Residents of North Leeward whose livelihoods will be disrupted by the establishment of a stone quarry at Richmond will be paid compensation amounting to an estimated $200,000. “That’s the preliminary evaluation. This now has to be discussed with the farmers,” Senator, Julian Francis said during a press conference yesterday morning February 10, adding that individual payouts will range from as much as $40,000 to as little as $1000. Prior to …
Government Ministers and representatives from relevant state entities yesterday, February 3, sat down with residents of some North Leeward communities to provide information on a stone quarry that is soon be located at Richmond. [caption id=
Housing developments are “basically in the DNA” of the Unity Labour Party(ULP) Government. This was the sentiment of Minister of Urban Development, Energy, Airports, Seaports, Grenadines Affairs and Local Government, Julian Francis, who spoke last Monday during the hand over of 47 housing units built at Lowmans Bay to relocate residents of Rose Place to facilitate development of a modernised port in the capital, Kingstown. Francis said he had heard …
The Agriculture sector in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) bore the brunt of the damage from the eruptions of La Soufriere Volcano last April, sustaining an estimated 52.1 % of losses experienced. [caption id=
The Agriculture sector in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) bore the brunt of the damage from the eruptions of La Soufriere Volcano last April, sustaining an estimated 52.1 % of losses experienced. [caption id=