The identity of the male shot-dead in the vicinity of the Botanic Station in Road Town on February 12, 2023, has been identified as 23-year-old Vincentian national Jahkeem Christopher. The confirmation came from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force on Monday, February 27, 2023. According to the police, Christopher was visiting the BVI when he was shot and killed in the wee hours of that Sunday morning. He was positively identified by family members residing on Tortola. Charged with the death of Christopher is 37-year-old Hasani Frett of Greenland. “Frett faces the charges of murder, inflicting grievous bodily harm and…
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The year 2023 has started off with a bang for Vincentian Soca icon, Gamal ‘Skinny Fabulous’ Doyle. His album B.A.D (Beyond a Doubt) has reached number one on the Reggae charts worldwide, a number one song and to compliment his recent success in Trinidad and Tobago, he has been included among the top five ‘Essential Soca” artistes in an article featured on www.grammy.com. The article was published on February 22, days after the conclusion of 2023 Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival celebrations where Doyle was featured this year.For some time, his collaboration with Nailah Blackman ‘Come Home’ was leading and was…
Sabastian “Bassy” Alexander being interviewed by media practitioner Sheron Garraway With over 2000 registered members and a new website which allows persons to apply for membership, cite complaints or grievances the Public Service Union, PSU is doing its best to reach out. In the process, they have not forgotten those leaders who have made contributions to the development of the trade union.On Monday 27th February the PSU will host a Presidential Cocktail and Award Ceremony at the Methodist Church Hall from 6pm to honour past presidents. This is in commemoration of the eight-decade old institution which will be celebrating under…
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez sentenced to 26 years refused to accept a pardon by President Ortega. Pope Francis two Sunday’s ago spoke of his concern over the imprisonment of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who was sentenced to more than 26 years in prison in the Latin American country. { The Pope’s comments about Alvarez, who is a vocal critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, were made in his weekly blessing to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’s Square. Ortega has accused Catholic leaders of attempting to overthrow him after protests that killed about 300 people in 2018. Since then, the…
The handing over of an imitation firearm to the police just before the resumption of the matter and a sterling mitigation plea from his lawyer Grant Connell, may have saved Rupert Yearwood from a custodial sentence on Monday. The 50-year-old farmer of Calder was on Monday bonded for one year and fined $3,000, after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm, or imitation firearm with intent to commit an offense, to wit wounding on Randy Lewis of Calder. If Yearwood breaches the bond, he would have to pay the Court $2,500 forthwith, or go to prison for one year.The fine…
The blame for the widespread abject poverty experienced on this farm squarely falls on the wings of the one in charge. Any visitor clearly notices the loudness on the airways, as he makes himself known to all and sundry from his perch on high. Undoubtedly, he is in charge of every square inch of the territory. Flying from place to place as he asserts his self-importance and dominates the scene, he allows no other male to rise to any semblance of prominence. It does not matter that he is aging, he exercises control over the females even from very early…
The news that a property on the Grenadine island of Mustique has a sales tag of $200 million sent me thinking. What is the combined value of all of the foreign-owned properties in the Grenadines was? And then I wondered some more whether we are making the best use of our exclusive attractiveness. Tropical paradises are a dime a dozen across the world. However, our slice of paradise attracts many big names in business, music and industry. Reports are that Bill Gates and Tiger Woods are frequent visitors, Mick Jagger and Tommy Hilfiger are rumoured to own homes, while others,…
The ULP regime has focused on tourism since 2001, and since that time to the present, our economy has only become weaker. Tourism has failed in SVG, and so too in the Caribbean region in general. It has no hope of bringing prosperity. It is clearly madness to continue to try to run the SVG economy on tourism, when the past two decades have proved that tourism is unable to make our economy strong. Unemployment and poverty is still high in SVG after two decades of focusing on tourism. Tourism cannot and will never be able to offer our people…
Introduction In last week’s article, we chose to celebrate the 6th anniversary of the operationalization of the Argyle International Airport, recognizing that the very existence of the airport is in fact an amazing accomplishment. Everything about the plan to construct the airport was considered impossible by many; from the location chosen because of the tasks involved in preparing it for the project, to the financing of such a major project. To add context, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was one of 4 countries in CARICOM that did not have an international airport at the time of independence, with Dominica, Grenada…
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is excited to announce that it has engagedThe Marketing Machine, a full-service marketing consultancy firm, as the principalmarketing agency for DCash, the digital version of the Eastern Caribbean (EC) Dollar.The Marketing Machine which is Antigua and Barbuda-based was selected through acompetitive tendering process that began in April 2022 and saw participation fromseveral internationally recognised marketing firms from around the Caribbean and NorthAmerica. Speaking on the award, Karina A. Johnson, Project Manager of the DCash pilot projectnoted, “Just as important as the security and robustness of the Cash technology is the ability to effectively engage…