19 June 2020
Our Sporting and Entertainment Icons Matter Too

Our Sporting and Entertainment Icons Matter Too


We cannot help but heartily praise the role that sporting icons of today, black ones in particular, have been playing in recent years in the global st...
16 June 2020
Political Campaigning in the Age of Covid-19

Political Campaigning in the Age of Covid-19


The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has forced us to find new ways of doing many of the things we formerly took for granted. Or, in some cases, it has ma...
12 June 2020
General Elections in the air – Are we ready?

General Elections in the air – Are we ready?


More than three months have elapsed since the Guyanese electorate exercised its democratic right to vote for a government of the people’s choice. Am...
09 June 2020
The COVID-19 Gatekeepers

The COVID-19 Gatekeepers


Over the weekend, the public was informed about St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) most recent Covid-19 positive case – the 27th person to test pos...
05 June 2020
The ‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement, Protests and Caribbean People

The ‘Black Lives Matter’ Movement, Protests and Caribbean People


International media is filled with reports about the uprising taking place in the United States as protestors raise awareness about the existence of s...
29 May 2020
The Hurricane Season, COVID-19 and our Human Resource

The Hurricane Season, COVID-19 and our Human Resource


Next Monday, June 1, marks the official start of the hurricane season, a time of year filled with unpleasant memories for many of the region’s peopl...
26 May 2020
Developing New Habits

Developing New Habits


With yesterday’s partial reopening of schools and the increase in the maximum number of passengers permitted on minivans, St Vincent and the Grenadi...
22 May 2020
The PRYME programme – A welcome hand up

The PRYME programme – A welcome hand up


This week, the PRYME programme, an initiative of the government which provides grant funding to entrepreneurs awarded the first $600,000 of the $4.85 ...
19 May 2020
A complacent attitude could  be our undoing

A complacent attitude could be our undoing


“There is no COVID-19 in St Vincent and the Grenadines because if that were so, hundreds of people would be dead. Look, not a soul got sick here!”...
15 May 2020
The nurse – an extraordinary human being

The nurse – an extraordinary human being


By fate or coincidence International Nurses Day (May 12) this year came right in the midst of the heroic efforts of our nursing fraternity not only to...