Sir James Calls PM Gonsalves ‘power hungry’

Former prime minister Sir James Mitchell has accused the man now running the country of being power hungry and urged Vincentians to think independently about the implications of a new constitution when they vote in a referendum next week. The Unity Labour Party government of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has been pressing for voters to [...]

VINCENTIANS ATTEND FORUM ON PROROSED CONSTITUTION IN NEW YORK

Vincentian nationals braved inclement weather conditions to participate in a spirited discussion on the proposed new constitution for St.Vincent and the Grenadines and the referendum on November 25, 2009. The occasion was a forum presented by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Progressive Organization of New York (SPOONY), and hosted by the Friends of Crown [...]

Politics make very strange bedfellows

Mourine de Freitas-Ramjeet When Ralph Gonsalves was in Opposition he went out of his way to make sure Parnell Campbell begs his bread, well PR you are doing a very good job at it. Ralph went to Parliament to try to impeach Parnell when he was Attorney General. Parnell is now putting his hand in [...]

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“The vicious way in which the Government is taking the campaign is making people very nervous”

By Mourine De Freitas-Ramjeet At a time in our history when the world is still reeling from a financial crisis, the catastrophic economies facing Caricom countries after the collapse of British American and Clico, the tiny multi island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has money flowing like water through the streets from what [...]

Thousands march with candle light from Sion Hill to Market Square saying Vote No!

MARCHERS BEGIN THEIR TREK INTO KINGSTOWN FROM SION HILL Last evening, thousands of persons representing the Vote No side of the current constitution campaign, marched from Sion Hill into the Kingstown Market Square bearing lighted candles. The crowds chanted negro spirituals while others jumped and danced or shouted NO! in chorus. Waiting in the Market [...]

A Court Ruling – Justice Denied

BY FRANK DA SILVA Mr Ivan O’neal of the SVG Green Party is contending that in the upcoming referendum the ballot paper ought to use symbols to indicate the “No/Yes” preference. Through his attorney Emery Robertson of Robertson and Robertson, he took the matter to The Court where they were given a November 12 date. [...]

Sir James at Chateaubelair meeting

Feature Speaker Aneisa Baptiste chats with Godwin Friday on platform