Although I had not met him in person for some time now, it saddened me to hear of the passing of Bro. Calder Williams, for more than four decades the most consistent advocate of the rights and interests of the working people of North Leeward. In the tributes, a lot of mention has been made of his accession to the office of Leader of the Opposition and Parliamentary representative during …
Calder Williams, the first candidate of the New Democratic Party (NDP) to win a seat on mainland St Vincent has died. Williams died at his home in the North Leeward town of Chateaubelair on Tuesday, March 29. A segment of the NDP’s radio New Times programme on that day was dedicated to his memory. Immediate past NDP representative For North Leeward, Roland Matthews, hailed Calder Williams as a “stalwart politician”. …
Last week really belonged to James ‘Son’ Fitz-Allen Mitchell, its highpoint being Saturday, December 18 with a farewell ceremony that lasted practically the whole day. It was a job well done and went into the early evening with his internment in Bequia. His was a remarkable political journey in the course of which he spent thirty four years and six months in the country’s legislature, sixteen years as prime minister …
Last week really belonged to James ‘Son’ Fitz-Allen Mitchell, its highpoint being Saturday, December 18 with a farewell ceremony that lasted practically the whole day. It was a job well done and went into the early evening with his internment in Bequia. His was a remarkable political journey in the course of which he spent thirty four years and six months in the country’s legislature, sixteen years as prime minister …
Last week really belonged to James ‘Son’ Fitz-Allen Mitchell, its highpoint being Saturday, December 18 with a farewell ceremony that lasted practically the whole day. It was a job well done and went into the early evening with his internment in Bequia. His was a remarkable political journey in the course of which he spent thirty four years and six months in the country’s legislature, sixteen years as prime minister …