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A new executive have been elected to run the affairs of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cycling Union (SVGCU)for the next four year(2023-2027) The new Cycling Executive is President –Shimano Bailey Vice President -Peter Durant General Secretary -Sezevra Joseph Treasurer- Rosheda Richards Public Relations Officer -Des-Marie Greenaway Trustee – Marlon Antrobus Cycling Representative – Deptor Culzac Immediate Past President- Trevor ‘Sailor’ Bailey Following last week Saturday 18th March, 2023, election, the new President after being elected thanks everyone especially his dad Trevor ‘Sailor’ Bailey “for the decades of contribution that he has made to the development of cycling locally,…

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The Thusian Institute for Religious Liberty Inc. (T.I.R.L.) applauds and celebrates the recent court ruling in St. Vincent and the Grenadines made by Justice Esco Henry on March 13th, 2023, in favour of public servants, police and teachers. The workers were wrongfully dismissed over a year ago by the ULP administration’s anti-conscience, persecutive ‘vaccine’ mandate. We thank YHWH-God for inspiring the judge to rule for the protection of God-given and constitutionally protected rights and freedoms. The court rightfully declared that the dismissal of the workers was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, disproportionate and tainted by procedural impropriety.” Consequently, the reckless rules…

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The chance of showers remains high for the next three days as low level moisture continues to traverse the island chain. As the upper levels become conducive, showers may tend to be moderate in nature. Wednesday night & Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a high chance of a few moderate showers from time to time. Friday: Mostly cloudy with a high chance of a few moderate showers. Saturday: Similar conditions to the previous day. Moderate breeze is expected from the east north east (ENE) at 20km/h to 30 km/h. Seas will be moderate in open waters with swells peaking at 1.5m…

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The National Senior Men’s Team (Vincy Heat) left the island today on Wednesday 22nd March 2023 to play their fifth match in Group C of League B in the Concacaf Nations League Qualifiers against Nicaragua. The match is scheduled to take place on Friday 24th March at 8:00 pm local time and will be streamed via Concacaf’s Facebook and YouTube Pages The Traveling Delegation goes as follows: Management Team: Director of Technical Matters and Head Coach (Act) Theon Gordon, Assistant Coaches – Bishon Williams and Alnif Williams, Manager – Dr. Ronen Francis, Goal Keeping Coach – Urtis Blackett, Physiotherapist -…

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March 21st, 2023, Kingstown- On 20.30.23, Police arrested and charged Julius Debique, 30 years Labourer of Fitz Hughes with the offence of Possession of an Unlawful Firearm without a Licence issued under the Firearms Act. The offence was allegedly committed at Fitz Hughes at about 9:00 pm on 28.12.22.Debique appeared at the Serious Offence Court on 20.3.23 to answer to the charge. He plead not guilty and was placed on $7000 bail with one surety. He was ordered by the court not to have any contact with the complainant and to surrender all of his travel documents.Stop Notices were also…

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Roland “Scrapie” Dopwell is the recipient of the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Vincentian Association of Artistes, Writers and Producers (AAWP). He was bestowed the accolade in recognition of his outstanding contribution as an artist and sculptor, and involving himself in an intimate way for some fifty years in helping to foster the cultural heritage of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Award was presented during an Evening of the Arts, 10th March, 2023, the culmination of a week-long National Literary Fair hosted annually by The UWI Open Campus (SVG), to celebrate writers, artist, artistes, producers and creatives generally.…

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The Ministry of Tourism is ramping up its campaign to bring more visitors to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. During a Press conference held on Monday March 20th, 2023 to discuss details for Easter, Minister of Tourism Hon. Carlos James pointed out that so far yacht arrivals are up by 84% for January over the previous year’s figures. “We’re moving numbers from January alone of 2022 with just over 4000 to over 7000 yachts in that one month of 2023, which is showing that we’re just at the peak of moving out of the covid downturn in terms of…

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’ Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, Honourable Carlos James describes the addition of P&OCruises’ Arvia to the Caribbean as a wonderful opportunity for the region’s growing cruise sector. Minister James was present at Heywood’s Beach, Barbados on Thursday March 16, along with Prime Ministers Mia Mottley and Dickon Mitchell. Also in attendance was his Barbadian counterpart Tourism Minister, Ian Gooding-Edghill, for the naming ceremony of P& O Cruises newest vessel Arvia. According to the tourism minister, following the region’s on-going recovery from the COVD-19pandemic and St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ recovery from its volcanic eruption,…

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Minister of Health Hon. St Clair Prince said there are simply too many cases of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD’s) here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and it is time Vincentians take stock of their health. Speaking at the opening of the Georgetown Smart Health Centre on March 20, Prince noted that the Ministry of Health will be doing its part with heavy focus on NCD’s, for 2023 “…we will be coming around screening people and trying to promote health, trying to get you interested in taking greater interest in your own health, we have too many people losing…

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Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has insisted that his administration acted within the ambits of the law/constitution and in the interest of protecting the health of all Vincentians with respect to the deadly Covid-19 virus. In an exclusive interview with the Agency for Public Information on March 20, Dr. Gonsalves said the Covid-19 vaccination drive was imperative in the face of a public health emergency and the Government “did what was reasonably required in the interest of public health.” “You do it in a balanced way, the judge tells no you weren’t balance, you were disproportionate, what do I do…

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