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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...
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 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...
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...
Most Vulnerable Nations Bear Brunt Amid Slumping Climate Finance
MENAFN
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June 25, 2025
(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) Greenlogue /AP A newly released global analysis reveals that funding for climate adaptation in the world's most hazard-prone nations has dropped sharply, leaving them dangerously exposed to floods, heatwaves and storms....
Storm-Ready: Saint Vincent’s Cash Cushion Sets the Standard.
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 10, 2025
- Advertisement - As the climate gets warmer and weather becomes more unpredictable, Caribbean countries are rethinking how they prepare for disasters—not just physically, but also financially. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is now seen as a...
Vincy workers accuse Taiwanese company OECC of unfair labour practices
I Witness News
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June 25, 2025
Some former and current employees of the Taiwanese firm, Overseas Engineering & Construction Co. (OECC) to which the government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has awarded a US$78 million contract to build a hospital in Arnos Vale, have...
Parliament passes Financial Services Authority Amendment Bill
NBC SVG
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June 24, 2025
The Financial Services Authority Amendment Bill was passed in Parliament yesterday, to modify the existing framework governing Financial Services in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Bill was tabled by Minister of Finance and Economic Planning...
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...
World Bank Opinion Editorial: Creating More Jobs in the Caribbean – Lilia Burunciuc
I News Cayman
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June 23, 2025
Lilia Burunciuc By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options...
CARICOM Summit | Gonsalves lauds Jamaica’s tech-driven crime response
The Gleaner
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July 7, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has praised Jamaica for its advances in using technology to combat crime. “You’re doing some splendid work using modern technology to solve crime and bring perpetrators to justice,”...
SIDS must hold major banks, rich nations to account on climate finance pledge
Jamaica Observer
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June 22, 2025
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with responsibility for water, environment, climate change and the blue and green economies, Matthew Samuda (left) greets Dr Milton Clarke, environmental specialist at...
WTO DIRECTOR-GENERAL URGES OECS STATES TO SPEAK UP ON GLOBAL TRADE TENSIONS
ABS Antigua & Barbuda
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June 19, 2025
Antigua and Barbuda and fellow vulnerable OECS member states are being urged to let their voices be heard amidst concerns over global trade tensions. Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made the call as she...
Corporal Roache represents SVG police at AI Conference in Antigua
St. Vincent Times
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July 6, 2025
Detective Corporal 934 Sean Roache recently represented the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) at the 2nd Annual Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference, hosted by the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus in...
OECS must ‘rescue ourselves’ amid global trade wars, says Foreign Affairs Minister
The Antigua Observer
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June 18, 2025
- Advertisement - By Robert Andre Emmanuel [email protected] Minister of Foreign Affairs EP Chet Greene has told OECS leaders that small island developing states (SIDS) can no longer rely on international institutions for protection and must...
‘We cannot leave Haiti at the mercy of gangs,’ says PM Holness
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 8, 2025
CARICOM Chair and Jamaican Prime Minister, Dr. Andrew Holness, has called on regional leaders to redouble efforts in the international arena to restore peace and security in Haiti, warning that momentum for action is slowing and the country...
A brief history of the global economy, through the lens of a single barge
MIT
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June 17, 2025
In 1989, New York City opened a new jail. But not on dry land. The city leased a barge, then called the “Bibby Resolution,” which had been topped with five stories of containers made into housing, and anchored it in the East River. For five years,...
ECCU countries to debate new banking legislation
The Gleaner
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June 16, 2025
ST GEORGE’S (CMC): The Grenada Parliament will debate next week legislation that will provide for administrative fines of EC$10,000 (EC $1=US$0.37 cents) for financial institutions that violate a code or codes of conduct under the new legislation....
Rosy Reports, Bleeding Economy: Saint Lucia’s Tourism in Trouble
The Voice
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June 14, 2025
The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) has presented a cautiously optimistic narrative about the island’s tourism performance in 2025, describing key market declines as “softened” or “marginal.” However, beneath this carefully crafted optimism...
PM Calls for Redoubling of Efforts in Support of Haiti
Jamaica Information Service
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July 8, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has highlighted the need for CARICOM to intensify efforts in the international community for the restoration of peace and security in Haiti. He noted that the international momentum in support of...