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Sandals St Vincent empowers Vincy youth with pilot internship programme
St. Vincent Times
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June 20, 2025
Sandals Saint Vincent concludes “successful” pilot internship programme with SVGCC Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has concluded its pilot internship programme in collaboration with the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Community College...
IOM supports OECS Fun Walk for free movement in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Dominica News Online
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June 20, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, June 20th, 2025 at 6:47 PM Walkers start off the OECS-IOM Fun Walk in St Vincent Sunday, June 15. Photo credit: OECS 2025On June 15, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) alongside the International...
OECS Assembly Convenes in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Focus on Regional Unity and Key Legislation
Win Media SKN
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June 18, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) held its 7th Sitting of the Assembly on June 17, 2025, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, marking a historic first for the gathering outside its...
St. Vincent leads Caribbean in US tourist growth for Q1 2025
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 13, 2025
The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is forecasting continued record-breaking stay-over arrivals for the second quarter of 2025, buoyed by strong hotel occupancy and airline bookings during the carnival season. “I’m happy to report...
1st National Bank Advances Digital Agenda Through IFC-Led Transformation Workshop
The Voice
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June 28, 2025
The 1st National Bank’s team of 12 staff trained by the IFC Worldbank Digilab included the following (Left to Right): Linus Charles (Acting Chief Technology Officer), Samuel Agiste (Acting Chief Administrative Officer), Vernelle Joseph (Manager,...
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to participate in the 7th sitting of the OECS Assembly in St Vincent today
DBS Radio
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June 17, 2025
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has included Marigot MP Anthony Charles in his delegation for the 7th sitting of the OECS Assembly in St Vincent today. The delegation also includes Parliamentarians Cassani Laville, Roland Royer and Dr. Cassandra...
PM heads to St Vincent & The Grenadines for OECS meetings
Dominica News Online
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June 17, 2025
Home >> Governance Dominica News Online - Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 9:21 AM Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit is scheduled to participate in the Seventh Session of the OECS Assembly on June 17, 2025, as well as the 77th Meeting of the OECS...
Rotary Club of St Vincent honours outstanding Fourth Formers
Searchlight
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June 17, 2025
Some of the attendees at the recently held George Phillips Excellence Awards and Luncheon Each year, the Rotary Club of St. Vincent recognizes exceptional fourth formers from secondary schools across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), and this...
‘Learn from Jamaica’
Jamaica Observer
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July 8, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves speaking with journalists following a plenary business session at the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) at Montego Bay...
What Australia must do to overturn objections for WA rock art to attain UN heritage status
The Guardian
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July 9, 2025
The federal government is in the final throes of a lobbying campaign to secure UN world heritage status for a globally significant rock art site in Western Australia.The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, will be in Paris this week to...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines secures EC$120M for hurricane season preparedness
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 10, 2025
As the hurricane season officially commences, St. Vincent and the Grenadines has proactively set aside EC$120 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) to bolster its response capabilities in the event of a tropical cyclone, announced Prime Minister...
St Vincent launches diamond rewards programme
St. Vincent Times
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June 9, 2025
St. Vincent Diamond Rewards Programme to Celebrate Top Travel Advisors The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) is proud to unveil its Diamond Rewards Programme, an exciting new initiative designed to recognise and reward...
Nigeria and OECS Strengthen Ties During Presidential Visit to Saint Lucia
Win Media SKN
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July 8, 2025
The Government of Saint Lucia and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) warmly welcomed His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for an official visit from June 30 to July 2, 2025. The historic...
OnSite- Yet another opportunity for Young People, says Finance Minister
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
One hundred and eighty-four interns gathered at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College Campus on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, for an orientation session for the Offering National Support for Internship, Training and Employment (ON-SITE)...
Taiwanese company importing foreign workers while Vincy applications ‘sitting catching dust’
I Witness News
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June 27, 2025
Former workers at Overseas Engineering & Construction Co. (OECC), the Taiwanese firm that the Vincentian government awarded a US$78 million contract to build a new hospital in Arnos Vale, say the company continues to import foreign workers even as...
Minister of Finance: Government’s Policy on Holiday Inn has not changed
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, has said that a statement about the sale of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel by the Director of Invest SVG, Glen Beache, was taken outof context. Speaking in Parliament on Monday, June 23, 2025, Minister...
Caribbean Export and Canada launch GRIT to empower female entrepreneurs in the region
Jamaica Observer
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June 26, 2025
Launching GRIT are (from left) Wayne Elliott, manager, technical programmes, Caribbean Export Development Agency; Abebech Assefa, counsellor (development) and head of cooperation at the Canadian High Commission to Barbados; Emma Hippolyte,...
CARICOM’s Trade: Unequal gains for member states
St. Vincent Times
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June 25, 2025
SOME INEQUITIES IN CARICOM: URGENT RESOLUTION REQUIRED [Excerpts of a Speech by the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the Opening Ceremony of the 77th Meeting of the OECS Authority on June 17, 2025 at Sandals Resort, SVG] GENERAL...
Caribbean Comeback: Tourists Flock to Reborn St. Vincent.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 13, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Vincent and the Grenadines has become one of the Caribbean’s biggest tourism success stories so far in 2025. The number of visitors from the United States jumped by almost 75% in the first quarter of the year, compared to the...
Caribbean Export and Canada launch GRIT to empower women entrepreneurs
Now Grenada
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June 25, 2025
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in partnership with the Government of Canada, is proud to announce the launch of GRIT — Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs Generating Resilient and Inclusive Trade — a transformative...