Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines – World Pediatric Project (WPP) continues to evolve and create long term solutions to pediatric health care needs in St. Vincent and the region. This as a specialist team led by Dr. David Lanning is currently hosting one of its largest trainings for the year, including 5 local and 2 regional surgeons in the areas of general surgery, obstetrics, gynecology, neurosurgery and urology. This team is a special mission contingent of highly qualified medical personnel from the US and across the Eastern Caribbean, including surgeons from St. Kitts, St. Lucia, and Dominica. It is…
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(Excerpts of Dr. Friday’s Presentation during the 2023 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure debate) The Estimates of 2023 come in a context of a country that is recovering like most countries in the world from the COCID- 19 pandemic and all its implications. We have had severe effects because we are a small country, open economy, very much dependent on tourism and remittances from abroad, especially from those places where the COVID crisis hit very hard. It affected remittances, so we have that as a backdrop.We are also recovering from the volcanic eruption. It means rebuilding of homes and infrastructure…
Minister of Transport Montgomery Daniel earlier this week provided an update on rehabilitation of the Perseverance road, which leads up to one of the Central Water and Sewerage Authority’s (CWSA)’s catchment and treatment plants. Minister Daniel said that the assessment of the project has been completed and work is expected to begin mid-2023.“The rehabilitation of the perseverance road forms part of the natural disaster management program and the assessment of this project is already complete. The CDB is the funding agency that is funding this project and the project will be managed by the local NDM project management unit and…
Opposition Senator Shevern John during the recent sitting house of assembly raised concern about the environmental impact about the burning of tires at Rabbacca as a means of disposal. Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment, St. Clair ‘Jimmy’ Prince, in response to Senator John’s question, said that the Roads, Buildings & General Services Authority (BRAGSA) intends to establish a tyre shredding facility in 2023 in an effort to discontinue the practice of tyre burning. Minister Prince said that BRAGSA has a contract to construct a tyre shredding facility at Argyle. He said that approximately one acre of land has…
By Professor. Richard A. Byron-Cox (PhD) Nostalgia accompanies ageing, so forgive me for taking you to Memory Lane and Christmas of my childhood. Back then, things began with visionary preparations like buying early in the year a piglet, lamb, occasionally a calf, to rear specifically for Christmas. Purchasing fresh beef, pork or mutton from a supermarket wasn’t an option. Besides, every man jack was a butcher. There was also the timely sowing of peas, ginger and sorrel, for stewed peas, home-made ginger and sorrel beer were Christmas-day staples. In October women planned procurement of curtains, linoleum, giving the house a…
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) hereby advises the general public that the Module to house St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ first MRI Machine, will leave the Campden Park Container Port via a motor vehicle convoy for Georgetown this Sunday 18th December 2022 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.In light of this, motorists should anticipate slow-moving traffic and exercise every precaution while using the public
The atmosphere was electrifying and filled with a buzz of excitement as the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) Annual Christmas Caroling Contest climaxed on Friday, December 16th, 2022 at Central Police Station. Nine (9) senior choirs and ten (10) junior choirs participated in the coveted event.. Remarks were delivered by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Colin John, Coordinator of the Police Christmas Caroling Committee, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. Junior Simmons, and Director of the Police Cooperative Credit Union, Mrs. Kathleen Nanton Davis. Having won the two previous editions of the competition in 2019 and 2020,…
The collection of bank cards for BRAGSA’s Road Cleaning Programme will take place on Friday, December 16 and Monday, December 19, 2022 – facilitated by the Economic Planning Division. Workers who participated in the Road Cleaning Programme that ran from November 28 to December 7, are invited to collect their bank cards at the locations outlined below: On Monday, December 19, ALL remaining bank cards (all areas) will be collected from the Peace Memorial Hall in Kingstown from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Workers who have not yet collected their bank cards from previous road cleaning sessions, and those who…
The St. Vincent Brewery Limited is proud to introduce a new look for its award-winning flagship brand, “Hairoun Beer”. Hairoun Beer a well-loved household name in SVG is rich in Vincentian heritage and tradition and represents almost 40 years of brewing excellence, brewed and bottled by Vincentians at the plant in Campden Park. Over the years, there has been minor changes to the Hairoun label with the last being in 2016, where the Vincentian public had the opportunity to vote, and the current label design was chosen. The Label prior to that had over 20 years reign. As the dawn…
The Graduation Ceremony for Kingstown Technical Institute (KTI) for students of academic years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 took place on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at the New Testament Church, Wilson Hill. This year, there were two graduating classes as theLa Soufriere Volcanic eruptions prevented a graduation ceremony from taking place in 2021. The Mustique Charitable Foundation (MCF)is pleased to announce that they were able to fund lunches under a grant program with Kingstown Technical Institute where the Foundation provided partial scholarship support that helped make attendance possible for students selected by KTI as most in need. MCF offered twenty (20) partial…