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CEO of the St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) Vaughn Lewis has explained the fuel surcharge and how it’s being calculated.

The explanation comes as VINLEC and the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines tries to ease the burden to customers caused by the rising costs of fuel globally by injecting funds to lower the Fuel Surcharge rate.

Speaking on NBC Radio this morning,  Mr. Lewis said fuel is a major part of VINLEC’s operation but the variability of fuel is not controlled locally.

He said the rate structure was adjusted to ensure that there can be stable operations.

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 Mr. Lewis also explained how the Petro Caribe fuel arrangement will change the operations at VINLEC.

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The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diabetes and Hypertension Association will be hosting a symposium next week as part of activities to observe World Diabetes Day.

Foot Health Practitioner and Member of the Association Janice Oliver- Creese said the symposium will focus on Diabetes Management and Care in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Mrs. Oliver- Creese is encouraging persons to attend the symposium on November 14th where they will be taught best practices when caring for the feet.

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Foot Health Practitioner and Member of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Diabetic and Hypertension Association Janice Oliver- Creese

World Diabetes Day is observed annually on November 14th.

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Trinidad’s Alyssa Mohammed has been selected at the Rhodes Scholar for the Commonwealth Caribbean for 2023.

An emotional Mohammed greeted local media on Tuesday, November 8 at State House after it was announced that she outperformed the other 10 candidates hailing from Barbados, Grenada, Antigua, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago.

“I have spent an amazing few days with all of the candidates and as they said, any of them could have gotten it, probably should have gotten it, but it feels amazing,” she said with a nervous chuckle.

“It is such an honour and I can’t wait to give back to our Caribbean Community and to our women,” Mohammed added.

The first of her family to receive the opportunity to study overseas, the University of West Indies graduate who has a First Class Honours degree in Sociology, will be heading to Oxford University in October 2023 to further her studies. She shared that she wanted to pursue a Master of Science (MSc) in Sociology or Master of Law (LLM) in Sociology and Demography.

“I am very passionate about our social situation here. My heart is with gender so it is Sociology with a gender focus. The gender issues in the Caribbean is nothing new to us, we know about the violence, we know about the sexual assault.

“I am excited to see what the macro perspective of Oxford education in sociology would be able to bring. Not only to me personally, but what I will be able to give back to the Caribbean community not only in women and gender issues but broader issues like crime,” Mohammed added.

Her Excellency, The Most Honourable, Dame Sandra Mason, President of Barbados who chaired the selection committee, praised this year’s scholarship candidates. She expressed that she hoped the number of winners could be increased in the future.

“We are hoping that it could be increased to two or three because we have the talent in the Caribbean,” said the President.

“To choose one person has been extremely difficult and because we had to choose one, we had to choose well. One of the things that we always say, is that out of this group of young persons, talented young persons, every single one of them could have been given the Rhodes Scholarship.”

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Signing Ceremony for MoU with China

On Wednesday, 9th November, 2022, the Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy, the Hon. Dean Jonas, signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.

The main objectives of the MoU are as follows:

To uphold a mutually beneficial and win-win development partnership and to deepen practical cooperation in the field of blue economy

To enhance synergy between blue economic development strategy and policy

To encourage businesses to conduct investment cooperation in the blue economy, subject to existing regulatory framework.

To promote the introduction of more pragmatic and efficient policies and measures,

To agree to step up human resource development cooperation in blue economy and relevant areas.

To encourage businesses to facilitate the coordinated development of the local economy, society, people and the marine ecological environment in compliance with national legislation

In addition to the Minister responsible for the Blue Economy, the Hon. Dean Jonas, the ceremony was attended by:

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy – Ms. Sarah Stuart

Director (ag.) in the Department of the Blue Economy – Ms. Ann-Louise Hill

Head of the Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy – Mr. Xia Xiaowei

Attaché to the Chinese Embassy – Ms. Zhang Qianqian

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