Jomo Sanga Thomas is a lawyer, journalist, social commentator and a former Speaker of the House of Assembly in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (iWN file photo)

Disaster, Budget 2025 and electoral politics

By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk” Jan. 17, 2025) Budget 2025 was presented with the usual fanfare: plenty of clapping, desk thumping, laughter, and jeering. For almost five hours, Finance Minister…

17 Jan 2025 6:20AM

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A message from acting ASP Nolan D. Dallaway

17 Jan 2025 4:54AM

Central Kingstown MP and NDP President St. Clair Leacock speaking in a 15, 2025 photo.

Leacock against Taiwan president visiting SVG before elections

16 Jan 2025 5:49AM

Association supports recovery initiative for women in sea moss industry

16 Jan 2025 4:20AM

Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves, left, and Opposition Leader Godwin Friday speaking in Parliament during the ongoing Budget Debate.

Finance Minister called upon to say whether gov’t borrowing to pay debt

15 Jan 2025 10:01AM

Hesran Ballantyne, left and Junior Bowens, the fathers of two of the seven students who died in the Rock Gutter Tragedy on Jan. 12, 2015, at the 10-year memorial service on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.

Fathers say pain of Rock Gutter Tragedy not as sharp 10 years on

Fancy on Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the death of seven students in the Rock Gutter Tragedy, with the fathers of two of the deceased saying that they have…

15 Jan 2025 8:21AM

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