Countries need to wake up and smell the coffee and understand that climate change is real and it would continue to affect our lives and the environment. The impacts of climate change are being felt in every corner around the globe and it would continue to get worse if countries do not reduce their “carbon footprint”. Climate change refers to significant changes in global temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other measures of climate over several decades or longer. Humans are the main perpetrator why climate change is accelerating. As the human population increases, more vehicles would be on the road,…
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by JP Schwmon Several reports reaching Asbert News Network from workers on Mustique Island claimed that COVID-19 infections on the ultra exclusive Grenadines resort have steadily worsened in recent times. One employee lamented management’s apparent double standards when faced with COVID-19 infected guests versus employees – the bulk of whom are Vincentians. “It’s real messed up cause the last time when the construction [workers] and the local people had COVID they were removed from the island. So why now when the guests have it we have to work with them? Unfair!” Another employee charged that even when employees test positive…
by JP Schwmon Approximately 3 months after the last Rugby games were to be hosted, the Invaders Rugby club spectacularly dominated the 2021 SVG Rugby Union club finals. In the first of several games that were played at the Calliaqua Playing Field on Sunday January 2, 2022, the Invaders B squad triumphed with 36 points over Sharks B who mustered 12. Kaif Westfield and Adrian Sam scored 1 try each, Klyvbert Browne 3 and Rod Laborde 1 while Ajay Delpesche successfully managed 3 conversions. According to Union officials each try equals 5 points whereas a conversion only carries 2 points.…
Vincentian Ezra Hendrickson, newly appointed coach of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club, one of the franchised clubs that make up Major League Soccer (MLS) in the USA, has been reognised for his accomplishments by a Vincentian family. Hendrickson, a native of the south Leeward town of Layou on mainland St. Vincent was showered with appreciation for his recent accomplishment, when the Dopwell family, a well-known sporting and cultural family of Layou, presented him with a plaque. The plaque, a trademark work of local artisan Rowland ‘Scrapie’ Dopwell, is inscribed with the words: “In Appreciation of your accomplishments from the Dopwell…
Non-nationals are welcomed to these shores, but they must enter legally.Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett made this clear during a sitting of the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Monday. “You have to do things in accordance with the law. You cannot just jump on a speed boat and go to another man’s country like that,” the Senior Magistrate told Glen Joseph of St. Lucia before fining him a total of $1,200 forthwith, after Joseph pleading guilty to four charges of illegal entry. Joseph was charged with that on October 13, 2021, at Chateaubelair, while being a prohibited immigrant, entered the state without…
According to the Leader of SVG Green Party, Warrant Officer Ivan Bertie O’Neal BSc (Hons), MSc, MBA, it was a big and significant mistake for our governments to build six airports in SVG, but not one university.All these airports built in SVG were meant to create a strong economy in SVG. However, we have seen that having all these airports has not created a strong economy. The focus on tourism as a source of revenue has kept our country poor and led to high levels of crime, unemployment and poverty. From day one, SVG Green Party insisted that having our…
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVPF) has recruited 100 young persons, predominantly male, to train to become police officers. These recruits were hired recently following the government’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. Speaking on his Face-to-Face programme on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said 14 officers chose to abandon their jobs and therefore resigned and there were 32 in the year 2021 who took early retirement or resigned. “I suppose some of them did this because they decided they were not going to take the vaccine,” said Dr Gonsalves. But even as the RSVPF takes in new…
Greetings to one and all at the beginning of another year, 2022. It is my prayer that we would have a very productive year. Of course, we know that there would be challenges but, with the help of the Lord we will overcome the many challenges. As production and employment increase and as persons and businesses seek to advance themselves, a motor vehicle becomes a necessity. Motor vehicles serve both private and public needs. However, the cost to clear a vehicle at the CUSTOMS is far too high, to put it mildly. The cost of parts and other items are…
Grenada’s Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme earned approximately EC$150 million for 2021 which represents an increase of almost 40% when compared to the earnings from 2020. In 2020 the management of the programme had to switch to using technology to continue dealing with applications because of the difficulties created by the Covid-19 pandemic. “So, in 2021 where we are on trend to have an almost 40% increase in our revenue, we are looking at over 150 million. For 2022 we are looking ambitious, and we are going to be doing some things in that area, we looking to bring this…
by JP Schwmon #SituationUpdates Persons across St. Vincent and the Grenadines can now test for the COVID-19 virus in the comfort of their own homes. Although this new approach is being rolled out for a temporary period, local health authorities would accept the results –an official Health Ministry release confirms. The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment advised, “that home rapid antigen tests should be accepted as sufficient for the diagnosis of COVID-19” between January 3 – January 17. During that time no further testing would be required if anyone presents a positive rapid antigen home test result. Positive…