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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Images from Vote No Meeting held at Chateaubelair last night

“Dwight Venner Should Resign,” says Sir James Mitchell former PM SVG

Former Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir James Mitchell has called for the resignation of the governor of the Central Bank, Sir Dwight Venner. Sir James was speaking at a “Vote NO” rally put on by the opposition New Democratic Party in the North Windward constituency which is held by current Prime [...]

“Vote NO” Committee Formed and demands equal funding for their Campaign

A group calling themselves the Vote NO committee has been formed. At a press conference called to announce the group, they stated that their mission is “to educate the Vincentian public as to why they should and must VOTE NO in the referendum on the Constitution in its current form.” This they said they hope [...]