Cyclists, Zefal Bailey, Marlon Antrobus and Lucky Antrobus will leave the state on Saturday 7 th May, 2022, to particate in the Pam American (Pan Am) Championship in San Juan, Argentina. The team will be managed by Emerson Holder. The championship will be held from May 10th-15 th , 2022 . The championship was originally scheduled to be held in Uruguay, but logistical challenges forced the country to cancel plans to hold the event. Argentina took up the mantel and agreed to be host.
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According to an article in THE VINCENTIAN newspaper of 29th April 2022, the Taiwan ambassador presented some ‘scholarships’ to some SVG students. The article said that a total of 524 bursaries, valued at US$120,000, were to be distributed amongst students at the primary, secondary and post-secondary schools and colleges. On average, this amounts to only 229 dollars per award. A truly pitiful gesture! Taiwan’s scholarship system is a gross insult to the people of SVG. Taiwan has been in SVG for over 40 years and has made billions – not millions – billions of dollars from SVG’s Atlantic Ocean tuna…
Vegetable oil and maize prices slightly decrease after recent surge, while rice, meat, dairy and sugar prices slightly increase and global trade prospects dim May 05, 2022 – Rome, Italy – World food commodity prices decreased in April after a large jump the previous month, led by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 158.5 points in April 2022, down 0.8 percent from the all-time high reached in March. The Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices…
The promise to enact Integrity Legislation within the first 100 days of the ULP administration was not kept. The legislation would have signaled the intention of the government to be transparent, accountable, moral, just, fair, and free of corruption. While the focus should justly be put on our leaders, the rest of the citizenry should not be enablers to corruption. The role of those in authority is to inspire, motivate, and set the right example in doing right. The rest of us need to maintain and expect a high standard of integrity among ourselves. Beginning with the Speaker of the…
Hanif Forbes, 40-year-old mason of Spring Village, Georgetown, will stand trial before Judge and Jury on five charges, in connection with the January 22, 2022 shooting death of truck driver, Joshua ‘Cabbage’ Pompey of O’Brien’s Village. At the Serious Offences Court, last week Thursday, following a Paper Committal Procedure, Forbes was committed to stand trial in the High Court trial for the murder of Pompey, and assaulting Pompey’s wife Lakeitha Harris-Pompey of O’Brien’s Village, causing her bodily harm. He was also committed to stand trial for unlawfully discharging a loaded firearm at Pompey with intent to injure; possession of a…
Principles, Debt Forgiveness, Transparency And Accountability Every cent our government gets that assists our further advancement as a nation is welcomed as good news. Therefore, the announcement that we gained permission from President Maduro of Venezuela to ‘borrow US$9 million which we owed the ALBA bank, but could not, because of the American imposed sanctions of Caracas should be applauded. Except this: it amounts to unprincipled exploitation of the generosity of our well-endowed southern neighbour. It assists the bullying tactics of the illegal sanction that the American government imposed against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Early in the revolutionary experiment…
“TOGETHER WE GROW”,, is the theme of an Agri-Business Seminar being hosted by the East Caribbean Group of Companies, ECGC, for local livestock farmers, scheduled to take place at the Methodist Church Hall, on May 10th and 1lth. Local farmers will receive vital information about how to better manage their businesses and become familiar with opportunities available through various funding agencies. Business Development Field Officer at Centre for Enterprise Development, Ms. Nisha Glasgow, and Technical Product Manager – Feeds at ECGC, Dr. Tahomma Richards, are the featured speakers for the event. As some 60 livestock farmers are expected to…
There is a reason to debate the Government’s role in the private economy. In principle, I support limiting the Government’s role in economic development to providing infrastructure. If done correctly, everyone benefits. The undeclared ongoing financial crisis, economic recession, and runaway inflation are genuinely not the Government’s fault. These are legitimate justification for the Government to remain “overactive” in the economy. But at some point, we must stop the subsidies. My concern is, our Government continues to provide (promise) millions of dollars in direct payments to selective sectors of the economy. Some may argue that the aid could have been…
Prime Minister Dr. Hon. Ralph Gonsalves has signalled the beginning of the construction phase of the Port Modernisation Project in Kingstown, with a signed agreement between the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sellhorn Engineering based in Germany and Aecon Construction Group Inc. The signing ceremony was held at Cabinet room on Tuesday, May 4, 2022. The Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Urban Development and Seaports, Yvette Pompey signed on behalf of the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Prime Minister Gonsalves said, “this, Modern Port is vital for the development of…
“Together for Mental Health” is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month. During the month of May, there will be a series of interviews with patients admitted to the Mental Health Rehabilitation Center to highlight voices that many times go unheard. The names used are not their own as we wish still to protect their identities. Jason who is 27 years of age was admitted to the Mental Health Rehabilitation Center recently and has had several previous admissions. Jason’s first admission to the Mental Health Center was highlighted by several worrying signs. He was hyper talkative, selling his…