Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett this morning dismissed the charge against local model Yugge Farrell who was in January this year charged with using insulting language to finance minister Camillo Gonsalves’ wife, Karen, allegedly calling her “you dirty b..ch” on January 4th. The matter was listed for trial today, having been given a very long adjournment on January 29th,2018, when Farrell reappeared before the Senior Magistrate following her havingbeen sent to the Mental Health Centre of observation. When the matter was called this morning, Farrell and her lawyer Grant Connell were present in court. When the virtual complainant Karen Gonsalves was…
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Prime Minister DrRalph Gonsalves, who has responsibility for national security, toured the new coast guard vessel docked at the cruise ship berth late Saturday afternoonhours after it arrived here from the Damen shipyard in Holland Saturdaymorning. The vessel, named Captain Hugh Mulzac after the Union Island-born Hugh Mulzac who was the first black man to be captain in the US Merchant Marine, is the latest addition to the St Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard fleet. And it was the second coast guard vessel to be named Captain Hugh Mulzac – the first having been decommissioned and dissected some years…
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not reflect the position of Asberth News Network(ANN). By Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox While ULP maintains an interest in doing some things it has committed to; ensuring that Ralph’sfirst born takes the throne and enriching its inner circle via inter alia a profitable liaison with white foreigners, is priority numero uno! I maintain that their salient mission is staying in power, full stop! It’s no surprise that from crime to unemployment; and from prostituting the country to reducing some blackVincentians to slave-like labour (working for white…
Twins Mickele and Maykele Culzac continue to go the distance despite the hand they were dealt with from birth. The 22-year-old Vincentians were a part of a triplet. Unfortunately, both their sister and mother died during childbirth, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. They told NATION they left their beloved St Vincent to seek greener pastures playing football. After completing last football season with the Barbados Football Association’s (BFA) Division 2 club Horthersal Turning, they left the island but returned in September to play for Central League Spartans – a recently promoted Division 1 football club. “We played…
Public notice The Royal St. Vincent and theGrenadines Police Force Band announces that it would be hosting its next Police Band Christmas Concert under the Almond Tree in Port Elizabeth, Bequia on Saturday 15th December 2018 Come and enjoy an afternoon of cheer and get into the Christmas spirit with St. Vincent and the Grenadines best band. All are invited to attend.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade andCommerce is pleased to inform that on December 7, 2018, Saint Vincent and theGrenadines concluded a Memorandum of Understanding with Health EducationEngland for the recruitment of Vincentian Nurses to the National HealthServices of the United Kingdom. The Memorandum of Understanding allows for cooperation between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and National Health England for the development of healthcare delivery through the recruitment of nurses. It was signed by His Excellency Cenio Lewis, High Commissioner of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in London and Michelle Thompson, Head of the Global Learners Programme at Health…
The 2018 Capita Financial Nine Mornings Road Tennis Blast will serve off its 3rd edition from this Monday, December 17th. It starts with a workshop for competitors in Bequia at the Clive Tannis HardCourt form 10 a.m., followed by the preliminary round from 7 p.m. On Tuesday, the North Leeward leg will take place with the workshop at 11 in Petit Bordel, and the preliminary at the Layou Hard Court from 7 pm. The Kingstown zone preliminary will be held on Wednesday at the Kingstown Netball Center at New Montrose from 7 pm. The final preliminary will be held in…
The traffic branch of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force continues to clamp down on motorists who have failed to comply with regulation 31 of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act, Regulation 483 of the Revised Edition of the Laws of SVG. Regulation 31 mandates that motorists who are desirous of playing amplified music in their motor vehicles must first seek approval from the Commissioner of Police. According to Head of the Traffic Branch Superintendent of Police, Mr. Kenneth John, a total of ninety eight (98) traffic tickets were issued to uncompliant motorists(omnibus drivers) over the…
KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; MONDAY DECEMBER 10, 2018 – The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Parliament met in session today Monday December 10, 2018, with top of the orders of the day for debate, being The Medicinal Cannabis Industry Bill 2018, and the Cannabis Cultivation (Amnesty) Bill 2018. The third bill – the Permitted Use of Cannabis for Religious Purpose Bill 2018, was shelved for, according to Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, the Rastafarian community made pertinent representation on the use of cannabis for religious purposes. In presenting the Bills, Minister for…
Police arrested and charged Deborah Ballantyne, a 36 years old Domestic of Sandy Bay with twenty-five (25) counts of theft. According to investigations, Ballantyne allegedly stole cash belonging to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, in the amount of $250.00ECC dollars. The incidentsoccurred between 07.11.2016 and the 05.11.2018.