The Black Girl’s Guide To Travel: A Girlfriends’ Getaway To Saint Vincent

Something happens when you take a trip with close friends and intentionally step away from what usually demands your attention. When you escape to the Caribbean, it can be even more memorable. Becoming immersed in the islands’ rhythm together...

STEWARDING SANDALS!

The October 6, 2025 signing ceremony between Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) for a new ‘Beaches’ family resort on the multi-island state’s mainland, is another giant leap forward its...

Comoros, Saint Vincent Join Chorus Backing Morocco’s Autonomy Plan at UN

Rabat – Comoros and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have once again expressed strong support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as the only realistic solution to end the regional dispute over the Western Sahara. The two countries voiced their positions...

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...

St. Martin’s Secondary launches agricultural science programme 

The Zero Hunger Trust Fund (ZHTF), with the support of General Employees Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU), has launched a new agricultural science programme at the St. Martin’s Secondary School (SMSS) in Kingstown. The initiative forms part of the...

St. Martin’s Secondary School Agriculture Programme Launched

St. Martin’s Secondary Launches Agriculture Science Programme in Partnership with ZHTF, GECCU The Zero Hunger Trust Fund (ZHTF), with the support of General Employees Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU), officially launched a new Agriculture Science...

PM Gonsalves SVG will not support IMO Net-Zero Shipping Framework proposal at the UN

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says St. Vincent and the Grenadines will not be voting yes on measures being pushed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for a Net-Zero Shipping Framework (NZF), aimed at reducing emissions in the...

Engineers urged to lead Caribbean’s transformation

92 In a call blending urgency with optimism, the civil engineer who now runs the Caribbean Development Bank, Daniel Best, believes Caribbean engineers can be the architects of sweeping regional change — designing resilient futures in the face of...

Criminal Networks and Insiders Drive Maritime Cocaine Trafficking in Latin America

According to the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) 2025 report, criminal networks are increasingly infiltrating maritime logistics chains. The report details how corrupt port and logistics workers facilitate the massive movement of cocaine...

Grenada proposes boundary demarcation with Venezuela, St Vincent

The Grena­da gov­ern­ment is propos­ing that a tri-lat­er­al joint com­mis­sion be es­tab­lished with Venezuela and St Vin­cent and the Grenadines to guide the process for de­mar­cat­ing mar­itime bound­aries. “Grena­da has al­so start­ed an...

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...

GRENADA-ENERGY-Grenada proposes tri-lateral energy commission with Venezuela and St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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...

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...

Sandals to construct 500 room, $500M Beaches resort in Saint Vincent and Grenadines 

At the signing ceremony, Sandals' chairman Adam Stewart called it 'historic,' noting the project would fulfill the vision of large-scale tourism as a driver of economic growth. Saint Vincent and Grenadines has signed a historic agreement with...

Sandals to begin designing new resort for St. Vincent next year

CEO of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, says the company will start in 2026 to work on the design of the Beaches resort it plans to build at Mt Wynne. Sandals had initially announced the construction of a Beaches resort at Buccament...

Budget Alert 5 .8 (2) – Is GDP an Appropriate indicator of production and comparative economic growth

The GDP, Real GDP at Market Prices using the production approach, is a common indicator for assessing economic growth. In utilising the production approach to calculating GDP, the two components of GDP are identifiable and pronounced, namely (i)....

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines launches a pilot project on sargassum to turn a challenge into an opportunity

Sargassum, long considered a scourge of the Caribbean, is now at the heart of an innovative project in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The archipelago is embarking on a pilot initiative to transform this brown seaweed into agricultural and...

Tourism Minister says Beaches Resort signing kicks off a Significant Period for SVG’s tourism development

Minister of Tourism, Carlos James said this is a significant period in the Tourism Development of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking at the recent signing ceremony for the construction of a Beaches Resort at Mt. Wynne/Peter’s Hope, Minister...