By Unity Labour Party Introduction During the debate in the House of Assembly, on the 2020 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, the Minister of Finance, Hon. Camillo Gonsalves unveiled a very innovative initiative, “PRYME,” (Promoting Youth Micro Enterprise), intended to foster the entrepreneurial spirit of our youths. While members of the opposition NDP in their presentations spoke positively of PRYME, when the time came to vote on the Bill, there was a loud “NAY!” from the Leader of the Opposition, Dr. The Hon. Godwin Friday, trumpeting their rejection of the Bill. Indeed, not a single member of the Opposition present,…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)— Brazil passed the bleak milestone of one million coronavirus cases Friday, reporting a new one-day record number of infections as the pandemic continues to surge in Latin America’s largest country. The health ministry said it had recorded 54,771 new infections, a jump it said was largely due to “instability” in its reporting system during the week, which meant some states were reporting figures from multiple days at once. That brought the total number of infections in Brazil to 1,032,913, with 48,954 deaths – second only to the United States worldwide. Experts say under-testing means the…
The calculated murder of Black people in the United States have captured the attention of the entire world. People are shocked into a reality that black people are forced to live every day. They saw Ahmaud Arbery running down a street and shot to death by two white men; they saw George Floyd strangled to death by a white police officer, even as he beseeched him to remove his knee from his neck, with the plaintive plea ‘I can’t breathe’; and they saw pictures of two black men hanging by the neck from trees in Texas in the year 2020.…
Stealing $225 from a co-worker has triggered a criminal record for 20-year-old Neeka Jack of Campden Park, and the possibility of him losing his job. Appearing at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday, Jack pleaded guilty to stealing $225 from Jarron Fox of Largo Height. The facts, as presented by Court Clerk Corporal Atnel Ash revealed that both men were employed at the Packaging Department of the St. Vincent Brewery at Campden Park. On June 12, Fox received his pay package of $240 from the Company. He took out $15, and put the remaining $225 in a bag which he…
Caribbean Online Weather 7:00 pm – Jun 19, 2020 Three significant areas of strong thunderstorms presently building about 120 miles east of #Martinique and about 150 miles east of #Barbados with this update Scattered moderate convection is also noted mainly over and or around Barbados and east of the entire #WindwardIslands moving westward
Caribbean Online Weather-11:00 am – Jun 19, 2020 The axis of a #tropicalwave is presently from over the Virgin Islands southward to over the Caribbean Sea and Venezuela. Two more tropical waves are over the Atlantic Ocean, one from just east of the #LesserAntilles and the other about 900 miles west of the African mainland moving westward. Conditions associated with the wave just east of the Lesser Antilles are already affecting areas within the CAI with scattered clouds and showers in some areas and an increase in conditions can be expected over and or around some islands this afternoon through…
Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the post of Deputy Director of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Community College.QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCEApplicants should have:A Master’s degree or higher and extensive relevant experience;Strong administrative skills and organisational ability;Good knowledge of administrative procedures, including within an institution of higher learning;A minimum of five (5) years in a senior administrative position;Strong computer skillsKnowledge of the online and distance learning environmentExperience in planning and development;Experience in budgetingOutstanding team building skills Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe Deputy Director of the Community College will be responsible for the following:to monitor the quality of teaching and learning…
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and Finance Minister Camilo Gonsalves, in a supposedly impromptu father and son tag team, slammed the New Democratic Party’s campaign promise to engender sustainable progress for local entrepreneurs through that Party’s intended investment in a financial institution that would provide business persons with investment capital on a non-commercial basis, should they attain political office. The NDP’s elections 2020 proposal to create another development bank came under fire at the recent ceremony held to recognize the latest successful Promoting Youth Micro-Enterprises (PRYME) and Promoting Your Micro-Enterprises Plus (PRYME Plus) grant programme applicants as well as to…
Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne has warned 26-year-old Jahmol Carter of the possible damaging effect of a skin cream he stole from Coreas/Hazells Pharmacy in Kingstown on Monday. Appearing before Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne, at the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday, Carter pleaded guilty to stealing one Precious Ultra Brightening Gel, a cream used to brighten the skin, commonly called ‘bleaching’. The security guard at the business place who had kept Carter under observation, intercepted him with the cream in his pants pocket, as he was about to leave the Pharmacy around 9:20 a.m. Carter told the Court he wanted to…
“Education is the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world,” Nelson Mandela. If education is to be used as a weapon of change, what are the ammunitions needed to enable us to effectively bring about positive student outcomes in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, thus putting us on the path of job creation and economic success? In the New Democratic Party (NDP), we envisage the creation of a whole new world filled with ammunitions to capture the creativity of our young people, giving opportunities to all to reach their full potential. We must re-engineer our education…