Minister of Agriculture Hon. Saboto Ceasar is currently in Antigua and Barbuda with a delegation for the 21st Eastern Caribbean Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries and the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources. The Delegation headed by the minister left the state on Sunday October 2 and includes Director of Grenadines Affairs Edwin Snagg and Deputy Director of Grenadines Affairs Carlos Williams. The two-day meeting, which convened today October 3, will deal with issues of food security, sustainable development as it relates to the marine resources as well as coastal and marine protection in the face of climate change. The Agriculture minister…
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Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines: On Thursday, September 29th, 2022, Dr. the Hon. Godwin Friday, Leader of the Opposition and President of the NDP, while visiting Toronto held a town hall meeting with members of the Vincentian community there.Dr. Friday spoke movingly about the outstanding assistance mobilized by the Vincentian community in Toronto in response to the eruption of La Soufriere volcano last year and thanked those present for their contributions. He assured them that their efforts were well-received and helped many people make it through a difficult time. Additionally, Dr. Friday spoke about current conditions in SVG, including…
The exalted altar of political correctness By Professor. Richard A. Byron-Cox (PhD) At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic a cycling enthusiast shared his exercise regime on social media. Being a fitness freak I enquired whether cycling could help me avoid getting fat during the lockdown. Before the cyclist could respond, in jumps this unknown, accusing me of a litany of crimes. Shocked by this diatribe, I called a friend who explained that I was “fat shaming” people, and that’s politically incorrect. I was stumped! What is fat shaming?! The friend sent a photo of an obese figure, the self-appointed…
Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves said that he is lobbying to have the next budget year be one that is focused on roads.Minister Gonsalves while speaking on WEFM’s Issue At Hand program on last Sunday said his encouragement would be to have a budget structure next year that is focused very much focused on the road network. “I am encouraging my colleague ministers—and I’m lobbying the Prime Minister, I’ll use this radio program to lobby him as well—that we make the next year, the next budget year, a roads year. We have some large projects that will be going forward;…
By Donald De Riggs An organized group called the North Leeward Heritage Preservation Front staged a public rally at Fitzhughes on Saturday, October 01, 2022, to protest government’s decision to allow quarry operations to commence at Richmond in the absence of environmental and social impact assessment studies, before a project of this magnitude and duration can legally proceed. Also objecting to the project is the SVG Conservation Fund who wrote the Central Planning division since November 2021, outlining scientific reasons why the project should not go ahead at that location. Letter of Objection_Richmond Jetty and Quarry_ (1)Download The group is…
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Services is monitoring the progress of two westward moving tropical waves located westward moving tropical waves located just east of the Windward Islands and over over Central Atlantic. The tropical wave closest to the region is expected to generate cloudy skies, occasionalclosest to the region is expected to generate cloudy skies, occasionalmoderate/heavy showers and a chance ofa chance of isolated thunderstorms across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from tonight into Monday. Residents and motorists in areas prone to flash flooding and landslides or near rivers and streams should be vigilant.Meanwhile, the axis of…
Dave Ames photo I- witness news The man behind a £226 million fraud affecting thousands of British victims was today jailed at Southwark Crown Court for 12 years following an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). David Ames, 70, fraudulently abused his position as Chairman of the Harlequin business, exposing over 8,000 investors to huge losses between 2010 and 2015. His conviction on 3rd August was the fourth successful prosecution of an individual by the SFO since May this year. Victims parted with pensions and life savings, believing that their money would be invested in holiday properties in St Vincent…
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has announced ashortened hunting season. According to Forestry Officer for compliance, Bradford Latham, theirobservations and research show that there is an increase number ofwildlife species, so a decision was made to reopen the hunting season,though shortened. The hunting season opens on October 1st, 2022 andends on December 31st 2022. Following the eruption of La Soufriere, the Ministry took the decision toplace a moratorium on hunting to allow species to replenish as well as to preserve the habitats of protected and partially protected wildlifeincluding mammals, reptiles and birds. The Forestry Department is appealing to…
Rico Deshong has been the owner and operator of VipPix for over 11 years. ANN sat down with Mr. Deshong for an interview in which he discussed how a hobby turned into an 11 year journey that is still in progress. The 11-year photography entrepreneur’s journey started with a love for his field, that he, despite doing it as a hobby, decided to give his all to. This included finances, and according to Rico, this is what gave him the push to make this hobby of his a business. ‘So I was doing photography as a hobby because I love…
Introduction The announcement last Thursday, September 22, 2022 by the Finance Minister, that the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had reach an agreement with the labour unions on a salary package, was good news for workers all across the country. The government had invited the trade unions to engage in negotiations over a salary package for public servants, police, nurses and teachers and those negotiations took place between a team representing the government and representatives from the various unions on Tuesday 20th September 2022. At the end of negotiations, the government and the trade unions reached an agreement…