Fri, Oct 23, 2020 Last Tuesday’s incident at Rillan Hill, where shots rang out and stones were pelted at opposition supporters, represents a dangerous escalation in the war for political turf and the minds of the voters. Both parties should swiftly condemn the reckless display of force and attempts at intimidation. Our analysis of the 5 toss-up constituencies created quite a row. Those who think the elections are already in the bag scoffed at our conclusions. They said we were biased and offered too harsh a commentary. We have no horse in the race and present only objective and truthful…
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Last Saturday saw the return of the Bomb Competition for steel orchestras here. Rolled out in a virtual format, it was the turn of the South East Steel Orchestra to take winning kudos. The orchestra rendered an Akeam Hanaway arranged interpretation of the song ‘Dancing Queen’, a perennial favourite by ABBA, to defeat five other steel orchestras. Second place went to the National Properties Epic, who did the ‘Greatest Love of All’ made popular by a number of sola artistes, including the late Whitney Houston. Completing the top three places was the Symphonix Steel Orchestra who performed ‘Killing Me Softly’…
July 11, 1980 – October 19, 2020 The Board of Directors, Committee members, Management and staff of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Co-operative Credit Union Ltd. were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our dear brother Trelson Mapp. Trelson was a proud member of the Credit Union and served on the Education Committee from 2015 – 2017 and as a Director from 2017 serving in the capacity of Treasurer and then as Assistant Secretary Treasurer to the time of his passing. Bro. Trelson became a member of the TCCU after its amalgamation with the Barrouallie Co-operative…
Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief selector Roger Harper insists he is keeping a watchful eye on the situation surrounding all-rounder Andre Russell after the player decided to spurn the team’s invitation to tour New Zealand because he needed time to ‘clear his head.’ The 32-year-old’s choice could be looked upon as quite a reasonable one given his recent struggles, particularly in this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL). According to reports, however, Russell was recently drafted to take part in the Lankan Premier League, which will begin on November 21 and roughly take part at the same time as the team’s…
The Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) has conducted soil testing at the decommissioned E.T Joshua Airport for the newly proposed hospital building. Percolation tests were carried out to determine the water absorption rate of the soil. The results will be used to design the septic system. Similar tests have been done at the proposed site of Holiday Inn Express in Diamond and the Diamond Athletics track.
The Commonwealth group of nations has issued a statement about the situation in Nigeria, saying it is following with deep concern the alarming reports of attacks on demonstrators in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria. Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said the secretariat was in close communication with the Nigerian Government and called for an end to all violence and restoration of peace in the country. She said: “The Commonwealth strongly condemns the escalation of violence resulting in deaths in Lekki district in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria. The right to peaceful demonstrations and freedom of assembly are constitutionally…
The Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) has completed road repairs in Block 2000, Central Kingstown. The project saw the resurfacing of 1488 feet of road in the vicinity of the Starlift Steel Orchestra Pan yard, and the Baptist church. It was done over a 6 weeks period at a cost of $193, 000.
TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, October 22, 2020 – The British Virgin Islands Airport Authority announces that, on the directive of the Government of the BVI, that Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, will reopen to commercial passenger traffic on Tuesday, December 1st, 2020, at 7 a.m. The BVI airports were closed to incoming traffic on March 22nd, 2020, in a bid to prevent the importation and spread of the COVID-19 virus. Since then, the pandemic, which has affected over 7 million people throughout the world, killing over a quarter of a million of them, has largely been contained in the Territory.…
LIAT will return to the skies on Independence Day in its first inaugural commercial flight since restructuring began in June. The flight will leave VC Bird International Airport in Coolidge, Antigua, and arrive at the Melville Hall Airport in Marigot, Dominica, on November 1 – a fitting gesture between the two shareholder countries that have long since shared close ties. The information was made public following a meeting between the administrator Cleveland Seaforth and members of Antigua and Barbuda’s Cabinet. “I think it’s going to give a signal to the industry that they intend to return,” Cabinet spokesman Melford Nicholas…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Questions swirled Thursday about the origins of Pope Francis’ bombshell comments endorsing same-sex civil unions, with all evidence suggesting he made them in a 2019 interview that was never broadcast in its entirety. The Vatican refused to comment on whether it cut the remarks from its own broadcast or if the Mexican broadcaster that conducted the interview did. And it didn’t respond to questions about why it allowed the comments to be aired now in the documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday. In the movie, which was shown at the Rome Film Festival, Francis said gay people…