Kingstown, St. Vincent — St. Vincent Brewery Limited (SVBL), through its flagship brand Hairoun Beer, is proud to announce its partnership as a Gold Sponsor for the highly anticipated St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sailing Week 2025 — an event that celebrates the rich sailing heritage and community spirit of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.For decades, Hairoun has stood proudly beside cultural events that showcase the heart of Vincentian talent and tradition, including the renowned Bequia Easter Regatta. This new chapter with SVG Sailing Week continues that legacy, reinforcing SVBL’s commitment to uplifting local initiatives that foster community pride, tourism…
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By Marlon Bute This is not a season for lamentations. It’s a season for reimagining our Caribbean civilization into a thriving and prosperous centre of economic activity where our people have a real chance of living their best lives without having to escape to a faraway land to eke out an existence. We must not dwell in the past where reside the horrors of genocide, slavery, indentureship, or colonialism, but we must find strength in the past; avoid its mistakes; and build on the resilience and ambition that have brought us this far, and become dominant in wealth creation. We…
April 14, 2025 – Kingstown: The Pan Against Crime Committee and the General Employees Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU) Limited, in collaboration with the National Commission on Crime Prevention (NCCP), the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), and other stakeholders, will host a Gospel-Pan Concert entitled “Nice Radio Zonal Showcase” on Sunday, 20th April 2025, at the Calliaqua Hardcourt, commencing at 5:00 p.m.This special Easter concert is part of Gospel Fest 2025, held under the uplifting theme: “A Glorious Celebration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” The event promises an inspiring evening of music, worship, and community spirit—celebrating…
By Jomo Thomas ‘We are playing with politics without principle, policies without the intention to ever realise them and leadership without vision. That’s our difficulty. People go to their graves [heartbroken] from empty promises and betrayal.’ ~ Alan Boesak, a legendary South African anti-apartheid fighter. As elections draw nearer, an increasingly nasty and cowardly saying is making the rounds. It is pushed by sensible people, including many who formerly supported PM Gonsalves’ Unity Labour Party. ‘Ralph is now “waste down.” He and the local and foreign parasitic elite around him are crappy, shitty, vulgar, suffocatingly undemocratic and unfathomably greedy, but…
Kingstown, (April. 15, 2025) – Having returned from the United Kingdom last week, Invest SVG and its partners have been receiving nothing but great feedback from the Vincentian Diaspora who attended their inaugural Outreach and Investment programme on April 5th. “It was truly a great experience to learn about the investment opportunities available to us here in the U.K,” said Vincentian attendee Ann-Marie Brooks in a short post-event interview. “We want to invest in SVG.”With over one hundred and twenty (120) registrants and attendees, the first event of the series was nothing short of a success. On the delegation were…
I am writing to register my belief that the Unity Labour Party (ULP) should be re-elected for another term, its sixth term, whenever general elections are called in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Tell me, Mr. Editor, if the truth be told, has the ULP not demonstrated leadership (especially through its leader Dr. Ralph Gonsalves,) vision and commitment to the development of our country? If this is the case, it makes sense, simple sense, that we re-elect the ULP so that we can continue along the path of prosperity and progress that the ULP has set us along. Tell me,…
(An abridged version) GOOD NEWS Last week (Sunday March 31st to April 7th) brought several items of good news arising from the developmental initiatives of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) government. Among these were the following: (ii) The announcement by Delta Airlines that starting December 20, 2025, Delta will fly non-stop, daily to Argyle International Airport (AIA) out of Atlanta , Georgia, United States of America, over the winter tourism season; (ii) SVG received aid for the poultry industry with a delivery of 17,500 broiler chicks from the ALBA Bank of which SVG is a member, headquartered in Venezuela; (iii)…
(Excerpts of Political Leader of the NDP Dr Godwin Friday’s Presentation at the opening of the North Leeward Constituency Office)I want this country to live up to its potential, where the genius of our people is evident every day in the things that we do. We are capable of much more than we have now. Much more capable.They’re those people who try to dumb us down and to make us think that they are the smartest. They know more than everybody. And the people who used to go to school with them will tell you that they used to beat…
On April 13, 2025, police arrested and charged Elivira Cupid, a 48-year-old resident of Chateaubelair, with the offence of Criminal Assault.According to the investigation, the accused allegedly assaulted Ann-Marie Porter, a 31-year-old resident of the same address by raising a piece of stick above her head with the intent to commit the offence of Bodily Harm.The offence was committed on April 3, 2025, in Chateaubelair. Cupid was granted station bail in the sum of $1,000.00 ECC, with one (1) surety. She is expected to appear before the chateaubelair Magistrate Court on April 16, 2025 to answer the charge.
Kingstown – April 14, 2025:A 45-year-old Landscaper/Labourer of New Montrose, Bencito Bramble, has been arrested and charged with the offence of Assault Causing Actual Bodily Harm. According to police investigations, the incident occurred on April 7, 2025, in New Montrose. Bramble is accused of assaulting 58-year-old mechanic Earl Pitt, also of New Montrose, by allegedly pushing him in the chest, causing him to fall to the ground, and striking him about the body with his hands. Following his arrest on April 13, Bramble was granted station bail in an undisclosed sum. He appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate Court on April…