Two trade unions here, the Public Service Union (PSU) and the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) are scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on Friday 11th January 2019, following a request by the Prime Minister’s office earlier this week. The meeting was first mentioned by Prime Minister Gonsalves at a press conference on Friday as he talked about the possibility of salary increases. At a joint PSU/SVGTU press conference on Tuesday, president of the Teachers Union Wendy Bynoe said that after it was disclosed to the public that both unions were planning to stage…
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Amid concerns expressed by some that the youths on the block are stigmatized, a call has gone out from Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves for members of the constabulary to improve their relationship with those youths who are not hardened criminals. That appeal came on Monday during a press conference at Cabinet room as the Prime Minister spoke of what he said were plausible allegations made recently by a number of young people with whom he has had conversations both at his office and at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital where he met them initially. “Twelve of them came to…
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines is moving ahead to operationalise the machinery for the medicinal cannabis industry, the bills for the establishment of the industry having recently been passed with support from the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) “I want to say to the public that I’ve had several discussions already with Saboto Caesar (minister of agriculture) and Jerrol Thompson (medical doctor and special projects advisor in the Prime Minister’s office) and other public servants in setting the machinery in place for us to start the actual operation. We passed the law but we have to appoint…
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Mr. Richard Browne celebrates 35 years of exemplary service to the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, (RSVPF) on Friday January 4, 2019. Following his service as a teacher at the Intermediate High school from 1981-1983, ACP. Browne in 1984 joined our noble profession and has since set himself apart an inspirational leader who is hugely respected among the rank and file members of the organization. His commitment to preventing and detecting crimes in our communities is absolute, and is reflected through his dedicated…
The views expressed are not those of ANN but those of the Writer (NDP) There currently exists in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines a crisis in governance. This is due in part to the unsettled and unresolved state of affairs related to the results of the general elections that were held on December 9, 2015 and various troubling events which have come about as a consequence of the mal-administration by the Unity Labour Party (ULP) government of Dr. Ralph Gonsalves that have destabilized constitutional government and democratic processes in the country, coupled with pervasive incidence of evident socio-economic decay, with…
At least two trade unions here are planning to stage pickets outside of parliament during the laying of the Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue and the 2019 Budget presentation and debate later this month, usually reliabe sources say. Information disclosed indicate that the Public Service Union (PSU) and the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) have held talks about a joint picket. It is also said that a third organization may be joining the picket but there has so far been no confirmation. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves announced recently that Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves will lay…
NEW YORK — WWE Hall of Famer ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund has died, World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., announced on Wednesday. He was 76. Gene Okerlund attends the WWE screening of “Legends’ House” at Smith & Wollensky on April 15, 2014, in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for WWE) Okerlund was “the most recognizable interviewer in sports-entertainment history,” the WWE said in a statement about his death. Okerlund interviewed some of American Wrestling Association’s biggest stars, including Ventura, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and Hulk Hogan, before moving on to the WWE, according to the statement. In addition to interviewing, Okerlund offered ringside commentary, hosted shows…
(Barbados Today )A large portion of the estimated $100 million injection into the local economy from the presence of the Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) will go toward their housing accommodation at the sprawling Villages at Coverley. Students are to pay between US$4,040 and US$4,840 per semester or BDS$2020-$2420 each month per student. Each unit at Coverley is set up to accommodate three or four students, this means each student will be paying over US$1,000 in rent per month for the four months of each semester. This could easily translate into more than US$4 million per semester or over…
Photo credit IWIN One member of a family of three from Hopewell who was imprisoned in April in the “hot-water burning” of a Caruth man was beaten by another prisoner. Sources close to ANN said Nigel Morgan, a preacher, former teacher and former worker at the Ministry of Culture was beaten recently and suffered an injury to the area just above one of his eyes. It is unclear what caused the dispute. However, it is understood that the prisoner who was involved in an altercation with Morgan was confronted by two other inmates who handed him some blows. There are…
ZITA BARNWELL December 10, 2018, International Human Rights Day, saw the passage of the Medical Cannabis Industry Bill 2018 into law. Unfortunately, I took ill and could not bear out the full debate or make my contribution to it. Let me say from the outset that in principle I support the passage of the Medical Cannabis Industry 2018 Bill into law. Like the Honourable Member Patel Matthews I have had my personal “dealings” with ganja. Mine came in my early teen years when I suffered terribly from asthma. Those were the days when one did not have the easing comforts…