The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Caribbean Islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is still shaken after a tragic accident left one member dead and seven other church members injured on Jan. 30, 2016. Marilyn Henry, 62, died after the vehicle she was in careened off the road and overturned in Argyle, near where […]
What started out as a regular Saturday morning for 8 Seventh Day Adventist Church members,turned out deadly. News784 obtained information that a vehicle carrying 8 church members to a national convention in ArnosVale overturned in Argyle. The result of such left 1 female dead,and 7 others nursing injuries. 7 of the church members were coming […]
Written From Source News First Publish on Caribbean Life Author Nelson King It is not unusual for St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves to hail, in a very special way, Vincentians at home and abroad who are doing well generally. But it is even more extraordinary when the nation’s leader […]
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr. Ralph Gonsalves presented the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the fiscal year 2016 in Parliament this morning, which amount to 912-million, 897-thousand 311 dollars. The Prime Minister said this year’s budget is some six percent or 58.5 million dollars below the amount budgeted for 2015. He said […]
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Absentee MP'S Could Face Salary Cuts
A bill to address non-performance and absenteeism by Members of Parliament here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, could be in the making. In his remarks, Friday, at the presentation of the 2016 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure in the House of Assembly, Leader of the House – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said he is […]
Another Vincentian footballer has been contracted overseas. This time around is SVG National U-23 speedy left winger Ojoy Degrads who is from the fishing village of Calliaqua and is a former player of GTM Prospect. Earlier today Ojoy Degrads signed a four (4) year contract with 2nd Division Club in the Panama “Tiera Firme” President […]
St Vincent and the Grenadines will join eight other UN Member States with no voting rights in the General Assembly at its 70th session. A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals […]
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New low’ in Vincentian politics
Written from source news Original Author Nelson King President of the Brooklyn-based St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ex-Teachers Association of New York, Jackson Farrell, says he’s deeply troubled by what he characterizes as a “new low” in electioneering in his native land. “We have taken the elections to a new low,” added Farrell in his […]
Four persons were arrested and charged on January 20th for assembling together outside the precincts of the Electoral Office with intent to carry out a common purpose “disruption of the operation of the Electoral Office”. According to police, Violet Joslyn-Hannibal, a 52 year old, vendor of Redemption Sharpes; Osborne Jack, a 30 year old, security […]
Interested Vincentians and other investors in the diaspora are being urged to explore the possibilities of trading Vincentian produce. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Rural transformation- Saboto Caesar has stated that the imminent opening of the Argyle International Airport will provide more trade routes. The Minister noted that new trade routes to the United […]
Controversial figure Winston Gaymes according to reports has taken ill.information is that he had a stroke earlier this morning. No other information is currently available,Gaymes the returning officer for Central Leeward was embroiled in scandals surrounding the outcome of the seat. He was accused by Opposition Officials along with supporters of the party of not being […]
Beekeepers across St. Vincent and the Grenadines are being urged to safeguard their Bee Farms when the Ministry of Health conducts its fogging exercises to fight against the Ades Aegypti Mosquito and the Zika viral illness. Senior Environmental Health Officer- Danville Toney said with the increasing threat of the Zika Virus across the Caribbean, the […]