The Government is moving ahead with plans to acquire the Island of Balliceaux.
This is according to Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, who addressed a range of issues of national importance on Radio last night.
Minister Gonsalves is hopeful that the island of Balliceaux will return to the Vincentian people this year.
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Minister Gonsalves said the island holds special significance to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Balliceaux is the uninhabited island to which thousands of Garifuna were exiled after Chief, Joseph Chatoyer was murdered.
