On a normal Friday night in Kingstown, shots rang out in the quiet neighbourhood of the Fort Charlotte area, a peaceful residential area. It was not like today when the sound of gunfire is one to which many communities have become accustomed. No, not SVG 50 years ago. So, what was going on? Vincentians didn’t know it at the time, but the peace and stability of the country were to …
Yesterday, May 11, marked a full half-century since St Vincent and the Grenadines was thrown into shock by the deadly shooting of Attorney General Cecil Rawle, a prominent Dominican citizen. He died from his wounds two days later. Rawle’s murder caused shock waves not just in SVG but throughout the Eastern and Southern Caribbean with a high-profile murder hunt for the accused which lasted just over two weeks and obtained …