January 29, 2023, Kingstown – The Traffic Department of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has launched an investigation into several videos that are being circulated on social media depicting motorists engaged in dangerous and reckless driving on public roads. The RSVGPF wishes to assure the general public that after the investigations are completed, the culprits would be held accountable according to the law. The roads in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are not racetracks. They are to be used with due care and attention, and consideration for other users. Therefore, the RSVGPF calls on all…
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Local Creative Calvert Jones continues to push the boundaries and his latest move has seen him sign with Elizabeth Sloane, a business development and deal origination firm with operations in the Caribbean and West Africa. Jones is known locally, regionally and internationally through his brand of art “Tropical Realism”. He is a self-taught visual artist and entrepreneur who in November 2016 gifted Prince Harry with a portrait and most recently this week, Jamaican superstar Andrae “Popcaan” Sutherland received a piece from Jones depicting the dancehall artiste and his mother whom he fondly refers to as “Miss Rhona”. On Monday, Jones, said he…
On a far too regular basis, we get stories in the newspaper about guns and ammunitions being discovered and people caught with guns and/or ammunition. It seems like the borders of our country are porous and border security is as effective as a strainer trying to hold water. Do we have a ministry of national security, and if so, what are they doing? For decades, guns have been coming into our country in a far too easy manner. Gun crime is rife in SVG, because guns are not being stopped at the border. The border needs to be tightened and…
has already started for the Calliaqua and South Rivers clinics to be upgraded significantly to full polyclinic status. Diamond, Byrea and Belair clinics will also receive modern clinics of the highest quality. Lewis Punnettt Home In 2019, the government determined that what passed for geriatric care in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was unacceptable, not befitting a modern, civilised country. The ancient Lewis Punnett Home for the elderly was a throwback to a previous era, when the old and vulnerable were not treated with the respect that their age and wisdom demanded. So we relocated the residents of the Lewis…
The Carl Dickson-led St. Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation(SVGFF) has hit another milestone with the approval of a drawdown of USD$400,000.00 from Football’s governing body- FIFA. The funding, disbursed under the FIFA Foundation Recovery Programme, is earmarked specifically for the upgrade of the Technical Centre at Brighton. As such, the SVGFF was able to cash in on the fall outs caused by the eruptions of the La Soufrière volcano in April 2021, to obtain the finances. An application was made in this regard to FIFA on November 11, last year, with approval granted just about one month later. In…
Attorney Grant Connell thinks that over the years the Court was wrong in not applying suspended sentences in cases of firearm or ammunition offenses. Connell made the point at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday while mitigating on behalf of 18-year-old Jermaine Andrews of Cane Garden/Barrouallie, who pleaded guilty to possession of a .9 mm pistol and 24 rounds of .9 mm ammunition without licenses. Connell said that the Firearms Act only states the penalty of imprisonment and, or a fine for the offense, and therefore the Court had not been applying suspended sentences for firearm and/or ammunition possession. Connell…
The Traffic Department of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, wishes to inform the general public that the road leading towards Cane Garden between Kingstown Hill Junction and De Nobriega’s Corner, will be closed to all motorists from Tuesday, January 31, 2023, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm daily until further notice. Motorists traveling to Kingstown from Cane Garden must travel towards Sion Hill direction, and motorists from Kingstown to Cane Garden using Kingstown Hill Public Road will turn left towards Sion Hill at the junction formed by the road leading to Cane Garden. This is to…
Secret Garden, an event, which started on July 31st 2021 and is now a household name here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is now not just known for giving patrons a THE Brunch Experience, but they will now also be known for giving back to the community. On January 11, 2023, Secret Garden made donations to four students of the Kingstown Anglican Primary School. The students were presented with all text books to complete their school year 2022/2023. They also donated funds to the school to supply these students with meals for the remainder of the school year. The…
ANN recently caught up with Roleza Samuel, a young entrepreneur who owns and operates not one, but two businesses, those businesses being RoMax and Vinsee puzzles. The first of the two being RoMax which was started in 2015 and the second being Vinsee puzzles which she recently started. In our interview with Roleza she shared with us the story behind how she started her first business, RoMax, which according to her had an unintentional beginning. ‘RoMax was started unintentionally in 2015. I bought a ‘fourth-hand’ vehicle that came with a pair of seat belt covers that looked dingy and I…
Having seen the press release from the Ministry of Finance as it relates to the new import tax regimes for vehicles, I could not stay silent. The release was tactfully put together to give the impression that the reduction that you see will equate to total cost reductions; however, that is not the case. Let me use a light-hearted example that captures the essence of the comparison between the old and new vehicle tax-regime. In 2021, you could buy a one-scoop vanilla ice-cream for a total cost of $4.00 Eastern Caribbean Dollars (XCD), because that is your budget and you…