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Vincy’s embrace of Garifuna heritage puts her in Guinness Records

In November 2024, Vincentian Rianka Chance answered the call to represent St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the “195” song — a global anthem promoting equality for women, produced by…

26 Jan 2026 5:07AM

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Hance John of Westfield Farms, left, and Ricardo Boatswain of Solife Solar.

How entrepreneurs are recharging the Caribbean

25 Jan 2026 7:30AM

From left: Consul General to New York, Roland “Patel” Matthews; Ambassador to the United Nations, Vynnette Frederick, High Commissioner of SVG to the United Kingdom, Brereton Horne; Prime Minister of SVG, Godwin Friday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fitz Bramble; Ambassador Designate to the Republic of Cuba, Angella Ideisha Jackson, Ambassador Designate to the Republic of China on Taiwan Kenton X. Chance, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Investment & Diaspora Affairs, Sandy Peters-Phillips.

A charge to the new diplomats

25 Jan 2026 6:45AM

Attorney General Louise Mitchell, left, and Prime Minister Godwin Friday at the press conference in Kingstown on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026.

As deadline nears, gov’t says frustrating reinstatement efforts unacceptable

25 Jan 2026 6:31AM

New influenza strain ‘under fairly good control’ — Health Minister

24 Jan 2026 10:49AM

To kidnap, arrest or capture

By using words like ‘arrest’ (BBC, 1/3/26) and ‘capture,’ the media evoke a framing in which the “good guys” and “bad guys” are preordained. Corporate media have deployed a jargon…

24 Jan 2026 10:18AM

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