SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, February 5, 2020 –. The final validation workshop which supports the development of a National Export Strategy for St. Vincent and the Grenadines will take place at the Grenadine House from Monday February 10, 2020 and climax on Thursday February 13, 2020. The first three days of the workshop will focus on specific sectors and culminate on day four with representatives of the Project Steering Committee from all the priority sectors. Monday 10th – will focus on Agriculture, Fisheries and Cannabis Tuesday 11th – will focus on Travel and Tourism, Craft an Cottage Industry Light…
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As Budget 2020 discussions continue apace in the House of Assembly, Vincentians are being told of the national plans and programs that the Gonsalves led Unity Labour Party government intend to spend on for this year. Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves presented the $1.12B Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue to the House on January 22 and informed the nation of its 2020 myriad costs and innovative revenue earning means in a four-hour address earlier this week. Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves presented the $1.12B Estimates of Expenditure and Revenue to the House on January 22 and informed the nation of its 2020…
As ANN continues to investigate allegations made by the couple we dubbed ‘Mr. & Mrs. Cupid,’ to protect their privacy, more disturbing details are being dredged up. The Cupids came to our attention when Gary James, a young watchman/samaritan from Greiggs, realized that they were squatting at an abandoned building, known locally as the Haunted Hotel. Young James was so moved upon seeing Mr. Cupid’s frail body and semi paralyzed limbs lying on a makeshift bed in that windowless, bat infested space that he sprang into action. According to him, first he contacted the police, who then called for an…
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES- February 5, 2020 – On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom formally withdrew from the European Union, with the passage of the United Kingdom’s Brexit bill through the House of Commons and the House of Lords, receiving royal assent. The European Union and the United Kingdom have agreed to a Withdrawal Agreement pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides for a time-limited transition period, ends on December 31, 2020. The transition period provides continuity in the trading relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, and with other WTO…
The first ever Union Island Conch Festival is set to be hosted by the Union Island Tourist Board on Saturday 29th February and Sunday 1st March 2020. Union Island Tourist Board Chairman Stanton Gomes told ANN recently that “the festival is a celebration of the conch industry on Union Island which has played a vital role in the economy of the island and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Today, more than ever, persons on Union Island are earning a good living from conch and local restaurants have made it part of the island’s cuisine.” Over that end of month weekend…
The Bequia MusicFest continues to be a leading earner in this country’s tourism product. The team of volunteers who, year after year, continue to toil doing “a whole lot with very little” was able to successfully pull off another annual Bequia MusicFest – six events over a five day period – which ended last Sunday. The events saw the usual quality of musical talent on display that the Festival has become known for over its 20 year existence. On offer was jazz and jazz fusion, rock and roll, pan and soca music in elegantly intimate settings, as is expected on…
Finalist in the Trinidad and Tobago International Soca Monarch competition, Shertz ‘Problem Child’ James visited the office of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) on Tuesday (Feb. 4) where a meeting was held with officials of the CDC. Discussions were had surrounding his musical success thus far and his plans for the International Soca Monarch finals scheduled for Friday February 21st in Trinidad. The CDC says it stands resolute in their support of Problem Child’s bid for the coveted title of International Soca Monarch 2020. “We are exploring ways in which we can work in collaboration with him to show our…
The police are investigations circumstances surrounding the shooting of a 44 year-old Sales Representative of Cane Grove, Buccament on 01.02.2020. According to investigations, the victim was on her way home from work when she was approached by an unknown male assailant armed with a gun. The assailant robbed her of a quantity of cash and cheques and in the process shot her in the left side of her neck with the gun. The victim was subsequently rushed to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital for medical attention. She was treated and discharged and is reportedly in a stable condition. Police are…
We the members of the Unity Labour Party recognise that there is a recent increase in the incidents of violence-based crimes in our blessed land, and, in particular, crimes in which women and girls have been victims. We continue to condemn all forms of violence and stand committed as citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to work in partnership with the government, state entities, non-government organizations and all persons, to eradicate any and all forms of violence. The Unity Labour Party pledges its continued support to the government and the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force in…
By Ronnie Daniel Dear Commissioner, Greetings and best wishes for a productive year ahead. I was given very good advice many years ago by one of my mentors, who said that “one should not express himself/herself while angry, less s/he runs the danger of adding more injury to an already inflamed situation”. But alas, I cannot contain myself and so I shall temporarily disregard that piece of sound advice and write you and the institution that you lead. I am sure, given the present circumstance surrounding the calculated, untimely and savage death of Arianna Taylor-Israel, that you and my mentor…