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Cuba cannot be punished into darkness

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By Carlos Ernesto Rodríguez Etcheverry, ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to St. Vincent and the Grenadines There is a particular cruelty in a policy that turns a hospital’s operating…

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Parliament approves SVG’s membership of CAF

Parliament on Thursday approved St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ membership in the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF). Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Godwin Friday presented…

Legal gaps left Canash mangroves vulnerable — MP

No law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines prevents landowners from cutting down trees, including mangroves, on private property Minister of Physical Planning Nigel “Nature” Stephenson said in Parliament on…

Business

SVG to sign cruise port deal on Monday

Tourism Minister Kishore Shallow says St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will sign an agreement with Global Ports Holding (GPH) on Monday, as the government moves to expand cruise operations…

PM announces gasoline price cut, while diesel rises

Vincentians buying gasoline at the pump are set to get an EC$1.02-per-gallon break from Monday, Prime Minister Godwin Friday told Parliament on Thursday. Meanwhile, diesel users will see small increases,…

MOU signed for US$100m investment in Mayreau

Invest SVG has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Luxembourg-based real estate developer Nativo Group to advance the development of a new eco-resort, SOMA Mayreau, along with other sustainable…

Lifestyle

29 people displaced by heavy rains, floods (+video)

Twenty-nine people from nine families have vacated their homes and are seeking shelter elsewhere after a tropical wave caused widespread floods and landslides across St. Vincent and the Grenadines Monday…

We Are Mayreau reports steady ridge-to-reef progress

We Are Mayreau Inc. (WAM) is marking six months of implementation under the Targeted Ridge-to-Reef Ecosystem-based Adaptation Interventions in St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines (TREBAI), the regional…

Sports

Vincy Jewels secure crucial win against Bajan Gems  

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Netball Team, Vincy Jewels, defeated Barbados 49–43 Saturday night in a crucial fifth-round game in the  Americas Netball World Cup Qualifiers.  “We came…

Vincy Jewels clinical in defeating the BVI

St. Vincent and the Grenadines national senior female netball team, Vincy Jewels, were clinical on Friday, defeating the British Virgin Islands 91–13. The Jewels led in all quarters 25–04, 49–06,…