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SVG receives equipment to manage Sargassum
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February 27, 2026
ST VINCENT AND THE Grenadines (SVG) is among five Caribbean countries that received equipment under the Improving National Sargassum Management Capaci...
Lai awards top honour to Ambassador Bowman
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February 27, 2026
PRESIDENT WILLIAM LAI yesterday bestowed one of Taiwan’s highest honours on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Ambassador Andrea Clare Bowman, in ...
Mural sculpture soon to be unveiled
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February 27, 2026
THE DEPARTMENT OF Culture said it will soon unveil a mural sculpture at the Peace Memorial Hall. Visual Arts officer within the Department, Shannique ...
SVGTU elects new executive
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February 27, 2026
FORMER PUBLIC RELATIONS Officer Fiona Charles-Williams, a graduate teacher with some 22 years in the teaching profession, was elected unopposed as the...
NIS Celebrates Pensioners
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February 27, 2026
THE NATIONAL INSURANCE SERVICES (NIS) hosted its annual Pensioners’ Appreciation Day on Friday, February 20, 2026, at their headquarters in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, where senior citizens were recognized and celebrated for their years...
New Board nominees under scrutiny
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February 24, 2026
INFORMATION on the composition of the Boards of Statutory and Quasi- government bodies was released at the weekend in the public domain and has been drawing flak on social media and elsewhere.The Chair, Deputy Chair and ordinary Board members were na...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend CARICOM Heads Meeting
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February 24, 2026
S SECRETARY of State Marco Rubio, will travel to St Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 to participate in the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM. A release from the US Embassy in Barbados states that ...
John dominates in the All-Leeward Athletics Championship
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February 24, 2026
SENIOR LONG-DISTANCE athlete Kesiann John of Central Leeward Secondary School (CLSS) delivered an outstanding performance at the annual All-Leewards Athletics Championship, held on Sunday, February 22, 2026, at the Cumberland Playing Field in North L...
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SVG receives equipment to manage Sargassum
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February 27, 2026
ST VINCENT AND THE Grenadines (SVG) is among five Caribbean countries that received equipment under the Improving National Sargassum Management Capaci...
Lai awards top honour to Ambassador Bowman
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February 27, 2026
PRESIDENT WILLIAM LAI yesterday bestowed one of Taiwan’s highest honours on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Ambassador Andrea Clare Bowman, in ...
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Another Vincentian to play Major League Soccer
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February 27, 2026
ANDREW JOHNSON, who has six international caps for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), has been contracted to play professionally in the USA’s Major ...
Greene leaves her mark on US Swim championships
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February 27, 2026
Pouching six medalsthree individual and three relays was Vincentian, Kennice Greene’s input to the University of North Carolina’s swim team’s repeat o...
From the Courts
Ginger thief receives three-part sentence
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January 30, 2026
A REDEMPTION SHARPES MAN was jailed, given a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay compensation for stealing $800 worth of ginger. Glenroy Holder ...
Tire shine thief jailed for eight months
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January 30, 2026
A MAN FROMWALVAROO with over 20 convictions, was sentenced to prison for eight months after stealing two tins of tire shine from Coreas. Peter Da Souz...