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Laverne Gibson-Velox, minister of the Family and Gender Affairs, Persons with Disabilities and Labour, speaking during the Budget Debate on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2025.
Laverne Gibson-Velox, minister of the Family and Gender Affairs, Persons with Disabilities and Labour, speaking during the Budget Debate on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2025.

SVG’s age of consent to increase

The age of consent in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, currently 15 for females and no defined age for males, will be increased. Laverne Gibson-Velox, minister of family and gender…

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President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, right, pose with Cuba health workers at a public hospital in Georgetown, St. Vincent in December 2020. (Photo: Facebook/ APISVG)
President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, right, pose with Cuba health workers at a public hospital in Georgetown, St. Vincent in December 2020. (Photo: Facebook/ APISVG)

SVG to phase out reliance on Cuban district health officers

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC) – Prime Minister Godwin Friday says the government will begin a three-year phase-out of the reliance on Cuban district medical officers, as he outlined a new…

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