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Once you own property in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), you have to pay taxes to the government each year for the value of your property. This is standard practice worldwide. In SVG, the total estimated amount owed to the government is XCD $40 million. In a March 18 press release, the state-run Agency for Public Information reported that among new measures to be implemented at the local Inland Revenue Department are more stringent compliance protocols for delinquent property tax payers. “This, as an estimated EC $40 million in outstanding property taxes have yet to be recovered by one…

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A painting of National Hero His Right Excellent Joseph Chatoyer was unveiled at a cocktail ceremony on Saturday March 16th at La Vue Hotel. The painting was done in honour of the Garifuna Homecoming 2024: Rights of Passage pilgrimage. Speaking at the event Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Hon. Keisal Peters, said the presence of the Garifuna people in central America and other parts of the world is a reflection of the resilience and enduring spirit of the Garifuna people. “We are the resistance,” she declared, “and we must never forget that this is the ancestral home of the…

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The St Vincent Grammar School is doing its part to promote food and nutrition security. This, as 42 students of the school were able to successfully raise, slaughter and dress broiler chickens for customers. Agriculture Science Teacher Brendon Bique said the program began this academic year with students gaining both the theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the rearing of broiler chickens. Bique said the students have shown great enthusiasm particularly in the practical element of the program and to have it offered to more students in the future. Also speaking with the API was the headmaster of the St…

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(ESPN)Canadian-Vincentian Forward Opong Bramble (201-F-1997, agency: Helping Ballers) had a great game in the last round for Futebol Clube Barreirense, receiving a Hoops Agents Proliga Player of the Week award for round 4 (Second Stage). The 26-year old player had a double-double of 28 points and 15 rebounds, while his team beat Galitos-Aveiro (#6, 8-10) 74-64. Barreirense maintains the 3rd position in their group in the Portuguese Proliga. They would have been even better if they hadn’t lost a few games earlier in Second Stage. Barreirense will need more victories to improve their 11-7 record. In the team’s last game Bramble had a remarkable 65.0% from 2-point range. He turned to be Barreirense’s top player…

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Police in the Calliaqua district have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a suspected drowning that occurred on Sunday 17th March 2024 at Brighton Beach, which claimed the life of Police Constable 849 Robin Spencer of Diamond, who was serving member of the RSVGPF and attached to the Narcotics Unit. According to preliminary investigations, Spencer and one of his friends went fishing at the aforementioned beach sometime after 1:00 p.m. Reports indicated that sometime after 3:00 p.m. while fishing, Spencer was swept out to sea by a wave and succumbed to death. The SVG Coast Guard was notified, and…

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Police are conducting an investigation into the robbery of a taxi driver by two gunmen at about 5 am on Saturday, 16th, March 2024. According to reports, the taxi driver, who had just dropped off a client and was traveling through the Fairhall/Glen area when a stone was thrown into the road, the driver stopped, and a man armed with a gun appeared and placed it at the driver’s head. It has been reported that the driver was deprived of his mobile phone valued at $700, over 500 in cash, and a phone charger valued at $150  during the unfortunate…

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By Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox Carlton Percival Hall thanks to his musical exploits, is somewhat of a national cultural treasure, having won national calypso monarch multiple times, been Road-march king, not to mention Parang maestro. “Man CP” as he is known to all and sundry, is eldest of three brothers who moons before he became this icon, played in the quartet, Minisonics. With Jules Williams on keyboards, CP played bass, John tenor pan and guitar, while baby brother Earl, mastered the drums. CP and Jules read music and so fine-tuned arrangements of songs they performed. But John to my mind…

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In the 2020 Election Manifesto of the Unity Labour Party (ULP), a Summary List of 32 large strategic initiatives to be addressed in 2020-2025 was put before the people for their approval. This List was advanced within the overall comprehensive developmental narrative of the ULP government, its policy, matrices, and its detailed programmatic platform. This List was put forward for the November 2020 general elections in which the ULP, remarkably, increased its majority of parliamentary seats in its 5th consecutive term. The volcanic eruptions of 2021 and the increasing turmoil in the global political economy have necessitated the further elaboration…

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SVGFF President – Carl Dickson (left) with Davon Cato of NTech at the Brighton Playing Field, as excavation work goes on in the background. Within the next two months, the Brighton Playing Field should have 300 lux of lights installed on the facility. This, as the EC$750,000 project has been taken a step further, with the excavation work for the lighting towers started. Through the instrumentality of current President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF), – Carl Dickson, the organisation was able to attain the funding, through FIFA Foundation. Delighted that the project is brightening up,…

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A parent, who has three children attending the Petersville Primary School says that the current situation at the institution is so serious that she is contemplating home schooling them. According to Ann- Toya Adams, her daughter – who is a Grade 5 student at the school – recently informed her that her teacher had taken leave forcing her class to be taken to another one for the balance of the day. Just over a week ago, the story broke that it was being reported that some members of the staff at the Petersville Primary School had not received their salaries…

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