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Southern Grenadines MP, Terrance Ollivierre speaking at a campaign event in Union Island on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025.

Ollivierre says he’s ‘hitting six’ next election

MP says gov’t failed Southern Grenadines despite $136m allocated to hurricane recovery

16 Feb 2025 1:50PM

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Grenville Williams, photographed here on Nov. 4, 2022, when he was sworn in as attorney general, was nominated on Saturday as the ruling Unity Labour Party's candidate for South Leeward. (Photo: Facebook/APISVG)

AG gets ULP nod in South Leeward 10 years after first bid

16 Feb 2025 5:49AM

Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves speaks on Nov. 23, 2024 a farewell event for Cuban linemen who helped to restore electricity in Union Island after the passage of Hurricane Beryl. He said on Sunday, March 23, 2025, that his government had a "very positive" meeting with US officials about Cuban work brigades in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Gonsalves urges workers affected by vaccine mandate to return to their jobs — again

13 Feb 2025 11:32AM

Opposition Leader Godwin Friday in a Dec. 19, 2024 photo.

NDP recommits to reinstating workers fired under COVID-19 vaccine mandate

13 Feb 2025 9:18AM

Kishore Shallow, president of Cricket West Indies, presents a West Indies-themed shirt to Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, during an ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh at Arnos Vale Sporting Complex on June 24, 2024. (Photo by Darrian Traynor-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)

SVG lacks ‘affordable accommodation with sufficient services’ for Australia cricket games

11 Feb 2025 6:44AM

U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

SVG opposes US proposal to relocate residents of Gaza

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC) — The administration of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has voiced opposition to a proposal announced by the government of the United States to relocate the two…

8 Feb 2025 4:53PM

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Senator Israel Bruce in a Jan. 15, 2025 photo.

Bruce says Coreas VAT-free days endorses NDP policy

31 Jan 2025 8:54AM

Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in a July 19, 2024 photo.

PM Gonsalves concerned about criminal history of US deportees

31 Jan 2025 2:31AM

Government senator, Shackell Bobb speaking during the Budget Debate on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Senator’s comments that NYC was ‘unsuccessful’ rebuffed

19 Jan 2025 6:33AM

Police officers on duty in Kingstown on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025.

‘The budget is about security,’ Finance Minister says

19 Jan 2025 6:17AM

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