“I spoke with so many different persons asking them, from the highest level of government, the highest level of state administration asking them to drop the case because I knew the facts were not with them, the law was not with them but they don’t want to listen to reason or to law,” Jomo Thomas told Asbert News Network exclusively on the heels of his chambers’ most recent Courtroom victory. Earlier this month Madame Justice Esco Henry ruled against the State and announced “an important decision pertaining to official highhandedness and governmental overreach, in the case Public Service Union and…
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Union Island’s Jamali Whyte is today a happy man not only because of the vindicating verdict handed down by Madame Justice Esco Henry per the judicial review of the Public Service Commission’s decidedly highhanded conduct towards him. He is also grateful to finally have the almost 2-year-long Court battle behind him. “It was a great feeling because it’s been a while now since the matter has been before the Court – since 2018 – and finally having it over and done with was an overwhelming feeling. I am also glad that this case would set precedent for any other transfer…
The Caribbean Public Health Agency today (April 19th, 2020) reported another three (3) negative COVID-19 results for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. One (1) of these negative tests was for an isolated patientwho had previously tested positive, and is part of the medical clearance process to determine whether thepatient has recovered. This individual must now have another negative PCR test for COVID-19, in order toconfirm recovery.One other negative result, is the second such negative COVID-19 PCR for an ill patient in the Ministry ofHealth, Wellness and the Environment’s care and is part of an ongoing comprehensive investigativemanagement process. This patient…
National Festivals Minister, the Hon. Daryll S. Matthew on Sunday announced that Antigua’s premier Summer festival, Carnival 2020 has been cancelled. Minister Matthew said that Cabinet, during its discussions over the weekend, accepted his recommendation to cancel the 2020 Carnival festivities, which were scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 4. “Cabinet looked at the circumstances surrounding the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic and agreed that the hosting of the activities at this time would not be in the best interest of the population in maintaining good health, which is the foremost priority of the government. The festival is also…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines remains in position 167 in the latest Coca Cola FIFA men’s Rankings released last Thursday.SVG is 21st in CONCACAF and 12th on the Caribbean Football Union’s list.St Vincent and the Grenadines Senior Men’s Football team has been inactive for some time, with their last outing being 18th November last year versus Dominica in the CONCACAF Nations League, in which they went down, to mark the first blemish in what was otherwise a successful run in 2019.The Vincentian team, which goes by the moniker Vincy Heat, began its renaissance when it took the Windward Islands Football…
The story of African American Madam CJ Walker, who was born in 1867 and first carried the name Sarah Breedlove, and who became a heralded hair product pioneer and entrepreneur – is truly remarkable. And Netflix has packaged that story in a series entitled; ‘Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker’. Vincentians here and in the diaspora have an added reason to follow the series, for Vincentian Canadian media personality, Nneka Elliott, daughter of Jacinta Elliot and granddaughter of renowned novelist George C. Thomas, makes her mark in the series, playing a sales agent. Elliott, resident in…
Antiguanewsroom – Prime Minister Gaston Browne has warned of the dire economic consequences that could follow if Antigua and Barbuda remains closed for an extended period of time. Already Browne says the country’s revenue has dropped by over 70 percent in the last month. He has also said the the government will now resort to borrowing to pay salaries and wages in the public service. Out of the 85 million projected, Browne predicts that Antigua and Barbuda will only be able to collect 25 million. Browne who is also finance minister said ‘The longer we continue to be in a position…
(NEW YORK POST) – The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be a doozy, with four major hurricanes predicted along with a higher than average number of named storms. The forecast, from meteorologists at Colorado State University, is for 16 named storms to strike during the season, which runs from June through November, up from the seasonal average of 12 named storms. Eight of those 16 named storms will intensify into hurricanes, with four reaching major hurricane force with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or greater, the forecast predicts. The forecasters say there is a 69…
(St. Lucia News Online) — The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force has confirmed the arrest of a Customs officer for the illegal possession of a gun and ammunition. Kurt Girard, 45, was arrested at his home in Corinth around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, April 18 by officers attached to the Gros Islet Police Station. The lawmen recovered a Glock 40 handgun, two magazines and six rounds of .40 caliber ammunition. Girard has since been charged and is now remanded in police custody.
Close to six hundred thousand dollars worth of marijuana was seized during an early morning joint operation on Saturday in the village of Non-Pareil by officers attached to Drug Squad and Coastguard, three individuals were arrested and are presently in police custody. Putting aside fear and the call for social distancing as Grenada embarked on a fight to contain the spread of the deadly global COVID-19 pandemic the officers, were acting on special intelligence subjected themselves to some six hours of guerrilla style operation in the area that included the discharge of gunshots, before accomplishing their mission, the seizure of…