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Agricultural evolution mapped out for OECS at special ministers meeting
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Agricultural evolution mapped out for OECS at special ministers meeting
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September 8, 2023
The Food and Agriculture Systems Transformation (FAST) Strategy underwent a Member State national alignment and collaboration exercise on Thursday, Au...
African or Caribbean inspired fashion encouraged for Africa-Caribbean dress day
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African or Caribbean inspired fashion encouraged for Africa-Caribbean dress day
Clare 
September 6, 2023
Residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are being encouraged to wear African or Caribbean inspired fashion on Thursday, September 7 in celebr...
Top CPEA performers from Georgetown Police Youth Club awarded
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Top CPEA performers from Georgetown Police Youth Club awarded
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September 1, 2023
Melnathlee Jennifer-John and Kemanie Glasgow, former students of the Dickson Methodist School have been rewarded for their performance in the Caribbea...
SVG and Taiwan sign agricultural agreements  valued at over $11 million
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SVG and Taiwan sign agricultural agreements valued at over $11 million
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September 1, 2023
The relationship between St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) was further strengthened last Friday with the signing ...
Calliaqua residents to discuss implementation of Caribbean Community Risk Information Tool
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Calliaqua residents to discuss implementation of Caribbean Community Risk Information Tool
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August 29, 2023
A meeting will be held on Wednesday in Calliaqua to discuss the implementation of the Caribbean Community Risk Information Tool (CCRIT). The CCRIT is ...
InterCaribbean Airways introduces its first ATR 72
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InterCaribbean Airways introduces its first ATR 72
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August 29, 2023
InterCaribbean Airways on Monday announced the deployment of its first ATR 72 turboprop aircraft. A release from the Turks & Caicos based airline said...
SVG to host major OECS Agriculture Summit
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SVG to host major OECS Agriculture Summit
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August 29, 2023
Ministers of Agriculture from the OECS sub-region will converge in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines this week for a summit to address the impl...
28 students graduate from NTRC’s MyApp summer programme
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28 students graduate from NTRC’s MyApp summer programme
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August 25, 2023
Twenty-eight students from Kingstown and surrounding areas are now able to code, having attended the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission...
Open Bible Standard Church to hold mission rally at Glen Hard Court
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Open Bible Standard Church to hold mission rally at Glen Hard Court
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August 25, 2023
The Open Bible Standard Church in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is claiming the community of Glen for Jesus Christ. So much so that the church w...
Local documentary makes international stage at EU summit
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Local documentary makes international stage at EU summit
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August 25, 2023
Hand2Earth’s documentary film ‘Grassmen II’ about a prisoner and ex-offender rehabilitation project in the prisons of St Vincent and the Grenadines (S...
Youlou Arts wraps up successful summer programme supported by grant from French Embassy
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Youlou Arts wraps up successful summer programme supported by grant from French Embassy
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August 22, 2023
The 2023 annual visual arts programme titled “Growing Young SVG Artists”, came to a close on Friday, July 28 on the grounds of the St Joseph’s Convent...
C-Arm X-Ray machine enhances diagnostic services at MCMH
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C-Arm X-Ray machine enhances diagnostic services at MCMH
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August 22, 2023
A new C-Arm X-ray machine has been officially installed at the Milton Cato Memorial (MCMH). The installation of the machine is part of the continuing ...
Rescheduled Emancipation Memorial Lecture to address ‘Emancipation Still Comin’
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Rescheduled Emancipation Memorial Lecture to address ‘Emancipation Still Comin’
Clare 
August 22, 2023
The ‘Oscar Allen Emancipation Memorial Lecture’ which had been postponed from last week will take place on Tuesday, August 22. Dr Michael Garrey Denni...
Co-Creating Peaceful and Sustainable Futures for and with young people
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Co-Creating Peaceful and Sustainable Futures for and with young people
Clare 
August 21, 2023
by Sukanya Podder, King’s College London, and Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts, The Commonwealth Secretariat    This International Youth Day, stakeholders ar...
Flash Flood Watch in effect for SVG until Monday
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Flash Flood Watch in effect for SVG until Monday
Clare 
August 19, 2023
The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) is urging residents and motorists in low  lying areas, areas prone to flooding and landslides an...
Homeowners being consulted on Arnos Vale Acute Care Hospital
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Homeowners being consulted on Arnos Vale Acute Care Hospital
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August 18, 2023
Consultations on the Arnos Vale Acute Care Hospital (AVACH) have begun and are scheduled to run until August 25 as plans unfold for the construction o...
St Vincent Brewery Ltd is #1 in the Americas
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St Vincent Brewery Ltd is #1 in the Americas
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August 18, 2023
The St Vincent Brewery Limited (SVBL) has been adjudged brewers of the Best Guinness in the Americas for the year 2022-2023. This is according to resu...
Flow retires its 2G network to bolster 3G & 4G
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Flow retires its 2G network to bolster 3G & 4G
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August 18, 2023
Leading telecommunications provider FLOW has announced the upgrade and improvement of its 3G and 4G Mobile networks. “As part of its ongoing commitmen...
Shackell Bobb sworn in as Senator
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Shackell Bobb sworn in as Senator
Christina 
August 15, 2023
St Vincent and the Grenadines ushered in its youngest senator to Cabinet when 30-year-old lawyer Shackell Bobb was sworn in at a ceremony at Governmen...
The UWI’s Faculties of Medical Sciences accredited by CAAM-HP for another 5 years
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The UWI’s Faculties of Medical Sciences accredited by CAAM-HP for another 5 years
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August 15, 2023
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has announced that its Faculties of Medical Sciences have been successfully accredited for an additional f...
ZHTF receives donation from BOSVG
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ZHTF receives donation from BOSVG
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August 11, 2023
The Zero Hunger Trust Fund (ZHTF) received support from its committed partner, Bank of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (BoSVG) in the sum of EC$30, 0...
Vincentian awarded prestigious US  Fulbright Scholarship
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Vincentian awarded prestigious US Fulbright Scholarship
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August 11, 2023
Jai-Len Williams, a Legal Officer at the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in St Vincent and the Grenadines is currently in the United States pursuing...
Major ICT Roadshow slated for SVG this week
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Major ICT Roadshow slated for SVG this week
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August 8, 2023
The Internet Society of St Vincent and The Grenadines (ISOC SVG) will host the local leg of a regional ICT event here from Wednesday, August 9. Dubbed...
BOCAS Children’s Book Prize open for submissions
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BOCAS Children’s Book Prize open for submissions
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August 4, 2023
Registration is open for entries for the 2023 Bocas Lit Fest Children’s Book Prize. Now in its third consecutive year, The Bocas Children’s Book Prize...
The UWI  rebrands its Open Campus
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The UWI rebrands its Open Campus
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August 4, 2023
The University Council of The University of the West Indies (UWI), has approved the decision that the Open Campus will be rebranded as the Global Camp...
Commonwealth Secretary-General is in Trinidad and Tobago for the Commonwealth Youth Games
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Commonwealth Secretary-General is in Trinidad and Tobago for the Commonwealth Youth Games
Clare 
August 3, 2023
August 3, 2023: With days to go before the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games, Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, praised ...
Ground-breaking Reparations Study Tour and Racial Healing held in Barbados
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Ground-breaking Reparations Study Tour and Racial Healing held in Barbados
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July 28, 2023
A ground-breaking study tour on Reparations and racial healing wraps up in Barbados today, July 28. The activity was organised by the University of th...
RedRoot SVG gets Canada support for campaign against gender-based violence
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RedRoot SVG gets Canada support for campaign against gender-based violence
Webmaster 
July 28, 2023
The High Commission of Canada has provided CAD$18,000, through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), to RedRoot SVG Inc. to address gender-bas...
Finance Minister assumes Chairmanship of ECCB Monetary Council
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Finance Minister assumes Chairmanship of ECCB Monetary Council
Christina 
July 25, 2023
Minister with responsibility for finance in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Camillo Gonsalves, has assumed the chairmanship of the Eastern Caribb...
Saint Lucia commits to liberalisation of movement of CARICOM citizens by 2024
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Saint Lucia commits to liberalisation of movement of CARICOM citizens by 2024
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July 25, 2023
Citizens of Saint Lucia and of other CARICOM Member States would be looking closely to the date of March, 31, 2024 as a possible milestone for the reg...
Lions Club South installs new executive
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Lions Club South installs new executive
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July 25, 2023
The Lions Club St Vincent South has installed its new executive who will serve the club for the 2023-2024 Lionistic Year. The Ceremony, on Saturday, J...
EU-CELAC holds historic meeting
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EU-CELAC holds historic meeting
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 21, 2023
The first Summit of the European Union - Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) in eight years has resulted in an ambitious 41-po...
CDB to Invest USD 1.8 Million in the Region’s Creative Sector
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CDB to Invest USD 1.8 Million in the Region’s Creative Sector
Clare 
July 19, 2023
July 19, 2023 – BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has committed USD1.8 million to support the development of the region’s cr...
Dilapidated ‘mas band home’ to be turned into BRAGSA office
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Dilapidated ‘mas band home’ to be turned into BRAGSA office
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 18, 2023
Any hope held by Mas band leaders to be allocated a space for costume construction will have to wait a while longer following the disclosure that thei...
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Vinsave focuses on creation in its Summer programme
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 18, 2023
The St Vincent Save the Children Fund (Vinsave) has a creation focus for its annual summer programme which began yesterday, Monday, July 17. “All thin...
Food security improves, challenges persist- World Food Programme
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Food security improves, challenges persist- World Food Programme
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 18, 2023
A recent food security and livelihoods survey conducted by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in the Caribbean regi...
Applications now closed for OECS Green Entrepreneurship initiative
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Applications now closed for OECS Green Entrepreneurship initiative
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 18, 2023
Local businesses had until yesterday, July 17 to make applications for financial support through the Accelerator Interest-Free Loans Programme of the ...
Four Police Officers mark 30 years of service
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Four Police Officers mark 30 years of service
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 18, 2023
Four members of Course #12 of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) on Saturday, July 15, celebrate 30 years of service in the...
Introducing Cariway: A Sustainable Platform for Local Tourism
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Introducing Cariway: A Sustainable Platform for Local Tourism
Clare 
July 17, 2023
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent & the Grenadines — July 16, 2023 — Cariway, a locally owned and operated tourism business, will officially launch its online ma...
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Cuba offers 21 scholarships to SVG
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 14, 2023
The Republic of Cuba has granted 21 scholarships to the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. A release from the office of the Prime Ministe...
NDP says violence is out of control
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NDP says violence is out of control
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 7, 2023
The shooting death of a Greiggs man and the ruthless stabbing of a doctor in Kingstown both on Friday night 30th June 2023, followed by two more homic...
NDP leader attends meeting of IDU in London
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NDP leader attends meeting of IDU in London
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 4, 2023
Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr Godwin Friday, was among leaders and officials of parties within the Caribbean Democratic Union (CDU), to...
Police Commissioner commends former ASP, now magistrate
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Police Commissioner commends former ASP, now magistrate
iammarikabaptiste@gmail.com 
July 4, 2023
Commissioner of Police Collin John, has commended former Assistant Superintendent of Police, John Alvin Ballah, on his appointment as a magistrate in ...
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SVG to launch Climate Initiative to build future resilience
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SVG to launch Climate Initiative to build future resilience
Forrest 
July 15, 2025
The Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, through the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), will officially launch S...
ERAO SVG calls upon St Vincent and the Grenadines to end LGBTQ+ discrimination
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ERAO SVG calls upon St Vincent and the Grenadines to end LGBTQ+ discrimination
Forrest 
July 15, 2025
ERAO SVG said it has received information and observed that LGBTQ+ persons in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) experience various forms of violence...
SVG to partner with US Medical Supply Foundation
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SVG to partner with US Medical Supply Foundation
Forrest 
July 15, 2025
Two representatives from the Afya Foundation of the United States are in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on a fact-finding mission, assessing how ...
Marginalised students, targets of School Improvement Project
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Marginalised students, targets of School Improvement Project
Forrest 
July 15, 2025
Greater focus needs to be given to improving the access of students with special needs in order to improve the education outcomes for this group of le...
There is hope even as Sargassum problem grows says UN Official
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There is hope even as Sargassum problem grows says UN Official
Forrest 
July 15, 2025
Sargassum inundations are no longer occasional, with major events reported annually across the Caribbean, from the Mexican Caribbean and Central Ameri...

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