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...

Media and disasters

My sub­mis­sion dead­line and oth­er re­spon­si­bil­i­ties en­sured that to­day’s con­tri­bu­tion could not sen­si­bly ad­dress some of the more com­pelling head­line news of the day, the na­tion­al bud­get in­clud­ed. But it pro­vides an...

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...

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,...

Mottley rejects opposition claims as House backs free movement plan

18 Prime Minister Mia Mottley defended her government’s regional free movement initiative as vital to Barbados’ survival and Caribbean unity, rejecting opposition accusations that it is a strategy to influence future elections. On the floor of the...

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...

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....

CRFM and the OECS strengthen collaboration with signing of a new MoU

Dr Marc Williams (rgt), Executive Director of the CRFM Secretariat, and Dr Didacus Jules (lft), Director General of the OECS, signing the MoU. Press Release October 14, 2025 The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) sealed its first...

  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...

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...

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...

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...

This tiny Caribbean island is the next big thing in wellness

Mustique is the super-exclusive Caribbean hideaway that’s famous for being the place that one per-centers let their hair down. Princess Margaret scandalised high society in the Seventies by frolicking here with her toy boy Roddy Llewellyn. A...

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...

Penny takes part in energy talks in New York

News Clint Chan Tack 2 Hrs Ago Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles, right, embraces Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves at the UN in New York on September 26. - OPPOSITION Leader...

CONSULTATION FOR SOME, SILENCE FOR OTHERS: PM DREW’S DOUBLE STANDARD ON FREE MOVEMENT EXPOSED

Critics blast the Prime Minister’s “selective democracy” — consulting the public on CARICOM, but not on Nigeria. BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (SKN Times) — Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew’s refusal to sign the historic CARICOM–OECS Free Movement Pact...

NDP appeals to young voters as campaign ramps up

Kishore Shallow, 40, the youngest candidate on the NDP’s ticket, says St. Vincent and the Grenadines needs a better brand of politics. NDP leader Godwin Friday says the NDP sees in Vincentian youth the country’s full potential. NDP Chairman Daniel...

Can Lai’s Taiwan Hold on to Its Diplomatic Allies?

During Tsai Ing-wen’s presidency, Taiwan lost ten official diplomatic partners to China, which utilized its economic power to peel away the democracy’s allies. Since President Lai Ching-te took office in May 2024, however, Taiwan has managed to...

Mexico, Paraguay back Guyana’s candidacy for IICA top post

MEXICO and Paraguay, two countries with governments of different political leanings but with significant agricultural development policies in common, officially announced their decision to support Guyana’s candidacy for the position of...

CRFM inks new accords with OECS, The UWI

The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) sealed its first bilateral accord with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The signing was executed during the Sixteenth Special Meeting of the CRFM...