FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2026
VOLUME 120, No. 06
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MINISTER DECRIES POLICE WORKING CONDITIONS: POLICE HEADQUARTERS RELOCATED
Operations at Police Headquarters, Kingstown will relocate as of today, Friday 6th February. The headquarters remains one of the few buildings in capital Kingstown that has retained most of its original architecture and style.
Major St. Clair Leacock, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, has made issues affecting police officers and policing in general early priorities.
A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT on Feb 04 by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF), gave notice that the operations at Police Headquarters, Kingstown, including the Office of the Commissioner of Police, will be temporarily relocated. The announcement went on further to inform that as part of this transition, Police Headquarters will close at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 6, 2026. Continued on Page 3.
ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL RAISES CONCERNS FOLLOWING A VISIT to the ongoing construction site of the Acute Care Hospital at Arnos Vale, Minister of Health Daniel Cummings expressed concern about a certain area of neglect and a missed opportunity, among The Acute Care Hospital is said to be a state-of-the-art tertiary level healthcare facility and was originally intended to replace the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital.
other issues which he said warranted attention. As far as the neglect was concerned, Cummings lamented the fact that the project had progressed too far without proper consultation with the Central Water and Sewerage Authority (CWSA), Continued on Page 3. Health Minister Daniel Cummings, while recognizing certain areas of concern with respect to the construction of the Acute Care Hospital, assured that the NDP government will see the project to its completion.