The Carnival Development Corporation would like to inform all schools (both primary and secondary) that the preliminary judging for the 2022 Junior Calypso Soca competition would be on the following days: • Primary Schools and Junior Soca Monarch – Friday, May 27th from 9:00 am. • Secondary Schools and Junior Soca Monarch – Saturday, May 28th from 9:00 am. These activities would take place at the CDC’s office on both days.
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On Thursday 19 th May, the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines, reaching the 61 st destination out of the 72 Commonwealth nations and territories it will be visiting. Arriving from St Lucia, the Baton has officially touched down at the Argyle International Airport. The Queen’s Baton, which carries a message from Her Majesty The Queen, arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines as part of its journey to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in England from 28 July until 8 August 2022. The Queen’s Baton is in St Vincent…
Two Memoranda of Understanding were signed today between the Governments of the Republic of India and St Vincent and the Grenadines at Government House. The Memorandum includes the Automatic Exchange of Information and Assistance on Collection of Taxes. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Sandy Peters- Phillips signed on behalf of the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Shri Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) signed on behalf of the Republic of India. Present at the signing was Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, President of the Republic of India His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Kovind,…
World Pediatric Project (WPP) continues to collaborate with the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment to enhance the quality of care given to assist our children and families here. The current focus is the Speech and Language Therapy Mission, ongoing at the Helping Hand Center in New Montrose. The mission commenced on May 14 th and ran through to the 18 th . Dr. Miriam Kerr, the mission leader and her team were supported by our very own pediatric neurologist Dr. Mishka Duncan-Adams. The team is made up of a number of speech pathologist with varied specializations, including…
Port of Spain, Trinidad – The Caribbean is one step closer to having joint Regional Guidelines for Gender Based Violence (GBV) at the Workplace Level. On Wednesday 18th May, 2022, over 130 persons from 18 Caribbean countries – including Barbados; Grenada; Jamaica; Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago – participated in the Strengthening Regional Co-operation Workshop. The objective of the one-day virtual workshop was to bring employers and employees/workers together to establish a baseline policy for addressing GBV at the Workplace. This joint initiative between the Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Confederation of Labour (CCL) is supported by the UNFPA and ILO under the Spotlight…
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) made donations of computers to two educational institutions here. On May 4, 2022, eleven (11) Lenovo all in one Desktop Computers were handed over to the Union Island Secondary School. The computers were received by the Principal of the Union Island Secondary School, Mr. Darrel Williams. Two days later, May 6, the NTRC donated a total of forty-five (45) Lenovo all in one Desktop Computers to the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College. The computers were handed over to the Director of the Collehe, Mr. Nigel Scott. Of the forty-five (45) computers,…
The education system in SVG is still failing children from poor families, as most of these children miss out on valuable pre-school education. The ULP regime’s so-called ‘education revolution’ has failed. Many children of the poor do not do as well as they could do at secondary school, because they have been denied a solid foundation of education and learning at the pre-school level. We need more pre-schools in SVG. Every child should have the opportunity to get a good start (at the pre-school level) to their educational journey. The lack of pre-schools is perpetuating the gap between the educational…
As the nation comes to grips with the senseless surge in murders and violent crimes, Rise Hairouna makes a clarion call for action to end violence against women and children in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We are of the firm view that the escalation in crime and violence, including brutal murders, is a manifestation of a deep-rooted social problem – the lack of respect for human life and the moral decay of our Vincentian population. As a people, we must stand against such heinous acts of violence, and we must speak up against all forms of violence in…
On behalf of our government and people, I formally welcome to St. Vincent and the Grenadines His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the President of the Republic of India, his wife, his daughter, and official delegation. I take this opportunity, too, to express solidarity greetings to my friend, the Honourable Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, his family, his government, and the magnificent people of India. Today is truly historic in the relations between our two countries:It is the first time that the President of India is visiting us; and it is the first time, too, that the…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that as part of the its mosquito control programme for the adult Aedesaegypti mosquito, the Insect Vector Control Unit will be conducting fogging operations in the following areas commencing at 5:00 pmdaily on the island of St. Vincent. Monday, 23rdMay 2022 – Green Hill, Top Questelles, Gorse, Coloniare, Sans Souci&Rose Bank Tuesday,24thMay 2022– Green Hill, Top Questelles, Coloniare, Mt. Greenan&Troumaca Wednesday,25th May2022– Lodge Village, Rillian Hill, Park Hill, Mt. Greenan&Rose Hall Thursday, 26th May2022– Block 2000, Rillian Hill, South Rivers, Yambou&Coull’s Hill Please take note…