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‘Taiwan Soft Power’ Celebrations  held to promote friendship and peace
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‘Taiwan Soft Power’ Celebrations held to promote friendship and peace
Webmaster 
January 21, 2022
In order to garner greater support for friends in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Happy Home World Alliance International Taiwan (HHWAIT), and Global P...
CARPHA underscores critical need to monitor medicines
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CARPHA underscores critical need to monitor medicines
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January 21, 2022
Kingston, Jamaica. Monitoring the quality of medicines along the supply chain and detecting substandard, or falsified products is even more critical n...
Ministry of Health extends approval of COVID19 home rapid antigen tests
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Ministry of Health extends approval of COVID19 home rapid antigen tests
Clare 
January 20, 2022
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment wishes to advise the general public that home rapid antigen tests should be accepted as sufficien...
Two more people succumb to COVID19, death toll now 90
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Two more people succumb to COVID19, death toll now 90
Clare 
January 20, 2022
NEW COVID19 CASES Three (3) new PCR COVID-19 positive cases were reported from twenty (20) samples collected  on Monday January 17 th , 2022, resultin...
Brazil donates flu tablets to the OECS
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Brazil donates flu tablets to the OECS
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January 18, 2022
The Government of Brazil reaffirmed its support to the OECS by making an additional donation of 50,000 tablets of Tamiflu® further to the donation of ...
90-year-old man is SVG’s 88th COVID19 death
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90-year-old man is SVG’s 88th COVID19 death
Clare 
January 18, 2022
NEW COVID-19 CASES One (1) new COVID-19 positive case was reported from six (6) samples collected on Saturday January 15 th , 2022, resulting in a pos...
MOHWE accepting results of home rapid antigen tests
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MOHWE accepting results of home rapid antigen tests
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January 14, 2022
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE), is accepting the results of home rapid antigen tests as sufficient for the diagnosis of ...
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Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will slow to 2.1 per cent in 2022: ECLAC
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January 14, 2022
The Latin America and Caribbean region will see its pace of growth decelerate in 2022 to 2.1%, after reaching 6.2% on average last year, according to ...
No new applications for fully vaccinated events – NEMO
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No new applications for fully vaccinated events – NEMO
Clare 
January 13, 2022
No new applications for  fully vaccinated events for the period January 12 - February 12 2022 will be accepted at this time.  This is the position of ...
MOH suspends employee work place testing
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MOH suspends employee work place testing
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January 11, 2022
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE), has suspended employee/workplace testing for unvaccinated and vaccinated persons as requ...
BLP promises ‘housing revolution’ as it launches 2022 manifesto
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BLP promises ‘housing revolution’ as it launches 2022 manifesto
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January 11, 2022
Nurses, teachers and police officers will be among those benefiting from a transformation in home ownership under a newly elected Barbados Labour Part...
CARICOM secretariat unveils solar energy system
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CARICOM secretariat unveils solar energy system
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January 11, 2022
A 400-kilowatt solar photovoltaic power generation system erected on the grounds of the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, will b...
Caribbean Airlines rolls out new marketing campaign
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Caribbean Airlines rolls out new marketing campaign
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January 11, 2022
CARIBBEAN AIRLINES is celebrating its 15th anniversary and the roll out of its marketing campaign for 2022, aptly named REset Expectations. “REset Exp...
UWI mourns the passing of Sidney Poitier
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UWI mourns the passing of Sidney Poitier
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January 11, 2022
The University of the West Indies (The UWI) joins the global community in mourning the passing of Hollywood’s revered star, Sir Sidney Poitier, who pa...
Covid19 Home Rapid Antigen Tests Approved by MOHWE for two-week period
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Covid19 Home Rapid Antigen Tests Approved by MOHWE for two-week period
Clare 
January 10, 2022
The Ministry of Health , Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE) has advised that   home rapid antigen tests should be accepted as sufficient for the dia...
100 new COVID19 cases reported in SVG amidst spike
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100 new COVID19 cases reported in SVG amidst spike
Clare 
January 7, 2022
NEW COVID19 POSITIVE CASES One hundred (100) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and forty  (340) samples collected on Wednes...
Bequia resident shot during robbery, assailant in police custody
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Bequia resident shot during robbery, assailant in police custody
Clare 
January 7, 2022
A resident of Bequia is currently warded at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital after being shot twice in her right shoulder during a robbery on that Gr...
Providence passes baton to Dickson at Coreas Hazells Inc
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Providence passes baton to Dickson at Coreas Hazells Inc
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January 7, 2022
Coreas Hazells Inc, one of the oldest operating businesses in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), has bid farewell to Managing Director, Joel Provide...
Another Calypso legend passes
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Another Calypso legend passes
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January 7, 2022
The Caribbean cultural community has lost another of its legends, the veteran “Mighty Bomber”, Grenadian by birth, who won the Calypso Monarch in Trin...
Caribbean Renewable Energy Centre appoints new head of technical programmes
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Caribbean Renewable Energy Centre appoints new head of technical programmes
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January 7, 2022
The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) has appointed Dr Devon Gardener as Head of Technical Programmes. Gardner, who...
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ECSC to have virtual opening of 2022 Law Year
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January 7, 2022
The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), will open the 2022 Law Year virtually on Tuesday, January 11 at 10:00 a.m. Chief Justice, Dame Janice M. P...
208 new COVID19 cases reported in SVG
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208 new COVID19 cases reported in SVG
Clare 
January 6, 2022
One hundred and seventeen (117) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from four hundred  and sixteen (416) samples collected on Monday January 3 r...
Forty-eight new COVID19 cases reported in SVG
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Forty-eight new COVID19 cases reported in SVG
Clare 
January 5, 2022
FORTY-EIGHT (48) NEW CASES  Forty-eight (48) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and twenty-two (222) samples collected on Sund...
Ambassador Linda Taglialatela on the occasion of USAID’s 60th Anniversary
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Ambassador Linda Taglialatela on the occasion of USAID’s 60th Anniversary
Clare 
January 5, 2022
January 4, 2022 For more than 60 years, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the United States Government’s foreign assistance arm, ...
SVG ends 2021 with 39 new COVID-19 cases
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SVG ends 2021 with 39 new COVID-19 cases
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January 4, 2022
Thirty-nine new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 254 samples collected on Friday December 31, 2021, resulting in a positivity of 15.4%. Acco...
Crafting the framework for a regional recovery
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Crafting the framework for a regional recovery
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January 4, 2022
New Year statement by Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize A Happy New Year to all, as we usher in 20...
Redroot organisation hosts first Christmas campaign
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Redroot organisation hosts first Christmas campaign
Webmaster 
January 4, 2022
Redroot SVG, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the empowerment and support of women and children who are victims of violence, inequality, a...
Restrictions on Child Pornographic Materials Under the CyberCrime Act 2016
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Restrictions on Child Pornographic Materials Under the CyberCrime Act 2016
Clare 
December 30, 2021
December 30, 2021, Kingstown – The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) wishes to advise the general public that it is an offenc...
Two more COVID19 deaths reported in SVG
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Two more COVID19 deaths reported in SVG
Clare 
December 24, 2021
COVID-19 CASES Eleven (11) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and forty-six (146) samples collected on Tuesday December 21 st ...
SVG records two more COVID19 deaths, bringing total to 79
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SVG records two more COVID19 deaths, bringing total to 79
Clare 
December 21, 2021
NEW COVID-19 CASES Eight (8) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from seventy (70) samples collected on  Thursday December 16 th , 2021, resulti...
Investigators seeking help identifying woman whose body was found outside Toronto, who may have roots in SVG
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Investigators seeking help identifying woman whose body was found outside Toronto, who may have roots in SVG
Clare 
December 18, 2021
Genetic analysis shows Jane Doe likely had ties to the Caribbean Bowmanville, Ontario, CANADA - DNA shows that an unidentified woman whose body was fo...
‘Steel Expressions 2021– Mi Casa’ set for Boxing Day
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‘Steel Expressions 2021– Mi Casa’ set for Boxing Day
Adib 
December 17, 2021
STEEL EXPRESSIONS has become synonymous with Christmas in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is known as the event that caters to the entire family. T...
Programme for State Funeral for Sir James Mitchell,  former Prime Minister
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Programme for State Funeral for Sir James Mitchell, former Prime Minister
Adib 
December 17, 2021
December 17, 2021 - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m - The body of the late Sir James Mitchell will lie in State at the House of Assembly. Viewing for the famil...
Two appointed to CARICOM Executive Management Committee
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Two appointed to CARICOM Executive Management Committee
Clare 
December 14, 2021
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Carla N. Barnett, has announced the appointment of two (2) new Members to the Executive Ma...
COVID-19 ‘biggest global crisis for children in our 75-year history’ says UNICEF
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COVID-19 ‘biggest global crisis for children in our 75-year history’ says UNICEF
Adib 
December 14, 2021
COVID-19 HAS affected children at an unprecedented scale, making it the worst crisis for children UNICEF has seen in its 75-year history, the United N...
Mechanic wanted in relation to reports of deception
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Mechanic wanted in relation to reports of deception
Clare 
December 14, 2021
Noel McDonald, a mechanic of Stubbs / Victoria Village is wanted by the police in relation to investigations they are carrying out into several report...
86-year-old woman is 77th COVID19 death in SVG
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86-year-old woman is 77th COVID19 death in SVG
Clare 
December 12, 2021
NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES  Twenty-nine (29) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and fifty-eight  (258) collected on Monday De...
SVG records two more COVID19 deaths
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SVG records two more COVID19 deaths
Clare 
December 5, 2021
NEW COVID-19 CASES Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and ninety (190)  samples collected on Wednesday December ...
Caywama launches Charity of Smile Music Video
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Caywama launches Charity of Smile Music Video
Clare 
December 5, 2021
Kingstown, St. Vincent, Saturday, December 4, 2021 — "Due to all that we have been experiencing this year; namely the eruption of La Soufriere, and Co...
Testing requirements updated for all persons travelling to the US
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Testing requirements updated for all persons travelling to the US
Clare 
December 5, 2021
On Monday, December 6, all individuals traveling to the United States, regardless of vaccination status or nationality, must show a negative pre-depar...
SVG among  Eastern Caribbean countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines from Argentina
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SVG among Eastern Caribbean countries to receive COVID-19 vaccines from Argentina
Webmaster 
December 3, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines(SVG),is among countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States(OECS) to benefit from a consignment of 42,000 As...
SVG receives US$40 million  financing from the World Bank to support volcano recovery
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SVG receives US$40 million financing from the World Bank to support volcano recovery
Webmaster 
December 3, 2021
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank on November 30 approved US$40 million for the Volcanic Eruption Emergency Project in St Vincent and...
CDB extends condolences on the passing of Sir James
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CDB extends condolences on the passing of Sir James
Webmaster 
December 3, 2021
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is saddened to learn of the passing of the former Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Right Hon...
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
A man, who was conducting business inside the offices of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was shot and killed, allegedly by an on- duty s...
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Diocese of the Windward Islands has extended condolences on the passing of Dean emeritus, Ulric Smith, who died on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at the M...
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has commended the public for allowing VincyMas 2025 to transpire “without any major inc...
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
VincyMas is no longer a seasonal event says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), Rodney Small. “…we at the CDC...
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
EL DORADO Starlift Steel Orchestra has now won the Senior Panorama compe- tition 26 times, and while some people may say that’s a lot, band captain Ro...

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