ANN has received report of a murder in Petit Bordel,North Leeward. Reports indicates that the victim was stabbed to death . This is the 3rd homicide for the year 2020 . ANN would update further
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The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Netball Association notes the passing of former national Netball Star and Sports Ambassador, Ms Gailene Windsor. Ms Windsor was a formidable mid court player, who represented St. Vincent and the Grenadines for many years at the regional level. Her profound love for the game of netball was an enormous source of inspiration for many here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and also in the region. She will long be remembered. The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Netball Association uses this opportunity to convey condolences to Ms Windsor’s surviving relatives. May Almighty God grant…
Black Sands Swim Squad (BSSS) raced against the clock out of the pool on Sunday 23rd February, bent on ensuring completion of its inaugural community project – cleaning and painting the Salvation Army Children’s Home in Pembroke. According to information received, it was swim mom Shivern Peters who brought the project to the attention of Black Sands Coach Kyle Dougan back in January 2020. Together they formed a planning team consisting of Jake Heimann, Loren Gun-Munro and Akin John to plan and execute the project. With a February deadline date set for completion, the team set about conducting fundraising events,…
(Excerpts of Dr. Friday’s Press Statement. Pt. 2) It is clear that, when one looks at the performance of this government that the overdraft provision; an important aspect of our country’s finances has been abused and unlawfully used as an additional source of finance way beyond what is permitted the law. To give you a better sense of the government’s abuse of the overdraft, I have set out here the situation for the period 2009-2018. The end of year overdraft balances (consequently the opening balances for the following year) for the years 2009-2018: The year-end overdraft for 2019 is $31.6…
The old Mustique Airways Hanger, located at the decommissioned ET Joshua Airport was full of excitement as St. Vincent and the Grenadines saw the execution of two Gymnastics competitions; Interschool Gymnastics – Friday 21st and Dolphin Gymnastics Coconut Classic – Saturday 22nd February, 2020. This year saw the addition of the first ever Interschool Gymnastics Competition amongst one hundred and seventy five (175) enthusiastic students from Five (5) from Primary Schools with results as follows: · First Place – Windsor Primary School · Second Place – Sugar Mill Primary School · Third Place – Mustique Primary School · Fourth Place…
EDITORS NOTE : In the article “NLA WORKERS THREATEN INDUSTRIAL ACTION” a last minute intercessory phone call to Noel Jackson was attributed to Chairman Murray Bullock. That phone call was in fact made by General Manager Mac Gregor Sealey. National Workers Movement boss Noel Jackson announced to Asbert News Network that the proposed talks with the management of the National Lotteries Authority – brought about by threats of industrial action – was “fairly good.” Jackson was, at the time, providing ANN with an update on the meeting’s major outcomes. He said the meeting entailed Chairman of the Board Murray Bullock,…
(PRESS RELEASE) – USAID continued its tour throughout the OECS Member States with Mr. Clinton White, USAID Representative to the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, visiting Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on February 17, 2020 to witness the benefits of the OECS/USAID Early Learners Programme (ELP) – an $8.9 million initiative to improve the reading skills of primary grade children. Mr. White met with the teachers and students at the Sugar Mill Academy in Ratho Mill to see firsthand how the special Remedial Reading Programme ‘Read to Succeed’ has been expanded. Under the OECS/USAID ELP a total of sixty-three (63) schools…
Kingstown, St. Vincent – World Pediatric Project (WPP) recently hosted its first dual mission for 2020 with a ten member team of highly qualified specialist between Ophthalmology and Plastic Surgery. The Dual Mission was led and headed by a best-friend duo who have been coming to St.Vincent and the Grenadines for the last 20 years. Dr. Donna Brown was the lead ophthalmologist while Dr. Nadia Blanchet led the Plastic surgery team at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. A team of ten qualified specialist ranging from pediatric ophthalmologist, plastic surgeons, pediatric anesthesiologist, registered nurse anesthetist operating room nurse, registered nurse and…
Get smart, Get safe – this was the slogan for two days of community awareness training spearheaded by the National Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (NTRC), as part of efforts to sensitize businesses and the general public about online safety. Speaking at the opening of the workshop, Director of the NTRC Apollo Knights highlighted the objectives of the online safety training. Mr. Knights revealed that there is a website Getsafe online.vc which has been in operation since April 2019, funded by the United Kingdom Commonwealth Security Programme in partnership with the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines where individuals and businesses…
Police Officers stationed at the Calliaqua Police Station have made successful breakthroughs in a number of reported burglaries in the district. On Wednesday (Feb. 26), Police arrested and charged Winston Shallow, 30 year old labourer of Fair Hall, Philmore Ralph, 37 year old labourer of Fair Hall and Samuel Woods, 32 year old Labourer of Belair. They were charged for entering the dwelling house of Chadrick Carrington at Fair Hall as trespassers. According to a police report they stole three of items belonging to Chadrick Carrington. The stolen items were; One (1) black flat screen 32 inch smart Samsung television…