Tobago Wins CTO Tourism Youth Congress

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Jolé St. John, a 16-year-old Junior Minister of Tourism from Tobago, emerged as the winner of the 2025 Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Regional Tourism Youth Congress, held on October 2 at the Hilton Barbados Resort...

St. John’s University Red Storm women athletes serve families at Community Food Pantry in Queens

Track & Field Athletes of St. John’s University in Queens, strike a pose on Saturday, Sept. 27 – “University Service Day” at the newly branded Community Food Pantry Inc. in Richmond Hill. The ladies and coaches volunteered, bagging and serving...

Cutting-edge scanners, cranes for SVG’s new port

SVG Port Expansion: Safety, Security, and Efficiency The modernization of St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ port is moving full steam ahead, with new state-of-the-art equipment, cutting-edge technology, and expanded facilities positioning the...

SVG’s bold leap into digital transformation

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PROJECTS ENHANCING EFFICIENCY St. Vincent and the Grenadines currently has forty-nine (49) digital transformation projects, this is according to Project Manager of CARDTP SVG, Winston George. George, speaking at a...

Caribbean students invited to enter 2025 YES Competition

Macmillan Education Caribbean has announced the opening of the 2025 Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Competition, launching at the start of October 2025. The competition welcomes participation from primary school pupils aged 7 to 11 and...

Government invests $2M to strengthen cybersecurity and combat cybercrime

The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is continuing to place major emphasis on effectively tackling the emergence of cyber crimes. This, from Minister of Finance and Information Technology, Camillo Gonsalves as he addressed the launch...

SVG Contributes to efforts on climate-resilient water management

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES REPRESENTED AT IWRM WORKSHOP A three-member delegation represented St. Vincent and the Grenadines at a recently concluded high-level workshop hosted by the Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) in...

What Do Companies Need in a Future-Ready ERP?

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Caribbean tourism shows resilience amid mixed markets

Bridgetown, Barbados: Caribbean tourism recorded 18.5 million arrivals in the first half of 2025, up nearly two per cent on last year and six per cent above pre-pandemic levels, according to new data presented at the CTO’s State of the Tourism...

CSEC Preliminary Results May/June 2025

Updated Preliminary results of the May/June 2025 Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate Examinations (CSEC) were received on August 27, 2025, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This year, 2212 candidates were registered. Of...

Vincentian Farmers could soon benefit from new Tomato variety through CARDI

Farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines could soon benefit from new, high-yielding, drought-resistant tomato varieties, introduced by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI). Senior Extension Officer in the Ministry...

Thursday briefing: Democrats gamble on another government shutdown

Good morning. The US government shut down at a minute after midnight yesterday, after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a deal on an interim spending bill. More than 24 hours in, and as each side seeks to blame the other for the crisis,...

Digicel expands solar project

Digicel Jamaica is rolling out solar power at over half its sites, aiming to keep services running during outages and disasters —not to raise rates, but to ensure reliable, climate-resilient connectivity across all parishes. (Photo: Karl McLarty)...

COMMENTARY: The long walk to full free movement within the CARICOM Single Market

I have learnt a long time ago that being a supporter of Caribbean integration is akin to that of being a West Indies Cricket Fan …we spend more time defending their performance than celebrating their achievements. Today is different. We are on the...

Commonwealth shared scholarships now accepting applications for Master's programs in UK

The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the United Kingdom has launched its application process for the Commonwealth Shared Scholarships programme, providing financial support for Master's degree candidates from developing Commonwealth...

Agriculture hailed at CWA as the cornerstone of sustainable development

Agriculture at the heart of sustainable development efforts of the Region, and solidarity among the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its regional and international partners to achieve food and nutrition security, were common themes at the opening...

IICA will serve as a bridge for intensified trade and agricultural cooperation between Argentina, Central America and the Caribbean

From left: Roberto José Linares, minister of agricultural development of Panama; Ravi Ratiram, senator and minister of agriculture, land and fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago; and Frederick Stephenson, minister of foreign affairs, international...

Remarks by IICA Director General at the opening of 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture| 29 September 2025

Let me first recognise the presence of the Honourable Dr. Geoffery Ian Hanley, Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis; The Honourable Samal Duggins, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives,...

Caribbean tourism arrivals up 1.9% amidst softening demand from North America 

By Kenton X. Chance BRIDGETOWN, Barbados —Tourist arrivals to the Caribbean grew by 1.9% during the first half of 2025, despite softening demand from North America, data released by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) on Wednesday show....

SVG made tremendous progress according to UN Human Development Index Report

St. Vincent and the Grenadines has made tremendous progress on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), according to the 2025 Human Development Report, released in May. This was among a range of issues addressed by Prime Minister, Dr....