A project, aimed at providing improved Broadband Internet to customs here, is moving ahead speedily by Telecommunications Provider Digicel. The Company has begun the installation of Fibre Optic Subsea Cable under the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) project. Director of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Apollo Knights says this is a critical part of the project as it will improve internet connections in the Grenadine Islands. Mr. Knights says the project is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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There is an expression that says that money makes the world go around, water also makes the world go around. Seventy one percent of the earth’s surface is covered in water. Without water, life on planet earth would not exist. Humans need 6-8 glasses of clean drinking water daily, plants need water during photosynthesis and to absorb nutrients from the soil. Animals need water for survival and also humans use water for other domestic purposes for example cooking, bathing, washing, etc. Although water makes the world go around, it is taken for granted. Humans continue to burn fossil fuels and…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines will host the second of phase of Exercise Tradewinds from June 14 -21, 2019. In preparation for this major security and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) event, In preparation for this major security and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) event, thirty five (35) emergency services personnel from the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Fire Department, Coast Guard, Her Majesty’s Prisons, SVG Cadet Corps, NEMO, Ministry of Health, Argyle International Airport (AIA) and SVG Port Authority will benefit from a Regional Security System (RSS) Incident Command System (ICS) and Emergency Operations…
KINGSTOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 24 April 2019: Minister of Finance, Sustainable Development and ICT Camillo Gonsalves has written a new book that will be launched this Monday 29thApril at the Calliaqua Town Hall. The book, titled Globalised. Climatised. Stigmatised., is a 186-page collection of essays about the specificities, opportunities and developmental challenges of small island states. Discussing debt, diplomacy, sovereignty, blacklists, inequality, climate change, the blue economy and the role of the state in development, among other topics, Camillo Gonsalves takes an expansive overview of the various ways in which “smallness and islandness” affect the progress of islands…
One man is currently in custody of the police assisting them with investigations into the assault of a young man in South Rivers. A release from the Police Public Relations and Complaints Department said “Consequent upon the circulation of video on social media/Facebook on Sunday April 21, 2019 where a young man was seen being physically attacked in South Rivers; the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force launched an investigation into the incident. As a result, one man is currently in custody assisting the police with its investigations.” Members of the public who have information that may assist…
Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves was among delegates attending a Forum on Financing for Development, hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York during this week. The Forum was convened under the auspices of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Rhonda King, who currently serves as the President of (ECOSOC). Addressing the event, Minister Gonsalves noted that most developed countries have not been honouring their commitment to provide 7-percent of their Gross National Product for Official Development Assistance, ODA. He said while Developing Countries recognize with gratitude the five…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has confirmed at least one case of Influenza Swine Flu in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Ministry says through its routine and ongoing monitoring and surveillance activities it has picked up one laboratory confirmed case for the year 2019. The patient has made a full recovery without complications. Influenza A H1N1 commonly called “swine flu” is caused by a respiratory virus, with symptoms such as Fever; Cough; Sore Throat; Headache; Vomiting and Diarrhoea. The Ministry says most people who become infected with influenza will recover in a few days but some…
‘The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.’ -Friedrich Nietzsche ‘I won’t tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world’s voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in…
(Excerpts of Dr. Friday’s Press Statement) We are not the only ones who believe the judgment is flawed. The lawyers for the Respondents also think so and have written to the Registrar of the High Court saying that the decision is flawed and urging that Justice Stanley John fix it by giving additional reasons for his decision. This is extraordinary. The people who claimed they won the petitions cases are now complaining that the decision of the Judge in respect of the North Windward constituency case, is seriously flawed. In a letter dated March 22, 2019, (i.e. the day after…
Jelani ‘Bullo’ John, a 32-year-old man who left another paralysed following a body slam at Her Majesty’s Prison where both men were inmates some two years ago, was sentenced to five years and ten months imprisonment on Wednesday. Justice Brian Cottle handed down the penalty at the High Court Criminal Assizes after weighing the aggravating and mitigating factors, using sentencing guidelines, precedence, and taking into account the time spent on remand. Following a trial, a nine-member mixed jury, last week, found John guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Damani ‘Damo’ Williams of Campden Park with intent, on January 22,…