A special programme targeting men in the society will be launched here this month by the Ministry of Social Development. The Male Engagement Programme, which has been dubbed, MEND is open to men between the ages of 18 and 45 years old, residing in the areas of North Windward to West St. George. The programme…
Although he has not been declared dead, residents of the North Windward communities are mourning the loss of Kenson Browne. The 25-year-old man has been missing at sea since Sunday August 13, following a boat accident. Searches by the SVG Coast Guard and also by civilians have so far been futile, and there has been no sighting of Browne. Residents of Sandy Bay, Point, Owia and Fancy came together on …
Last Thursday, August 17 was the birthday of Marcus Garvey and given the fact that we are into Emancipation Month I had planned to look at Garvey in the context of a second Emancipation, borrowing from Grenadian historian Edward Cox (who incidentally is married to Vincentian Paula Nanton), whose lecture in Grenada in 2018 was entitled, “Towards a Second Emancipation: Garveyism in Grenada and Marcus Garvey’s Visit to the Island.” …