Relative in custody over death of Yambou man, 60
A close male relative of a 60-year-old Yambou man is in custody as police continue an investigation into his death, which occurred on Friday. Don Jackson, a farmer, died after…
iWitness News
A Canada-based Vincentian promoter died Friday night at the scene in Arnos Vale when his car collided with another vehicle near the Girl High School, on the tarmac of the…
By Eddy Smith It’s easy to court attention with blood-soaked headlines. A gruesome killing here, a drug bust there, each fresh headline jostling for the public’s outrage and political mileage….
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — A former member of the United Nations Security Council, Kishore Mahbubani, is urging Africa to remain neutral amidst the struggle between the United…
Court & Crime
The three women accused of being involved in two fights at the Langley Park Government School in October have been found guilty of trespassing and assault. Magistrate Kaywana Jacobs handed…
Police officers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines recovered in a raid on Friday two prohibited firearms, which acting Commissioner of Police Enville Williams said are weapons “meant for the…
Leon John, the second man to be charged in connection with the May 16 triple homicide in Belmont, was being treated for an alleged mental health condition, multiple sources have…
DJ Rohan “DJ Kano” Cornwall was on Wednesday discharged in the case in which he is accused of attempting to murder his wife. Cornwall’s wife, Gailann Walters-Cornwall, told the court,…
Politics
Opposition politician Conroy Huggins, who was dismissed from the teaching service under the government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in 2021, says the government’s promise to pass a law guaranteeing the pension…
By Unity Labour Party (Excerpts of a Speech by the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the Opening Ceremony of the 77th Meeting of the OECS Authority…
Opposition MP St. Clair Leacock says that Attorney General Grenville Williams cannot be a non-partisan public servant within Parliament and a politician outside. Leacock noted that when Prime Minister Ralph…
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said that the regional integration movement, CARICOM, needs to have a “sincere conversation” about the present and future state of the…
Business
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — Professor Benedict O. Oramah on Friday ended his 10-year stint as president and chairman of the board of directors of the Egypt-based…
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — Jason Miller, a communication strategist and former advisor to President Donald Trump, says that Africa should ally itself with the United States as…
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — Grenada’s Attorney General, Claudette Joseph, is urging Caribbean and African leaders to replace “the great triangle” that has for centuries linked travel and…
By Kenton X. Chance ABUJA, Nigeria (CMC) — The Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully piloted the Caribbean version of its payment system that allows businesses in countries that use different…
Lifestyle
For lovers of good music — especially jazz in all its layers, drawing from African rhythms to blues, swing, funk, calypso and soul — Beachfront Jazz 2025 was a masterclass…
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) says it plans to make this year’s Junior Carnival a fun fiesta and is working with Carnival Bands Incorporated (CBI) “to see how we can…
NEW YORK — Forty-eight students from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) were awarded their degrees from Monroe University, a New York-based leader in educating first-generation and international students, during…
The semifinals of the Soca Monarch competition have returned to Vincymas and will be held on Sunday at the tarmac of the decommissioned ET Joshua Airport. Rodney Small, CEO of…
Sports
The F15 Softball Cricket Tournament 3.0 climaxed with the same teams from last year facing each other, with the same results. Kombat Warriors secured a 7-wicket win against Fairban United…
Two national age group records were broken during the time trials swim meet hosted by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Swimming Federation (SVGSF) at the Shrewsbury Aquatic Centre on…
Seven swimmers from Blue Marlins Swim Club attended the 33rd annual Sonia O’Neal Memorial (Aquatic Centre) International Invitational Swimming Championships in Barbados on the weekend. Raya Adams, Zane Da Briel,…
East Kingstown United defeated Automax Richmond Hill United by 7 wickets in the first super 5 match-up in the F15 Softball Cricket Tournament 3.0. East Kingstown United won the toss…