Why is attaining Gender Equality in the Royal SVG Police Force so difficult? It is well documented how I feel about the management of our Police Force. In short, I think the Police Chief lacks vision and creativity. A friend told me that I am too hard on him. Sorry, I cannot accept that anyone who graduated from St. Martin’s Secondary School missed the lesson on taking responsibility and ownership for anything we get to do in life. So, when I hear the Prime Minister (PM) on the radio making excuses for the discriminatory hiring practices of the Police Force,…
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General fair conditions are forecast to persist across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with the possibility of a few shallow isolated showers during the next couple of days. Unstable conditions will be approaching the islands on Tuesday resulting in an increase in cloud cover as the day progresses, however no significant rainfall is anticipated until around Tuesday night into Wednesday as the shearline affects the islands. Easterly winds backing to east north east (ENE) on occasions at approximately 20km/h-30km/h will move across the islands, turning east south east (ESE) on Monday. Sea conditions will be moderate in open waters tonight…
by JP Schwmon #SituationUpdates “Time and time again when I expect that Vincentians would say ‘enough is enough’ we’ve seen for some reason we seem to be very docile. More than 500 Vincentians have lost their jobs; why don’t we have 500 Vincentians on the street protesting? “They’ve lost their jobs, they’ve lost their pensions [and] they’ve lost everything. If somebody is taking away your bread, they are trying to kill you. Vincentians fight for your freedom, fight for your life.” This, according to Charles Sampson, Rise Hairouna’s vice president, as he offered closing remarks at the 1-year-old NGO’s first…
Police are investigating the circumstances in a shooting incident that has left Joshua Pompey of New Grounds residing in Georgetown dead. Information surrounding the incident is a bit sketchy at this time. We would bring updates as we get more information
The conclusion of the debate on the revenues and expenditures of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for 2022 ended on Friday, 14th January 2022 with the passage of the Appropriation Bill 2022 and the Public Sector Investment Loan Bill. These two (2) bills, apart from the general significance of providing for governments expenditure for this year, included a number of continuing support mechanisms for poor and the working-class Vincentians impacted directly by the eruption of the La Soufrière volcano. From the beginning of the debate, Prime Minister Gonsalves discussed the importance of ensuring that the Bill was passed, and suggested…
by JP Schwmon #SituationUpdates Introducing a private members’ bill to the Vincentian House of Assembly is one of Rise Hairouna’s current priorities. This is according to “the guardian of democracy” NGO’s vice president, Charles Sampson, as he addressed the organization’s first media conference last Tuesday. Referencing the outcome of the most recent child sexual assault case that was prosecuted in St. Vincent, Sampson noted: “the powers that be doesn’t seem to take this matter seriously and should they not take this matter seriously, we are actually exploring bringing a private members’ bill to Parliament because we have to do something…
The management and staff of the New Haven Funeral Home – one of the most adept burial services here – has issued an unequivocal apology to two families of deceased persons. Asbert News Network was reliably informed of a mix-up, which occurred at the decades old funeral home earlier this week. According to now confirmed reports, the “home going service for the lates [sic] Lilian and Morton Lavia of Roseau and Villa formerly of Sandy Bay” – deceased mother and son – was supposed to “take place on Wednesday 19th January 2022 at the Holy Name Anglican Church in Sandy…
As the various national sporting associations focus on getting their respective disciplines going in 2022, their representatives met last Saturday at Hotel Alexandrina, under the aegis of the SVG Olympic Committee, to discuss the negative impact COVID-19 related protocols are having on sports. Two of the sporting bodies making presentations in this regard were the SVG Football Federation (SVGFF) and the SVG Squash Association. Football Unfair requirement President of the SVGFF Carl Dickson noted that two of the disciplines hardest hit are Football and Cricket, which require all participating players and officials to be vaccinated. Dickson questioned, “Why are we…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that home rapid antigen tests should be accepted as sufficient for the diagnosis of COVID-19 for the period January 18th –February 6th . The following recommendations should advise the use of the home rapid antigen tests: 1. A positive rapid antigen home test will be registered as positive by health care providers and reported to the National Epidemiologist. No further testing would be required. Clearance from isolation must follow the recommended period for vaccinated (five days without symptoms) and unvaccinated (14 days) persons. 2. Persons who test…
by JP Schwmon #SituationUpdates Michael Wyllie, one defense attorney here, is of the view that the socio-political temperature across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is quickly approaching the “Haitian situation.” Wyllie is currently appearing in defense of Richard ‘Ras Oba’ Jacobs and Dave Crosby – two protestors who were arrested during Rise Hairouna’s latest demonstrations in Kingstown. While speaking at the first virtual media conference, hosted by the 1 year old NGO, the attorney noted that his work history includes a stint, which ran “for many years,” with the Organization of American States. He recalled playing a civil liberties activist…