COVAX Facility, the worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, has ordered St Vincent and the Grenadines to pay US$70,000 for COVID-19 vaccines that it donated to Trinidad and Tobago in May. The government donated 5,000 doses of AstraZeneca to Port of Spain amidst a spike in cases there and as the vaccines […]
By Lincoln DePradine Vincentian nationals in Canada and the United States have begun what’s expected to be a series of public protests, saying their action is not political but aims to “raise awareness’’ on issues plaguing St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), such as the “perversion’’ of the country’s justice system and alleged abuse […]
On Friday August 20th 2021, Vincentians in Canada will take to the streets to protest against the Human Rights Violations taking place in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Peaceful protest action will take place in two separate locations: Toronto, 55 Town Centre Court, Outside the YMCA – from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM local time. […]
The prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines was hospitalised after being injured at a protest against a proposed vaccine mandate. Ralph Gonsalves was walking through a crowd outside parliament when he was hit in the head by a stone. The finance minister said he had been transferred to Barbados for an MRI scan […]
Winston ‘Soso’ Lockhart, 69, one of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ greatest soca and calypso icons, died last Sunday from complications of kidney failure. In June of 2020, the Vincentian Cultural Ambassador suffered from a kidney failure and was placed on dialysis treatment, since then he was unable to work. There were several fundraising efforts […]
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — The government of St Vincent has moved the alert at the La Soufriere volcano from Red, the highest, to Orange, the third-highest on the four-level scale. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said on the state-owned NBC Radio on Thursday that the Cabinet made the decision a day earlier. The alert level […]
An organizer with the activist group, Justice for Migrant Workers, is calling for ” an independent investigation” into the death of Romario Morgan, 22,, while in quarantine at a Mississauga hotel. Morgan who came to Canda from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to work on a farm in Ontario, was found dead in a room […]
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — One of the scientists monitoring the La Soufriere volcano said on Monday that while there has been little seismic activity at the volcano in recent days, “we are not ready to say that the volcano has gone back to sleep as yet”. Speaking on the state-owned NBC Radio, Roderick Stewart said […]
Canada has pledged $440,000 (US$354,794) in immediate aid to assist Vincentians in their immediate response to the volcanic eruptions at La Soufrière. A statement from the Bridgetown-based High Commission of Canada in Barbados said the disaster relief funding, provided through Global Affairs Canada, will focus on the basic needs of displaced persons, including those in […]
Complete cast for the virtual showcase to be announced soon! The Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is honoured to collaborate with the Oxygen with Nicole (O2N) Foundation and the Global Coalition to mount a phenomenal virtual showcase of Caribbean excellence, “Stronger Together….We are a global family”, in support of Saint Vincent and the […]
