Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral illness. It caused the deaths of five students in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last year.

SVG braces for possible outbreak of chikungunya disease

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is bracing for a possible outbreak of the dreaded mosquito-borne disease chikungunya. Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease first described during an outbreak in southern…

6 Apr 2014 6:55PM

Health

Entomologist Mark Lathamwill spend five days investigating the types of mosquitoes in SVG and their breeding habitats.

Action Bequia invites US specialist to talk about combatting chikungunya

6 Apr 2014 6:36PM

ECCU government have agreed to effective use of debt management tools in their countries.

Opposition rejects PM’s medical bills proposal

6 Apr 2014 6:27PM

Veronica Daniel, Vincare Therapeutic Learning Centre, left, and LIMEs Nikala Williams.

LIME donates to therapeutic learning school

3 Apr 2014 8:22AM

The event will see canned foods being collected for needy persons.

IHS Young Leaders to host ‘Yes we can fest’ charity event

3 Apr 2014 8:08AM

Man who escaped from Belle Isle prison arrested in Trinidad

The Trinidadian who escaped from prison in St. Vincent in February has been arrested in his home country. Police in St. Vincent and the Grenadines say that Desmond “Cat” Pavy,…

3 Apr 2014 7:53AM

Desmond Pavy