The Commissioner of Police, Gazetted officers and other ranks of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force wishes to express profound sadness on the sudden death of an exemplary and dedicated Police Officer, Police Constable 364 George, a serving member of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force. George passed away at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019. We wish to extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to his family during this time of sorrow and bereavement. Our Prayers and thoughts are also with his family and the Royal St. Vincent and…
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Passports and Immigration Department stage border security workshop Recognizing that the role of securing the borders of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a pivotal duty for Immigration officers, the Passports and Immigration Department has moved to ensure that its workers are properly equipped to handle the task. Two this end the department commenced on Tuesday March 5 th 2019, a two-day border security workshop under the theme: “Forging Ahead with Determination. Acting Chief Immigration Officer, Beverly Walker in her remarks pointed out that one of the mandates of the Passports and Immigration Department is that of “continual training of…
By JOMO SANGA THOMAS I am sitting at my desk at the Malmaison Hotel in Oxford, England thinking about my homeland. Oxford is a thinking town, a place for deep and reflective thought. The Malmaison is an interesting place. For more than 300 years, until 1996, it served as a prison. For centuries, its inmates years were persons who could pay their debts. But Since the turn of the century the Malmaison has been turned into a snazzy hotel. The Organization of American States (OAS) invited me to a conference on CyberSecurity and Strengthening the Democratic Process. Among the topics…
P Members of the local constabulary have over the past two days been engaged in a two-day training workshop aimed at sharpening their communication Skills. The workshop is the first in a series to be held by the Royal St.Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force and was held under the theme; new perspectives towards greater relations, reinforcing effective communication as a force for change, opened on Tuesday at the conference room of the Fisheries department Head of the Public Relations and Complaints Department of the Royal St.Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVP) Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Junior Simmons…
THE GUARDIAN – A man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of HIV after he received a bone marrow transplant from a virus-resistant donor, his doctors said. Almost three years after receiving bone marrow stem cells from a donor with a rare genetic mutation that resists HIV infection – and more than 18 months after he came off antiretroviral drugs – highly sensitive tests still show no trace of the man’s previous HIV infection. “There is no virus there that we can measure. We can’t detect anything,” said Ravindra Gupta, a professor and HIV…
The Government of Thailand through the Royal Thai Embassy in Ottawa is offering certificate and master’s degree programmes under the Thailand International Postgraduate Programs (TIPP) for 2019. The full-time scholarship is being offered to five (5) eligible Vincentians from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to pursue studies in Thailand. The programmes of choice are among a wide range of development-related areas including Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP), Climate Change, Food Security, Public Health, Primary Health Care Management, Environmental Management and Sustainable Energy Management. The Scholarship programmes ranges from 1 – 2 years. Interested persons are kindly asked to contact the Service…
After living on a piece of land situated in Calliaqua for over fifty (50) years, Eleen Ashton is complaining that she is about to be evicted and that Vinlec is expected to disconnect the electricity today so that the house can be demolished. In an interview with ANN on the weekend, Ashton said her house was destroyed by fire in 2000 and she had to seek residence elsewhere. She said that two years after the house was burnt former school teacher F I Jack of Ratho Mill approached her and offered to sell her the property. She said she went…
Regional airline LIAT could go belly-up in the next ten days unless CARICOM can find it a $10 million lifeline. The faltering airline needs an immediate cash injection of about US$5 million to keep flying or it could cease to operate soon. Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds has also sent a warning shot that Barbados won’t be the lone ATM machine for the cash-strapped airline. “The hour of decision has finally come,” Symmonds told the Saturday Sun last night while confirming that Barbados, as the major shareholder in LIAT, remained interested in keeping the airline running, but that other island…
LIAT, The Caribbean Airline will continue flying across the region. This statement comes from the Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Julie Reifer- Jones in response to recent media reports about the airline. She is reassuring passengers that the airline will continue to operate in a safe and efficient manner to provide connectivity and service to the region. Mrs. Reifer-Jones noted that while the airline is in a challenging financial situation, LIAT has continued flying through the region with support from its principal shareholders: the Governments of Barbados, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Dominica. She noted, however, that…
Teachers from 12 primary schools from vulnerable communities across the country have received special training under a learning enhancement nutrition support programme organised by the Zero Hunger Trust Fund. The two-day workshop which took place on the 28th February and 1st March saw emphasis being placed on reading. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Zero Hunger Trust Fund Laura Anthony Browne, in her remarks at the opening of the workshop said the trust fund was established with the aim of eradicating hunger in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, an objective consistent with the target established by the United Nations sustainable…