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The Unity Labour Party a Record of Achievement The Unity Labour Party a record of achievement. a path of progress Images of a decade of progress in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2001 - 2010 The Unity Labour Party a record of achievement. a path of progress Images of a decade of progress in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Contents ULP – Building a better SVG 2 The Education Revolution 5 The National Library Project 11 The Rabacca Bridge 12 Affordable housing for all 15 Tourism development 16 The Argyle International Airport 20 Safety, security & rehabilitation 23 Quality roads & infrastructure 25 Health & wellness 26 Water & waste management 29 Youth, sports & culture 31 Agriculture & fisheries 34 Then & now: 2001-2010 38 2 ULP – building a better SVG he Unity Labour Party was elected course, the ongoing construction of to office in 2001 after a landslide the Argyle International Airport. T12-3 victory at the polls. In 2005, Under the ULP government, 10,000 the people of Saint Vincent and the jobs have been created; the national Grenadines expressed continuing con- wealth has almost doubled; poverty has fidence in the leadership and vision of been reduced significantly; indigence has the ULP, renewing the party’s mandate practically been wiped out; average per- with a similar majority. sonal incomes have risen, taking SVG As our great nation approaches from the bottom of the independent another election contest, no right- OECS countries to #3; and our finances thinking Vincentian can deny the are the best managed in the OECS. tremendous progress that we have This small booklet contains just a enjoyed under the ULP administration. tiny sample of the over 230 major In a mere 10 years, the signs of projects completed and in-progress by progress and development are every- the ULP administration. This sample is where: Fisheries projects in Owia; a sufficient, we believe, to demonstrate Jetport in Canouan; the Education the ULP’s record, vision and commit- Revolution sweeping the nation; A ment to the people of SVG. new prison in Belle Isle; Low Income This election, we nah turn back! Housing developments nationwide; Look at what we have done in 10 short the historic Rabacca Bridge; and, of years! Vote ULP again! Straker Resource Centre in Layou: Built by the ULP Government The New National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Building in Kingstown: Built by the ULP Government “Fellow Vincentians,our country is a blessed one. We are a small nation but a great people. The burdensome challenges before us cannot be wished away; our large possibilities cannot be realised by mere wishful thinking. Hard, smart work is required.There must be no let up on our individual and collective endeavours to progress” Dr. Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister of St.Vincent and the Grenadines and Political Leader of the ULP South Rivers Primary School (Above) & Troumaca Early Childhood Education Centre (Below) 5 the education revolution hen the ULP came to office in lars to the University of the West Indies. 2001, education was in a dis- The ULP administration moved Wmal state. Even the previous swiftly into action, making education a administration admitted that “educa- priority, and setting forth a sound tion was in crisis” under its leadership! vision and plan for progress. Today, we And what a crisis it was. In 2001, have universal access to secondary only 39% of eligible students were education. Over 400 primary school being admitted to secondary school. teachers are university graduates. Lack of opportunities for advance- Learning Resource Centers have been ment meant that only 4 primary school built in almost every constituency. teachers had university degrees. Early New schools have been built. childhood education was inadequate. Hundreds of students receive scholar- The national library had been sold, and ships, grants and government-backed its books moved to a cramped ware- loans for tertiary education. And a house. Very few students received National Library has been built that is scholarships for tertiary education, and the envy of the Caribbean. the government owed millions of dol- What a Government!! Students at Bishops College Kingstown gaining technical skills outside of the traditional classroom environment A new primary school at Fair Hall (Top); A new secondary school at Peter’s Hope (below, left); and a new secondary school at Edinboro (below, right). Just three of the new facilities built by the ULP administration. “Education and health are thus not social luxuries or appendages as in a colonial economy, which demanded abundant unskilled labour,but vital production requisites for the modern, competitive economy.” Dr. Ralph Gonsalves The state of the art Automotive Repair Training Centre at Arnos Vale: Built by the ULP Government (Left) The New Secondary School in Union Island, including living quarters for teachers: Built by the ULP Government did you know? The ULP administration has built 13 Learning Resource Centres nation- wide, three others are under construction, and four more are planned: # Built: Sandy Bay, Chester Cottage, Colonarie, South Rivers, Evesham, Sans Souci (North Union), Biabou,Villa, Upper Cane Hall, Questelles, Layou, Fitz Hughes, and Union Island # Under Construction: Lowmans (Leeward), Barrouallie, and Canouan (a Marine Learning Resource Centre) # Planned:Troumaca, Central Kingstown (Lodge Village), Bequia and Langley Park The National Library; YWCA Building; Technical Training Centre: All built by the ULP Government did you know? The ULP administration has established in 2009 nine State-owned Early Childhood Education Centres, and plans to establish nine more: # Established: Owia Government School, Langley Park Government School, Argyle Government School, Marriaqua Government School, Cane End Government School, Troumaca Government School, Kingstown, Bequia Anglican School, and Fair Hall Government School # To be established: Sandy Bay Government School, Spring Village Methodist School, Lowmans Windward Anglican School, Calliaqua Anglican School, Colonarie Government School, Park Hill Government School, Dickson Methodist School, Rose Hall Government School, and Belair Government School 11 the national library project he National Library Project is one for the National Library. At the time, of the signature successes of the the site was home to a dilapidated tech- TULP administration and the nical education facility and a crumbling Education Revolution. YWCA building. In 2001, Saint Vincent and the The ULP administration relocated Grenadines did not have a national and rebuilt both the Technical School library. The previous administration and the YWCA, which now also had sold the building which housed the includes a modern Early Childhood library, and relocated the books to a Education Centre. mouldy warehouse. It was an embar- With the help of Taiwan, we then rassing state of affairs! went to work constructing a magnifi- The ULP administration recognised cent National Library. The opposition the importance of a national library to mocked our efforts, and questioned if the educational, cultural and psycho- it would ever be built. Today, it is the logical makeup of a civilised Vincent- grandest national library in the OECS, ian people. We quickly went to work in which anchors an “Education Row” erecting a monument to the Education that includes the Curriculum Develop- Revolution that the entire country ment Unit, the National Archives, UWI could be proud of! Extra-Mural Centre, and three schools. Richmond Hill was chosen as the site What a Government!! (Top, Left) The Curriculum Development Unit; (Top, Center) The National Archives and Documentation Centre; (Top, Right) The New Intermediate High School; (Above) The Information Technology Centre of Excellence at Diamond: All built by the ULP Government 12 the rabacca bridge hey said it was impossible: To build explained that it would never work. a bridge across the deadly and But the ULP dared to dream for the Tdestructive Rabacca Dry River. To people of North Windward, and today, make travel across the gorge safe and the Bridge stands as testament to the routine. To reconnect the people north ULP administration’s care for the peo- of the Dry River to the mainland. ple of rural SVG. The ULP made it happen! Ten short years ago, people were With a vision, leadership and a cre- swept to their death by the unexpected ative, can-do spirit, the ULP adminis- surges of water when the river “come tration devised a plan to build an down.” Today, such incidents are, affordable bridge to span the Rabacca thankfully, a thing of the past. Dry River. How many lives have been saved by The opposition mocked the idea. the construction of this Bridge? They openly hoped for it to fail. They What a Government!! The Yurumein Taiwan Bridge over the Rabacca River: Built by the ULP Government Low Income Homes in Peter’s Hope, Fitz Hughes and Byrea: All built by the ULP Government did you know? The ULP administration has built almost 650 Low-Income and “No-Income” homes in the following communities: # Brighton # Green Hill # Byrea # Langley Park # Clare Valley # Ottley Hall # Colonarie # Peter’s Hope # Diamond # Petit Bordel # Fitz Hughes # Sans Souci 15 affordable housing for all any administrations have made income and “no-income” homes for promises of affordable housing Vincentians, with housing develop- Mto Vincentians. Before the ULP ments in Fitz Hughes, Petit Bordel, government, none delivered on those Peter’s Hope, Clare Valley, Green Hill, promises as we have done. Ottley Hall, Brighton, Diamond, Sans Under the previous administration, Souci, Colonarie, Byera, and Langley the only attempt at developing a hous- Park. ing policy for Vincentians was the In addition to these ongoing housing failed “Colonial Homes” debacle, in developments, the ULP administration which foreign investors ripped-off the has also pioneered specially-designed government without completing a sin- “100% mortgages” at the State-owned gle housing project. National Commercial Bank. These The ULP administration has suc- 100% mortgages bring home-owner- ceeded where the previous government ship within reach of civil servants who failed.
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