There is a sense of unease among Vincentian van owners about the disregard for the plight of van owners during the current COVID-19 crisis. While the government has introduced a two months stimulus package, van owners are annoyed that the government is seeking to legislate changes to the industry without consultation with stakeholders. It is believed that the government has been giving one of the representative bodies the proverbial ‘run around’ citing more pressing issues. Reliable sources have indicated to Breadfruit News that the government has repeatedly failed to meet with their organisation to discuss many of the issues which…
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(Barbados Today) Caribbean governments are plotting a new course to stimulate and facilitate intra-regional travel, Prime Minister Mia Mottley today disclosed. That plan, said the outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, includes a review of taxes, long blamed for the high cost of intra-regional travel, and matters relating to licensing. With the final departure of LIAT 1974 Limited on route following a weekend decision by its shareholder governments to liquidate the insolvent airline and form a new carrier, Mottley signaled it would not be business as usual as efforts get underway to fill the void. Appearing as a guest on the…
The Rotary Club of St. Vincent celebrated the end of another Rotary year and the installation of a new Rotary Board with a cocktail reception at the Grenadine House last Saturday June 27th 2020. President of the outgoing Board, Reuben John, in addressing the intimate gathering, highlighted some of the Club’s projects which were brought to fruition, in spite of challenges faced by the Covid-19 pandemic. Among these were the Young Employees Socialisation programme in August 2019, the donation of a stove to the Catholic community in the wake of the 2020 fire at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Home,…
When we think about violence occurring within a relationship, we may mostly think about women being the victims and men being the abusers, however, men are also victims of domestic violence and/or intimate partner violence (IPV). Referring to different authorities and/or studies on this very serious matter, Dr. Elizabeth Bates noted in her article ‘“No one would ever believe me”: an exploration of the impact of intimate partner violence victimization on men.”, that some men were kicked, punched, hit, stabbed with an object, and bitten. Moreover, it was noted that “men had reported experiences of gaslighting, manipulation (e.g. through children,…
Dear All, If the majority shareholding group of LIAT is opportunistically, allowed to collapse this regional institution and form a new entity without honoring the institutions liabilities to creditors; this will be a form of State banditry. Creditors including the staff of LIAT, for decades, provided service and credit to LIAT as an insolvent institution, knowing that they had the backing of the shareholding states. For these states to walk away from their liabilities, is morally reprehensible and perhaps illegal. If shareholders wanted to limit their liability, they should have ceased trading years ago, knowing that the institution was insolvent.…
(CABINET NOTES) (antigua newsroom)The Cabinet held a fulsome discussion on the future of LIAT 1974 Ltd. Antigua and Barbuda is developing a plan for a new LIAT, which includes an invitation to private entities to invest in that new carrier. In keeping with the requirements set out by the shareholder governments, that plan is to be developed in the shortest possible time and to be ready in a few days. The Antigua and Barbuda Government is committed to investing an amount of US$15,000,000 to US$20,000,000 towards the new LIAT. The conditions of the loan secured prior to the Covid-19 crisis…
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has delayed the reopening of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport to international commercial flights. The airport was scheduled to reopen its runway that category of flights on Wednesday, but in a statement today, the GCAA said it consulted with the Ministry of Public Health and has made some adjustments to its schedule. The airport, under the current phase, will continue to allow limited repatriation flights, outgoing flights, cargo flights, medivac flights and special authorised flights. Phase two, which is expected to allow additional repatriation and commercial flights, will now commence…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados’ Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (Caricom) David Comissiong today announced that the official flag of the regional body will be flown at all embassies, high commissions and diplomatic offices of member states as of Wednesday. According to Comissiong, this is being doing as a gesture intended to embody the region’s pursuit of collective and coordinated foreign policy across the world. Moments after hoisting the Caricom flag over government headquarters, Comissiong revealed that the move was proposed by Barbadian officials at a meeting of the Caricom Council for Foreign and Community Relations and was intended to…
On July 1, 2020, FLOW SVG Limited donated a Samsung Galaxy J2 Core smartphone to the Public Relations and Complaints Department of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force. In seeking to expand its public outreach programmes and to continue building mutual trust and stronger relationships with the general publics, the Public Relations and Complaints Department will be launching very soon its first Facebook Live interactive programme to be call “Care. Serve. Protect “The programme would be streamed live via the Police Facebook page “RSVG POLICE” where viewers would be given the opportunity to interact with the Police…
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force Band in collaboration with the Ministry of National Mobilization, Youth Affairs Division officially launched the third series of enrollment in the Police Band Apprentice Programme with an opening ceremony on Wednesday July 1, 2020 at the Old Montrose Police Station. The aim of the programme is to facilitate the training of youths who are qualified and musically inclined for possible enlistment into the Police Band. The Programme is an extension of the Youth Empowerment Service (YES) Programme, established by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Police Force and the Youth…