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“When people lie you have to held them accountable [sic] because if they continue their lying ways and you don’t correct them people might believe it’s true.”So said North Leeward Member of Parliament Roland “Patel” Matthews, at the time speaking to his constituents at the second meeting in a series of political crusades held on Monday nights across the constituency.He proceeded to debunk claims Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves made at his party’s constituency conference also hosted in North Leeward  that previous Sunday evening. First amongst the claims on Matthews’ hit list was the Prime Minister’s much mentioned reference to…

Members of the local constabulary are again engaged in investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct involving three minors. Confirmed reports are that the three victims are still attending primary school and are in Grades 5 and 6.This time two men are said to be the alleged perpetuators; one of whom is said to be in Form 3 while the other is in his 50’s, sources told ANNActing on a tip from a concerned parent in the North Leeward community where the crimes are said to have been committed, ANN sought police confirmation and was reliably informed “investigations are ongoing.”The children,…

The 26th Meeting of the Caribbean Forum of the African and Pacific States Wrapped up here recently with discussion on many issues including BREXIT and its implications for CARIFORUM countries. Speaking during a very short press briefing at the conclusion of the meeting on Friday January 17th, 2020 then Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Louis Straker disclosed that other matters addressed at the meeting included: the EPA, ECPE Post Cotonou Relations, Caribbean Export Development Agency and Caribbean Regional Information and Translation Institution CRITI among other issues.   Highlighting one of the meeting’s primary focus, Director General…

Booming tourism and Citizenship by Investment credited for growth (Source- CARIBBEAN BUSINESS REPORT)A new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) from the United Nations has found the Commonwealth of Dominica to be the fastest growing economy in the entire Latin America and the Caribbean region in 2019. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean The island’s gross domestic product (GDP) is said to have jumped up by nine per cent, attributed to Citizenship by Investment (CBI), soaring tourism numbers and public sector construction. Foreign investors sought to obtain second citizenship from Dominica…

The Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Sports is continuing their collaborative effort to execute sporting activities within the schools in SVG The 2020 Athletic season was launched on Monday January 20 th with a press conference at Victoria Park in which the media was brought up to date on the sporting disciplines to be executed this School term as well as the commencement date for each discipline. The season is expected to serve off with Volley ball on Friday, January 24th, 2020 2:30 pm at the Girls High School (GHS) hard court. The 2020 Cricket championships will see split…

The Royal Mill luxury resort beach club and residences, is now set to begin construction, after a grand groundbreaking ceremony, hosted jointly by Invest SVG and A&A Capital. The ceremony was held on Tuesday January 21st, 2020, at the location of the Royal Mill site, the former Boyea residence in Ratho Mill, on the southern tip of mainland St Vincent. The ceremony climaxed with the unveiling of artistic renderings of the resort complex, preceded by various cultural performances and speeches from A&A executives and government ministers, including area representative for East St. George Hon. Camillo Gonsalves, Minister of Tourism Hon. Cecil…

In a media conference on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dr. Gonsalves lauded a recently launched charter of patients’ rights and responsibilities as one of the hallmarks of his government’s commitment in the delivery of top quality health care to Vincentians. Dr Gonsalves prefaced his remarks with reference to the suspicious death of Pole Yard resident Arnott Hope. Who died on December 28th after undergoing surgery at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. According to the account of the circumstances surrounding Hope’s death as reported on annsvg.com “Hope was shot in the groin in his yard last Friday afternoon, underwent surgery and by…

Tuesday 21st January marked the opening of the assizes at Kingstown’s High Court. Amidst the arraignments and, loosely defined, jury orientation that marked the first official business day of the most serious locally available Court, came a quiet yet profound observation from defence attorney Grant Connell. “We often say justice delayed is justice denied, but what of those who can’t access justice?” Connell queried. His comments came as Justice Brian Cottle took leave to inform several of the accused appearing before him of procedural matters, in particular the benefit of a guilty plea if it comes down to sentencing. “……

Another day of preliminary inquiry into the chopping death of Wayne Fitzgerald Gregory Morris ended at the Kingstown Serious Offenses Court on Monday 20th January. The Court, presided over by Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne, recorded several depositions regarding the fatal incident which occurred at Byera on Friday 26th October 2018. Amongst those deposed were longtime pathologist at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital morgue, Dr. Child, who concluded his observations with the expert opinion that “extreme force” was used to inflict the life ending wounds to which the victim succumbed. Also taking the stand was Romano Moore whose opportunistic voyeurism brought…

BRIDGETOWN, Bar­ba­dos – The Caribbean Foot­ball Union (CFU) on Mon­day an­nounced that Ca­ma­ra David has been ap­point­ed by the Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee as the or­ga­ni­za­tion’s Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, ef­fec­tive Feb­ru­ary 1, 2020. David pre­vi­ous­ly served as the Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion (TTFA) where he was re­spon­si­ble for the tech­ni­cal and ad­min­is­tra­tive op­er­a­tions of the TTFA in­clu­sive of 15 na­tion­al teams and over 40 em­ploy­ees. In his role as Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary, David will act as the chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of the CFU, lead­ing its dai­ly busi­ness and op­er­a­tions. “The ap­point­ment of Ca­ma­ra David, a bright, en­er­getic Caribbean na­tion­al…