Crown Counsel Karim Nelson, on Tuesday, agreed with at least one of the grounds for appeal presented by Kay Bacchus-Baptiste on behalf of her clients Althea, Crystal and Pastor Nigel Morgan. Nelson told the Supreme Court that he agreed with the joint appellants’ Counsel that the custodial sentences imposed by Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett were excessive. Burnett presided over the Morgan’s trial which ran for some 2 years after they were charged with one count each of causing grievous bodily harm in April 2016, to which they pleaded not guilty. The couple, along with Crystal their daughter who was 22…
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The digital payments landscape in the Caribbean has a relatively new entrant that is already expanding its reach by introducing a multi-currency feature in March 2020. Squeeze Cash, an Eastern Caribbean-based fintech start-up founded in 2019, provides mobile payment solutions currently to more than 2800 individuals and over 100 small and medium businesses primarily in St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Saint Lucia. In a recent interview with ANN, Co-founder and Chief Executive Kenrick Quashie said “Squeeze Cash will be able to process transactions in all of the currencies of the English-Speaking Caribbean, including the US dollar. This is in…
Sources say at least 80% of the more than one hundred persons on the National Lotteries Authority payroll are prepared to take industrial action to have their issues addressed. The threatened sick-out was intended to run for the maximum 2 days employers are obligated to give to any employee without a doctor’s note. Or as long as it would take to have their immediate demand – to convene talks with senior NLA management – satisfied. Employees at the National Lotteries Authority span several groupings. They include workers at the Victoria Park facilities, security personnel, janitors, collection officers/sales agents, general staff…
On Sunday February 23, 2020 officers from the SVG Coast Guard Service, the Narcotics Unit and the Rapid Response Unit of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) conducted a successful joint operation in the Prospect area. During the operation the following items were seized: two (2) Glock 17 pistols and one (1) .357 Magnum revolver; twenty (20) rounds of .223 ammunition; six (6) rounds of .357 ammunition; twelve (12) rounds of .9mm ammunition; two (2) Glock 17 magazines and 3014 grammes of cocaine which is equivalent to just over 3 kilos of cocaine. Four (4) male…
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a report of attempted murder on a 67-year-old Legal Clerk of Cane Hall on 21.02.2020. According to investigations, on 21.02.2020 an unknown male assailant with the intent to commit the act of murder on the virtual complainant shot her in the face and chest with a gun. The incident occurred at Cane Hall. Police are therefore seeking the assistance of the public in obtaining any information that will lead to the apprehension and prosecution of the offender(s) in this matter. Persons with information are asked to contact the ACP in charge of Crime at…
The Trump administration has listed five Caribbean countries among 84 worldwide that are eligible for H-2A and H-2B visa programmes that allow US employers to bring foreign nationals to the US to fill temporary agricultural and nonagricultural jobs, Caribbean National Weekly reports. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State (DOS), said the five Caribbean countries are eligible to participate in the programmes in 2020. The Caribbean countries are Barbados, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica and St Vincent and the Grenadines. But USCIS said while the Dominican Republic is…
At the centre of the currently brewing storms on the local political front is an accusation leveled by Dr. Godwin Friday in his capacity of Opposition Leader in the House of Parliament. This accusation was later echoed by Jomo Sanga Thomas in his near 20 years old weekly newspaper column dubbed “Explosive Outtakes from Budget Debate.” Dr. Friday is also President of the New Democratic Party and was at the time delivering his response to the 2020 Budget Debates. Since then and particularly following Thomas’ publication, the Opposition Leader convened a media briefing where he detailed the basis of his…
The Belmont Government School celebrated its Numeracy, Literacy and Spanish week from Monday 17 – Friday 21 February. The week kicked off with the school’s celebration of numeracy as promoted by the theme “Maths in Focus, One Concept at a Time.” On Monday students were all encouraged to make “class presentations on the Mathematical strands,” school principal Suzette Charles-Williams told Asbert News Network. As such, each class displayed one of the five mathematical concepts. Then on Tuesday the children marched around the grounds, chanting the theme in a lively Math Parade. ‘Where Fantasy can Become Reality’ was the theme through…
A karaoke event became the scene of this country’s 2nd homicide, as this new decade grows older. Reports are that 54 years old Henry ‘Busta’ Parsons of Long Piece, North Union succumbed to chop wounds allegedly inflicted by fellow villager Frankie Joseph said to be in his 40’s. Reports are that 54 years old Henry ‘Busta’ Parsons of Long Piece, North Union succumbed to chop wounds allegedly inflicted by fellow villager Frankie Joseph said to be in his 40’s. Both men were patronizing a local groceries and rum shop, which was hosting the event last Friday evening. According to a…
An uncharacteristic on-air outburst reverberated around radio audiences on Thursday and it is currently making its way around social media. New Democratic Party’s talk show host, Clemroy Bert Francois was at the time conducting the day’s business live on BDS NICE Radio. The details coming to ANN are that a presentation made by Member of Parliament for North Leeward Roland ‘Patel’ Matthews at a recent village level political rally was being rebroadcast during the Party’s on-air ‘New Times’ program as is customary, according the NDP public relations officer Laverne King. The presentation, in part, was in itself a rebroadcast of…