THE outcome of last Thursday’s historic meeting in St Vincent of the presidents of Guyana and Venezuela and regional leaders was significant, but caution should reside alongside hope.
Another October 21 has passed like any normal weekend with little mention of the importance of that date in our anti-colonial calendar and the political and constitutional progress of our country and its people. Once more I wish to emphasize that the information contained in this series in relation to the events of 1935, is based on an extensive interview with “Sheriff” Lewis on the 40th anniversary of the 1935 uprising. …
by Sehon Marshall, Press Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister St. Vincent and the Grenadines BACKDROP Over the past two or so weeks, the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has been in a veritable free-fall, a drowning tail-spin, on the matter of diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan). As the British would say, their nickers are all in a twist; thus, their gait is uncomfortable for them, …
Upon closing the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Buenos Aires, Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday handed over the pro tempore presidency of the forum to the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Everard Gonsalves, who is notorious for his closeness to the governments of Cuba, Venezuela and also Nicaragua.
There will be no passing of the mantle of leadership of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) when the party holds its convention this Sunday July 31 at the Campden Park Secondary School. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves told listeners to WE FM’s ‘Issue At Hand’ programme on Sunday July 24: “the organs of the party tell me they not ready for transition, the rank and file saying now is not …