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Agriculture Officer stresses vital role of plant health in food security under One Health Initiative
NBC SVG
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August 18, 2025
As countries ramp up efforts under the global One Health initiative, Agriculture Officer Michael Delpesche is highlighting the urgent need to strengthen plant health systems in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking in a recent interview,...
St. Vincent to train 2,000 tourism workers ahead of major hotel openings
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 7, 2025
As St. Vincent and the Grenadines gears up for a major expansion in its tourism sector, the Honourable Carlos James, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, has announced plans to train approximately 2,000 new...
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves selected to contest upcoming St. Vincent elections
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 12, 2025
St. Vincent Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has been chosen as the ruling Unity Labour Party’s (ULP) candidate to contest the North Central Windward constituency in the next general elections, which are widely expected this year ahead of the...
Government exploring ways to address increasing demand for land throughout SVG
NBC SVG
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September 2, 2025
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said the Government is looking at ways to address the increasing demand for land throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This was among a range of issues addressed by the Prime Minster, during a Community...
ZHTF distributes thousands of chicks as SVG pushes self sufficiency in Agriculture
NBC SVG
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August 20, 2025
Vincentians are being encouraged to continue growing their own food and embracing the “eat what you grow” philosophy, as part of the ongoing push to strengthen national food security. This encouragement was made by Director and CEO of the Zero...
Energy Minister says VINLEC’s Smart Meter Project is a game changer
NBC SVG
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August 12, 2025
Minister with responsibility for Energy, Benarva Browne, has described the introduction of VINLEC’s Smart Meter Project as a transformative step in modernizing St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ electrical services. The rollout will eventually see...
Government advances plans to boost local poultry production
NBC SVG
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August 15, 2025
The Government through the Ministry of Agriculture is continuing to put measures in place to expand poultry production in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Saboto Caesar said this is in an effort to...
IICA to bridge agriculture cooperation between SVG, Trinidad, Panama
St. Vincent Times
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August 14, 2025
At a meeting with senior officials of the Argentinian government, ministers of Panama, Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines explored new agribusiness and cooperation opportunities in the application of genetics in beef...
Brazil Seeks Increasing Agricultural Exports To Central America and The Caribbean
Foodmarket
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Brazil Seeks Increasing Agricultural Exports To Central America and The Caribbean Brazil has started a diplomatic mission to Central America and the Caribbean with the objective of strengthening Brazilian agricultural trade, the Ministry of...
Seafields to launch sargassum pilot project in SVG
St. Vincent Times
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September 2, 2025
Seafields will recycle, repurpose collected Sargassum as part of wider PRGD Sargassum Beach Clean Up Project Seafields Solutions Ltd, a UK-based leader in ocean farming and seaweed innovation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
Work advances on CARICOM Industrial Policy
Win Media SKN
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August 14, 2025
Consultations with key stakeholders have begun across the Region to finalise the CARICOM Industrial Policy and Strategy in time for approval by Ministers of Trade later this year. Suriname, which holds responsibility for the Industrial Policy in...
IICA will serve as a bridge for intensified trade and agricultural cooperation between Argentina, Central America and the Caribbean
Jamaica Observer
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August 13, 2025
From left: Roberto José Linares, minister of agricultural development of Panama; Ravi Ratiram, senator and minister of agriculture, land and fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago; and Frederick Stephenson, minister of foreign affairs, international...
Solar Under Storm III
AltEnergyMag
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September 2, 2025
The next chapter in designing hurricane-resilient PV systems in a world of increasing tropical storms. Solar Under Storm III is the next step forward to providing technical guidance to enhance solar system durability against Category 5 hurricanes,...
Work CARICOM industrial strategy progressing
Dominica News Online
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August 13, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 at 11:00 AM Regional consultations with principal stakeholders have commenced to finalize the CARICOM Industrial Policy and Strategy, aiming for approval by Trade Ministers later this year. A...
Beyond the beach: How the yachting industry supplements the blue economy
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 14, 2025
Business Sydney Joseph 11 Hrs Ago Trent Spencer, left, Rose an Australian Shepard, Telicia Campain, and Tynan Lampshire, stand in front of the catamaran, SV Liger, at Peake Yatch Services on the Western Main Road, Chaguaramas on June 18. - Photo...
Melisizwe Brothers to hosts vocal recording camp in SVG
St. Vincent Times
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September 2, 2025
World-famous siblings, the Melisizwe Brothers – Marc, Seth, and Zacary – returned to their Vincentian roots this summer to host their celebrated Gold Mind Vocal Recording Camp, a three-week program blending artistry, mentorship, and industry...
Finance Minister says PM, 79, ‘still ha’ more energy than all ah we’
I Witness News
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August 11, 2025
The Unity Labour Party (ULP) on Saturday selected Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as its candidate for North Central Windward in the next general elections, with his son, Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves, 53, saying that the 79-year-old leader...
Vincentian Farmers could soon benefit from new Tomato variety through CARDI
NBC SVG
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September 1, 2025
Farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines could soon benefit from new, high-yielding, drought-resistant tomato varieties, introduced by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI). Senior Extension Officer in the Ministry...
CSEC Preliminary Results May/June 2025
Searchlight
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September 1, 2025
Updated Preliminary results of the May/June 2025 Caribbean Examinations Council Secondary Education Certificate Examinations (CSEC) were received on August 27, 2025, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This year, 2212 candidates were registered. Of...
Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina discuss agriculture, trade
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 7, 2025
Business Gregory Mc Burnie An Hour Ago A photo collage of a panel discussion in Argentina looking at agricultural and trade links between the Caribbean and Latin America. Top L-R: Roberto José Linares, Minister of Agricultural Development of...