Kingstown, St. Vincent – World Pediatric Project (WPP) recently hosted its first dual mission for 2020 with a ten member team of highly qualified specialist between Ophthalmology and Plastic Surgery. The Dual Mission was led and headed by a best-friend duo who have been coming to St.Vincent and the Grenadines for the last 20 years. Dr. Donna Brown was the lead ophthalmologist while Dr. Nadia Blanchet led the Plastic surgery team at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. A team of ten qualified specialist ranging from pediatric ophthalmologist, plastic surgeons, pediatric anesthesiologist, registered nurse anesthetist operating room nurse, registered nurse and…
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Get smart, Get safe – this was the slogan for two days of community awareness training spearheaded by the National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (NTRC), as part of efforts to sensitize businesses and the general public about online safety. Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Director of the NTRC Apollo Knights highlighted the objectives of the online safety training. Mr. Knights revealed that there is a website Getsafe online.vc which has been in operation since April 2019, funded by the United Kingdom Commonwealth Security Programme in partnership with the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines where individuals and businesses…
Police Officers stationed at the Calliaqua Police Station have made successful breakthroughs in a number of reported burglaries in the district. On Wednesday (Feb. 26), Police arrested and charged Winston Shallow, 30 year old labourer of Fair Hall, Philmore Ralph, 37 year old labourer of Fair Hall and Samuel Woods, 32 year old Labourer of Belair. They were charged for entering the dwelling house of Chadrick Carrington at Fair Hall as trespassers. According to a police report they stole three of items belonging to Chadrick Carrington. The stolen items were; One (1) black flat screen 32 inch smart Samsung television…
20 years old Angelique Alfred represented St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the annual Miss Caribe Pageant along with 5 other medical students attending the Latin American School of Medicine in Cuba. On Saturday 15 February, the former SVG Girls’ High School student walked away with the 1st Runner Up title after copping three of the contested categories at the Teatro Americana en Havana, Cuba. Wearing a Kimon Baptiste-St.Rose design ensured that Alfred dominated the Best Evening Wear category. She also wore swimwear designed by Anykha Sayers and won Best Costume while wearing another Piling Polard masterpiece. Angelique was also…
Police have arrested and charged Andy Medica, 25 years old Fisherman of Chateaubelair with the offences of Controlled Drugs, Drug Trafficking and Illegal Firearm and Ammunition Possession on 25.02.2020. Spawning from a joint operation in the Prospect area between the SVG Coast Guard Service and the Narcotics Unit on 23.02.2020, the accused man was met in possession of the following articles and charged with the following offences: (i) for having in his possession three thousand and fourteen (3014) grammes of Cocaine with the intent to supply it to another; (ii) for having in his possession three thousand and fourteen (3014)…
Imagine waking up at 4 a.m. to what sounds as if your front door is being smashed in. Imagine, armed and possibly dangerous strangers invading the sanctity of your private spaces and that these strangers are the very people you are most likely to turn to for help – the police. This was the scene that greeted Annette Dabreo two days before SVG celebrated its 40th anniversary of Independence last October. As the mother of two hearty sons tells it, by the time she was able to respond to the loud banging sounds at her sliding glass door “six police…
Two overturned convictions handed down by the Supreme Court here freed Nigel and Althea Morgan of their custodial sentences, with immediate effect. Crystal, their daughter, also benefitted from their joint appeal which the Supreme Court entertained on Tuesday. Her four years sentence was reduced to 3 as ordered by the presiding Justices of Appeal Davidson Kelvin Baptiste and Mario Michel as well as Acting Justice of Appeal Paul Anthony Webster. “We can sue for false imprisonment, you know? We can sue but I never advise people to do it because you went through a trial and that is how the…
By Anthony Stewart, PhD The individual is called Miss or Sir and if we attended school somewhere at some time, we sat at their feet to learn. While each teacher aspires to have students outperform them, instead as students we may have tried to outsmart them. As adults, we seem not to have learned our lesson and continue to try to outsmart our teachers. Some of us will discover that “our sin is sure to find us out”. While some try to learn by copying others’ work, it is the least recommended method. We would have come to understand that plagiarism has…
Thirty-six males are now better positioned to access the job market after successfully completing the Ministry of Education’s, Department of Adult and Continuing Education (DACE) in conjunction with UNESCO “Male Education and Empowerment Program”. The programme targeted unemployed males and offered training in Auto Mechanics, Electrical Installation, and Plumbing. It officially came to a close on Wednesday, 19th February, 2020 at the Fisheries Conference Room. In her welcome remarks, Director of the DACE Kathleen Jeffers, described the graduation ceremony as a special occasion and a time of celebration for the male participants. Jeffers disclosed that the initial idea was to…
“Flights are filled, hotel rooms are being filled up, vendors are shopping in preparation. One t-shirt printing business is blowing up with conch t-shirt sales!” an excited Union Island Tourist Board Chairman Stanton Gomes reports. All of this “economic stimulation” as hoped for by Chairman Gomes, in a previous ANN exclusive, “is already taking place” in anticipation of the inaugural Union Island Conch Festival. The local delicacy would be celebrated in a weekend long calendar of events. The producers saw fit to kick things off with an invitation for patrons to support local restaurants. As such conch lunches would be…