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ECGC Bids Farewell to Elvis Deriggs
ECGC Director Sylvia Sutherland presents plaque to CEO Elvis DeRiggs Social Share
Elvis DeRiggs, Chief Executive Officer of the East Caribbean Group of Companies was given a grand send off last Friday evening when members of the Board of Directors, Management and senior staff held a cocktail reception in his honour.
DeRiggs has had an illustrious career which spans 40 years. He made his entrance to ECGC on July 17, 1980 as a Milling Trainee, immediately after completing his studies at the St Vincent Grammar School. Four years later in 1984, he was confirmed as a qualified Flour Miller and on July 1, 1990, he was promoted to the position of Head Miller, making him the first Vincentian to be appointed to this post. Fourteen years later, in 1998, DeRiggs was promoted to Production Manager and 11 years after that, in April 2009, he became second-in-command as Chief Operating Officer.
CDB to fund US$13.7 million school rehab project in SVG
BRAGSA carrying out soil testing at a school which is part of the CDB-funded Schools’ rehabilitation project Social Share
Students and staff at nine schools across St Vincent and the Grenadines can look forward to new and improved facilities under a major schools’ improvement project to be supported with US$13.7 million (mn) in funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
ONE OF BRAGSA’s workers carrying out soil testing at a school
On Thursday, December 10, the Bank’s Board of Directors approved CDB’s support of the project which will see two schools – Kingstown Anglican Primary and Sandy Bay Secondary, completely reconstructed and seven others significantly upgraded or rehabilitated. The schools slated for rehabilitation are Barrouallie Anglican Primary, Barrouallie Government Primary, Bequia Community High, Girls’ High School, St Clair Dacon Secondary, St Vincent Grammar School and Thomas