Just over a year after a Nissan car belonging to former Attorney General (AG) Carlyle Dougan Q.C. was destroyed by fire at Rivishi, the veteran lawyer is still seeking justice. Dougan, a former Magistrate and DPP here, told this publication that following the incident in April last year, he reported the matter at the Calliaqua Police Station, and identified five suspects to the police, but to date nobody has been charged. He said the vehicle was used by his wife Elma who died in 2015, and was parked in front of his second house located below his main house where…
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Kingsley ‘Hero’ Roberts, the man responsible for coordinating and conducting the annual training programme of the Starlift Steel Orchestra for almost four decades, is taking another step upwards. Roberts confirmed recently that having developed many teaching techniques over the years, he which will offer tutoring in both the practical and theoretical rudiments of music. “A music school has always been my ambition and I am moving ahead with its establishment,” Roberts related. The experienced Roberts, a member of the Starlift band for 46 years, noted that over the years, he has been able to develop training techniques that have resulted…
By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk”, July 10, 2020) “Self-reflection is welcome. But until we undo the structures that hold up anti-blackness across the world, injustice will persist.” — Momtaza Mehri These are new and hopeful times. So much has happened in the two months since George Floyd was murdered. Just like the Me Too Movement forced people to move beyond their complicity and inaction, the Black Lives Matter Movement is having a similar effect. Who would have believed that at the beginning of the year, people would be discussing the origins of the police force and demanding that it…
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday, the first time the president has been seen in public with the type of facial covering recommended by health officials as a precaution against spreading or becoming infected by the novel coronavirus. Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Washington to meet wounded service members and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients. As he left the White House, he told reporters: “When you’re in a hospital, especially … I think it’s expected to…
A tropical wave is crossing the island chain, with occasional showers across St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Instability with occasionally cloudy skies, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms can be expected tonight and lingering until late Sunday. Small craft-operators and persons with respiratory concerns should be aware; reduced visibility and air quality with thick haze is possible Sunday night. Thick Saharan dust concentrations are expected to reduce visibility, air quality and limit shower activity during Monday. By Monday night, lower-level clouds could be enhanced by upper-level features allowing shower activity, intermixed with hazy conditions, followed by another tropical wave across our…
Source : 268today.com By Lesroy Browne At least two of the four major shareholders of LIAT (Barbados and St. Vincent) have taken a decision to close and liquidate LIAT (1974) Ltd. Immediately and the Chair of the shareholder governments, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has indicated that he has been in talks with a number of airlines and named six airlines including Caribbean Airlines, One Caribbean, SVG Air, Inter Caribbean Airways, Air Antilles and Silver Airways to fill the void that will be left by the closure of LIAT. Although it is possible for the combined efforts of the six carriers…
Feature: Radikal Entertainment is a new business which aims to showcase and assist with the growth and development of talent like never seen before. The business was founded by Rawdica Stephen, who has over seven years experience in media and currently serves as a Senior News Reporter at the National Broadcasting Corporation/NBC Radio. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Major in Journalism and a Minor in Entertainment and Cultural Enterprise Management obtained at CARIMAC at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus. Stephen has always been a lover of music which fueled the passion to put…
What have they done to us? What scars have they left? I am still groping in the darkness! Where is the light? We are all aware of the many ills of slavery that the Black race has endured for more than 400 years. So, here we are today, still having to fight for our survival, still having to live in fear and uncertainty, even in our own home, still having to endure the brutal and deadly force of Police. They have had their knee on our neck and we still cannot breathe. Many of my Black Brethren have had experiences…
Five of the people on last Saturday’s Jet Blue repatriation flight, who tested negative on arrival, have now tested positive for COVID-19. The new cases were recorded following the twice-negative COVID test rule put in place for persons arriving Barbados from high risk areas. All of the passengers from that flight would have been in quarantine, as mandated by the Ministry of Health and Wellness, and constantly monitored. According to the Ministry, their positive testing now suggests the virus would have been contracted prior to arriving in Barbados, but would not have developed to the point where it was manifested…
Non-nationals who have been terminated from their job and are unable to find alternative work during the midst of COVID-19, are being asked to depart the BVI. Hon. Vincent Wheatley, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration made the announcement in the House of Assembly today, Friday, July 10. “I am aware that in a time like this many persons may be disheartened and frustrated by the decision to have them return to their home country, and though we are walking by faith and not by sight, the reality shows a future filled with bleak times for the world,” he…