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Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Godwin Friday (in necktie), along with Taiwan Ambassador to SVG, Fiona Fan, and some members of the delegation at Argyle International Airport on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.

PM Friday leads delegation on official visit to Taiwan

Prime Minister Godwin Friday is leading a delegation on an official visit to Taiwan as the two countries mark 45 years of diplomatic relations. The Office of the Prime Minister…

Falcons win thrilling CPL opener at Arnos Vale

Antigua & Barbuda Falcons won a final-ball thriller to open the 2026 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) over Jamaica Kingsmen at Arnos Vale Sports Complex Friday night. The Falcons…

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PM pitches new growth model to tame runaway debt

Prime Minister Godwin Friday has unveiled the broad contours of a plan to pull St. Vincent and the Grenadines back from what he calls a fiscal “precipice”, promising to stabilise…

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Business

Lifestyle

SVG among top beach destinations in the Americas

St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has been recognised as one of the premier beach travel destinations in the Western Hemisphere, earning the #22 spot in Travel And Tour World’s…

CARDTP advances digital transformation through Moodle training

The Caribbean Digital Transformation Project (CARDTP) hosted a Moodle Platform Training Workshop from July 28–30 in Kingstown, aimed at strengthening the capacity of government stakeholders to utilise digital learning tools…

School registration fees were ‘a mess’ — Minister

Education Minister Philip Jackson says the new policy on registration fees for new students entering secondary school is aimed at ending a “mess” of widely varying registration and related fees…

Sports

SVG sailors show progress at CAC Games

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sailing Association says it is celebrating an impressive performance by young sailors Scarlett Hadley and Kai Marks Dasent, who represented the country in the…

Blue Marlins teach youths 3-16 to swim

The Blue Marlins Swim Club held its first-ever learn-to-swim summer camp from July 13 to 31, open to youngsters aged 3 to 16 years. The club management saw the need…