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SVG fisherfolk to benefit from Sandals Resorts’ initiative
St. Vincent Times
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May 22, 2025
SVG FISHER FOLK COMMEND SANDALS/CNFO EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRY Creating mutually beneficial partnerships and ensuring that the tourism sector continues to drive the growth and development of communities throughout the Caribbean was the key...
FAO introduces innovative tools to improve Caribbean fisheries management
Now Grenada
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May 22, 2025
Enhancing the sustainability of the fisheries sector in the Caribbean with the use of innovative tools such as Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, remote sensing by satellites and Artificial Intelligence (AI) were the focus of the webinar...
CDB Seminar Targets Urgent Fix for Development Project Implementation Delays
The Voice
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May 28, 2025
Isaac Solomon, Vice-President of Operations, CDB (Photo via EIB Group) The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will confront one of the region’s most persistent development roadblocks—slow and inefficient project implementation—at a high-level...
Eastern Caribbean launches Pandemic Preparedness Project
Searchlight
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June 20, 2025
Ministers of Health and Agriculture; Permanent Secretaries; Chief Medical Officers and Chief Veterinary Officers of the six countries; senior representatives from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) A landmark initiative to boost...
LAMAT 25: Surgical Team Crafts Creative Solutions in the OR
DVIDS - Georgia
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March 25, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Imagine prepping for a complex surgery, only to discover a crucial piece of equipment is missing – thousands of miles from home. That's the challenge the U.S. Air Force operating room team faced...
Vincentian partners knock heads on disaster resilience and documentary heritage
Searchlight
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May 6, 2025
Conferences participants from across the region pose for a photo at the opening ceremony of the Memory of the World workshop held in SVG on April 29 and 30. News May 6, 2025 Archivists, librarians, as well as media and educational professionals...
SVG Represented at Global NGO Platform Launch in Baku
St. Vincent Times
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May 5, 2025
Historic Global NGO Platform Launched in Azerbaijan: St. Vincent among Represented Nations History was made in Baku on Monday, April 28, 2025, as over 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) from 135...
SVG holds successful CARIFESTA XV national auditions
St. Vincent Times
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May 7, 2025
NATIONAL AUDITION SUCCESSFULLY HELD FOR CARIFESTA XV DELEGATION The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), in collaboration with the Department of Culture in the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture...
Guyana borrows US$18M from CDF for agri programme
Kaieteur News
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June 19, 2025
Guyana borrows US$18M from CDF for agri programme Jun 19, 2025 News …says 40% of beneficiaries will be women and youth Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CDF Mr. Rodinald Soomer and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh signing the financing...
PM Browne responds to SVG PM over CIP comments
The Antigua Observer
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May 7, 2025
- Advertisement - By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] Prime Minister Gaston Browne has defended Antigua and Barbuda’s Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) against criticism from St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph...
Half-day school and other ULP half-truths
I Witness News
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June 19, 2025
By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk” June 20, 2025) Our country is in dire need of a serious conversation about almost everything. Sadly, we won’t get it from our political elite. For them, politics is a full-time hustle, pregnant with grin and...
Top athletes on mission to lay Tokyo 2025 World Championships markers at Kip Keino Classic
Xinhua News Agency
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NAIROBI, May 27 (Xinhua) -- After weeks of uncertainty over a suitable venue to host a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital is now set to welcome top international and local track and field stars on...
Focus on capabilities over credentials, Director General of the OECS
Searchlight
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June 20, 2025
News June 20, 2025 The education systems in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS, have come under criticism for its heavy focus on credentials rather than strengthening the capabilities of its students. Stakeholders in education are...
Taiwan Medical Team Brings Expertise to SVG
St. Vincent Times
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March 19, 2025
Taiwan Medical Mission Opens in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Opening Ceremony of the Taiwan Medical Mission was held on March 10, 2025, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Consumer Affairs. This initiative, organized by...
Clare Valley Government School completes math initiative
Searchlight
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June 20, 2025
From Left: Josiah Harry interacting with number 4 on his shirt, understanding it is the size shirt that he now wears and Shamariah Thomas is seeing the number 10 on the money she’s holding and understands that the value is 10 News June 20, 2025 A...
SVG Takes Bold Step with Taiwan Towards Modern Agriculture
St. Vincent Times
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March 17, 2025
YOUTH FARMERS TRAINING PROJECT LAUNCHED The continued collaboration between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and the Republic of China on Taiwan is once again bearing fruit with the launch of the Agriculture Productivity Recovery and Youth...
CBI is not a sell-out but a strategic lifeline for SVG
I Witness News
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May 6, 2025
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves’ sweeping rejection of citizenship by investment (CBI) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is not an act of clarity, but of closed-mindedness. At a time when our nation faces rising unemployment, youth migration,...
Senior Citizens learning to go digital
Searchlight
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May 6, 2025
Participants and staff of the National Public Library at the launch of the Senior Citizens Digital Skills Literacy Programme Front Page May 6, 2025 Senior citizens are being urged to get on board with the digital transformation taking place in St...
SKN AMONG 20 COUNTRIES SET TO ATTEND INAUGURAL MEETING OF FAO/WECAFC AND ICCAT NEXT WEEK
SKN Pulse
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April 30, 2025
The Inaugural Meeting of FAO/WECAFC and ICCAT reinforces their robust collaborative framework to bolster tuna and tuna-like fish sustainability along with better fisheries management in the Caribbean through improved data collection 25 invited...
MOH advises precautionary measures against Saharan dust
Searchlight
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May 27, 2025
File Photo: Saharan Dust plume as seen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) NOAA-20 satellite on June 17,2020 Press Release May 27, 2025 The Meteorological Services at the Argyle International Airport in an advisory issued...