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Cuba is the Caribbean’s Gaza

Plain Talk

By *Jomo Thomas “The goal of broad-based US sanctions should be to deny money and supplies to Cuba, to decrease monetary and real wages and bring about hunger and desperation…

Teen uses cutlass on man attacking his mom

Cutlass

A Redemption Sharpes resident was fined after he was found guilty of assaulting a woman with whom he had a 10-year relationship. The fine stemmed from an altercation between carpenter…

When are the poor going to stop being poor?

Kenrick Quashie.

By Kenrick Quashie Recently, I was in a conversation with a very good friend. We were talking about school registration fees and whether they should be reduced or waived, and…

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Court & Crime

Man jailed for stealing salami twice in one day

A 58-year-old unemployed man who stole chicken salami twice in one day from the same supermarket has been jailed for his crime. Cecil Young was nabbed committing the crime at…

Man, 40, gets 40 months in jail for firearm, ammo

A 40-year-old construction worker has been jailed for 40 months for possession of an unlicensed firearm. Lesmond Franklyn, of Dickson and Orange Hill, was also sentenced to one year imprisonment…

Politics

Gonsalves neither supports nor opposes gratuity bill

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…

NDP fixed in months what ULP didn’t in 25 years — PM

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…

Former PM, not CMO, forced vaccine mandate — Cummings

Minister of Health Daniel Cummings has rejected the long‑circulated claim that the country’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache, was responsible for the controversial COVID‑19 vaccine mandate that led…

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Business

Lifestyle

Minister announces end to secondary school registration fees

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…

SVG, India sign MoU on public health advancement 

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…

Sports

George makes world history for SVG in squash

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…

Team SVG wins historic Caribbean Junior Squash title

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…