A then-14-year-old who in 2023 breached his curfew, stabbed a 19-year-old man to death in Georgetown, then threatened to “deal with” the deceased man’s relatives one by one has been…
By Eddy Smith On Aug. 1, 1834, the British Parliament declared that slavery in the West Indies was abolished. That was the official version. The practical reality was that our…
An unlicensed driver who fled the scene of a crash with a 3-year-old child in the vehicle has been fined on four of the five traffic charges brought against him….
Prime Minister Godwin Friday used Emancipation Day 2026 to argue that St. Vincent and the Grenadines must move beyond commemorating the abolition of slavery to confronting what he called the…
A Georgetown man who has faced several charges, including attempted murder, rape, wounding and burglary, was found dead in the east coast town on Saturday with apparent gunshot wounds. The…
Prime Minister Godwin Friday and his legal team have struck an upbeat tone as the election petition challenging his eligibility for office and that of his Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
An expert is expected to testify on Wednesday as the trial of the two election petitions filed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines moves into the second of three days…
A legal team of which Opposition Leader Ralph Gonsalves is a member has secured bail for a murder accused, three years after he said that some judicial officers behave as…
Opposition Leader Ralph Gonsalves is now insisting that past remarks in which he criticised judges for granting bail in murder cases did not oppose the principle of bail itself for…
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Wednesday described as “misleading and erroneous” an article by a local publication that Prime Minister Godwin Friday was no longer performing some…
Leader of the Opposition Ralph Gonsalves on Tuesday delivered a long, technical critique of a bill to give compassionate gratuity to non-pensionable public sector workers but stopped short of saying…
Prime Minister Godwin Friday has described the new Compassionate Gratuity Bill as a “big deal” for non‑pensionable, low‑paid public workers, arguing that his government has moved in months to fix…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on Thursday unveiled a branded InterCaribbean Airways aircraft bearing the national flag and the name “Spirit of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”, in what…
Three prominent Vincentians are among the 10 people selected to replace the late Queen Elizabeth II on Eastern Caribbean (EC) banknotes. They are the first prime minister of St. Vincent…
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Postal Corporation says it has made two strategic appointments as it continues to strengthen its leadership team, modernise its operations, and expand its commercial…
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines says that the main external loans contracted since January 2026 were already in train under the Unity Labour Party (ULP)administration, which was…
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…
Darron Rodan John, a candidate for the Unity Labour Party (ULP) in the November 2025 general election, has completed a doctorate in Taiwan, eight months after his electoral defeat. John,…
Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Phillip Jackson, announced on Tuesday the removal of registration-related fees for Form 1 students entering public and government-assisted private secondary schools in St. Vincent…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and India have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) underscoring both countries’ commitment to advancing public health through shared expertise and regulatory alignment. The…
Six sailing boats that spent more than 25 years in storage at a British Army base have been shipped to St. Vincent and the Grenadines and delivered to the Grenadine…
Vincentian Jayden George has made national sporting history, becoming the first-ever squash player from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to appear in the sport’s junior world championships. The world championships…
The Parliament of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday paid tribute to former West Indies cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers, who died on Friday, aged 89. Prime Minister Godwin Friday,…
Team SVG made an emphatic statement as the region’s best on the court during the 2026 Caribbean Junior Squash Championships — Junior CASA. The team’s historic run in Tortola began…