President of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU), Oswald Robinson has given the assurance that the union will leave no stone unturned in the fight for unvaccinated teachers who were deemed to have resigned from their jobs last year. “We are not going to leave any stone unturned,” Robinson said on Sunday evening, July 10 while speaking on the programme Teachers Talk, aired on Xtreme Radio. Robinson …
Oswald Robinson has been re-elected for yet another term as president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU). When the Union’s elections ended on Wednesday evening, the incumbent emerged victorious with 505 votes; more than 180 votes more than his challenger, Nickeisha Williams who received 318 votes. “I just want to wish all my teachers all the best. I want to thank them sincerely for allowing me …
Police brutality on Union island is out of control – Whyte Social Share UNION ISLAND resident, Abdon Whyte, a teacher and social activist, said that police brutality on the Grenadine island is out of control, but said that he was not inciting violence in a letter he published on April 23 this year.
In the letter, Whyte highlighted several incidents of what he considered police brutality on the Southern Grenadine island and referenced the 1979 uprising on the island which was led by Lennox “Bumba” Charles.
He wrote: “the people of Union Island have survived under difficult situations and we continue to do so. There was a volcanic eruption in 1979 and 2021, I don’t need to remind you of what took place here on Union Island in 1979.