demonstrations since the coup last month . u.s. president joe biden is kicking off a nationwide messaging blitz to promote his newly passed covid relief package. it starts today with a speech at the white house. and as our john harwood reports, the president wants people to know there s more to it than the checks already arriving in bank accounts. reporter: last week congress passed president biden s $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. this week president biden and his team hit the road to promote the legislation. it s already broadly popular in the polls. it won t hurt that those $1,400 per person covid relief checks have already started hitting americans bank accounts over the weekend. but president biden wants to make sure people understand other benefits in the bill including expanded child tax credits, aid to state and local governments, expanded health care subsidies, and also aid to small businesses that didn t qualify for previous rounds. the sales job will include
by Augustine Ferdinand Director of the Institute of Governance and Politics of Latin America and the Caribbean Forty-four years ago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines attained independence. The Constitution of our country underwent an amendment on October 27, 1979, to reassert its foundational principles: the inherent value of humanity, the belief in God, and liberty. We clearly stated our intention to establish a society that exemplifies democratic principles, free …
Farmers in the Red and Orange Zones, who have been receiving financial support from the government since the volcanic eruptions last year, will receive more money at the end of this month. After the eruptions last year, farmers in the two zones received assistance of $500 until December 2021. The government had promised them further assistance in 2022 and many farmers had been anxiously awaiting their support payment. Deputy Prime …
IT IS A welcome development to note the efforts of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), the Seismic Resource Centre of the UWI, the Government, private sector organisations and community groups to organise activities this week to commemorate the first anniversary of the April 9 eruption of the Soufriere volcano last year. It is welcome because we as a people tend to quickly forget the lessons of our experiences, thus …