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A firetruck responds to a call in Kingstown in November 2014. The government is buying fire trucks for Georgetown and the leeward side of St. Vincent. (Photo: Ashford Peters/Facebook)

Gov’t to purchase fire trucks for G’town, Leeward

The government will purchase a fire truck each to serve the Georgetown and North Leeward areas. “I was very concerned that a conurbation like Georgetown didn’t have a fire truck…

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Lystra Fletcher-Paul, FAO sub-regional coordinator for the Caribbean.

FAO calls for ban on sugary drinks in schools

By Kenton X. Chance BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — A senior United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation official in the Caribbean says it is “absolutely” time to ban sugary drinks in…

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