The chicken back and neck ‘zero hunger’ initiative
By D. Markie Spring From Caribbean news Now Zero hunger extends beyond dependence upon the government! To date, St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is marred by exacerbating poverty and towering unemployment, forcing many Vincentians to go foodless and begging…
CSSN Annual Report 2015 Reported Yacht Crime – Caribbean
By CSSN CSSN would like to thank everyone who made reports, and those who offered constructive help and suggestions to help make our service useful. Lots of good things happened at CSSN this past year. CSSN has partnered with SSCA…
Vincentians to pay increased and new taxes in 2016
From iWitness News SWG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves announced increases in several taxes as well as a new tax on cellphone calls when he presented the 2016 Budget on Monday. “I intend to impose a levy of 2 per cent…
Peter Binose: Theft of the Roads Beach and Sea at Canouan [Grenadines]
By Peter Binose I have never heard or read such a load of hogwash in all my life regarding Canouan; well I have frequently from the supporters of this family dynasty. For hundreds if not thousands of years there has…
Peter Binose: Can one cattle stampede? Can one person be a crowd? Can one person be a revolution? Can one tree be a forest?
By Peter Binose Can one cattle stampede? Can one person be a crowd? Can one tree be a forest? Can one man be a revolution? Can one man be a government? Can one man frighten 110,000 citizens? According to some…
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Peter Binose: Stamping out political protest or demonstration in SVG
By Peter Binose According to Ralph Gonsalves all singing all dancing [the Comrade Skank] the leader of the Unity Labor Party, an unacceptable political protest is any party other than his marching, sitting or standing outside a building, standing or…
CARICOM to send election observation mission to St Vincent and the Grenadines
From Caribbean News Now KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will send an electoral observation mission to monitor the general elections to be held in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. The chief…
Kingstown is dirty, dangerous and unfit as a cruise ship destination
By Peter Binose The Unity Labour Party government is in yet another crisis situation as cruise ships cancel Saint Vincent as a cruise destination. According to my Ministry of Tourism informant the following are some but not all the reasons…
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Hunted orcas spotlight Caribbean whaling
By Mike Gaworecki From Mongabay Whalers from the Caribbean country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) routinely hunt small cetaceans, such as pilot whales, orcas, and dolphins. Preliminary results suggest the meat of small cetaceans hunted in SVG may…
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The Editor Speaks: Why we should remember/Letter to the Editor
Editorial Why we should remember This weekend it is Remembrance Day. Many of us will be at Elmslie Memorial Church to watch the moving ceremony there as we remember. The majority of those there will not have anything to remember….
