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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – On Monday 25 October 2021, a team of officials from the Caribbean  Examinations Council (CXC®) travelled to St Vincent and the Grenadines to participate in the Release  of Results Ceremony, on Friday 29 October, for the Second Sitting of 2021 Examinations for  Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® (CAPE®), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate®  (CSEC®) and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence® (CCSLC®). Results are scheduled  to be r...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – On Monday 25 October 2021, a team of officials from the Caribbean  Examinations Council (CXC®) travelled to St Vincent and the Grenadines to participate in the Release  of Results Ceremony, on Friday 29 October, for the Second Sitting of 2021 Examinations for  Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® (CAPE®), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate®  (CSEC®) and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence® (CCSLC®). Results are scheduled  to be r...

Audio of all 12 episodes on LP for the first time Audio versions of all 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers are to be released as a full vinyl LP collection for the first time. The release, which includes a 12-inch print signed by John Cleese, will be limited to 1,500 copies. It comprises the original four BBC vinyl albums – Fawlty Towers, Second Sitting, At Your Service and A La Carte - plus two newly created collections, Plat Du Jour and Enjoy Your Stay, to cover all the episodes. They include a n...

CAMILLE McEACHNIE The Second Sitting of the Tobago House of Assembly’s (THA) Legislature, scheduled to continue voting for a Presiding Officer on February 1, 2021, resulted in another deadlock. The People’s National Movement (PNM) is proposing a new candidate for presiding officer. The first Sitting took place last week, on Thursday 28 January 2021. The PNM and the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP), who were sworn in by President Paula-Mae Weekes on January 28th, nominated Ingrid Melvil...

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, has pledged to live by his oath sworn on the occasion of his election, intimating that he will respect, obey and abide by the will of the House.

While extending holiday greeting to persons in the Virgin Islands (VI), Jr Minister for Trade and Economic Development, Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) has affirmed that the Government will not accept visitors breaking local COVID-19 protocols. Photo: Facebook/File DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – While extending holiday greeting to persons in the Virgin Islands (VI), Jr Minister for Trade and Economic Development, Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL...

An October 2020 fight between several men at a bar social event in Virgin Gorda which left one wounded and hospitalised. In the image taken from a mobile video, none of the men can be seen adhering to social distancing guidelines and correct wearing of face masks. Photo: Team of Reporters DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Senior Opposition Legislator Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has said despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the people of th...

Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) says he is pushing for a 20K increase in fines if possible, for persons who break COVID-19 quarantine in the Virgin Islands (VI). Photo: HoA/Youtube DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) says he is pushing for a $20,000 increase in fines, if possible, for persons who break COVID-19 quarantine in the Virgin Islands (VI). The Pr...

Public servants should only made to act for a couple of years and either appointed or removed from their post, according to Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5). Photo: VINO/File DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has pledged to lobby for the regularisation of long-standing appointments within the public service. The Minister gave that indication on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at t...

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Senior Opposition Member in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly, Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) says in just two years of the Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) led Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government, more is being done for the 3rd electoral district than when the National Democratic Party (NDP) was in power. “I can say this, that for the last two years I was able to deliver to my people what I couldnt deliver for the last 8 prior,” he s...