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The Gleaner on Friday, February 2 breathed a loud sigh of relief in its front page headline stating “Finally”; meaning that, at last, the government announced February 26 as the date of the local government election. The councillors, candidates,...

Sometimes its what people dont say that reveals the most.

Premier Blaine Higgs’s flirtation with an early election call last fall cost taxpayers more than $1.7 million in expenses that turned out to be unnecessary, according to New Brunswick’s chief electoral officer.

In his latest critique of the failings of Jamaica’s political leadership, Howard Mitchell highlighted the inefficiency, bordering on laziness, of the island’s Parliament, and questioned whether those who run the show made the best use of existing “...

Governor General Dame Susan Dougan has made an impassioned plea for an end to violence in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). The Governor General issued the call on Monday, January 8, as she delivered the Throne Speech to signal the commencement of the 4th session of the 11th Parliament. In her much anticipated speech, the Governor General spoke about the involvement in crime among a small segment of the …

By Dr. The Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves – Prime Minister INTRODUCTION On January 12, 2015, at Rock Gutter (located between Fancy and Owia) seven students died when the school bus in which they were being driven, ran-off the road into the Atlantic Ocean. This year is the ninth anniversary of this awful tragedy. We remember them and their families with a sadness and pain enveloped in an abiding love. We …

The truck rental company U-Haul said this week that Calgary is the destination for the highest number of one-way customer moves in the country

This year 2024, the government will be moving to create more permanent jobs in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).

This Country’s Governor General, Dame Susan Dougan has said that the year 2023 was marked by significant economic recovery and great achievements for St. Vincent and the Grenadines.   Dame Susan was delivering the Throne Speech to mark the opening of the Fourth session of the Eleventh Parliament yesterday, at the Temporary Parliament Building at…

“If you are getting uptight and you want to fight, fight them, not me!” These are famous lasting words from a wordsmith of no mean order whose voice has receded into deathly silence. On December 7, 2023, Benjamin Zephaniah became an ancestor. From...