The Diaspora, our Workers and the New Direction of Remittances
In 2018, remittances amounting to 131.8 million East Caribbean dollars (XCD) were sent to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) by persons outside the c...
30 April 2019
The Diaspora, our Workers and the New Direction of Remittances
In 2018, remittances amounting to 131.8 million East Caribbean dollars (XCD) were sent to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) by persons outside the c...
26 April 2019
Truth in sentencing: Life imprisonment should mean life imprisonment
A problematic situation exists in the laws which govern the sentences handed down to criminals convicted of the most heinous crimes. And the time to f...
18 April 2019
Easter – A time for Reflection and Hope
Last Sunday, April 14, Palm Sunday, congregations from Anglican, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Salvation Army and Spiritual Baptist congregations held ea...
12 April 2019
La Soufriere volcano – 40th anniversary of 1979 eruption
FORTY YEARS ago tomorrow (April 13), our La Soufriere volcano began a series of violent eruptions which turned out to be the most damaging we had exp...
09 April 2019
Easter, the Grenadines and the party crowd
The exodus of people from the mainland to the Grenadines for the Easter break is likely to begin as soon as this weekend, climaxing on Easter Monday, ...
05 April 2019
LIAT – It cannot remain the same
ONE OF the busiest periods for inter-island travel in the Caribbean, the Easter holidays, is upon us. It is the time of the year when sporting activi...
02 April 2019
Whaling not necessarily incompatible with tourism
The tradition of whaling on the Grenadine island of Bequia need not be viewed as wholly incompatible with tourism. Subsistence whaling has been a t...
29 March 2019
The supremacy of the Rule of Law
Neither the decision in the petitions trial nor the furious response from those who hoped for a different outcome has come as a surprise. We could ...
26 March 2019
Road blocks and the response of our police
When several dozen people blocked the streets of Kingstown last Thursday in protest of the decision of the High Court to throw out the election petiti...
22 March 2019
The Royal Visit
One week after the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) paid official homage to our last indigenous ruler, Paramount Chief Joseph Chatoyer on...
