Author: ANN

Earlier today, St Vincent and the Grenadines was thrown into a state of shock following the discovery of the body of 19 year old Shania Johnson of Biabou. Shania was last seen and heard from on Friday as she ventured into Kingstown to collect her salary at the Treasury and to purchase items for her 10 month old baby. Shania’s mother, in an interview with ANN earlier this afternoon, expressed that Shania “was so cool, nothing troubled her and she never trouble anybody. She was just easy going and she loved to laugh.” [sic] Shania worked with the YES program…

On the 3rd of November, 2018, the family of 19 year old Biabou resident Shania Johnson sprung into quick action and reported the young lady missing after she failed to return home. Shania worked with the YES program and was a part time teacher at the New Prospect (Simon) Primary School. She went into Kingstown on Friday to collect her salary and to purchase pampers for her young baby and was to return home afterwards. Calls to her phone went unanswered until yesterday, Saturday. Shania’s close relative did not give up and continuously called Shania’s cell phone. At that…

The leader of the Opposition Dr. Godwin Friday says there is nothing illegal about a government establishing the Citizen by Investment (CBI) programme. Dr. Friday made the comment On Wednesday 31st October while on the OMG Morning interactive programme hosted by Dwight ‘Bing’ Joseph on Boom 106.9 FM. He was at the time responding to Joseph’s question about the blacklisting of some countries that have established the programme and are making hundreds of millions in revenue. Joseph had put to Dr Friday that the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has been making a big deal of the Citizen By Investment…

The family and friends of a young mother is seeking the public’s assistance in locating her. Shania Johnson, a 19 year old resident of Biabou is currently missing. A relative informed ANN that she works with the YES program and is a part time teacher at the New Prospect (Simon) Primary School. She was last heard from yesterday when she informed relatives that she was going into Kingstown to purchase pampers for her young baby. No contact has been made with Shania since. Persons knowing the whereabouts of Shania are asked to contact the nearest police station.

ANN has received reports that a pick up truck went over an embankment in Orange Grove (located between Queens Drive and Dorsetshire Hill), known as Guinea Hill earlier this afternoon. Insert: Red pickup went over embankment Information reaching ANN suggests that the vehicle crashed into a stationary RAV4 jeep and went over the embankment and was stopped by a tree. The pickup truck had seven occupants, while one person was said to be hospitalized. Insert is a picture of the stationary jeep that was damaged as a result.

ANN has received reports that a pick up truck went over an embankment in Orange Grove (located between Queens Drive and Dorsetshire Hill), known as Guinea Hill earlier this afternoon. Information reaching ANN suggests that the vehicle crashed into a stationary RAV4 jeep and went over the embankment into a river. The pickup truck had seven occupants, while one person was said to be hospitalized. Insert: Image of stationary jeep that was damaged as a result of the incident. ANN will update this post as information becomes available.

Sixteen year old Kevin Stapleton, a Form 3 student at Bishop’s College Kingstown (BCK), has been given a chance to redeem himself as Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett has not imposed any criminal sanction on him after he pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Georgetown Police Station. After hearing the facts and circumstances of the offence presented by the prosecution, and listened to mitigating factors by lawyer Kay Bacchus-Baptiste, the school’s principal Cecelia Akers-King and a counselor from the school and social workers from the Liberty Lodge Boys Training Centre, the Senior Magistrate ordered that Stapleton receive counseling at the school for…

The VINVolunteers mentorship programme at the Bishop College Kingstown (BCK) continues to have a positive impact on the academic and personal development of the participants. The programme focuses on mentorship, moral support and it also provides financial assistance to help some students with meals. Fifteen students are benefitting from the nutritional support aspect of the programme where meals are being provided free of cost during the 2018-2019 academic year. The school will receive $3000 per term for this venture. Since 2016, the VINVolunteers have been working with the BCK and the group targets third form students who are at an…

The Ministry of Education is seeking to dispel the notion that acquiring a skill is for people who cannot make it academically. To this end, the Ministry through its’ National Qualifications Department will embark on a media campaign during the month of November to sensitize the public on the value that TVET education and qualification adds to the development of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking at a ceremony held at the National Public Library Conference Room yesterday October 30th to launch the month of activities, Director of the National Qualifications Department Mr. Kenroy Questelles, said the TVET promotional month…

We are joining hands together for our country, in common cause against: crime, poverty, economic hardship, political division and social strife in our homeland, St.Vincent and the Grenadines. Most of you are my supporters, supporters of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Thanks again for being here. But, I hope as well that we have been able to bring out others, who may not yet be NDP supporters, but are ready to listen and share ideas in a genuine effort to learn from one another so that we can work effectively together to build a better St. Vincent and the Grenadines.…