Minister of Tourism and Parliamentary representative for North Leeward Carlos James says Government is expanding the housing stock in the constituency for persons who were displaced by the 2021 volcanic eruption. Speaking to the Agency for Public Information, James said eight houses are currently under construction, but more will added as time goes by.…
Twenty-four students, 12 from the Troumaca Government School and the same number from the Troumaca Ontario Secondary School, have received basic training in the art of playing the steel pan. A five-week training programme, financed by the UK Friends of the Mustique Charitable Trust and executed by the Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra (SHESO) made this possible. Septimus Caine of SHESO and Stefan Taylor, music teacher assigned to the secondary …
Two health centres in North Leeward have undergone extensive rehabilitative work and are scheduled to be opened soon. The Coulls Hill Clinic will open immediately while the Rose Hall Health Centre is scheduled to be opened at a later date. Both the Couls Hill and Rose Hall centres are equipped with Nurses’ Quarters. The two storey Rose Hall Clinic, however, has both Doctors’ and Nurses’ quarters. Minister of Health, St …
Nine hand-tractors/tillers were handed over to farmers in North Leeward last Thursday as part of a revolving programme for farmers. According to Minister of Agriculture Saboto Caesar, this initiative would allow for the farmer/tractor recipient to till lands belonging to other farmers. Their work would be reviewed by an extension officer and there is a system already in place for Government to make the payments. Farmers who have the hand-tractors …