Lawyer Kay Bacchus-Baptiste, representing murder accused journalist and public relations consultant Junior Jarvis, has written to the High Court Registrar requesting that the matter be listed for hearing at the current sitting of the Criminal Assizes. Jarvis is charged with the February 14, 2017 shooting death of 39-year-old Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines employee Randy Lawrence. He is also facing charges of attempted murder, abduction, assault, causing actual bodily harm, aggravated burglary, and using a firearm to aid in the commission of an offence. All the offences were reportedly committed at Arnos Vale on February 14, 2017, and…
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The Citizens Against High Intra-Regional Caribbean Travel Taxes are pleased to announce that our Change.org petition has reached 10,000 signatures. The issue of Taxes, Fees and Charges (TFCs) in air transport has been a source of controversy globally. Regional travel is the platform for growth and sustaining education, commerce, the creative and tourism sectors among many other industries, but high and increasing TFCs have contributed to the decline in intra-regional travel in recent years. When added to the basic fares of carriers TFCS serve to make overall ticket prices markedly more expensive since the majority are passed onto passengers. The…
Reducing the cost of energy is a major priority of the New Democratic Party (NDP). It impacts everything: cost of living for all the members of our population, particularly the poor, and it is equally critical to the cost of doing business and therefore creating jobs. Whether it is commercial or industrial businesses or your home, energy must be used, and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines energy is costly. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has long benefited from renewable energy in its national energy balance, in the form of hydro power. And the government has begun exploratory drilling for…
Mr. Editor, from time to time we meet drivers with big, shiny, state of the art cars driving on our roads. Many times those drivers can only use forward gears. They turning straight corners, cannot park or reverse. Many times they have to seek assistance and get someone to reverse for them (This illustration is in no way an objection to persons with those cars but merely to make my point). It is also the case that the crew accompanying the drivers appear incapable of positively impacting the performance of those at the wheel. I use the illustration to highlight…
The Economic Planning and Sustainable Development Division of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Sustainable Development and Information Technology has signed a contract with the K Group Kelectric of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the rehabilitation of the Chateaubelair Jetty. The contract, worth five million, two hundred and forty-six thousand, five hundred and forty-one Eastern Caribbean Dollars and eight cents (XCD 5,246,541.08) was signed on April 29, 2019. The works is funded by the European Union and is managed through the World Bank funded Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (RDVRP). The new facility will accommodate roll-on roll-off ships, yachts,…
Owners of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), persons with startup business ideas or anyone who has problems sourcing funds to start a business will soon have an opportunity to get help via an Angel Investor, thanks to an initiative taken by Invest SVG. An Angel Investor is someone of high network who invests their time, money and expertise into early stage businesses in which they have no family connection, with the aim of helping the business to grow and realize a financial return on their investment over the long-term. Thus, Invest SVG, in their quest to support the development…
Consumers will pay more for gasoline, but less for kerosene and liquified petroleum products, from midnight Sunday, May 5. The price of diesel will remain unchanged. Gasoline will retail for BDS $3.88 per litre, up from $3.82 per litre, an increase of 0.06 cents. The price of kerosene will decrease by 0.01 cent, moving from $1.42 per litre to $1.41 per litre. Similarly, there will be a decrease in the price of liquefied petroleum gas. The 100lb cylinder will retail for $149.60, down from $163.07, a reduction of $13.47. The 25lb cylinder will now be sold at $42.50, a decrease…
A few years ago, Justice Adrian Saunders, president of the Caribbean Court of Justice, shocked listeners at a public lecture when he said that the rule of law and due process rights of citizens were under serious challenge across our Caribbean. Due process is the legal requirement that the State must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person. Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects the individual person from it. The rule of law implies that all citizens are subject to law, including people who are lawmakers, law enforcement officials and judges.…
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl was among three people shot dead, while a police constable was injured in Carenage last night during a shoot-out between the police and a group of men they were trying to arrest. Police said that around 7.30 officers of the Western Division Task Force were on enquiries at Big Yard Road, Carenage when they confronted a group of men who were standing on the road. Police said that one of the men had an outstanding warrant. They stopped their vehicle, got out and attempted to arrest the man. While doing so, another man in the group withdrew…
Police Officer Newton Slack, 50, pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse with an underage girl in the High Court today. The crime was committed in Herberts in 2017 when the girl was only 11-years-old and under the laws of Antigua could not consent to sexual intercourse. The judge told Slack he is looking at a substantial sentence. Sentencing hearing is set for July