Ambassador Bowman appointed advisor to HHWAI
AMBASSADOR BOWMAN (fifth from left) along with Brandon K. C. Chang, Secretary General of HHWAI at the Army Academy of ROC where she spoke about the five action/ values of T.A.B.L.E. Social Share AN ORGANIZATION in the Republic of China (Taiwan), which seeks to enrich students’ lives, has lauded the contribution of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Ambassador to Taiwan Andrea Bowman, who has been appointed advisor to the group.
“We, the Happy Home World Alliance International (HHWAI), are very blessed to have Ambassador Bowman to be our advisor,” the organization said in a release, adding that Bowman has been going to campuses across the country to promote the five actions/values of the group.
MacKay Memorial Hospital donates prosthetic components to SVG
Andrea Bowman, Ambassador of SVG to Taiwan (right) presents a token of appreciation to Chih Chiang-Hu Chairman of the Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taiwan Social Share
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has received a donation from MacKay Memorial Hospital in Taiwan for the establishment of a prosthetic limb workshop.
On December 23, under a project funded by Taiwan’s International Cooperation and Development Fund and Teh Lin Pros & Ortho Inc., 100 sets of prosthetic components were donated to this country.
At the donation ceremony, SVG’s Ambassador to Taiwan Andrea Bowman expressed thanks on behalf SVG and said over 80 per cent of the amputations performed at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital are linked to diabetes.
Taiwan firm donates COVID-19 rapid tests to country s allies
12/24/2020 10:30 PM
Photo courtesy of MOFA
Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) TaiDoc Technology, a Taiwanese manufacturer of health monitoring systems and devices, on Wednesday donated 300,000 rapid screening tests for COVID-19 to Taiwan s diplomatic allies.
At a ceremony hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the tests were accepted by Ambassador Jasmine Huggins of St. Christopher and Nevis, dean of the diplomatic corps in Taiwan, on behalf of the allies.
The 300,000 rapid screening tests donated by TaiDoc Technology will be shared among all of Taiwan s diplomatic allies, excluding the Holy See. The tests will also be given to Somaliland, a self-declared East African state that formally opened its representative office in Taiwan in September.
A review of Peggy Carr’s SHAPE OF A WARRIOR – A Pre-Columbian Vincentian Story
Author Peggy Carr (seated right) signing copies of her book ‘Shape of a Warrior’ at the book’s launch Social Share
by Andrea Bowman
In the ‘Author’s Note’ of her first novel SHAPE OF A WARRIOR, Peggy Carr states that, “the writing of this book has been an intriguing journey in tribute to the people who gave St Vincent and the Grenadines a place in history as the last Caribbean territory to fall to European colonization”. Therefore, this novel, which was eight years in the making, celebrates a unique aspect of Vincentian history and as such it belongs to us, Vincentians. In addition to this, from a literary and an historical perspective, our author’s journey, as does the journey of the novel’s heroine, Yurubi, begins in Hiroon, Yurumein, both indigenous names of our country. This novel is set in and shaped by St Vincent and the Grenadines and it is a veritable t
(CNA photo) Taiwan-based Caribbean writer Peggy Carr on Wednesday (Dec. 16) launched her new book titled Shape of a Warrior, a socio-cultural historical narrative about what life was like for the indigenous people in her native country St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Hiroon) before the arrival of the Europeans. Shape of a Warrior, a book that has been eight years in the making, tells the story of an indigenous girl, Yurubi, who rescues and helps hide a young boat wreck survivor Aloo, who is from Africa.
The two become close friends and together, they secretly explore the forest on the island of Hiroon, learn to make weapons, play wrestling games, hunt, and build small riverboats. But their world of adventure crumbles when Aloo is forced out of hiding and as Yurubi s unwomanly skills become apparent. They both struggle against their fears and age-old traditions, fighting for a place on an island that s home to some of the most fearsome warriors on Eart