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PAHO supports capacity building in Infection Prevention and Control and Environmental Hygiene in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 15 September 2025 (PAHO) - The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) supported a three-day capacity building exercise on essential Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Environmental Hygiene for...
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Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent move towards full Free Movement on 1 October 2025
Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines move towards full Free Movement on 1 October 2025 Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States—Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—are on track to...
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St. Vincent to host State of the Tourism Industry Address and Stakeholders’ Conference
Tourism leaders and stakeholders will gather on September 15, 2025, at the Methodist Church Hall in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the State of the Tourism Industry Address and Stakeholders’ Conference, under the theme “Strength in...
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Four CARICOM Nations to implement Full Free Movement by October 1
Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States—Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—are on track to implement full Free Movement among themselves from 1 October this year. CARICOM says by implementing the full free...
Owner: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines government
St Vincent could benefit from India’s tax cuts on medicines
Next Gen GST reforms: A step towards Atmanirbhar and Viksit Bharat by 2047 Coinciding with the start of the festive season, India is set to revamp its Goods and Services Tax (GST) system starting 22 September 2025 by rolling out GST 2.0 that is...
Owner: Ernesto Cooke
Tourism Minister announces four future hotel development projects worth $2B
Four major Hotel Developments are in the pipeline for St. Vincent and the Grenadines including the Cumberland Bay Resort and Marina. Minister of Tourism, Carlos James made the announcement during his address at the Tourism Industry Stakeholders...
Owner: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines government
‘Vote with your memory card,’ MP tells Southern Grenadines
MP for the Southern Grenadines, Terrance Ollivierre, is urging constituents to “vote with your memory card” when they go to the polls. He said at a New Democratic Party (NDP) campaign event in Canouan that the infrastructural improvements on the...
Owner: Kenton X. Chance
UBEC Hosts Business Development Services Information Sessions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Support Blue Economy MSMEs
From OECS Communications The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, through the Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) Project,funded by the World Bank, is pleased to announce the upcoming Business Development...
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FOUR CARICOM STATES SET TO LAUNCH FULL FREE MOVEMENT
Four CARICOM member states — Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines — are preparing to implement full free movement among themselves, beginning on 1 October 2025. This landmark initiative will allow nationals of the four...
Owner: Cornelius Prior
Andre Cox: St. Vincent’s Lone 9/11 Victim
On this solemn day, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines remembers Andre “Colin” Cox, the nation’s only victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, whose story of determination and sacrifice continues to resonate two decades later. Andre Cox...
Owner: Ernesto Cooke
UBEC conducts business support workshops in St Vincent & the Grenadines to promote Blue Economy MSMEs
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 at 10:53 AM The OECS Commission, through the Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) Initiative, supported by funding from the World Bank, is excited to inform stakeholders about...
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Prince asks, “Are St. Vincent police officers thugs?”
Are SVG Police Officers Thugs? “When police officers abuse citizens, public confidence in law enforcement erodes, making the job of good police officers unsafe,” asserts Mary Frances Berry. Since the Unity Labour Party (ULP) government assumed...
Owner: Ernesto Cooke
Keys to Port Modernization Project buildings to be handed over today
The keys for the Buildings on the Port Modernization Project will be handed over at an official ceremony today at the site of the Modern Port in Kingstown. The ceremony will be held at 1:30 this afternoon, and will be broadcast live on NBC Radio....
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St Vincent’s PM Calls for Visa-Free Travel Between Africa and the Caribbean
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has renewed his call for stronger ties between Africa and the Caribbean, urging the establishment of visa-free travel across the two regions. Speaking in Shashemene, Ethiopia, before Caribbean leaders, Ethiopian...
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4 CARICOM States to allow nationals to live, work, access services freely from Oct 1
Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States – Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines – are on track to implement full free movement among themselves from 1 October this year. In a press release on Monday, the CARICOM...
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Barbados, Belize, Dominica, SVG move towards full Free Movement 1 October
Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States—Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—are on track to implement full Free Movement among themselves from 1 October this year. By implementing the full free movement regime,...
Owner: Ernesto Cooke
Constitutional rights and freedoms vs Public Service Staff Orders – The Norbert-Butcher debate
In recent weeks, a debate has flared across partisan lines in Saint Lucia following contrasting interpretations by two civil servants turned political candidates. Elisha Norbert, the United Workers Party (UWP) candidate for Micoud North, and Danny...
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Tourism development in focus
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT in St Vincent and the Grenadines again came under wider focus yesterday (Monday, September, 15) with the holding of a Stakeholders Conference. This attracted several key players in the regional and international tourism...
Owner: Interactive Media Ltd (Corletha Ollivierre, Editor & Chairman)
Collaboration needed for more growth, says Tourism Authority President
GENERAL MANAGER OF Grenadine House and President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) Isola Giddings, says the country’s tourism sector is on a firm path of growth, but stakeholders must work together. “It is not I and...
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Four Caricom States on target for October 1, start of free movement
FOUR CARIBBEAN Community (CARICOM) Member States- Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica and St.Vincent and the Grenadines- are on track to implement full free movement among themselves from October, 1, this year. By implementing the full...
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