FRIDAY JUNE 12, 2020 VOLUME 114, No.24 www.thevincentian.com EC$1.50 One active Customs No fetes LIAT”s $2.7m $1.6. jackpot COVID-19 case officer vigilant yet not spent claimed Page 3 Page 4 Page 13 Page 15 Page 24 FATHER FORGIVES SON Stories by KENVILLE HORNE Response Unit (RRU). home the morning because he Both T-Zan and Jamarie na sleep dey.” THE FATHER OF A RICHLAND were described as “mannerly When questioned about his PARK MAN who is accused of boys” by persons in the son’s general disposition as an causing the death of his Richland Park community. average young man, he was nephew, says that he has T-Zan, a former student of adamant that T-Zan was not forgiven his son for whatever the Thomas Saunders known to use, far less abuse deed he might have committed. Secondary School and the SVG drugs or alcohol. As it stands, Phil Phillips Community College, was All the more reason why he has now to contend with the spoken of as being an finds it “puzzling” as to what death of his grandson, 10- outstanding footballer, who might have driven his son to year-old Jamarie Phillips, and even had a stint in a semi- kill his nephew. the arrest of his 21-year-old professional league in The father said that he son ,T-Zan ‘Zaza’ Phillips of Barbados. never knew both of them to be Cotton Ground, Richland According to the grieving in any confrontation. Park. father, “We forgive him still…. “He (T-Zan) wasn’t like Jamarie’s bloodied body, he na do that off of his natural that, and me never know he showing chop wounds about vibes. For the kind of had any mental problem; but the neck, head and hands, was operation that happen, natural wha he did was not natural,” found at about 12:30pm in the people nar move so.” the father related, adding that front yard of his home, on He said that he was not at regardless, the family and Friday May 29, the same day home when the incident took many of his nephew and son’s T-Zan Phillips is accused of Phil Phillips has to contend T-Zan was apprehended by place, and while his grandson friends were still overcome actions which many of his with the death of his police after he resisted arrest lived with him, his son “use to with sadness and disbelief family and friends say are not grandson and the arrest of and had to be shot in his leg be back and forth,” because of what happened. characteristic of the person his son. by a member of the Rapid elaborating, “My son come they know. Left: Shawn ‘Old Dog’ Nero, sitting in the tray of his pick-up in which he met his death, Sunday 7th June, 2020. Right: The pick-up came to a stop after smashing into a utility pole and remained on top of Nero’s body. 2. FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 . THE VINCENTIAN V News 3 THE VINCENTIAN. FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020. 3. ‘Old Dog’ killed PM defends in vehicular solidarity accident A 49-YEAR-OLD CAMPDEN PARK man known for his ability to entertain onlookers with his dancing moves and message humour, was killed in a vehicular THE ISSUE OF POLICE accident on Sunday BRUTALITY as it currently (June 7) morning, exists here in St Vincent around 1am. and the Grenadines is far Shawn Nero, different to what exists in better known as ‘Old the United States. Dog’, a father of And further, according three, had returned Shawn Nero and his to Prime Minister Dr home after attending fiancée Suzanne Sampson Ralph Gonsalves, the a party but decided enjoyed partying and ongoing protests in the to leave again. having a good time US have now become an There is no together. issue of international indication that human rights. anyone, including his fiancée Suzanne Sampson, He made the knew where he was heading. comments last Sunday Not long after he pullled out in his pick-up, on radio as he sought to Suzanne said she heard a very loud noise. give meaning and It was raining, so she grabbed an umbrella and context to his ‘Statement ventured outside to see what had happened. To her of Solidarity with the disbelief, she came upon her fiancé’s pick-up People of America’. smashed into a utility pole and he was lying under The statement was the vehicle. issued in the wake of the “I saw the pick-up upside down, nobody was killing of George Floyd there, just me alone on the street. So I run down by police during an Protests in the USA have now gone into their third week since the death of looking for somebody but I didn’t see anybody. I arrested in Minneapolis, George Floyd at the hands of police officers. return to the scene, look under the jeep, one of his Minnesota, May 25. hands was hanging out, lifeless,” recalled Sampson. Gonsalves said that in He added that based that is not a pandemic,” would say that the issue She said that she tried pulling him out by his so far that persons here on the statistics, the rate he said. could be compared to a hands and even attempted to push the jeep but may want to critique the at which African “This matter has metaphoric cancer in the both efforts were to no avail. domestic situation, police Americans had been lasted for far too long,” society, and it ought to “I came up screaming, screaming like crazy, then brutality and injustice killed by the police in the he added. have been addressed. I call the neighbours, the neighbors get alerted and exist, but nobody has United States is high. Some 401 years ago, He said that the US everyone came to help,” said Sampson on how she been killed locally based “I have also read that the first Africans were was guilty of was able to get help. on their race. one in every 2,000 taken away to the United commenting on issues The heartbroken woman explained that at first “That is in a sense a African Americans have States as slaves, outside their borders, but those persons who came to assist could not do much red herring, a smoke died from the Gonsalves said. their domestic issue had because of the weight of the vehicle. screen for anyone who coronavirus so far. That And although there now reached a threshold They tried pulling the jeep with a rope from over does not want to take a is a pandemic, but the has been much progress where high officials from the body, but that failed. They were eventually stand on a particular other one where African in the US, Gonsalves other countries were successful with the aid of logs of wood. matter,” Gonsalves said. Americans who die in said that he thought that commenting. (DD) “They got some logs and raised the jeep and contact with the police, the objective observers that’s when they got him out,” said Sampson. Only two active COVID-19 cases in SVG ‘The life of the party’ Suzanne remembers her fiancé as always being AS OF JUNE 9, there were only 2 There are still 153 Crew happy and “he was the life of the party. As soon as active cases of COVID-19 in St. members who have not had a he reached the party he don’t stick. He starts to Vincent and the Grenadines, this result from a second PCR to dance from the time he enter until the party done.” according to a release of the same clear them from quarantine. She also described Shawn as friendly and kind. date from NEMO, on behalf of These Crew members will “I going to miss him a lot because it was me and Health Services Subcommittee - continue in quarantine until him all the time. We go to parties a lot, we do National Emergency Committee. the receipt of these results, videos together, love taking pics together and now According to the release, 91 despite the expiration of the …,” as she stopped abruptly to control her negative COVID-19 PCR results initial fourteen (14) days of emotions. were recently returned from mandatory quarantine. Shawn Nero became this country’s fifth road CARPHA Public Health In related news, NEMO fatality for the year. Laboratory. This batch of results confirmed that a Crew member The other fatalities are: Lucinda Brackin, 46, included 9 negative results which who was repatriated on May 26, COVID-19 tests. who died on the spot when the vehicle in which she were the second ones for 9 2020 on the Royal Caribbean’s A second negative COVID-19 was travelling overturned along the main road in COVID-19 positive persons, Vision of the Seas, died at the PCR test result for the man was Sandy Bay, Sunday 8th March; Shannel John, 33, medically clearing them. Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on received in the latest batch from who died on the spot along the main road in Rillan Two hundred and five Royal June 9. CARPHA, and it confirmed that Hill, after being hit by a pick-up on Wednesday Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) NEMO described the deceased his death was not related to 18th March; Fidel Davis, 34, who died on the spot Crew members were released as a 37-year-old male, one of 358 COVID-19. The man had after he lost control of his bike in Biabou, May 11; from quarantine today, June 9, Vincentian sailors who completed his 14-day quarantine and Glenron Ballantyne, 17, a student of the Sandy following the receipt of the disembarked the vessel on May on Monday.