Former police officer Ettian Charles who was among four men charged with the 2018 murder of Security Guard Rodney George of Victoria Village, was cleared of that charge on Wednesday. As the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) entered its final stages at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court, Senior Prosecutor Adolphus Delpleche agreed with Charles’ Attorney Grant Connell’s submission that there was no evidence to make out a prima facie case against Charles. As a result, Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett discharged Charles on the murder charge. The Magistrate reserved his decision on the other men, Glenville Harry of Vermont along with Jerome Ollivierre and…
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KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT, July 1, 2020-The Toastmasters organization in St. Vincent and the Grenadines welcomes Ms. Xelony Daize as Area 19 Director within District 81, where her tenure runs from 1st July, 2020 to 30th June 2021. She holds designations of Advanced Communicator Bronze, Advanced Leadership Bronze and a Level 3 award in Dynamic Leadership. Daize will preside over the operations of four Vincentian clubs: Achievers Toastmasters Club, Creative Thinkers Toastmasters Club, Flow Toastmasters Club and Imperial Champions Toastmasters Club. Daize is a Mechanical Engineer by profession and currently employed at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Electricity Services (VINLEC).…
On Thursday 25th June, the New Democratic Party (NDP) held a successful youth forum. In that session, youths shared their experiences of hardship, neglect, victimization, discrimination and hopelessness under the Unity Labour Party (ULP) government. The NDP has a better way. We offer hope and we see the talent and energy of our youths as pivotal in an effort to move St. Vincent and the Grenadines forward. The stories articulated by the youths are well known and most youths can relate to them. It was heart-rending to listen to their presentations. It is even more depressing for young people who…
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines: On 25 June 2020, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves informed the nation through his official Face Book page that “Financing is secured through the World Bank for the construction of a 140 bed modern acute referral hospital.” However, the New Democratic has now learned that this claim is false. Information received from a representative at the World Bank confirms that the WB had agreed to pay for the designs of the hospital but not the actual construction as the Prime Minister proclaimed. World Bank documents show that the only funding under the Regional Disaster Vulnerability…
I am usually the behind the scenes type, but I have always been up front for my party. I voted for the first time last election and I voted for ULP. My entire family are supporters of the ULP, and I was able to get on the YES program. I was scrolling through facebook and I saw a clip of Sir Louis saying we are not suffering much because of COVID19. This is far from the truth. My mother has lost her job since the covid thing has been going on, so I know that my family is feeling the…
On Thursday, July 2, 2020, Saint Lucia recorded three positive cases of COVID-19. The individuals are a 44-year-old female, a 32-year-old male, and a 36-year-old female — all returning nationals who previously worked on cruise lines. Upon return to Saint Lucia in June, they were all placed in institutional quarantine and were tested in keeping with the testing strategy for repatriated cruise line workers. Upon receipt of these results, all three individuals have been transferred to the Respiratory Hospital for isolation and related supportive care. They are all currently doing well. The risk to people in quarantine and the staff…
(Jamaica Obsever) ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda Government says it has re-examined the conditions under which visitors and nationals returning home can enter the island because of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The country has recorded 68 positive cases and three deaths from the virus that was first detected in China last December and blamed for 516,000 deaths and the infection of nearly 11 million others worldwide. A statement issued after the weekly Cabinet meeting noted that the “situation continues to be fluid, requiring nimble and responsive changes in policy after weighing all the circumstances”. It said that…
(Jamaican Observer)MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida today reported a record of more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases, as it struggles to rein in the virus’s spread, blamed in part on young people congregating in the US state. The exact figure of 10,109 cases — for a total of 169,106 — marks the second record since just Saturday. Florida is a key focus of public health experts worried about a surge in several southern and western US states as the daily infection total has now surpassed 50,000 new cases. In another sign of how bad things are getting in Florida,…
The Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) believes that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), of which Guyana is a founding member, has become corroded and largely anti-Guyanese. Many of the Heads of Government of the community are disrespectful to Guyana, Guyanese public officials and State institutions. They have also consistently, openly treated Guyanese with disdain. CARICOM Heads of government lack vision to enhance further integration. The grouping has failed to accomplish most of the goals it set for itself over forty-seven years ago. The CARICOM single market and economy has failed. Nationals are still required to present passports for intra-regional travel and…
The Atlantic High Pressure System is dominant across our islands and patches of Saharan dust with varying intensity are creating hazy conditions across St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Weak pulses on the southern edge of the Atlantic High Pressure System could bring occasional showers across SVG, followed by a tropical wave with increased cloudiness and showers by Sunday evening. Isolated thunderstorms are likely Sunday night with more showers during Monday. Moderate to fresh (~20 – 40 km/h) easterly wind-flow across our islands could vary in direction from east north-east to east south-east, as weak pulses cross our islands over the…