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Students at a primary school in St. Vincent play during their lunch break on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.
Students at a primary school in St. Vincent play during their lunch break on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

Budget Debate offers no clear response to current COVID wave

The approval in Parliament on Friday, without opposition presence or support, of the 2022 Budget, realised Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves’s promise four days earlier, to “do what I have to…

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Government lawmakers, from left, Deputy Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel, Minister of the Public Service Frederick Stephenson, and Senator Rochard Ballah tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. They are photographed here outside Parliament on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.
Government lawmakers, from left, Deputy Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel, Minister of the Public Service Frederick Stephenson, and Senator Rochard Ballah tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. They are photographed here outside Parliament on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.

Half of gov’t MPs now COVID positive; PM refuses to postpone Budget Debate

Half of the 14 government lawmakers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have now tested positive for COVID-19, with three more positive results today (Wednesday). On Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister,…

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