The New Democratic Party (NDP) has extended congratulations to several of its members for being awarded the Professional Development Certificate in Parliamentary Governance from the McGill University School of Continuing Studies in Canada.
The government has filed an application for a stay of execution of the order handed down by the High Court in the vaccine mandate case. However, lawyer Shirlan ‘Zita’ Barnwell has indicated the intention of the claimants’ legal team to oppose that application. The long held position of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) and the Public Service Union (PSU) that the vaccine mandate was a breach …
HIS OWN views “notwithstanding” High Court judge, Brian Cottle last week ruled that the prosecution of two men accused of the shooting death of Redemption Sharpes resident, Lloyd Samuel will be stopped. Bound by a separate older case ruled upon by the highest court, His Majesty’s Privy Council, Cottle ordered a stay in the prosecution against Che ‘Ragga’ Bute and Azari ‘Heffer’ Ash. [caption id="attachment 159037" align="alignnone" width="1024"] AZARI ASH comforted …
A MAN who believed that a woman gave him HIV/ AIDS but continued a sexual relationship with her before strangling and repeatedly stabbing her, will serve over 21 years in prison for murder. The events of the 2018 murder were put on the court’s record by judge Brian Cottle at the High Court on Friday, September 23, when he sentenced offender, Desron Roberts. It was revealed that the now deceased …