Cabinet has approved an increase of EC$5.00 for persons on the Public Assistance Programme who are currently receiving EC$275, to ensure that they are not disadvantaged when using the newly implemented reloadable Automated Teller Machines (ATM) cards. Acting Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel, during a media briefing on December 1, announced the switch from cash payments to the reloadable ATM card payments being implemented by the Ministry of National Mobilisation. The …
As of the end of October the estimated physical progress of work on Kingstown Port Modernization Project is approximately 40 per cent. Acting Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel provided an update on the project this morning on NBC radio. The Acting Prime Minister added that works are continuing in the final quarter of the…
Twenty houses which were built for residents of Sandy Bay who were displaced by La Soufriere will be handed over on the eve of this country’s 44 th anniversary of Independence. Deputy Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel said on Wednesday that the houses will be handed over on Thursday October 26, one day before the Independence Day holiday in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking on NBC radio, Daniel who is …
Twenty-one new houses are to be distributed in Orange Hill next week, as the government continues its effort to relocate persons who were displaced in the aftermath of the 2021 volcanic eruptions. Deputy Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel announced on Wednesday that the houses will be handed over at a ceremony next Tuesday, September 26. Daniel, who is also the Member of Parliament for North Windward said 68 houses in that …
The Cabinet of St Vincent and the Grenadines has approved a 30 per cent discount for nationals and a 20 per cent discount for non-nationals for use of the MRI facility at the Modern Medical Complex in Georgetown. Acting Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel made the announcement on NBC’s Face to Face programme this morning.…