St Vincent could benefit from India’s tax cuts on medicines

Next Gen GST reforms: A step towards Atmanirbhar and Viksit Bharat by 2047 Coinciding with the start of the festive season, India is set to revamp its Goods and Services Tax (GST) system starting 22 September 2025 by rolling out GST 2.0 that is...

Travel industry ‘athletes’ take on Island Challenge 3

LONDON: A team of aspiring athletes from across the UK travel industry have pledged to raise a further £100,000 for children’s healthcare in the Caribbean by taking part in a gruelling ‘Island Challenge’ in Saint Lucia. This will be the third...

Caribbean tourism shows resilience amid mixed markets

Bridgetown, Barbados: Caribbean tourism recorded 18.5 million arrivals in the first half of 2025, up nearly two per cent on last year and six per cent above pre-pandemic levels, according to new data presented at the CTO’s State of the Tourism...

Vincies to pay additional US$250 visa fee from today

Vincentians are now confronting a significant financial hurdle for US-bound travel. Effective immediately, anyone from St. Vincent and the Grenadines hoping to visit, study, or work in the United States will need to dig deeper into their pockets....

Brazil and 16 other countries sign energy transition letter

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and 16 other heads of state and government signed a joint letter on Monday (Sep. 22) in defense of a fair and equitable energy transition. The text highlights the urgency of accelerating the production...

Construction team hands over keys for Port buildings

Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves (left), and CEO of the Port Authority Carl James (centre) look on as Minister of Urban Development Senator Benarva Browne cuts the ribbon to officially hand over the keys to the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port...

High Seas Treaty to protect oceans ratified as Trump pushes mining

Four countries last week ratified the High Seas Treaty, allowing that United Nations agreement to take effect next year even as the Trump administration pushes to open the world’s ocean bottoms to critical minerals extraction. The ratification by...

NDP gov’t would double ‘Poor Relief’, slash VAT within 60 days

Opposition Leader Godwin Friday says his New Democratic Party will double Public Assistance, reduce the 16% VAT on everyday goods and residential electricity, pay a bonus salary to public servants and reinstate public sector workers fired under...

Agricultural tools distributed to schools across SVG

A handing over ceremony of agricultural tools, equipment and seedlings were distributed to schools across St. Vincent and the Grenadines to enhance the production and productivity of school gardens. The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural...

Taiwan hands over agricultural machines to SVG

On behalf of the People and Government of Republic of China (Taiwan), Ambassador Fan formally handed over a comprehensive range of professional equipment and agricultural resources, including four chilling rooms, four washing and grading machines,...

SVG govt establishes central buying platform to boost local agriculture

The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, under the guidance of Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar, has established a strategic central purchasing platform to support local farmers. The initiative aims to stabilize prices, reduce...

Taiwan donates wide range of agricultural machines to SVG

Taiwan Ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Fiona Huei-Chun Fan has handed over four chilling rooms, four washing and grading machines, four chamber vacuum sealers, and two tractors, among other equipment, to the Ministry of Agriculture....

Vincy software engineer launches Decision SVG website

Europe-based Vincentian software engineer Janique-Ka John has launched an innovative interactive platform that presents historical election data for St. Vincent and the Grenadines dating back to 1994. Driven by a longstanding passion for data...

James announces construction of resort at Cumberland 

Tourism Minister Carlos James says that a resort is coming to Cumberland, a picturesque anchorage in North Leeward, which he represents in Parliament. “Following the success of sandals in Buccament Bay, beaches at private Mt Wynne and AC Marriott...

Government reaffirms commitment to citizens’ security amid Regional tensions

The Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has reiterated its firm commitment to the security, stability, and welfare of its citizens, even as geopolitical tensions continue to unfold in the wider region. Speaking in Parliament yesterday,...

OECS launches study on shared drill rig for geothermal energy development in its member states

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission is moving to strengthen energy security and advancing the transition to renewable energy in the sub-region with the launch of a comprehensive feasibility study on acquiring a...

Thursday briefing: Democrats gamble on another government shutdown

Good morning. The US government shut down at a minute after midnight yesterday, after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a deal on an interim spending bill. More than 24 hours in, and as each side seeks to blame the other for the crisis,...

UK company provides technology to combat sargassum seaweed in St Vincent

Sargussum (Photo: CMC) September 6, 2025 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A United Kingdom (UK) based ocean farming company is providing the technology to transform the Caribbean’s sargassum seaweed problem into a sustainable business. If the project...

Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2025

Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) in St. Kitts and Nevis. The CWA 2025 will be held from 29 September–3 October under the theme ‘Sowing Change, Harvesting Resilience: Transforming Our...

NDP proposes fuel surcharge cap to ease consumer burden

In an effort to address rising energy costs, Godwin Friday, Leader of the Opposition in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, says once in government the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) plan to protect consumers from escalating electricity bills and...