We are in the carnival season. By next week carnival fever should be higher than ever. However, the Vincentians claim that we have the hottest festival in the region is pure marketing hot air. The Vincent weather may be hot, humid and rainy around this time of year, but anyone who experienced Carnival in Trinidad knows that our southern neighbour is the regional capital of Steelpan, calypso, Carnival and bacchanal. We Vincies love we bacchanal too. For some reason, yet unexplained, this carnival appears low-keyed. The carnival launch last month was a total bust. The Ragga and power soca semi-finals…
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Introduction The Unity Labour Party has been in office since March 28, 2001 which means that the party celebrated 22 years of unbroken governance in this country. This is by any index a remarkable accomplishment when one considers the fact that it’s the citizens of this country that voted in 5 consecutive elections to elect the ULP as the party of governance. Prior to this, the current parliamentary opposition, the NDP has the longest unbroken streak of approximately 17 years, from winning 4 elections. The 17-year tenure of the NDP administration was marred by scandals and resignations of various Cabinet…
Fri, Jun 30, 2023 SVGTA preparing for fall and winter visits The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) has issued important updates to the destination in advance of the busy fall and winter seasons. The SVGTA said that on October 30, Air Canada will resume nonstop service to the location three times each week on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Additionally, starting on December 11, the Air Canada service will increase to four times each week, with Tuesdays being added to the timetable through the end of the winter season. Glenn Beache, CEO of the SVGTA, said, “We…
A mother and her two sons are in police custody assisting with the investigation of the attack on a Cuban doctor on Friday evening. The doctor, who has since been identified as Alfredo Baptista Salgado the District Medical Officer Marriaqua, was attacked and suffered severe injury to his abdomen. He was returning home from the Calypso Semifinals that was held at the Victoria Park. According to reports, the sons were arrested first and the mother was taken into custody about an hour after. We would continue to monitor this developing story and bring the necessary updates.
Since June 27, 2023, Dominica’s Douglas-Charles Airport has been grappling with technical issues that have disrupted not only the critical Barbados-Dominica route but also set off a chain reaction affecting other regional connections. Amid this challenging scenario, a senior official from Dominica Airport today offered a glimmer of hope, anticipating a resolution to the problem that would enable flights to land after sunset.interCaribbean Airways, a major operator on the impacted route, has been significantly affected by these disruptions. The consequences have been felt as an increased number of missed flights and delays, resulting in disrupted travel plans for numerous transit…
ANN has received a report of a shooting death at Greggs village in the Constituency of South Central Windward. We would update further as more information comes to hand.
The Government of Grenada is actively engaged in developing its seamoss industry to reach its potential through a collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aimed at strengthening the value chain for seamoss and expanding access to regional and global markets. On 22 June 2023, a Stakeholder Validation Workshop was convened through the support of the ‘Resilient Aquaculture’ sub-project of the Mexico-CARICOM-FAO Initiative “Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean”, and a project of FAO’s Technical Cooperation Programme on Promoting Competitive, Sustainable, and Resilient National Value Chain Development in Grenada, in collaboration…
Community consultation meetings have successfully been held on the Windward and Leeward sides of the island, and will continue on the mainland and the Grenadines – as the Government begins the implementation of the SVG Food Insecurity Project 2023, which is funded by the World Bank. A total of fifteen (15) meetings are scheduled to sensitize stakeholders about the opportunities and benefits of the project, facilitate stakeholder feedback, and demonstrate the procedures for application and beneficiary selection. On June 21 and 22, 2023, community consultation meetings were held in Sandy Bay, Georgetown, Troumaca, Chateaubelair, North Union, Greiggs/Lauders, Questelles and Barrouallie;…
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force’s Crime Prevention Unit is better able to provide quality service to the public thanks to Courts SVG Limited. Ms. Jeanelle Jean, Country Manager of Courts SVG, presented a rechargeable pair package of wireless 15-inch Bluetooth LED speakers to Sergeant Syon Shoy, Chairman of the Crime Prevention Unit, and Executive member Sergeant Sharon John-Phillips on Thursday, June 22, 2023. Ms. Jean stated that Courts SVG is thrilled to be collaborating with the Crime Prevention Unit for the Carnival Crime Prevention Exhibition Showcase 2023, which will be presented under the theme: Building Resilient…
The following artistes have been selected from the Ragga Soca & Soca Monarch preliminaries held on Monday 26th June to compete in the finals which is scheduled for Friday 7th July and Saturday 8th July 2023 respectively at the Victoria Park commencing at 9:00 pm. They are: Ragga Soca CategoryHance John – Bruk outJavid ‘Jay-R’ Rouse – Love of CarnivalOmarion ‘Marlo Benn’ Benn – Jam AgainOzarie Matthews – Pastor Choking the BishopNasir ‘Nasos’ Primus – Dirty MasRamon ‘Jose Juan’ Diaz – Until ah wetJasper ‘Jasper YMC’ Alexander – FestivalDenis Bowman – Tink butt easyGregory ‘Pekos’ Cato – Poor KeyboardShaunelle McKenzie…