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Reopening of 6 schools delayed

Brighton Methodist School, one of the six schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines that will not open on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, as scheduled.

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…

Agriculture Ministry weeding out bogus farmers’ IDs

Minister of Agriculture, Israel Bruce and other agriculture officials during a visit to a farm in Majorca Mountain on Aug. 31, 2026.

The Ministry of Agriculture says it has begun a quiet but far-reaching clean-up of the farmers’ identification card system, after years in which non-farmers, political loyalists, and people with no…

SVG ends 15-year ban on importation of pet birds

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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…

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Court & Crime

Murder accused jailed for gun, ammo

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

Leacock gets crime-fighting insights from NYPD

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security St. Clair Leacock says his recent visit to the New York Police Department (NYPD) is helping to shape how the government tackles…

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13 students receive KCCU 2026 CPEA scholarships

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…

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