By Jolly Green. December 05, 2020 When we all remember that the Argyle airport was a three-year project that took nine years to complete, nine years was part of the stretch-it-out plan to keep the ULP in power during that time and to keep Ralph Gonsalves as the leader during that period. Then we should expect building a five-year city project will take twenty years, an excuse for the Gonsalves dynasty to remain as dictators during that whole period of those twenty years. A reason for a hand down of father to son within the dynasty, within the ULP, and…
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“There needs to be a shared vision, mission and philosophy…People and organisations need to have clearly defined roles and functions within the system, as too often, we have been focussing on stop gap methods and solving problems as they pop up, instead of proactive and making moves to get us to where we need to be,” Gordon espoused. As for players’ development, Gordon proffered, “We must develop players able to meet the demands of the sport at the highest level… Only a comprehensive player development process can help us to do this…Our aim should be to secure life-long players and…
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The head of the World Health Organization warned Friday that the poor risk being “trampled” as wealthy nations roll out COVID-19 vaccines, which he said should be a public good. Speaking at a virtual UN summit on the pandemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world was seeing “light at the end of the tunnel” in the nearly year-long COVID crisis. “But let me be clear. We simply cannot accept a world in which the poor and marginalised are trampled by the rich and powerful in the stampede for vaccines,” Tedros said. “This…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean countries were on Friday reporting increased cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) while reiterating the need for their nationals to follow the various measures and protocols aimed at curbing the spread of the virus that has killed thousands and infected a significant higher number in the Caribbean. In Barbados, a 25-year-old female, who came in on an American Airlines flight on November 30; and a 56-year-old male visitor, who arrived via Jet Blue on December 1, have tested positive. Both were asymptomatic. They were the only positive cases identified among the 406 tests conducted by the…
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on November 26 on the occasion of the opening of Coreas and Hazells’ Ace 2 and Coreas Pharmacy 2 at the now decommissioned E.T Joshua Airport, that a city cannot be built in five years. He chose to address the issue of the proposed city at Arnos Vale in response to the opposition New Democratic Party’s (NDP) claim which was highlighted in its 2020 election campaign, that the proposed project was a failed one. “And some people got sucked into that,” the Prime Minister said. “The fact of the matter is this: to plan…
Two men who were remanded after being charged with a recent burglary at the First St. Vincent Bank, have been granted bail. Soloman Laborde and Jason Williams, both of Long Wall, were each granted $25,000 bail with one surety when they returned to the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Friday, November 27. The two are jointly charged with entering the First St. Vincent Bank between November 14 and 15, 2020 and stealing $37,000 in cash. They are also jointly charged with damaging a window pane of the Bank, valued $900. When the men initially appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on…
Fri, Dec 04, 2020 “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Plain Talk follows with a disturbed heart the many utterings that come during and after elections. People lose their minds and say some of the wickedest things imaginable. Some of us may remember when our Prime Minister encouraged the development of rival supermarkets to challenge the hegemony of the Greaves and Bonadie supermarket chains. This call was greeted with wild cheers from a large section of the Gonsalves…
Introduction The first session of the new Parliament was convened on Monday 30th November, 2020 and was in many ways a proud moment for Vincentians and a reinforcement for the supporters of the Unity Labour Party, that SVG only has one progressive party. This was truly a history making Parliament, as a number of “first” can now be associated with this session, and the majority (governing) party that is responsible for those historic events. The new Parliament displays in unambiguous terms, the commitment of the ULP to the continued development and empowerment of our nation’s youth and women, by this…
The first session of the Eleventh Parliament was officially opened on Monday 30th November. The elected members and senators of the New Democratic Party (NDP) were sworn in. Supporters of the NDP were present to show support to their party. Dr. Friday and his team are cognizant of the responsibility that has been given to them and are committed to work assiduously to represent the majority of Vincentians, and to bring about the change that most Vincentians yearn for. Sadly, the 2020 general elections did not bring about the change that most Vincentians had voted for. That change has been…
Amidst some pomp and panache, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) last Thursday night at the Russell’s Auditorium, hosted its Awards Ceremony for the 2019/2020 National Club Championships. Taking the Most Goals award in the Second Division was Zidane Anderson of Richmond Hill. Pride and Joy’s Orlando Trimmingham and Emery Bailey of Largo Height shared a similar honour in the First Division,. The Premier Division’s top goal scorer was Zidaine Sam of Greiggs. Whilst there was no overall Most Valuable Player (MVP), there were MVPs awarded to a player from each of the clubs that competed in…