An investigation has been launched into a stabbing incident that occurred on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at Diamond which left one man dead and another currently warded at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in a reportedly stable condition with multiple stab wounds about his body. According to reports, on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at about midday the deceased, Kevin George, 27 years old Labourer of Diamond and the Accused allegedly had a disagreement and an argument ensued. As a consequence, an altercation arose between both men which resulted in the deceased and the Accused receiving injuries to their body. Both…
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The singer debuted her baby bump while out in New York City over the weekend with her rapper boyfriend Rihanna has babies on the brain! The “Diamonds” singer and fashion mogul, 33, is pregnant, expecting her first baby with rapper A$AP Rocky. The couple was photographed out in New York City over the weekend, where Rihanna debuted her baby bump while wearing a long pink jacket. Her oversized outerwear was unbuttoned at the bottom to reveal her growing bump adorned in a gold cross with colorful jewels. In one of the sweet photos, which were snapped in Harlem, where A$AP…
(Excerpts of the Hon. Terrance Ollivierre’s Budget Presentation) The Covic-19 pandemic has left long-term mental effects and distressing experiences relative to education in this country. The context in which schools operate has undergone numerous rapid and drastic changes because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Undoubtedly, the government via the Ministry of Education has been scrambling to put appropriate measures in place to mitigate against the impact of the pandemic on education. They lack the foresight to do so. We in the New Democratic Party recognized that the process must ultimately involve Recovery, Revitalization or (Renewal) and Transformation to safeguard the future…
Introduction With the passage of the Appropriation Bill 2022 in Parliament on Friday January 14, 2022 the apparatus of government was set in train to begin the implementation of a number of initiatives necessary to put this country back on a path to sustainable development. The challenges of the last 2 years, especially those brought on by the impacts of the eruption of La Soufrière, rendered the need to pass the bill urgent so that Vincentians who are dependent on support from government were not put in a worsened situation. This week, the focus of this article is an excerpt…
The health service is falling apart and is under-funded. When Gonsalves needs serious hospital treatment, we’ve seen him jump on a plane and fly abroad for treatment. For the poor of SVG, this is not an option. It is a sick mindset whereby a government burdens the poor to support the country, and lets the super-rich of Mustique and Canouan live a life of ease of tax and luxury. There is a serious shortage of revenue in SVG, but Gonsalves still gives multi-million dollar tax and customs duty exemptions to the super-rich of Mustique and Canouan. In this time of…
By Jomo Thomas The issue of debt, public and private, highlighted during the recent budget debate needs to be taken seriously by citizens. Most of us may not be able to do anything about it. However, all of us need to have a basic understanding of the opportunities afforded by debt and more so the dangers. Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves disclosed that the public debt is EC $2.8 billion. To personalise the debt problem means every man, woman and child is saddled with $25,455. Opposition leader DR, Godwin Friday reminded the nation that the public debt is about 98 percent…
The last conversation we had on Mitchell versus Gonsalves motivated some readers to ask me to write something on Maurice Bishop versus Gonsalves, seeing that Gonsalves said early on in his political journey that he was going to take up from where Maurice Bishop had left off. Maurice Bishop’s four year revolutionary reign is light to Ralph Gonsalves’ twenty years of darkness. Parents did not pay for their children’s uniform, books, transportation, snacks and lunch. University education was free. Teachers used to go to the farming communities to help in the literacy/adult education programmes- even helping them with their business…
Former St Vincent and the Grenadines international- Pete Morris, is buoyed by the amount of “raw” Vincentian Football talent that is available, and is looking forward to players’ development in the shortest possible time frame. Morris, one of the country’s most accomplished footballers of the 1970s and 1980s, made his assessment after viewing some of the practice matches used to select players to the St Vincent and the Grenadines Senior Men’s team- Vincy Heat.”What I have recognized is that there is an abundance of talent out there… I am very excited with the amount of talent that is on show,” …
Union Island resident- Stanford Coy, was last Thursday recognized for his sterling contribution to life on the island, especially in the area of Disaster Management. {{more}}Coy, who began his unbroken tenure with the Island’s Disaster Committee in 1990, was the toast of honour at a pomp ceremony held at the Richmond Beach on his native Union Island, Thursday, 20th January, 2021. The well decorated venue, the glowing speeches, tangible tokens and the presence of family members and others from the community, were befitting of the impact Coy has had in his many years of community service. Organised by the Union…
The government of Montserrat announced on Saturday that it will be relaxing some of its coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols. A new public health order comes into effect on February 1 and it will see the nightly curfew being removed, restrictions on crowd sizes will increase to 25, for the next two weeks, and schools can reopen. Public servants will also be mandated to return to their offices. Mask wearing in public areas and social distancing remain in place. Premier Joseph Farrell said the decision to adopt these new public health measures was taken after observing a fall in new COVID-19 infections.…