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St Vincent govt prioritizes stalled Italian-funded desalination plant
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (357+ words) Govt pushes stalled Italian-funded Bequia desal. plant St Vincent Times Italian-Funded Desalination Plant Bequia The island of Bequia is currently grappling with a critical water emergency, prompting government officials to urgently prioritize the reactivation of a long-delayed desalination project. With…...
Dasheen market collapse as govt fail farmers
13+ hour, 50+ min ago (430+ words) St Vincent Times Farmers Protest Dasheen Prices The current dry conditions of March, April and May are traditionally associated with high prices for dasheen. Conversely, during the cooler months of the year specifically October, November and December, a fall in…...
ERAO SVG calls for reparations for LGBT Vincentians
14+ hour, 8+ min ago (728+ words) St Vincent Times On the 17th of May 2026, International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), Equal Rights, Access and Opportunities SVG Inc. (ERAO SVG), officially launched its National Call for Reparations for LGBT Vincentians at an "IDAHOBIT Lunch Reception" attended…...
Landmark C-19 jab injury claim reaches T&T high court
15+ hour ago (355+ words) A vibrant 26-year-old waitress, Alisha Kanna Seebaran, was faced with an impossible dilemma in the fall of 2021: take a medical intervention she feared or lose her ability to make a living. Today, her grieving widower, Nicholas Francis, is fighting for…...
Opposition warns of imminent threat to CWSA, Vinlec
23+ hour ago (362+ words) Opposition Leader Ralph Gonsalves has issued a stark public warning regarding the devastating impact of the current government's economic policies, cautioning that an impending International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity program will result in severe cuts to government spending, stagnant wages,…...
SVG to celebrate Spiritual Baptist day on Thursday
23+ hour, 12+ min ago (183+ words) St. Vincent Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day on May 21 St. Vincent and the Grenadines will commemorate May 21 as Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day, which will be observed as a national holiday. The establishment of this national holiday makes St. Vincent and the…...
SVG courts Canadian diaspora with new incentives
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (334+ words) High-level officials from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) convened a major diaspora forum in Toronto, calling on nationals living in Canada to transition from providing informal support to becoming central partners in the nation's economic transformation. The event, spearheaded…...
Alan Alexander to head Diaspora Affairs Department
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (350+ words) The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has officially transitioned its diaspora outreach from a small unit into a dedicated Department of Diaspora Affairs, signaling a major policy shift toward more structured and result-oriented engagement with citizens living abroad....
Hypertension, heart disease rise across the Caribbean
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (558+ words) St Vincent Times CARPHA urges action on excessive Salt Intake as Hypertension and Heart Disease Rise Across the Region Between 21% and 27% of Caribbean adults are hypertensive, with many populations consuming nearly doubles the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendation for salt....
Beyond the boom: The ECCU's decade of decision
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (396+ words) The recovery is impressive but dangerous if read uncritically. Pre-pandemic, tourism accounted for an estimated 30 to 40 percent of GDP across the ECCU and well over half of foreign exchange earnings in several member states. Recovery has restored " and in some…...