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St. Vincent and the Grenadines posts strong growth in 2025
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been tapped as one of the fastest-growing tourism destinations in the Caribbean for the first half of 2025, marking an exceptional year of growth and investment for the destination. According to the latest...

Move over, gentlemen: The women now running Britain’s billions… and Yorkshire’s shiny wealth centre
You might have missed it, but a gender revolution has quietly swept the boardrooms and C-suites of Britain’s wealth management industry. In July, Emma Crystal chalked up a year as CEO of Coutts, overseeing £48.9 billion in assets under management...

Citizenship by investment schemes come under opposition scrutiny
18 Leader of the Opposition Ralph Thorne on Monday warned that Barbados could become a gateway for CARICOM passport buyers, urging urgent scrutiny of the Free Movement of Nationals Bill and related citizenship laws. As the opposition stepped up...

Ambassador of Ireland to SVG pays official visit
AMBASSADOR OF IRELAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES The Government and people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines extend a warm welcome to Her Excellency Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ambassador of Ireland, who presented her...

St. Vincent rises as one of the Caribbean’s fastest-growing tourism destinations
For decades, the Caribbean tourism scene has been dominated by familiar names: Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, The Bahamas, and Barbados. These destinations have long held the lion’s share of visitor arrivals, consistently topping performance...

St Vincent and the Grenadines now one of the fastest growing tourism destinations
St Vincent and the Grenadines has emerged as one of the fastest-growing tourism destinations in the Caribbean for the first half of 2025, according to the latest performance report from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO). The country...

Ambassador of Ireland presents Letters of Credence
Ambassador of Ireland to St Vincent and the Grenadines, Geraldine Byrne Nason (right), presents her Letters of Credence to Governor General, Dame Susan Dougan News October 14, 2025 The Ambassador of Ireland to St Vincent and the Grenadines,...

NDP vice-president tells Central Leeward voters not to lose hope
Nigel “Nature” Stephenson News October 14, 2025 Vice-President of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Nigel ‘Nature’ Stephenson said the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), want a decent quality of life. Stephenson was speaking last Friday...

Barbados, Belize, Dominica, And St. Vincent Sign Historic Pact Allowing Citizens To Live And Work Freely Across Borders
Colourful houses on the tropical island of Barbados in the Caribbean getty In a major step toward establishing a single economic market across the Caribbean, four nations have signed a landmark agreement creating an EU-style freedom-of-movement...

Beaches Resort announced for St Vincent — Landmark US$500M tourism investment
18 The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Sandals Resorts International have signed a landmark agreement for the construction of a new Beaches Resort at Mount Wynne, a US$500 million (EC$1.35 billion) investment — the largest in the...

JetSetters Grenada to engage SVG teams in Netball and Volleyball
The much anticipated annual retreat of the JetSetters Sports Club of Grenada, known as ‘The Thanksgiving Games’, will take place this year in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), from Friday, October, 17 to Monday, October,20, 2025. Over the four...

CWI launches second round of foundational training, in Leeward Islands and St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Course Instructors Mr. Brendon Ramlal (left) and Mr. Keshava Ramphal (second right) with participants at Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua. Photo: CWIIn alignment with what it identifies as its “strategic approach” of cultivating a robust,...

Sandals to begin design of $500M Beaches Resort in St. Vincent in 2026
Sandals Resorts International (SRI) CEO Adam Stewart has announced that the company will begin designing a new Beaches resort at Mt Wynne in 2026, marking another major investment in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ tourism landscape. -...

CDB, World Bank, and St. Vincent government strengthen partnership to advance development goals
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the World Bank (WB), in collaboration with the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, have agreed on a set of priority actions aimed at improving project implementation and maintaining alignment...

Key Details Announced for Round One of the 2026 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers
30 teams will participate in Round One of the tournament, competing for eight spots in the Final Round Aruba, Bermuda, Curaçao, and Nicaragua, confirmed as hosts The official draw is scheduled for Oct. 15, 2025 Miami, FL (Friday, October 10, 2025)...

Abrahams dismisses fears of migrant influx under free movement deal
20 Minister of Home Affairs Wilfred Abrahams dismissed concerns that Barbados would face an influx of migrants under the new free movement arrangement among four CARICOM states, insisting that predicted large-scale arrivals have not occurred....

Prime Minister Gonsalves reaffirms steadfast support for the Republic of China-Taiwan
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has reaffirmed his government’s steadfast support for Taiwan, as St. Vincent and the Grenadines joined in celebrating the 114th National Day of the Republic of China (Taiwan) last week. The Prime Minister also...

Barbados, Belize, Dominica & St. Vincent and the Grenadines greenlight full, free movement
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States -Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines- implemented full Free Movement of their nationals among themselves from Wednesday, 1 October 2025. This means that nationals of these four...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines launch cervical cancer elimination initiative and human papillomavirus screening program
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 23 September 2025 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines officially joined the global movement to eliminate cervical cancer with the launch of its human papillomavirus (HPV) screening program, marking a...

Mecca, Dupes score credits on Mahalia’s new Luvergirl EP
Saint Lucian artists Dupes and Mecca are featured writers on Luvergirl, the latest EP by Mahalia, the British MOBO-winning and Grammy- and BRIT-nominated singer. Dupes is credited as a writer on two songs on the seven-track project, released in...