By Kenton X. Chance BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 19, CMC — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is forecasting economic growth of 2.5% among its 19 borrowing member countries in 2025. This follows growth…
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protestors on Wednesday as Parliament began debating electoral reform legislation. The police had earlier warned that no permission…
By Kenton X. Chance BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — President of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Daniel Best, Wednesday said that the region’s premier financial institution is committed to doing more,…
Trinidad and Tobago to elect new gov’t on April 28
Police in St. Lucia have charged one of their Vincentian counterparts and three other men with drug possession charges after they were arrested there on board a boat on Thursday….
A Vincentian police officer is among four people who have been arrested in St. Lucia on board a boat on which police in that neighbouring country allegedly found drugs and…
A man who poured kerosene on a woman and threatened to set her afire has been jailed for abduction and assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH). The man, Rosano Theobalds…
An inquiry by Senior Magistrate Tammika McKenzie about how a St. Lucian who she had ordered to be remanded in prison was repatriated without the court’s permission has ended in…
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Senior Counsel Stuart Richard Young, 50, was sworn in on Monday as the eighth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, a few months before…
Hurricane Beryl destroyed 149 homes in the Southern Grenadines when it tracked through the area as a category 4 cyclone on July 1, 2024. This is the latest figure that…
The EC$600 million seaport being built in Kingstown is now scheduled to be completed in August, three months later than initially scheduled. Minister of Seaports Senator Benarva Browne told Parliament…
East Kingstown MP Fitz Bramble says he is still committed to building a water park in Sion Hill, despite the criticism the idea received when he first floated it during…
Basic bank accounts won’t attract fees but would have a maximum balance
The contribution of the agricultural sector to the economy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines fell by 16% between 2021 and 2024, moving from EC$125 million to EC$105 million. “But…
St. Vincent Motors RUBIS, Arnos Vale, took first place in the 2024 RUBIS Customer Pulse Program, which educates and monitors service levels at RUBIS stations. The win has raised the…
Minister of Tourism Carlos James is urging hoteliers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to keep their properties open all year. “Tourism in St. Vincent is no longer seasonal and I…
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Francesco La Camera, says transitioning to renewable energy is critical globally, adding that the circumstances of…
The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and the Environment is alerting the public to the presence in St. Vincent and the Grenadines of Norovirus, a highly contagious virus that causes gastroenteritis….
Fleas have forced students and teachers from the Girls’ High School temporary campus at Arnos Vale — yet again. It is the latest disruption of classes at the decommissioned ET…
At 1:43 a.m. AST on Feb. 19, 2009, a cold winter day in Taipei, Taiwan, Vincentian journalist Kenton Chance published the first article on a website he called “I Witness…
The third edition of the F15 Softball Cricket Tournament bowled off on Saturday at the Richmond Hill Playing Field with an 5-over ballaroma following the formalities. The opening ceremony heard…
Vincentian Kishore Shallow has been nominated unopposed to serve a second consecutive term as president of Cricket West Indies (CWI), the second successive election in which he has been elected…
The H2O Lions Swim Academy entered eight of its 10 swimmers in the SAC Invitational Swim Meet at Shrewsbury Aquatic Centre last month. Three of the 8 members were seasoned…
The sixth edition of the Dream 11 Vincy Premier League (VPL) T10 is set for April 7 – 20. The tournament finals will be played under lights at the Arnos…