Friday keeps ban on jet skis as SVG courts new tourism mix
Prime Minister Godwin Friday has confirmed that his government will maintain the long-standing ban on jet skis in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, even as it pursues a broader strategy…
iWitness News
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Foreign Investment and Diaspora Affairs, Dwight Fitzgerald Bramble, has told Vincentians in New York that the government sees them not as distant supporters but…
Prime Minister Godwin Friday has signalled that his government is preparing to move from diagnosis to potential legal and administrative consequences, after receiving a comprehensive “rapid assessment” of state-owned companies…
Prime Minister Godwin Friday met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sunday, with talks focused on issues confronting the global community, including…
Court & Crime
The shooting death of a man at his home in Arnos Vale on Saturday morning has brought to three the number of businesspeople who have operated near the gap to…
A man who allegedly failed to renew his driver’s licence on his birthday in November has been charged with vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of a pedestrian on…
An Ottley Hall man has been granted EC$20,000 bail and ordered to reappear in court on Thursday after he was allegedly found with an AR-15 rifle and 19 rounds of…
One of the two men charged with the murder of St. Lucian Troy Casley, 34, in Lowmans Hill on June 23 has been jailed for firearm offences even as he…
Politics
Prime Minister Dr Godwin Friday left St. Vincent and the Grenadines for New York on Friday, where he will represent the country at the first general debate of the United…
Anna Young, executive director of Invest SVG, has resigned with immediate effect, the investment promotion agency announced on Wednesday “Mrs. Nadine Agard-Juillerat, Director of Export Marketing and Promotions, has been…
Deputy Prime Minister Major St. Clair Leacock says the New Democratic Party (NDP) administration will not sacrifice Kingstown’s vendors in its drive to clean up the capital. He said on…
Minister of Local Government Laverne Gibson-Velox and Opposition Leader Ralph Gonsalves both weighed in on Monday on the government’s decision to back away from an announced removal of vendors from…
Business
Prime Minister Godwin Friday has urged Vincentians living abroad to move beyond traditional remittances and embrace a deeper, more structured role as “strategic partners in development”. He told an audience…
Invest SVG will host a New York City edition of its Diaspora Outreach and Investment Programme, “Home Is Where The Heart Is,” with the session set to take place at…
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has signed a data management and protection agreement with California-based Quantum Inc., clearing the way for local dasheen and hot pepper farmers…
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has announced that the ban on the importation of birds, which had been in effect since 2011, has been lifted with immediate effect. The Ministry…
Lifestyle
Four schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will reopen on Wednesday, while two more will open next Monday, following an extended summer vacation. The Ministry of Education announced at…
Thirteen students who passed the 2026 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) have been recognised through KCCU’s academic scholarship, socio-economic scholarship, staff scholarship and bursary programmes. Academic scholarships were awarded to…
The inaugural Jiggy Saturday, hosted by Senator Cheiftain Neptune, brought young people from across several communities together for an exciting day of football, cricket and community celebration at the Gorse…
Twenty-four Taiwan International Youth Ambassadors joined their Vincentian counterparts for the “Taiwan-St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cultural Night” in Kingstown on Aug. 27 The youth ambassadors distinguished themselves from among…
Sports
The Archery Association of SVG, Inc. held their outdoor national championships on Saturday at the National Archery Range in Belair. Archers competed in various categories/divisions in a tightly contested event….
Black Sands Swim Squad (BSSS) produced an outstanding performance at the SVG Gallagher National Swim Championships 2026, with 32 swimmers representing the club. The championships, held from Aug. 27 to…
The H2O Lions Swim Club say its athletes performed superbly at the SVG Gallagher National Swim Championships, at the Shrewsbury Aquatic Centre from Aug. 27–30. Swimmers recorded a substantial increase…
Grinches dominated their U12 Division final against the Seagulls, securing a 20-13 victory at the weekend to become the first-ever U12 Division champions in the history of the Bequia Basketball…