ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) today paid tribute to Irvin Warrican, the former St Vincent & Grenadines and Windward Islands allrounder, coach and team manager. He passed away in his homeland St Vincent early on Sunday. Warrican played six first-class matches as an off-spinner and middle-order batter for Windward Islands between 1991 and 1995. Following his retirement, he was a highly-respected coach and team manager. During the ongoing West Indies Rising Stars Under 19 Championship, the teams also held a moment of silence in his honour. Dr Kishore Shallow, Vice President of CWI paid a special tribute. He said:…
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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident that occurred this afternoon in Little Tokyo. Shot was Reon Richardson aka Juice, a resident of Lowmans Leeward, who received several shots to his back . We would update further
Issued at 12:00 noon, Monday 22nd August, 2022An upper level trough is favourably positioned over Saint Vincent and the Grenadines producing grain and thunderstorm activity. The trough will continue to linger across our area into Tuesday morning, and therefore these weather conditions are forecast to persist. Model guidance is indicating 50mm of rainfall by tonight, especially on the Windward side of the island. As a result, the weather advisory that was already in effect for a low risk of flooding for St. Vincent and the Grenadines is now upgraded to a Flash-Flood watch and will remain in effect until 6:00…
By Shirlan “Zita” Barnwell In his normal vulgar political style, Prime Minister Gonsalves kicks the ball into the righteous court of the New Democratic Party to remove the Queen as head of state. At this time of immense economic pressure on Vincentians, the prime minister must be in a rather desperate place to believe that becoming a republic is an issue worthy of occupying the minds of Vincentians. One cannot help but ask whether the prime minister’s desperate call is nothing more than a desire to measure up to Mia Mottley’s achievement? But, what is the public good that he…
Hundreds of LIAT workers were severed in 2020 (Photo courtesy aviation24.be). General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU), David Massiah Antigua Observer – More than half of the EC$2 million which was made available to severed LIAT workers in Antigua has gone unclaimed – eight months after the offer was made. While the Antigua government accepted no legal liability for the collapse of LIAT, on December 20, – a year and a half after the Supreme Court appointed an administrator to control the airline’s operations – the state offered former employees 50 percent of the severance owed…
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least 10 people were killed in an attack by Islamic militants who stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital late Friday, police and eyewitnesses said. Several other people were injured and security forces rescued many others, including children, from the scene of the attack at Mogadishu’s Hayat Hotel, they said. The attack started with explosions outside the hotel before gunmen entered the building. Gunfire could still be heard early Saturday as security forces tried to contain the last gunmen, who were thought to be holed up in the hotel. It was unclear how many militants remained…
Motorists in Barbados is paying less for gasoline and diesel, effective midnight Thursday, August 18. The retail price of gasoline will be $4.39 per litre, which is a saving of 44 cents, while diesel will decrease by 43 cents, to $3.85 per litre. Kerosene remains at $2.36 per litre. Given the high volatility associated with refined petroleum products, Government has decided to cap the retail prices of gasoline and diesel at $4.48 per litre and $4.03 per litre, respectively. It is felt that the capping will bring some level of predictability to retail prices of gasoline while shielding consumers from…
We live in troubled times in SVG and many households are truly suffering. The time has come for a Green Revolution and a Green Economy. The whole country has suffered from the ULP regime’s poor management of the SVG economy. The Green Revolution is the solution to our economic, social and environmental problems.The Green revolution is about having a sustainable Green Economy driven by university education, science, technology and the creation of new industries, new products and thousands of new jobs. The ULP regime’s economic model, which is solely dependent on one thing – tourism, is a dead end. For…
In 1960, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on granting independence to colonial countries and peoples. With 14 independent countries in CARICOM, the last being St Kitts- Nevis in 1983, some in the younger generation may be forgiven for thinking that the fight against colonialism is over. Sixty-two years on, colonialism is still alive and well in the Caribbean. It took a presentation by anti-colonial fighter James Finnies of Bonaire to remind us that there are as many colonies as independent countries in our Caribbean. Appearing at the International Conference on Reparations organised by the Global African Congress…
by LeRoy Providence I have just been listening to a discussion on radio featuring Mr. Camillo Gonsalves, Minister of Finance, and Mr. Saboto Caesar, Minister of Agriculture. They were discussing the prospects of significant economic activity which this country is likely to see over the coming months. They were evidently enthusiastic that the realization of significant earnings from fishing was on the horizon. They said that in the area of construction, several hundred jobs were going to be generated as a result of the expenditure to be done, relative to erection of a new hospital building, the construction of eight…