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President of the NDP Dr Godwin Friday Social Share The New Democratic Party (NDP), said it is “extremely concerned about the profoundly disturbing matter of the shooting and beating of a man just over three weeks ago and the involvement of a Senator and a senior public official and a third person as alleged assailants”. In a release dated May 8, 2021, the party pointed out that St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a country of laws and “we believe in the Rule of Law which guarantees the equality of all citizens before the law”. The party said it believes as well in the trans...

NBC SVG The proceedings of today’s session of Parliament were disrupted earlier this afternoon, after an exchange between the Leader of the Opposition  Dr. Godwin Friday and Speaker of the House of Assembly Rochelle Forde. The Speaker was forced to suspend the sitting, after the Opposition Leader raised an issue which he wished to be dealt with and was told that it could not be accommodated. Following the resumption, Parliamentary Representative for Central Kingstown St. Clair Leacock spoke on the issue. Following his presentation, Speaker of the House of Assembly Rochelle addressed the Pa...

Kingstown – The St Vincent and the Grenadines government says it has ordered 50 000 doses of the Russia-developed Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, as nationals continue to refuse taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to help curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic here. Health officials are worried that thousands of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are at risk of expiring at the end of this month, and Prime Minister Dr. Ralph …

NBC SVG “Heal Our Nation – An evening of Prayers & Praise for St. Vincent & the Grenadines” . Organizers say “Heal Our Nation” would involve church leaders offering special prayers for the country along with worship teams from nine major denominations in the country in praise. The purpose being to seek God’s divine intervention with all that the country is facing at this time. This includes: a dengue fever outbreak, the spread of Covid 19 virus, the eruption of the La Soufrieie volcano, the current dry spell and impending hurricane season.   The Minister of Ecclesiastical Affai...

Nothing New: Old Time Politics Dr. Godwin Friday, Leader of the Opposition, has found very little if anything inventive and relevant about the 2021 Budget. By: Dayle Da Silva• Leader of the Opposition Dr Godwin Friday picked up where he left off in his critique of the 2021 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, during his response to this year’s Budget Presentation, February 1. Friday said in his response to the Minister Finance Camillo Gonsalves’ 2021 Budget presentation, that it was not one that had been crafted for the present times.  "This is a timid response to the pandemic,” Fr...