Olympism

During the year 2009 TASVG encountered many challenges. There is little doubt that while these would certainly have helped to mould the organisation, they have retard TASVG’s forward march. Read the rest of this entry »

On Saturday last, 12 December 2009, Team Athletics St Vincent and the Grenadines (TASVG) hosted its annual Awards Ceremony.

The activity was intended to celebrate the organisation’s achievements during the year whether at the level of athletes, coaches, technical officials, volunteers or administration.  In general terms the TASVG commended itself for being able to move forward in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, St Vincent and the Grenadines found itself at the centre of what is a rather common occurrence in international sport today – the matter of a national seeking to change citizenship to compete for another nation.

Experience

There are always cases of athletes, having the experience of another country’s sports development programme and the range of opportunities afforded nationals who are wont to call on their own country to allow them to change nationality. Read the rest of this entry »

The year 2009 witnesses The News newspaper achieving 20 years of existence, a tremendous feat indeed for the media in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

Early Days

When The News first started it was stated in no uncertain terms that it was going to be a very different type of production and aimed at raising the bar in terms of the content and the quality of the final product.

The first location was upstairs the building that now houses Randy’s Supermarket on Bay Street, Kingstown. If one entered the building at the time one would have found a very frugal set up. Things looked somewhat dishevelled but effective and everyone involved was so committed to the institution that all pitched in on the Wednesday evenings, into the nights and the wee hours of Thursday mornings to ensure that everything was as it should be. Read the rest of this entry »