It is vital to the future of our country and our people that SVG has its own Science and Technology University. This is necessary to stop generational poverty and to lift our country into prosperity with a strong economy. Presently, the economy in SVG is virtually dead. The main route to a university education for young people in SVG is to go abroad, either to Taiwan or to one of The UWI Campuses. But these routes are not accessible by most people as the living expenses are so high. Only the rich can afford this. Poorer families have had to…
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By Jomo Thomas Dr. Beckles was ‘ambushed’ last Wednesday during a meeting of the Caribbean Reparations Commission (CRC). Earl Bousquet, St Lucia Reparations Committee, and Prof. Verene Shepperd, Caribbean Reparations Research Centre, Mona Campus were the ring leaders. Other plotters included PM of SVG Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Dorbrene O’ Marde of Antigua, David Commissiong and Mighty Gabby of Barbados, Cikiah Thomas and Glenroy Watson of the Global African Congress residing in Toronto and London, Carla Astaphan of the St Kitts Reparations Committee and Artley Gill of the Grenada Reparations Committee, among others. Dr. Beckles was honoured for his 41 unbroken…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed twenty-three (23) new COVID-19 cases. Eight (8) of the results are from samples taken on February 10th, ten (10) from February 11th and two (2) from February 12th. One of the positive cases from February 12th is that of a traveler who arrived with a negative RT-PCR test and tested positive on quarantine day 6. Three of the cases reported today were detected by rapid antigen testing during Flu clinic screening on January 18th, February 5th and February 11th. There are now one thousand, two hundred and sixty-four (1264) local cases of COVID-19.…
Cloudiness across our northernmost Grenadine Islands during this afternoon was maintained by a wake cloud off Barbados west coast. The Atlantic High Pressure System continues to be the dominant feature across the island chain and on its southern edge; lower-level clouds occasionally converge with weak pulses in the wind-flow triggering a few showers across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). A patch of Saharan dust moving with the wind-flow could create slight haze across our area from Sunday night to Monday night. Moderate to fresh (`~ 25 – 35 km/h) east north-easterly trades could occasionally increase near 40 km/h across…
Jamaican national, Linford George Robinson, who pleaded guilty on 11.2.2021 for possession of an AR-15 rifle and 60 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition has been sentenced. On Friday February 12, 2021, Chief Magistrate, Ms. Rechanne Browne sentenced Robinson to a term of imprisonment of five (5) years and four (4) months for possession of the prohibited firearm and two (2) years for possession of the prohibited rounds of ammunition. The sentences are to run concurrently. Robinson was also ordered to be removed from St. Vincent and the Grenadines after the completion of his sentences. Robinson was arrested by members of the…
Introduction During the debate on the 2021 Budget in the Parliament, the Minister of Finance, Hon Camillo Gonsalves, presented what is unquestionably a budget crafted for the challenging times that our country is experiencing. This week’s article would share some excerpts of the 2021 Budget presentation with particular focus on Agriculture, Fisheries and the Blue economy, Tourism and Poverty reduction. Agriculture and fisheries and the blue economy Despite COVID-19 related delays, the Government expects to construct and procure equipment for a modern arrowroot processing facility at Orange Hill in 2021. Half of the estimated $9.7 million for the arrowroot industry…
As St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Senior Men’s Football team – Vincy Heat, prepares for the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers, Head Coach Kendale Mercury wants the general public to be “realistic” about the team’s chances. Mercury stated emphatically that his team does not have what it takes at this juncture to qualify for the World Cup finals, but there are other achievable goals. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is placed in Group C, alongside Guatemala, Curacao, Cuba and the British Virgin Islands. The Vincentians are set to play Curacao in Curacao on 25th March and host the British Virgin Islands…
Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett has laid down the ‘law’ aimed at ensuring greater efficiency and effectives at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court, where he presides. It is not going to be business as usual at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court, once Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett presides there. The Senior Magistrate made this clear during a sitting of that Court on Monday, as he outlined a number of measures he has in place to ensure greater efficiency and effectiveness. “The Court is going to manage the matters so there will no longer be automatic adjournments. “Excuses that were given in the past will…
Attorney Kay Bacchus-Baptiste, lawyer representing social activist Luzette King, is of the view that the decision to bring an immigration charge against her client last weekend, was political. “This is not about immigration or COVID-19 protocols. This is clearly political,” Bacchus-Baptiste said King, a resident of Mesopotamia, appeared before Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne during a virtual hearing on Monday. She pleaded not guilty and was granted $2,000 bail with one surety. She was expected to return to Court yesterday (Thursday) when a determination was expected to be made as to whether she will continue to quarantine at the government designated…
(Excerpts of Dr Friday’s Budget Presentation) General state of the country We face major challenges: the biggest is COVID-19 pandemic; the threat of volcanic eruption which Dr. Robertson said could happen without warning, though hopefully there will be enough time to get people out; higher than usual rates of infection and death from dengue fever, a preventable disease, eight (8) persons have died, including children and an uncertain hurricane season which begins in five (5) months. We keep comforting ourselves by acknowledging that we are blessed, but we must not be complacent. The risk is there and we must prepare…