Fleas drive students out of Tarmac schools — again
Fleas have forced students of the two secondary schools located at the temporary campuses at the decommissioned ET Joshua Airport from their classrooms yet again. Minister of Education Curtis King…
iWitness News
The Simón Bolívar School Vessel from Venezuela is coming to St. Vincent and the Grenadines to pay an official visit from Thursday to Monday. In Port Kingstown, there will be…
The police officer in charge of the district in which South Rivers is located has emphasised the historically peaceful reputation of the community, where a man was killed on March…
The body of a female was found on a beach in Bequia moments ago, multiple sources have confirmed to iWitness News. Sources said that beachgoers stumbled upon the body in…
Court & Crime
Videos of the men trying to chop each other with a cutlass went viral on social media last December
A 20-year-old woman who stole EC$2,070.25 in cash from an auto parts store in the four months that she worked there has been spared immediate jail time. However, the woman,…
A Park Hill man who peeped inside a woman’s house one day after he was released from prison on bail has been jailed for eight months. Magistrate Kaywana Jacobs handed…
Unicomer St. Vincent Ltd., owners of Courts furniture and appliance store, on Monday said it will appeal to the London-based Privy Council the judgement of the Court of Appeal in…
Politics
Opposition Leader Godwin Friday says Montgomery Daniel should be ashamed of the representation he has given to North Windward since being elected MP in 2001. The opposition leader spoke on…
Opposition Leader Godwin Friday has appealed to Vincentian youth, telling them that the upcoming general election is theirs to determine the future of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. “Don’t let…
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says he has written to the World Bank and 193 leaders around the world opposing a move to increase World Bank interest rate and shorten repayment…
Opposition MP Fitz Bramble has dismissed as “bulls**t” Finance Minister Camillo Gonsalves extrapolation of figures to arrive at an unemployment figure of 5,000 or about 5% of the Vincentian population. …
Business
By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Tuesday remained mum on the resignation of its president, Hyginus “Gene” Leon, who has also threatened to…
By Peter Richards BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Former Montserrat premier Reuben Meade, Monday said he found it “rather interesting” that subordinate body within the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) had…
Coreas Hazells Inc. had announced the separation of Coreas Auto into a separate legal entity, officially named Coreas Auto Supplies Ltd. “This move is to enhance operational efficiency and allows…
Communications and entertainment provider Flow has donated devices to several schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in what it said is its continued commitment to fostering educational excellence. Through…
Lifestyle
Over 65 members from four of the five clubs in the zone — Diamond, Stubbs, Mesopotamia, Richland Park, and Biabou – cleaned Argyle Beach on Saturday as part of activities…
The Court of Appeal has set May 2 for the hearing of the appeal in the COVID-19 vaccine mandate case, which was initially scheduled to be heard on Feb. 1….
Dominica says St. Vincent and the Grenadines could have learnt from its geothermal energy experience, even as Kingstown says its project, which it packed up in 2019, is ‘not dead’.
By Kenton X. Chance ABU DHABI (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda’s Deputy United Nations Ambassador, Tumasie Blair, Wednesday said the upcoming fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4)…
Sports
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua — Cricket West Indies (CWI) Men’s Selection Panel has unveiled the 15-member squad for the West Indies Men’s A Team set to tour Nepal from April 25…
Barbadian and former West Indies fast bowler Tino Best will be a special guest on Sunday at the finals of the Shevern John T10 cricket competition, in Owia. Best will…
Six of the 11 Blue Marlins swimmers who participated in the Rodney Heights Aquatic Centre (RHAC) Invitational Swim Meet in St. Lucia finished with high points. Raya Adams won the…
Quarter-final matches in the Shevern John T10 cricket competition will be played at the Owia and Fancy Playing Field on Saturday, while the semifinals games take place at the Owia…