By Anthony Stewart, PhD For the longest time now the books are not balanced. We live in debt. We live “hand to mouth,” from paycheck to paycheck. Accountability is the fashionable word of the day but we are not able to account to ourselves not only for our finances but also our actions. We desperately need financial advisors. How to balance our personal budget is a big challenge. If only we had the knowledge of how to do it. Is there a seminar some place or a course at the Community College? Do the professional associations offer such a course?…
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The government of St.Vincent and the Grenadines continues to ensure that those persons in our society who are poor and disadvantaged are provided with the necessary tools to live quality Lives. Nickerla Lewis of Langley Park Georgetown is one such person who has had her quality of life improved when she recently received the keys to a brand new two bedroom dwelling house from the Minister of Housing, Informal Human Settlements, Lands and Surveys and Physical Planning the Hon. Montgomery Daniel and members of his ministry. Before receiving the new house, Lewis lived in an old dilapidated wooden house with her seven…
SQUEEZE CASH has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Facey Telecom Ltd. The MoU was signed on Monday, 4 November 2019 between Squeeze Cash Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kenrick Quashie and Rachel Lindo-Hall, Chief Operations Officer (COO), Facey Telcom. Under the terms of the agreement, Facey Telcom, through its resellers’ network, can now recharge (top-up) Squeeze Cash users across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). According to Quashie, this partnership between Squeeze Cash and Facey Telcom affords users with the Squeeze Cash app the convenience of being able to recharge i.e. put cash to their digital wallets in much…
Kingstown, St. Vincent – World Pediatric Project (WPP) received a kind donation of EC $4,000 from Tropical Shipping as part of their contribution towards the “Every Child Counts Campaign”. The donation took place at WPP’s office in a brief handover by Tropical Shipping Representatives Mrs. Maxine Howard (Sales Manager), Ms. Felicia George (Sales Coordinator) and Executive Director of World Pediatric Project, Lauren McIntosh WPP officially launched the ECC campaign on February 26th and has a series of planned fundraising events which will roll out over the next 2 years. Lauren McIntosh –Executive Director of World Pediatric Project said the Every Child…
The Police Welfare Association (PWA) in conjunction with the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) will host the inaugural Elson “Racca” Richardson Memorial Lecture on Thursday November 14, 2019 under the theme “Honouring the Fallen and the Brave”. The lecture will take place at Frenches House at 6pm. The Guest Speaker will be Reverend Adolph Davis, Superintendent Minister of the Methodist Church. Brief remarks will also be delivered by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr. Frankie Joseph and Station Sergeant Brenton Smith, Chairman of the Police Welfare Association. The late Elson Richardson was a police officer who was killed on…
Mystery surrounds the release of Anleee Parsons and Hyah Browne on bail from the serious offence court, after Attorney Grant Connell appeared on behalf of the men today 12th November 2019, and made an application for bail under Fugitive Offenders Act .Both men were released on $3000.00 bail by Chief Magistrate Rechannne Browne after reading the Application and supporting Affidavits .The men were initially remanded on the 30th October, 2019 for 40 days when they were scheduled to return to court on the 10th December 2019 at which time extradition proceedings would take place .Browne and Pasrsons were both accused…
Mid-level moisture could enhance pockets of showers and isolated thunderstorms across of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) this afternoon into early Thursday as a tropical wave crosses the area. A low pressure area lingering east of the island chain could deepen under mid-upper level trough, with a shearline dipping across our area bringing scattered showers during Friday. Moderate to occasionally fresh (20 – 35 km/h) north-easterly trades are gradually decreasing, becoming gentle (10 – 20km/h) by Wednesday and turning north north-easterly late Thursday. Slight to moderate (1.2 – 2.0 m) sea conditions northerly swells on west coasts and easterly…
On Sunday November 9th, 2019, executive members of the UWI Open Campus Guild of Students in collaboration with Rotaract Club of Kingstown, embarked on a mission to feed some of the homeless persons in capital city Kingstown. The project was co-ordinated by both entities as they seek to increase the reach of their volunteerism through synergy. Jovarni Browne, Deputy Chapter Chair of the Guild of Students indicated that the Guild saw an opportunity to increase its social impact by giving back to persons in need. He further stated that this is just of one of the initiatives planned by the…
Former workers at a popular restaurant in SVG are complaining of unfair dismissal. The workers who worked at Cafe Soleil were allegedly given dismissal letters on Monday 11th, November, 2019. One worker told ANN that she believes this stemmed from an e-mail sent to management complaining about problems faced by the workers and a request for a meeting to address their concerns. Another worker told ANN, after the email was ignored they decided to go on a two day strike to get the attention of their bosses . Some of the concerns addressed in the email sent by a supervisor…
As a precautionary measure, the Ministry of Education has made a decision to keep the Questelles Government School closed until Tuesday November 12 as a result of a potential health hazard. On Wednesday November 6, 2019; the Ministry of Education was informed of a rodent problem by the management of the Questelles Government School. Fully aware of the magnitude of this situation, an immediate decision was made to suspend classes at the school for the remainder of that week, in order to guard against the potential hazard and to allow the relevant authorities to intervene. The Environmental Health Unit was…