I believe it was Gordon Lewis, author of the GROWTH OF THE MODERN WEST INDIES who referred to the issue of “the darkened theatre audience”. Our people as they related to the political leaders were like persons sitting in the audience looking at players on the stage, applauding or even booing but not active participants in the process. This continues, although the growth of communications technology facilitates more participation. We...
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has rapped the knuckles of officials at the Kingstown Town Board for threatening to remove vendors who are in default of their payments for vending in Kingstown.
The Christian principles informed the political decisions of the late Conrad Augustine Sayers, former Member of Parliament and former Representative of Central Kingstown. That is according to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves while speaking to the media following the viewing of the body at the Temporary Parliament Building at Calliaqua this morning. Dr. Gonsalves said…
Some vendors are once again at loggerheads with the management of the Kingstown Town Board following their receipt of a letter mandating them to pay outstanding fees by this week or be removed.
Brenda Lee, a resident of McCarthy, who has been vending for over 40 years, says her blouse was ripped off by workers attached to the Kingstown Town Board (KTB) during an incident at the Kingstown Vegetable Market.
After two visits in less than a week from officials of the Kingstown Town Board to his residence, Rose Place (Bottom Town) resident, Quinn Andrews, says he strongly believes he is being unfairly targeted. [caption id="attachment_161859" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Pigeon pen and structure that covers the tables where Andrew’s products are sold, before the pen was removed by the Kingstown Town Board[/caption] In a previous interview with SEARCHLIGHT which was published …
A resident of Rose Place (Bottom Town) is questioning a move by the Kingstown Town Board (KTB) to remove items, and attempt to demolish structures outside the residence where he lives.
Warden of the Kingstown Town Board, Clayton Burgin said vendors at the Vegetable Market in Kingstown feel that because Senator Julian Francis is “indisposed” that nothing would happen in relation to the clean up of the city. And many owe the operation thousands of dollars in unpaid fees. Burgin, a former Minister of Health made the comment on Monday, October 24 while speaking on Star FM. On Monday, vendors vented …
Tensions between the vendors at the Central Kingstown Market and the Kingstown Town Board have simmered somewhat, following two days of protest by the vendors. On Monday and Tuesday, more than a dozen vendors vented their frustrations outside the city’s main market calling for the Kingstown Town Board to return their fruits, vegetables and other stall produce and materials which they allegedly removed without the knowledge or permission of the …