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FEBRUARY 12, 2016
VOLUME 110, No.07
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Sheron Garraway insisted to the PM that her media house had a responsibility to cover what was happening in the country.
PRIME MINISTER Dr. Ralph Gonslaves reiterated on Monday, during a press conference he hosted, that SVG Broadcasting Corporation/SVG TV was biased against him and his Unity Labour Party. But, unlike previous occasions when his observation did not fetch a response, this time it was received with some degree of rebuke by a SVG BC journalist, Sheron Garraway, who was in attendance at the referred press conference. In an attempt to separate his comment from how he perceived Ms. Garraway, his “Sheron, … what I said
about SVGTV ain’t intended for you,” was met with the following response from Garraway: “No,…. That is not the point. I work with SVG Broadcasting, so I am part of the entity.” Dr. Gonsalves’ attempt to reinforce the distinction between Garraway and SVG BC, was interrupted by Garraway, who made it known that, “I do not agree with what you say… that is your opinion.” The Prime Minister, though, collected himself and espoused, “…
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves raised the ire of a SVGBC/SVGTV journalist when he repeated his Continued on Page 3. claims of biasness against that media house.
The Absence of Members of the Opposition from the sitting of the new parliament has caused the Government to introduce a Bill to rein them in.
NEW PARLIAMENT REGULATION EXPECTED be presented by the next scheduled meeting of PRIME MINISTER Dr Ralph Parliament, later this month. Gonsalves is anticipating that Speaking at a press briefing all the relevant processes on Monday, Gonsalves said would be completed for a Bill that he had contacted the to regulate payment of Attorney General, Judith members of the House, Jones-Morgan, for an update especially as it relates to those on how the process had been (members) who absent progressing thus far. themselves from sittings, to “I am in her hands and in by DAYLE DA SILVA
the hands of the draft persons,” he said, adding that he expected that by the end of this week, copies of the draft would be made available for discussion before it goes to Cabinet for approval. During the presentation of the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, Gonsalves warned the elected members
of the Opposition, who were absent, that the order paper for the February 22 meeting of the House could be amended to include a Bill that would prevent members of the House that absent themselves, from drawing funds allocated to them. “The public is expecting
that we will do something about persons who don’t come to Parliament and expect to draw money, and I am hoping that we will have a Bill to that effect before this Honourable House,” the Prime Minister said on January 29. Continued on Page 3.