EVENING NEWS On the local scene Local Service providers will have an opportunity to improve their grant-writing skills, at a one-day workshop to be hosted by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coalition of Services Industries (SVGCSI). The Grant-Writing workshop will be held tomorrow at the conference room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade from 9 AM to 4 PM. It will be facilitated by Caribbean Export Development Agency – a regional trade and investment promotion agency in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group. Trade Officer and EPA Coordinator in the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Okolo John-Patrick, said the training will improve the capacity small businesses to access funding from regional and international agencies. The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Coalition of Services (SVGCSI) is a non-profit organization aimed to serve and represent the interests of the service providers and the Services sector. It seeks to expose local businesses to global market opportunities through negotiations and formed alliances with its global counterparts. And St. Vincent and the Grenadines is being heightened with technological advancements to monitor hurricane developments. This comes as the country will receive its first visit from the U.S National hurricane center and the crew of the WC-130J also known as the “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft. Speaking to NBC News, Deputy Director of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) Michelle Forbes said the visit was negotiated by the Caribbean Meteorological Organization. She said this visit will be greatly beneficial to this country. Ms. Forbes said it is important that Vincentians capitalize on the use of the Hurricane Hunter. The U.S National Hurricane Center is on a three country tour. They will be arriving this evening at 5 o’clock from Mexico and will proceed their tour onto Puerto Rico tomorrow evening. More on the local scene Officials from Youth Business St. Vincent and the Grenadines say this country will soon begin to see the benefits of having the nation represented at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. The Congress was held in Russia from March 17th to the 21st and during the activity over three thousand Investors, Entrepreneurs and Drivers of Entrepreneurship from throughout the world met to develop ways in which the global business sector can continue to develop. Founder and Managing Director of Youth Business SVG, Kenrick Quashie who represented the country at the Global Congress said his organization partnered with a number of Entrepreneurship organizations during the event. He said coming out of this a number of programs will be launched for local farmers and youths within the next few months. He said the farmers will also be competing for Global prizes when these programs are rolled out. On the regional scene KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Police are now gathered along North Street in downtown Kingston where a woman was on Thursday morning chased and stabbed. The woman, identified as 22-year-old Kadian Oshane, succumbed to her injuries in hospital a short while ago. Police reports are that about 9:00 am the woman was walking along the road when she was attacked by a man. The man was set upon by a mob and beaten and he too was admitted to hospital after being rescued by the police His condition is unconfirmed at this time Further abroad MOSCOW, Russia– Set against the backdrop of tensions in Ukraine and the frostiest relations between the West and Moscow since the Cold War, the news that Russian naval vessels are patrolling the Caribbean may give pause for thought. But, according to voiceofrussia, it’s all for a worthy cause. Last week, the website quoted a spokesman for Russia’s Northern Fleet as saying that two Russian navy ships, together with forces from Nicaragua and Honduras, have taken part in anti-narcotics naval exercises in the Caribbean. “The exercises focused on joint efforts to stop organized criminal groups and cut drug smuggling channels in territorial waters of Latin American states,” Northern Fleet spokesman Captain 2nd Rank Yevgeny Kirillov said. Law enforcement personnel from Nicaragua and special police units from Honduras were also reported to have taken part in the drills. Russia sent a Vishnya-class intelligence ship, the Viktor Leonov, and the Nikolay Chiker support vessel to the exercises. Russia is said to have started reviving its navy and strategic aviation in the mid-2000s, viewing them as a tool to project Russia’s image abroad and to protect the country’s interests around the globe. According to voiceofrussia, Moscow now needs to place such military assets in strategically important regions of the world to make them work effectively toward the goal of expanding Russia’s global influence.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 21:09:18 +0000