(Barbados Today )A large portion of the estimated $100 million injection into the local economy from the presence of the Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) will go toward their housing accommodation at the sprawling Villages at Coverley. Students are to pay between US$4,040 and US$4,840 per semester or BDS$2020-$2420 each month per student. Each unit at Coverley is set up to accommodate three or four students, this means each student will be paying over US$1,000 in rent per month for the four months of each semester. This could easily translate into more than US$4 million per semester or over…
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Photo credit IWIN One member of a family of three from Hopewell who was imprisoned in April in the “hot-water burning” of a Caruth man was beaten by another prisoner. Sources close to ANN said Nigel Morgan, a preacher, former teacher and former worker at the Ministry of Culture was beaten recently and suffered an injury to the area just above one of his eyes. It is unclear what caused the dispute. However, it is understood that the prisoner who was involved in an altercation with Morgan was confronted by two other inmates who handed him some blows. There are…
ZITA BARNWELL December 10, 2018, International Human Rights Day, saw the passage of the Medical Cannabis Industry Bill 2018 into law. Unfortunately, I took ill and could not bear out the full debate or make my contribution to it. Let me say from the outset that in principle I support the passage of the Medical Cannabis Industry 2018 Bill into law. Like the Honourable Member Patel Matthews I have had my personal “dealings” with ganja. Mine came in my early teen years when I suffered terribly from asthma. Those were the days when one did not have the easing comforts…
“Peace and Joy at Christmas” The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force extends heartiest Christmas greetings to all Vincentians and visitors to St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We also wish you a very safe and Christ -centered Christmas and an extremely prosperous New Year. The Christmas Season is a time for enjoyment, interaction and reflection. As an organization whose primary purpose citizen’s security, we are doing everything possible to ensure your safety. You the public have been unwavering in your support, encouragement, and assistance to us, for that, we are grateful and appreciative. During this season let us…
Country Meet Town Out-AH Trouble beat Sion Hill Tallawahs by 65 runs on Sunday 16th December at the Dauphine Playing Field to win the 2018 National Lotteries Authority Top Belair Progressive Organization (TBPO) Twenty/20 Softball Cricket Championship. Scorers in the game Country Meet Town Out-AH Trouble 133 for 5 of 20-overs; Mikel Mapp 47, Saski Weekes 27, Davian Barnum 21, Sion Hill Tallawahs 68 off 14-overs; Kenroy Williams 3 for 13, Westrick Strough 3 for 17, Richie Richards 2 for 23. Mikel Mapp was the Man of the Match with his contribution of 47 with bat while Daveian Barnum also of Out Ah Trouble had the Most Runs making…
Police arrested and charged Rathuel Samuel, a 65-year old Mason, with the offence of Indecent Assault. According to investigations, Samuel between 01.05.2018 and 08.12.2018 indecently assaulted a 9-year-old student.
Police arrested and charged Gustin Francois, a 31-year old Conductor of Fair Hall with the offence of Unlawful Sexual Intercourse. According to investigations, Francois between 16.03.2018 and30.03.2018 had unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old student, she being under the age of 15.
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…
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…