CARICOM leaders agree to implement sweeping reforms to education, security and digital technology

By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] CARICOM leaders have announced plans for sweeping reforms across multiple sectors, including education, regional integration and digital technology following their 48th Regular Meeting, which concluded...

New Radiology Services Set for Southern Grenadines

RADIOLOGY SERVICES TO BE EXPANDED TO THE SOUTHERN GRENADINES The Government’s push to improve healthcare in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is evident through several initiatives, among them, the introduction and upgrade of radiology...

SVG: Radiology services to be expanded to the southern Grenadines

The Government's push to improve healthcare in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is evident through several initiatives, among them, the introduction and upgrade of radiology services throughout the country. Speaking to the Agency for Public...

ECCU’s Bold Strategy to Empower Household Investors

ECCB, ECCU Member Governments Partner to Boost Investment by Households The Regional Government Securities Market (RGSM), in partnership with the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), has launched a new Retail Bond Initiative to make government...

Cuban Engineers to arrive in SVG soon to work assist in maintaining and modernizing AIA

As part of the new corporation project between the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the government of Cuba six Cuban engineers will arrive in St Vincent soon to work on the Argyle International Airport. Cuban Ambassador His...

Cannabliss Festival opens in SVG

News October 3, 2025 by GRACE FRANCIS THE 2025 CANABLISS Festival opened at Victoria Park, yesterday, Thursday, October 2, 2025, where it was noted that CannaSVG is the world’s leading medical grade cannabis manufacturer based in St Vincent &The...

Dominica amongst four to join regional fisheries group

From left to right: Mr. Montez Williams (The Bahamas), Hon. Roland Royer (Dominica), Hon. John P. Osborne (Montserrat), and Hon. Kyle Hodge (Anguilla) sign the CRFM Agreement en bloc (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources,...

Over 1,300 Laptops to be distributed to First-Year SVGCC students this week

More than one thousand first year students from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College will receive laptops today and tomorrow The Government will distribute one thousand, three hundred and thirty-five ASUS laptops to the students....

Fishers uneasy over Sandals overwater villas at Mammee Bay

Sandals Resorts International’s US$230-million redevelopment of its Dunn’s River hotel property, particularly the addition of 18 overwater villas, has received mixed reactions from the community, according to a newly released environmental impact...

Opportunities open for global research, study exchanges at Brock

Funding is now available to support international students and scholars seeking study, research or professional development opportunities at Brock during the 2025-26 academic year through Global Affairs Canada’s Short-Term Exchange Programs. These...

Tourism must create careers, not just jobs — Bramble 

Tourism in St. Vincent and the Grenadines must not merely create jobs, but careers, says East Kingstown MP, Fitz Bramble, an opposition MP. The New Democratic Party (NDP) said that tourism, along with agriculture, the blue economy and the new...

Debate on full free movement’s impact

Political scientist Peter Wickham is cautioning that while the conversation on full free movement between Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines has largely focused on economics, the political implications may prove equally...

SVG Embraces Technology to Streamline Customs Processes

International Customs Day celebration 2025 The Customs and Excise Department joins the family of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in celebrating International Customs Day on January 26, 2025, under the theme, “Customs Delivering on its...

NOU visits schools across SVG to recognise World Ozone Day

The National Ozone Unit (NOU) will visit six schools across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines between September 10-23, to educate students about the critical role of the ozone layer in protecting human health, the science behind ozone depletion and...

Media and disasters

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September 2025: Earth’s 3rd-warmest September on record

September 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest September in analyses of global weather data going back to 1850, behind only 2023 and 2024, said the European Copernicus Climate Change Service on Oct. 9. The Japan Meteorological Agency also rated...

  4 Caribbean countries sign the CRFM Agreement

CRFM Executive Director, Dr. Marc Williams (center), welcomes the decisive move by Anguilla, The Bahamas, Dominica, and Montserrat to formalize their membership in the CRFM (Photo: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Saint...

Student Program for Innovation in Science and Engineering is a launching pad toward possibility

When you ask MIT students to tell you the story of how they came to Cambridge, you might hear some common themes: a favorite science teacher; an interest in computers that turned into an obsession; a bedroom decorated with NASA posters and...

Minister of Agriculture visits Venezuela

Minister of Agriculture Saboto Caesar (seated centre), along with Venezuelan colleagues during his visit to the Bolivarian Republic A visit on October 3-4, 2025 by Minister of Agriculture to Saboto Caesar, to Venezuela earlier this month has...

First‑Year Students at SVGCC to Get Free laptops

The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will distribute one thousand, three hundred and twenty-seven (1,327) ASUS laptops to all first-year students of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC). The distribution will be...