47 Rose Place families to be relocated
Some of the duplexes nearing completion at the Lowmans Bay site to which the Rose Place families will be located. (Photo Credit: API SVG)
By: Kenville Horne•
Forty-Seven families who will be affected by the Port Project in Rose Place are expected to move into their new homes at Lowmans Bay, later this year.
The port modernization project, estimated to cost US$ 185 million, is funded by the Caribbean Development Bank through the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund, and will take place in two phases.
The first phase involves the construction of a new cargo port that will also allocate land for expansion of the current cruise facility. The second phase will include construction of an inter-island and regional port.
SVG and Cuba signs reparation agreement
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves (left) and, Ambassador of Cuba to St. Vincent and the Grenadines His Excellency Jose Manuel Leyva Ventura, sign the agreement regarding repatriation of criminals.
By: Kenville Horne•
St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Cuba have signed an agreement to facilitate the repatriation of criminals to serve their sentences in their home country.
The agreement between the government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Cuba regarding ‘Criminal Sentences’, was signed on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021 at Cabinet Room.
The signing ceremony witnessed Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves and His Excellency Jose Manuel Leyva Ventura, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, declaring the humanitarian intent of the contract.
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