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Fired public servant Otto Sam to sue, write book
“It is just a case of the house slaves carrying out the wish of the master.” – Otto Sam KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 17, IWN – Otto Sam, the public servant who was fired on Wednesday for a letter he wrote in a newspaper in July 2012 says he will sue the government and write … Continue reading
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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 17, IWN – This country’s fiscal situation during the first quarter (Q1) of 2013 improved year-on-year, but Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has told Parliament that preliminary figures show a deterioration in April. “On the face of it, for the first three months, we have an improvement in the fiscal situation. … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 16, IWN – Workers at the Irrigation Authority should not have been a position where they had to complain to the media about not being paid since October, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says. The workers took to the media last month complaining about disconnected utility services, inability to send their … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 16, IWN – Opposition lawmakers are scheduled to ask the Government about the fiscal out turn during Q1, wind study at the Argyle international airport, the financials status of two state companies and other national and constituency matters when Parliament meets today — Thursday. Opposition lawmakers have presented 19 questions for oral … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 16, IWN – LIAT shareholder governments have agreed to give Trinidad and Tobago a summary of a legal opinion it has received on the fuel subsidy Port-of-Spain gives to its state-owned carrier, Caribbean Airlines (CAL). “We don’t have to give her (Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Kamla Persad Bissessar) the whole … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 16, IWN – Members of The SVG National Rugby Club made a special visit to the Lewis Punnett home on Saturday, the eve of Mothers’ Day. Players and their families took along several garbage bags of clothes, shoes and cleaning products as well as cakes and cookies to distribute at teatime. … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 16, IWN – Carnival activities in North Leeward will be launched 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sharpes Playing Field in Chateaubelair, under the theme “Culture Meets Sports”. The launch, which is being spearheaded by the North Leeward Sports Organization, is expected to feature a range of sporting events, along with activities for … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 16, IWN – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he would like to meet with his Trinidadian counterpart, Kamla Persad Bissessar, before May 28 to discuss issues relating to regional airline LIAT and the Port-of-Spain owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL). LIAT shareholder governments have complained that the fuel subsidy Port-of-Spain gives to … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 15, IWN – Three police shootings of four people, one fatally, over the past 10 days is unlikely to affect public confidence in the constabulary and police-public relations, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says. Gonsalves expressed the opinion Tuesday at a pre-scheduled press conference about six hours after police shot and … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 15, IWN – Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he will await a written report from Commissioner of Police, Keith Miller, before commenting on the shooting death of a prisoner by police inside a washroom at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The prisoner, Anthony “Scarface” … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 14, IWN – The prisoner shot and killed by police inside a court building in Kingstown on Tuesday was in handcuffs moments before he met his death, a court reporter tells I-Witness News. Police shot and killed Anthony “Scarface” Hamilton in the vicinity of the washroom of the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court. … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 13, IWN – The man who was murdered in Vermont on Sunday had complained that a marijuana farmer had threatened to kill him, his widow told I-Witness News on Monday. Vernon Elias Jackson, a 50-year-old eddo farmer of Francois Village, became this country’s fifth homicide victim over the past two weeks … Continue reading
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, May 13, IWN – This country recorded another homicide on the weekend, bringing to five the number of persons murdered here over the last two weeks. Reports say that a man who goes by the alias “Hammer” from Francois Village in the Vermont Valley was found dead on Sunday. Initial reports are … Continue reading
