Calder Benjamin Williams, a former leader of the Parliamentary Opposition has been hailed as “a simple guy” who did extraordinary things for the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). The statesman, who died on March 29, 2022, will be buried after an Official Funeral today, April 29 at the New Testament Church of God in Chateaubeliar. The service is expected to begin at noon and will be preceded …
Calder Benjamin Williams, Former Leader of the Opposition and former Member of Parliament, who passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, will be accorded an Official Funeral on Friday, April 29, 2022. Official Viewing of the body will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at the House of Assembly from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Officials and Dignitaries will be invited to the viewing from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 …
THE VOLCANIC explosions last year left Fitz Hughes looking like a ghost town according to one resident. Dawn Spring, 59 years, evacuated from the North Leeward community that she calls home on April 8, the day before the eruptions began. After listening to one of the press conferences that Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves held earlier in the day, Spring recalled “everybody done geh hot, place pon fire.” “So me …
Calder Williams, the first candidate of the New Democratic Party (NDP) to win a seat on mainland St Vincent has died. Williams died at his home in the North Leeward town of Chateaubelair on Tuesday, March 29. A segment of the NDP’s radio New Times programme on that day was dedicated to his memory. Immediate past NDP representative For North Leeward, Roland Matthews, hailed Calder Williams as a “stalwart politician”. …