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SVG Coast Guard Captain Hugh Mulzac sets out to sea from Port Kingstown on Dec. 18, 2021. The ship refloated Friday night, July 4, 2025, one day after running aground in Union Island. (iWN photo)

SVG Coast Guard flagship floats off reef, returns to base

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard vessel Captain Hugh Mulzac has returned to base in Calliaqua after floating off the reef on which it ran aground in Union…

Carnival is more than a fete

Jomo Sanga Thomas is a lawyer, journalist, social commentator and a former Speaker of the House of Assembly in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. (iWN file photo)

By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk” July 4, 2025) “They gone commercial exploiting the carnival.” — Mighty Chalkdust Carnival is not a fete. Carnival is a package of cultural entertainment…

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Court & Crime

Relative in custody over death of Yambou man, 60 

A close male relative of a 60-year-old Yambou man is in custody as police continue an investigation into his death, which occurred on Friday.  Don Jackson, a farmer, died after…

Politics

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Lifestyle

Brewery to set up free water stations for Vincymas

St. Vincent Brewery Ltd. (SVBL) is emphasising responsible drinking, placing hydration, health, and sustainability at the heart of the carnival experience this Vincymas.  “As a brewery, SVBL has always championed…

Beachfront Jazz 2025 raises the bar in Tobago

For lovers of good music — especially jazz in all its layers, drawing from African rhythms to blues, swing, funk, calypso and soul — Beachfront Jazz 2025 was a masterclass…

CDC repackaging shows for juniors for Vincymas 2025

The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) says it plans to make this year’s Junior Carnival a fun fiesta and is working with Carnival Bands Incorporated (CBI) “to see how we can…

48 Vincies graduate from Monroe University in New York

NEW YORK — Forty-eight students from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) were awarded their degrees from Monroe University, a New York-based leader in educating first-generation and international students, during…

Sports

Black Sands swimmers break national records

Two national age group records were broken during the time trials swim meet hosted by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Swimming Federation (SVGSF) at the Shrewsbury Aquatic Centre on…

Blue Marlins swimmers break records at Barbados meet

Seven swimmers from Blue Marlins Swim Club attended the 33rd annual Sonia O’Neal Memorial (Aquatic Centre) International Invitational Swimming Championships in Barbados on the weekend. Raya Adams, Zane Da Briel,…