Cannabliss Festival opens in SVG

News October 3, 2025 by GRACE FRANCIS THE 2025 CANABLISS Festival opened at Victoria Park, yesterday, Thursday, October 2, 2025, where it was noted that CannaSVG is the world’s leading medical grade cannabis manufacturer based in St Vincent &The...

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...

Bar Association requirements still stand in Barbados

174 The Barbados Bar Association is reminding regional attorneys that while it supports the October 1 free movement arrangement among four CARICOM states, anyone seeking to practise law in Barbados must still be admitted to the local Bar. In a...

Over 1,300 Laptops to be distributed to First-Year SVGCC students this week

More than one thousand first year students from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College will receive laptops today and tomorrow The Government will distribute one thousand, three hundred and thirty-five ASUS laptops to the students....

Visit of Grandchildren Chevonne and Nkosi to the Southern Grenadines 

By Anthony G. Stewart, PhD The grandchildren came home to Union Island and wanted to tour the island and needed someone reliable and responsible to take them around. If they are fortunate enough and they get Terrance Ollivierre, they would be...

Debate on full free movement’s impact

Political scientist Peter Wickham is cautioning that while the conversation on full free movement between Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines has largely focused on economics, the political implications may prove equally...

Can Lai’s Taiwan Hold on to Its Diplomatic Allies?

During Tsai Ing-wen’s presidency, Taiwan lost ten official diplomatic partners to China, which utilized its economic power to peel away the democracy’s allies. Since President Lai Ching-te took office in May 2024, however, Taiwan has managed to...

Tourism must create careers, not just jobs — Bramble 

Tourism in St. Vincent and the Grenadines must not merely create jobs, but careers, says East Kingstown MP, Fitz Bramble, an opposition MP. The New Democratic Party (NDP) said that tourism, along with agriculture, the blue economy and the new...

Tobago Wins CTO Tourism Youth Congress

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Jolé St. John, a 16-year-old Junior Minister of Tourism from Tobago, emerged as the winner of the 2025 Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Regional Tourism Youth Congress, held on October 2 at the Hilton Barbados Resort...

ECGC Foundation awards Bursaries to SVGCC Students

FRONT ROW (from left) - Phyllis James (HR Manager, ECGC), Afe Lucas (Business Studies – Sales and Marketing), Acadia Charles (Business Studies – Accounting), Dr. Laferne Browne (Lecturer, DTVE), Kailey Blake (Business Studies – Sales and...

Young Environmental Scientists Competition now accepting student submissions

Macmillan Education Caribbean has announced the launch of the 2025 Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Competition, set to commence in early October 2025. The group stated in a press release that the initiative invites primary school students...

Gonsalves joins Trump, attacks China

By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk” Oct. 3, 2025) In his most backward display of global politics yet, Gonsalves, known for his relatively progressive positions on international issues, took the mic at the United Nations last week to launch a...

UK based company provides technology to tackle sargassum

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A UK-based ocean farming company is providing the technology to transform the Caribbean’s sargassum seaweed problem into a sustainable business. If the project works, it could provide a long-awaited solution to the...

Government of SVG hosts High-Level Event at UN to celebrate World Pediatrics’ 25th Anniversary

A High-Level event was hosted by the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in partnership with World Pediatrics, during the 80th United Nations General Assembly last week. The event was held to celebrate World Pediatrics’ 25th...

Minister of Information Technology emphasises the importance of Cybersecurity

From Left: Jenna Flavian, delivering remarks on behalf of the OECS Commission and Nadine Bushell, CARICOM IMPACS , Assistant Director – Project Robust cybersecurity must be at the heart of the digital transformation that is currently taking place...

SVG Aims to Join Global Pharma Race

SVG Eyes Global Pharma Role: Caesar Announces Bold Vision at Cannabliss Festival At the opening ceremony of the Cannabliss Festival today, Honorable Minister Saboto Caesar unveiled a groundbreaking vision for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG: a...

First‑Year Students at SVGCC to Get Free laptops

The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will distribute one thousand, three hundred and twenty-seven (1,327) ASUS laptops to all first-year students of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC). The distribution will be...

Penny takes part in energy talks in New York

News Clint Chan Tack 2 Hrs Ago Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles, right, embraces Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves at the UN in New York on September 26. - OPPOSITION Leader...

NDP appeals to young voters as campaign ramps up

Kishore Shallow, 40, the youngest candidate on the NDP’s ticket, says St. Vincent and the Grenadines needs a better brand of politics. NDP leader Godwin Friday says the NDP sees in Vincentian youth the country’s full potential. NDP Chairman Daniel...

Caribbean students invited to enter 2025 YES Competition

Macmillan Education Caribbean has announced the opening of the 2025 Young Environmental Scientists (YES) Competition, launching at the start of October 2025. The competition welcomes participation from primary school pupils aged 7 to 11 and...