vincent will be able to improve the capabilities of national management agencies in the effective implementation of the provisions of the Agreement on Port State Measures to prevent, deter and eliminate this illegal activity. A legal team from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is currently in St. Vincent and the Grenadines hosting a legal training workshop at the Fisheries Division. The workshop will…
An Agreement for the establishment of a Fish Packaging Facility here, will be signed this Wednesday by the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Rainforest Seafoods. Rainforest Seafoods, which is a Jamaican Company, is the Caribbean’s largest processor and supplier of premium quality Seafood. The signing ceremony will be held at the VIP Lounge of the Argyle International Airport at 8:15 Wednesday morning. Rainforest Seafoods has operations in Jamaica, St Lucia, Belize, and Barbados.
ANN has received reports that a body was found on the Cumberland beach a short while ago. Reports indicate that it appears to be an alleged accidental drowning. A source revealed that the victim is a resident of Coulls Hill. ANN will update this post as information becomes available.
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has stated emphatically that this country will be opposed to an invasion of Venezuela by the United States of America. Dr Gonsalves made his position clear in an interview by radio personality Dwight ‘Bing’ Joseph on the ‘OMG In The Morning’ interactive programme on BOOM FM on Tuesday morning. He was responding to the question of a possible US-invasion with support from some Caricom governments. “St Vincent and the Grenadines will be entirely opposed to an invasion; for the simple reason, Article 2 paragraph 4 of the Charter of the United Nations makes it plain…