The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), with the support of the British High Commission and the US Embassy for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, embarked on The Sentencing Guidelines Initiative aimed at promoting and streamlining the Court’s approach to sentencing across its nine-member jurisdiction. The first set of Sentencing Guidelines were officially launched on 17th September, 2019 and came into effect on 1st October, 2019. On 30th July 2020, The Hon. Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, LL.D Chief Justice and two other judges issued the second set of Sentencing Guidelines which comprises the following: Guidelines for Firearm Offences; Re-issued guidelines for Drug…
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The annual summer road cleaning programme is scheduled to begin on Thursday August 6, 2020. The initiative spearheaded by BRAGSA, will see the employment of over five thousand persons island-wide. This will include 395 gangs and 892 jobbers, who will be responsible for the cutting of trees, and cleaning of roads in all 15 constituencies over the next two weeks. Contracts will also be given to over 150 truckers and conductors. The programme is being done at an estimated cost of 2.5 million EC dollars. BRAGSA is therefore appealing to motorists and pedestrian to take the necessary precautions during this…
On the 30th of July 2020, I was pleased and honoured to be a panelist alongside other Chevening Scholars and distinguished UK and/or US anti-trafficking professionals, who made very informative and insightful presentations during an online webinar on Zoom to commemorate World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Human trafficking is a very serious issue. It is a crime. It is a violation of an individual’s human rights. It is a form of modern-day slavery taking place all over our world today. Human trafficking oftentimes occurs across multiple states or national borders. Therefore, its effects can be felt in nearly every…
An unnamed police officer, said to be assigned to the so-called “Special Branch” of the Royal SVG Police Force was supposedly discovered attempting to surreptitiously record the private discussions of the New Democratic Party’s East Saint George constituency delegates meeting. NDP spokesperson Clemroy ‘Bert’ Francois made the revelation as part of the Thursday July 30 New Times episode. The weekday politically charged talk-show airs on NICE Radio. Francois told listeners, “the New Democratic Party had a function last night in East St. George. It was a private function, it was a delegates function; not even NDP supporters generally were allowed…
Phillip Jackson, while speaking on Asbert News Network and ITFX Digital Solutions’ Facebook live talk show ‘On D Spot’, outlined a number of ideas that he hopes to implement in Marriaqua, if he is nominated by the New Democratic Party to contend, and eventually wins, the next general elections constitutionally due here by March 2021. He is coming up against three other persons who have also offered their services to represent the New Democratic Party, the main political Opposition force in SVG. Academically versed, Jackson – a scientist and innovation specialist – is currently pursuing a Phd. in economic development…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines today confirmed one (1) new COVID-19 case. This case arrived on American Airlines (AA) 945 flight on August 1, 2020 and the individual has been isolated since receipt of their preliminary positive result. The Vincentian national is doing well and has no symptoms typical of coronavirus. All of the other one hundred and two (102) AA 945 passengers who arrived from Miami on Saturday August 1, 2020, are in mandatory quarantine, and will be tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus between day four (4) and five (5) of quarantine. The two Vincentians who tested positive for…
Antiguans & Barbudans travelling to Barbados must now have a negative PCR test in order to do so. This after reports in the Barbados Nation and Buzz Caribbean suggesting that the island was dropped from Barbados’s travel bubble. In a statement on Monday Barbados said that only CARICOM nationals from St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Grenada would be allowed to enter Barbados without needing to do a COVID-19 PCR test prior to or on arrival to Barbados. last month, Barbados’ travel bubble included: Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Anguilla, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire,…
Cricket Australia has postponed a home Twenty20 series against West Indies as it moves closer to getting the green light for next month’s limited-overs tour of England. Australia were slated to play West Indies in matches on 4, 6 and 9 October as part of their preparation for the T20 World Cup. The postponement of that has prompted the international schedule to be overhauled with the most notable change being that the Indian Premier League, which will now run from 19 September until 10 November in the UAE. CA and the West Indies Cricket Board have agreed to delay this…
The members of the RSVGPF have been thrown in a state of mourning for the fourth (4th) time for the year. This is due to passing of Police Constable 918 Shorn Alphanzo Westfield of Campden Park. PC Westfield died on Sunday August 2, 2020 at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH). Prior to his enlistment into the RSVGPF on August 7, 2013, the deceased was employed as a Port Security Officer with the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority (SVGPA). After the management function of port security was ceded to the RSVGPF, Constable Westfield remained at the Port with…
An outpouring of grief has marred the 4th day of August as news of Jerry George’s unexpected death makes the rounds on social media. George was a communications specialist who grew more passionate, of late, about getting the astute Caribbean citizen “information ready” on a daily basis. To that end he produced and hosted a weekday Facebook live interview styled talk-show dubbed ‘Early In The Morning With Jerry S. George.’ Apparently George died while hosting the August 4 edition which he entitled Thoughtful Tuesdays as per his regular programming. This last episode was largely carried by Beverley Sinclair a Grenadian…