CHRISTMAS CAME early for the St Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard Service (SVGCGS), when it received 40 buckets of food items last Monday, December 6, courtesy the Rapid Relief Team (RRT), a not-for-profit organisation. The items,though are not for the use of members of the SVGCGS; they are a contribution to its Food Basket Distribution Programme. These items were handed over at a brief ceremony at the Coast Guard …
President Cyril Ramaphosa will begin a two-day state visit in Ghana on Saturday. He is currently on a working visit to several West African countries. Ramaphosa is expected to discuss economic recovery efforts in Africa post the COVID-19 pandemic as well as issues around trade relations.
In the morning, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC CVO completed his term as the 26th Governor of Queensland and, with Mrs Kaye de Jersey, departed Government House, following a formal Farewell Parade, attended by the Deputy Premier of Queensland, the Honourable Steven Miles MP; Chief Justice of Queensland, the Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Holmes AC; the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the Honourable Curtis Pitt MP; the Leader of the Opposition, Mr David Crisafulli MP; Representing the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor Steven Toomey; President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; the Honourable David Thomas; Commander 1st Division and Deployable Joint Force Headquarters, Australian Army, Major General Jake Ellwood DSC AM; Commander, Headquarters Combat Support Group, Royal Australian Air Force, Air Commodore Veronica Tyler; Commander, Navy Headquarters South Queensland, Captain Phillipa Hay CSC and Bar RAN; Queensland Police Service Commissioner Katarina Car
Canadian artillery soldiers have assumed Queen’s Guard duties in the U.K. beginning with “Changing of the Guard” ceremonies at Buckingham Palace and St. James Palace on Monday.