“Latoya” was homeless by the age of 12 and had been coerced by her boyfriend “Shawn” into working as a sex slave. She was only allowed 4 hours of sleep a night, and her trafficker also made her addicted to crack cocaine. One day he approached her and told her in so many words, ‘I want you to have sex with this guy for money,” Latoya said. “I was very uncomfortable and I kept saying no, I didn’t want to do it but he kept telling me, ‘If you love me, you’ll do this. It’s just one thing. Just try it.”…
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The first shipment of fuel under the Petro Caribe agreement should arrive in St Vincent and the Grenadines before the end of August, 2022.Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said this shipment will be delivered to Vinlec’s facility at Lowmans Bay which has the “installed capacity for almost 50 per cent of the electricity which is produced and what is consumed”. Dr Gonsalves said that the fuel under the Petro Caribe arrangement is acquired at “35 per cent discount off the top.”Other areas under agreement with the Government of Venezuela include shipments of Urea fertilizer, Asphalt and the 150 prefabricated houses…
Photo :API An Agency or Ministry to focus mainly on Tertiary and Technical and Vocational education will soon be established with the passage of the Education (Miscellaneous Amendment) Bill in Parliament on Monday. Minister of Education Hon. Curtis King, in presenting the Bill to Parliament, said given the broad scope of the Ministry of Education, the resources will soon prove to be inadequate to fully address the issues relating higher/tertiary learning. “If the Ministry of education and national reconciliation attempts to manage an exhaustive and diverse portfolio, quality quickly becomes the casualty of quantity”, King said. The Minister said that…
Introduction One of the many remarkable stories of the Unity Labour Party’s time in office, is undoubtedly the attention given to the Garifuna communities in this country. The indigenous people of this country who suffered unspeakable atrocities by colonialists who came here hundreds of years ago, were never given the true respect deserved by previous governments. Our Garifuna communities that are generally found in rural Saint Vincent were largely characterised by extreme poverty, poor education, and inadequate amenities, as was the case with rural SVG prior to 2001. To emphasise this point, the Garifuna communities that are on the northern…
The dreaded day is here. Papa must take his last lap around Kingstown. He is 74 years old, obese and grossly unprepared. He had planned to take this run ten years ago at the end of the second term as promised. But he is not one known to keep his promises. Then he should have passed the baton unto the next qualified runner but he had orchestrated the demise of all who showed potential and were well able. One by one they fell by the wayside: Rene Baptiste, Ken Boyea, Louis Straker, Glen Jackson, Saboto Caesar, Stanley Starky John. Apparently,…
Howie Prince, Consul General to the United States, has said that he was not prepared to be dragged into any non-existent controversy regarding his recall. Prince called in during a radio discussion on July 24, and thanked Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, who was in studio, and the rest of the Cabinet, for the time he was allowed to serve as Consul General. “I can boast that things are good at the Consulate as I speak, and as we get ready to handover to Rondy ‘Luta’ McIntosh, that he inherits a proper stage,” Prince said. And in turning to what…
The Barbadian government is preparing to finance settlements to stricken CLICO policyholders, including those here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves disclosed. In response to a question posed by Leader of the Opposition Dr Godwin Friday during the July 25 Meeting of Parliament to give an update on the status of efforts to recover the investments of local policyholders affected by the collapse of CLICO, Gonsalves said that the Barbadian government has offered a bond of BBD$37 million, of which the sum of BBDS$9 million is expected to be allocated to settle claims here. But while…
Skiddy Francis-Crick, one of this country’s netball stalwarts, continues to challenge herself to give back to the game that has given her so much joy and success. Towards this end, she has organized a netball camp for this year’s summer break. The camp will take place at the Marriaqua Government School hard court from August 1st to September 3rd from 9:00am – 2:00p, and will cater to girls 8-14 years old. Quizzed as to what inspired her to host the camp after a long break, Francis-Crick said, “Actually I was inspired by a child at church. She said to me…
Ten years ago we wrote the following article. Sadly, we have had no progress in the last 10 years under the ULP regime, and the article is still relevant. SVG needs change. “‘Everything is dead, and many of those who live are cannibals, feeding off the blood and misery of the poor’.Our country is suffering under economic cannibalism. Gonsalves allows the super-rich of Mustique, Canouan Resorts and Taiwan blanket tax and customs duty exemptions, yet the poor struggles to survive. This policy eats the poor to feed the rich. Gonsalves sells off prime agricultural land to foreigners for tourism projects…
By Jomo Thomas Yesterday marked five years since Oscar Allen died. He was a giant of a man. His honesty, simplicity, profundity in thought, generosity and commitment to the struggle for a better life for our people remain beyond measure. Our people are yet to realise the massive gaping wound, the terrible loss our nation suffered on this sad and dreadful day. To know Oscar Allen is to love him. If I were ever given the task of caring for his memory, I would place on his tombstone ‘Oscar Allen, a national treasure is buried here.’ Five weeks before he…