The lack of financial support might have been something of a challenge for the Union Island Conch Festival producers. But in no way could this permanently hinder the Union Island Tourist Board from executing its highly anticipated Conch Festival last weekend. Staton Gomes, Board Chairman, is confident given the experience this year that the “lack of cash sponsorship” endured for the inaugural production “would correct itself for next year because a lot of business are hyped now to get on board.” Gomes emphasized, “the Union Island businesses really came out and supported in kind contributions like hotels gave us rooms…
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“Right in the back here, there is a child – just about a year old – what is that child going to do without a mother and a father? He goes to prison – he should be hang in my estimation.” Such were the sentiments expressed by Gender Affairs Minister Frederick Stevenson last Sunday as he visited the family of this country’s latest homicide victim. Stephenson further issued an impassioned plea against the backdrop of the “unfortunate, gruesome killing” of 26 years old Park Hill resident Mickiesha Gumbs following the fatal altercation with her “on and off” boyfriend Vandyke ‘Dez’…
Hours following the brutal murder of preschool teacher, mother and sister Mickiesha Gumbs, her brother Japheth Gumbs came with inches of losing his life. On Sunday Gumbs, a practicing Rastafarian, told reporters, “After the whole scene go down… people was right up here until like say 9/10 O’ clock. After all that was said and done I was cooking at the same time me and my sister them was in the porch just talking about what transpired during the evening. “One of my pardna telling me now, ‘Rasta yo pot ah bun.’ So I was there and my bedroom is…
“Raising children is one of the toughest yet most fulfilling jobs in the world. And one for which you might feel the least prepared,” Chellise McPherson, Kingstown Anglican School’s guidance counselor told ANN recently. She was reporting on the benefits members of both the Kingstown Anglican and St. Mary’s Roman Catholic schools’ parent body gained from the most recent episode of parent training clinics being produced across St. Vincent and the Grenadines. According to McPherson, the primary goal of these two-days workshops is to equip parents with better child rearing skills. On February 25 and 27 the Ministry of Education’s…
In a recent media briefing, hosted at Cabinet Room in Kingstown, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves opined that 2 recently published videos that captured inmates at the Belle Isle prison of Her Majesty’s Prisons using contraband must have been facilitated by one or more prison officers. Dr. Gonsalves was at the time responding to questions posed with respect to the results of any investigations into the matter. “I’ve haven’t gotten the results but I personally called the Commissioner and I personally called the Superintendent of Prisons telling them the I would like to get the report now! The prisoners were breaking…
Four (4) students representing the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) would leave the state on Thursday 5th March, 2020 to compete in this year’s Windward Islands Debating Competition (WIDC). Zachary Richards, Casey DeFreitas, Deaney Gellizeau, and Haronese Collins would compete in the weekend long competition in Roseau, Dominica where they would address topics surrounding youth involvement in climate change, medicinal marijuana, and the political climate within the Caribbean. This year’s competition is hosted by the Dominica State College (DSC) and would see participation from students representing the various state colleges of St. Lucia, Grenada, St. Vincent &…
(SNO) – Relatives of a teenager of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who moved to Saint Lucia last year, are concerned about her whereabouts since they are not hearing from her. A relative told Saint Lucia News Online that Jatilda Umbris, 19, left her country for Saint Lucia in September last year to live with a lady but no one has heard from her since. “We have no form of contact for her, the last contact we had for the people she is living with is coming up unavailable,” the relative stated. To compound the situation, Umbris is said to be…
The members of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) and its auxiliary force are in mourning due to the death of a veteran senior police officer. On Tuesday March 3, 2020, former Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr. Daniel Hall died at his home in Lower Questelles (Rucher Bay) after a brief illness. Mr. Hall had a long and distinguished career as a police officer. He was first enlisted as Band Cadet on April 1, 1982. Having served in that capacity, he enlisted in the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force on January 10,…
Officials from Health Education England (HEE) conducted the 2nd phase of the one (1) week recruitment process of unemployed registered nurses to the United Kingdom from February 25 – 27, 2020. A total of forty-nine (49) candidates were shortlisted with a selection of 29 candidates who were offered a post at Leeds Teaching Hospitals in the United Kingdom, which has a large Caribbean diaspora. The twenty-nine (29) successful candidates will now go through various processes, inclusive of a series of assessments to become qualified to work as a registered nurse in the UK. This second cohort of nurses is expected…
PAHO – 3 Caribbean Countries Amongst Reported Positive COVID-19 Cases While the global tallies keep changing, the World Health Organization through its Pan American Health Organ announced on Sunday that at least 3 Caribbean countries have reported some 6 cases, in total, of the dreaded novel coronavirus (or COVID-19 as it’s been renamed). “In the region of the Americas… 3 cases in the Dominican Republic, 2 cases in St. Martin and 1 case in St. Bart’s,” PAHO’s Dr. Carissa F. Etienne reported. She is the public health expert in charge of the Washington D.C. based PAHO and was at the…