Santa Cruz Green Market celebrates 10th anniversary

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The Green Market, Santa Cruz, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on November 26, by joining the global Slow Food Earth Market network.

Founder Vicki Assevero said, “Joining this amazing global network offers all of our community members and supporters an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to good, clean and fair food and food systems. We are privileged to start a new decade and innovate our original model for greater sustainability.”

Celebrations including parang, free horse rides, a bouncy castle and more, will begin at 6am, followed by a formal ceremony at 10am, honouring loyal vendors and other supporters for their contribution throughout the years.

Cake sponsored by Linda’s Bakery and ice-cream by B&M ice-cream will be free for the first 100 people.

Some of the market’s most popular vendors are invited back for a “culinary stroll down memory lane” with Debbie’s coconut bake, Antonio’s empanadas and Astrida’s chocolate drinks, among others.

A media release said, “The public will be invited to help inaugurate a pollinator garden as part of the worldwide BES Net which is seeking to preserve biodiversity. The market has also been an avid advocate for sustainable practices including but not limited to zero waste initiatives, saving the soil, recycling, farmers’ education and most recently, our affiliation with Slow Food earth market and the inauguration of a pollinator garden.”

Visit Green Market’s Instagram and Facebook pages @greenmarketsantacruz for vendor stories and product highlights.

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WATCH: Department Of Finance Fine-Tunes Its Business Continuity Strategy – St. Lucia Times News

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The Department of Finance supported by the World Bank is focused on responding to the next hazard or threat to its operation by building resilience into its business continuity strategy.

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Vincentian Journalist Kenton Chance awarded the 2022 Distinguished Taiwan Alumni Award

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Vincentian Journalist Kenton Chance has been awarded the 2022 Distinguished Taiwan Alumni Award by Ambassador Peter Sha-Li Lan on behalf of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education.

This award was dedicated to graduates of the Taiwan University Scholarship Programme.

In 2011, Mr. Chance graduated from Ming Chuan University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, and obtained a Master of Arts in International Affairs Global Governance from the same university the following year.

In 2009, Mr. Chance started iWitness News as a requirement for a course for his undergraduate studies and continued to operate the site as a source of news and current affairs information from or concerning St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Today, iWitness News has grown to be one of the leading source of News in SVG.

Chance said the award will continue to motivate him to be true to the training that he received in Taiwan

He thanked the Government of Taiwan for the recognition and the Taiwanese Embassy in Kingstown for nominating him as a candidate.

Chance is one of 10 people globally to have received the award this year

He is the first Vincentian to receive this award.

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NTRC’s I-CODE finals set to take place this Friday

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The finals of the I-CODE Competition hosted by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission NTRC is set to take place this Friday at the Methodist Church Hall.

Consumer and Public Relations Manager at the NTRC Rhea Lewis said the competition will be judged in three categories.

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Ms. Lewis is encouraging persons to view the finals online or attend in person for a chance to win a prize.

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NBC’s Special Report – Tuesday November 15th 2022

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Chief Executive Officer of RS Academy, Rodney Small says the Academy has been doing great things for its students since its inception.

Mr. Small says the academy, which opened its doors in March 2021 is now recruiting new students.

Rawdica Stephen tells us more in today’s special report.

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Education Ministry seeking to address the deficiencies of Mathematics skills among students

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Minister of Education, Curtis King says his Ministry is seeking to address the deficiencies of Mathematics skills among students here.

The Minister said on Radio on Sunday that the Ministry be placing major focus on improving the poor performance in mathematics.

He gave the commitment that the Ministry will provide a greater level of support to the Math Teachers

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Minister King said despite the progress made in education over the last two years, more work needs to be done.

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Sandals Negril treats mental health care staff to a day of relaxation Loop Jamaica

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Toasting an amazing day ahead at Sandals Negril are St Elizabeth Health Department employees (from left) Delroy Facey, psychiatric nursing aide, Sandra Wellington and Karen Elliott, mental health nurse practitioner.

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To express gratitude to the hardworking employees in the medical field, Sandals Negril Beach Resort and Spa recently hosted 20 health- care professionals from St Elizabeth Health Department’s Mental Unit on a complimentary day pass at the resort.

Resort General Manager David Latchimy and the Regional Public Relations team were on hand to welcome the group to the luxury-included resort and personally thank them for their commitment to taking care of some 1,700 patients in the parish of St Elizabeth.

Sandals and Beaches Resorts in Negril enjoy a strong partnership with the St Elizabeth Health Department as the resorts often contribute to back-to-school initiatives staged by the Mental Health Unit and also provide donations of linen, clothing, toys, medical and hygiene supplies to mentally ill patients and their families in the parish.

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Victim appeals to bandit who robbed him at gunpoint to return his phone, on which critical medical information is saved

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An All Saints resident is asking the man who robbed him to return his cell phone, since critical medical information is stored on the device.

The man tells REAL News he was held up, last week, by a man who was dressed completely in black with a T-shirt wrapped around his head.

The incident took place at about 9:30 p.m. last Wednesday, November 9, in the parking lot of a Pentecost Church in All Saints.

Along with his Blu V91 cell phone, the victim says the gun-toting bandit relieved him of a bunch of keys and his wallet, with all his ID and bank cards.

Reportedly, the robber also wanted the keys to the victim’s pick-up, but he did not hand them over. Instead, the man ran to a nearby house where the home-owner called the Police.

The man is grateful that he was not harmed, but says the return of his phone would be greatly appreciated.

Not only does he need the medical information saved in the cell, but the key to access his medication is stored there, as well, he says.

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Attack with knife and scissors sends Tindale Road man to the hospital and into emergency surgery for serious wounds

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Police continue to probe a stabbing in lower Ottos that landed a man in the hospital last week.

The incident was reported by a security officer at the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, who told Police that a man had arrived at the hospital with several stab wounds about his body.

As a result, officers went to the hospital and observed the Tindale Road man on a bed in the Emergency Room. Reports say the victim was bandaged, including around the head, and had other bleeding wounds about his person.

According to reports, the man and a friend were sitting outside the fence of ZDK Radio when he was rushed by someone he knows as “GT” and stabbed multiple times with a knife.

The attacker is alleged to have also used a pair of scissors to inflict injuries to the victim, who was subsequently transported to the hospital.

Doctors say the Tindale Road man received superficial lacerations to the forehead and forearm; a tendon rupture to his right hand; and deep lacerations to his right cheek.

He received emergency surgery for the more severe of his injuries.

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Thieves steal possessions of cruise-ship tourists at Fort James, while two locals are robbed of documents and cash

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REAL NEWS: Cruise ship passengers were among a number of persons who fell victim to larceny, and the Police are now investigating these incidents.

According to reports, a German couple, aged 54 and 55 years, respectively, arrived in Antigua aboard the AIDA Pearla and decided to visit Fort James.

They left their bag – containing an iPhone, a Samsung cell phone, a pair of Apple ear pods, two cruise tickets, and a small amount of US dollars and Euros – on the beach while they went swimming.

When they returned from their swim they realized the bag was missing, and they informed an on-duty lifeguard, who, in turn, made a report to the Police.

The incident occurred between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Meanwhile, a 49-year-old Urlings woman reportedly had her handbag snatched by a young man early one morning last week.

The victim reports that she was sitting on the wall at the AIDS Secretariat on Long Street, and searching through her handbag, when the perpetrator grabbed it and fled.

The bag is said to have contained her Antigua and Barbuda passport; birth certificate; Social Security, Medical Benefits and Voter ID cards; and a Samsung A53 cell phone.

Also in the bag were US$200, EC$130, and the keys to her workplace locker.

The perpetrator is described as tall, slim, and light in complexion, and wearing braids whose ends are bleached gold.  Reportedly he was wearing denim shorts and a blue long-sleeved hooded shirt.

Police carried out a search of the area, but no one fitting that description was found.

In an unrelated story, a 62-year-old Barnes Hill man had his knapsack stolen by police impersonators.

Reportedly, he had been riding a pedal cycle, from west to east, on the Old Parham Road, when two unknown men in a silver Toyota Vitz pulled him over, near Hadeed Motors, shouting “Police! Police!”

They then searched the man and took his black knapsack – containing a bicycle pump and patch; a Digicel cell phone; an expired Jamaican passport; and $350 in cash – before making their escape.

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