In honour of World Temperance Day, the Department of Excise has announced that all wineries and liquor retailers on the island will be closed today.
Every year on October 3, the temperance movement celebrates World Temperance Day to promote moderation and, more often than not, total abstinence in alcohol consumption.
A social movement that advocates complete abstinence from alcohol, known as the temperance movement, was born in late 17th-century North America and quickly took off thanks to the influence of the churches.
