It was an alarming coincidence last week. Our 14-year-old Presentation College student Marcus McDonald warned about youth crime and family life, while at the same time St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves warned about young males and family responsibilities at the international energy conference in Guyana. Marcus became National Junior Calypso
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent and Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says 10 weeks after suffering a stroke, Senator Julian Francis, 71, is “making the progress to be able to retu.
Regional leaders have agreed to hire a consultant to advise them on getting transportation across the region back to pre-COVID levels.The decision was made at a meeting chaired by the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and attended by leaders of the sub-regional Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), a Barbados representative, and Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday.Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell reported at a post-Cabinet news conference in his country on Wednesday that the leaders met to discuss the situation regarding air transportation in the Caribbean amidst concerns that both regional and international travellers were finding it very expensive and difficult to travel.“It was agreed that we would retain a consultant to provide advice to the heads of the region as to how we can address the critical need to have . . . air transportation resumed at a level that existed prior to COVID-19,” he told reporters.
By Theresa Goodwin theresa.goodwin@antiguaobserver.com The resuscitation of Antigua-based airline LIAT requires an implementation plan and not necessarily the hiring of experts to look at the issue. That’s the view of Foreign Affairs Minister Chet Greene in response to the decision by regional leaders to hire a consultant to conduct an…
By Shermain Bique-Charles Shermainbique.charles@antiguaobserver.com Fresh decisions concerning Caribbean airline LIAT are coming out of the just-concluded Caricom heads of government summit in Suriname - among them the appointment of a consultant and plans for a future meeting among regional leaders. St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves…