LIME loses at Privy Council

After a near-decade legal battle with former employees who were sent to the breadline, telecommunications giant LIME lost its final appeal at the Privy Council Court yesterday, against the ruling in favour of the former workers. The decision comes nine years after the company, then Cable & Wireless, made over 20 workers redundant and the [...]

REFERENDUM FAILS – WHAT NEXT?

It’s all over – for now. Elizabeth Windsor remains queen of St Vincent and the Grenadines, The Privy Council in England is still our final appellate court, we shall retain our hybridized version of the first past the post electoral system et cetera et cetera…and tragedy of tragedies, we are still saddled with the Constitution [...]

Elections the next port of call, says Arnhim Eustace

Arnhim Eustace, leader of the St Vincent and the Grenadines opposition party was early this morning relishing the defeat handed to the government when the New Democratic Party was able to mount a stern No campaign. Hanging out with his supporters at the Sion Hill intersection long after midnight, Eustace said general elections was his [...]

Vincentians into last hour of voting in first ever Referendum

Mid morning voting in the Marriaqua Valley at Richland Park As Vincentians enter the final hour of voting in their historic Referendum, voting is expected to pick up as merchants allowed employees to leave work at 2:30 this afternoon. This morning began with light showers which threatened for most of the morning but large numbers [...]

Democracy is the greatest gift that any country can bestow on its people

Mourine De Freitas-Ramjeet The owner of Caribbean Net News and its Editor must be congratulated for giving the public in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and beyond the opportunity to air their views on the upcoming referendum to be voted on November 25th. A CANA report quoted the Supervisor of Elections, Sylvia Findlay-Scrubb as saying [...]

Final Vote NO Rally at Victoria Park

Barbados Government to Guarantee Entrepreneurs’ Venture Capital Fund

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (November 21, 2009) – Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson’s announcement last week of a government guarantee for the principal amount invested in the newly launched Barbados Entrepreneurs’ Venture Capital Fund is sweet news to the ears of the local, regional and international investment community. Barbadian business consultant Dr. Basil Springer, project manager for [...]

The Face and Voice of the Sternest Opponent to the Proposed Constitution

Aneisa Baptiste must be credited for taking the fight to the government on this issue of the proposed constitution. On this Vote No! platform she makes one of the points she has become famous for…

Dominicans to Vote in General Elections on December 18

General elections in Dominica to elect a new government would be held on December 18. This was announced by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt at a mass rally held in Mauhaut, a village just outside capital city Roseau in what was announced as an address to the nation in which it was widely speculated that the [...]

Opposition leader asks about the source of US$1m ‘refused’ by state bank

Leader of the Opposition in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has raised questions about a sum of US$1m (EC$2.7m) in cash that the state bank reportedly refused to accept from a depositor. Arnhim Eustace told reporters on Wednesday that he had been informed that the money was brought into the country and an attempt [...]