A Bequia man has been sentenced to prison for 21 years for causing the death of a fisherman by shooting him in his neck with a flare gun. Zakeem Bess appeared at High Court #1 before Justice Brian Cottle on Wednesday, December 19 for his sentencing. Bess pleaded guilty that with malice aforethought, he caused the death of Ottley Ollivierre by shooting him in his neck with a flare gun …
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.” …
Ah was telling my girl Lie-Za dat long ago, when yuh hear Ole People say “Ting foh talk but time nah dey,” de meant dat “dey’s much of what is happening to talk about but time does not permit it.” Immediately she picked me up and said: “ Like last week when yuh wrote about ‘de displaced LIAT Workers’, how after three years, three major shareholders Go-venom-mints in B’dos, St. …
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 …