Taiwan welcomes PM Friday with military honour, state banquet
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Godwin Friday, was welcomed to Taiwan with full military honours as he began an official visit on Tuesday,…
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The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Environmental Health and Energy (MOHWEE) said Monday that it has begun contact tracing and placed restrictions on elective surgeries after a drug-resistant bacterium was found…
A Georgetown man who chopped another man 19 times, killing him in July 2021, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The man, Deron Franklyn, was handed the sentence…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) was denied the opportunity to field a team in the regional T20 cricket tournament, the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), when the Unity Labour Party…
Court & Crime
A man who was jailed in 2022 for an unlicensed gun that police found under his pillow as he and a 15-year-old girl slept naked on a bed was shot…
A licensed marijuana farmer has been remanded to prison on a murder charge in connection with the shooting death in his community on Saturday. Police have arrested and charged Rhyse…
A 19-year-old Rockies man has been ordered to work with a businessman to pay compensation for burglarising his business and stealing a cash register containing cash. However, before doing so,…
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…
Politics
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…
The opposition Unity Labour Party (ULP) has criticised the delay in the start of the 2026-2027 school year, saying that it demonstrates a lack of leadership and governance by the…
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…
Vincentian historian Michael Dennie has called for an enslaved woman who killed a plantation owner in Mayreau to be declared a national hero, arguing that Emancipation in St. Vincent and…
Business
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…
Lifestyle
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…
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…
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,…
Sports
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…
Professional NASCAR driver and Sporting Ambassador for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Rajah Caruth, will be in the country for a special homecoming visit from Aug. 12–16, the St. Vincent…
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…
The defending champions in the 1st Division of the 24th Annual Bequia Basketball Tournament have put themselves in an uncomfortable spot after losing their first two matches. In a highly…