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SVG Coast Guard flagship floats off reef, returns to base
I Witness News
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July 5, 2025
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard vessel Captain Hugh Mulzac has returned to base in Calliaqua after floating off the reef on which it ran aground in Union Island Thursday night. In a statement on Saturday, the Royal St. Vincent and...
SVG Prime Minister at Odds with Chastanet
The Voice
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July 5, 2025
Sponsored | Article continues below St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has taken a huge swipe at former St. Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet. The St....
SVG police officers filmed beating a man placed on leave
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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July 5, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Two members of the Special Services Unit of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) have been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced on social media showing them beating a man....
Disaster preparedness in the region continues to benefit from EU support
Win Media SKN
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July 7, 2025
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The Steering Committee of the Natural Disaster Facility in the CARIFORUM Programme, a regional disaster risk management initative, met recently in Kingstown, St....
DeVry University launches Caribbean initiative to expand access to higher education
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 8, 2025
Citizens across the English-speaking Caribbean are now benefiting from a transformative new initiative launched earlier this year by U.S.-based DeVry University, designed to expand access to higher education in 16 countries throughout the region....
Guyanese expert Muhammad Ibrahim has the knowledge and experience to lead IICA
Jamaica Observer
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July 6, 2025
. The Government of Guyana has nominated Dr Muhammad Ibrahim as the country’s candidate for the position of director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), a key agency for agricultural policies in the...
Antigua and Barbuda raises concerns regarding OECS treatment
Loop News
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Jul 7, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has raised concerns that member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are being “treated with benign neglect” within the wide Caribbean Community (CARICOM)...
Antigua Leads the Charge in Caribbean Drag Racing Championship
Antigua News Room
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July 7, 2025
2025 – The Caribbean Drag Racing Championship (CDRC) continues to expand and gain momentum, with increased participation, rising competition, and mounting anticipation for the 2026 Championship Final. What began as a four-country series among...
CTO Launches Reimagine Plan for Car...
SKNVibes
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NEW YORK, NY (July 5, 2025) — The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has unveiled a bold three-year roadmap to transform the region’s tourism sector, officially launching its Reimagine Plan 2025–2027 during Caribbean Week in New York last month....
58 Visa-Free Destinations For Indian Passport Holders This Summer
Gulf Insider
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July 7, 2025
Looking to travel this summer as an Indian passport holder? Good news, Indian travelers can visit up to 58 destinations visa-free. The top destinations are placed throughout Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean and Pacific Islands. Aside from these...
ST. KITTS & NEVIS NOW HAS THE HIGHEST VAT RATE IN THE OECSECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Reversal of VAT Cut Places Increased Pressure on Households and Businesses
Times Caribbean
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July 5, 2025
— By Times Caribbean News BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS — St. Kitts and Nevis now holds the distinction of having the highest Value Added Tax (VAT) rate in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), standing at 17%, according to the latest...
Official: Butler-Oyedeji joins Lausanne-Sport following Arsenal departure
All Nigeria Soccer
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July 2, 2025
Swiss Super League side FC Lausanne-Sport have announced the signing of tri-national attacker Nathan Butler-Oyedeji following his departure from Premier League side Arsenal. Eligible for Nigeria, England and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...
‘No Quarrel with Trinidad, We Need This Matter Resolved’ SVG PM
St. Vincent Times
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July 2, 2025
St Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said on Wednesday he does not have a quarrel with Trinidad’s energy minister, Dr Roodal Moonilal, and the people of Trinidad and Tobago. Moonilal rejected comments by Gonsalves that Trinidad and Tobago’s...
PM Gonsalves presses Trinidad on forex payment for Vincentian farmers
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 4, 2025
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, has renewed calls for Trinidad and Tobago to establish a reliable mechanism to pay Vincentian farmers in foreign currency, insisting the issue is a long-standing one that must...
Update: No crew injured in Coast Guard incident
St. Vincent Times
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July 4, 2025
Update on SVGS Captain Hugh Mulzac On Thursday 3rd July 2025, at 2305 hours, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ship – Captain Hugh Mulzac ran aground on a reef at Clifton Harbour, Union Island. The vessel was approaching a jetty when the incident...
SVG: Police officers caught on video beating man placed leave
Loop News
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CMC – Two members of the Special Services Unit of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) have been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced on social media showing them beating up a man. The video shows the two...
Gonsalves: I’m entitled to Trinidadian citizenship
St. Vincent Times
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July 2, 2025
St Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on Wednesday said he is entitled to Trinidadian citizenship. Gonsalves says this is based on two things: his mother and his wife. “I will never pull down Trinidad. My mother, God bless her soul, was a...
Scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms ahead
St. Vincent Times
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July 4, 2025
Shower activity decreased across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) during Thursday night, but weak unstable conditions could trigger a few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms across SVG…Residents and motorists in areas prone to...
SVG Coast Guard flagship runs aground on reef in Union Island
I Witness News
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July 4, 2025
The flagship vessel of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard, Capt. Hugh Mulzac, has run aground in Union Island, multiple sources have confirmed to iWitness News. The incident occurred overnight in the Clifton Harbour, where two of three...
Trinidad and Tobago add two more squash medals, finish third at Jr CASA
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 7, 2025
Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 7 Hrs Ago TT's Junior CASA team placed third overall at the championships in Cayman Islands - Photo courtesy TTSA Trinidad and Tobago concluded their 2025 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) campaign with...