Castries, Saint Lucia – Girls in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) will be celebrated globally on Thursday, April 25th, and once again the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is playing its part to empower girls, especially those in our five Contracting States, to become more aware of the benefits to be derived from studying and […]
Government and private sector stakeholders agree on developing the hot pepper sector to increase production and export across the region and globally Bridgetown, Barbados – Building on the country’s plans to increase food production and trade, public and private sector stakeholders from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have identified two important crops for further development […]
KINGSTOWN, SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES — The chief executive of a leading recruitment firm is commending the Government of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG) for showing its commitment to improving the lives of workers by considering another minimum wage increase, a longer maternity leave period and other adjustments that will help to make […]
On Thursday, December 14, 2023, in Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, His Excellency Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and His Excellency Nicolas Maduro, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela held discussions on matters consequential to the territory in dispute between their two countries. These discussions were facilitated by the […]
The country aims to implement a new Fisheries Act by year-end Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – A senior team of experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) undertook a mission to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 25 to 29 July 2023. The mission’s goal was to help […]
“Women are major actors in the global efforts to reduce and reverse land degradation. However, in the vast majority of countries, women have unequal and limited access to and control over land.” That’s according to Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations (UN) Convention to Combat Desertification. The UN observes World Day to […]
Blue carbon business announces successful trial to control and domesticate Sargassum macroalgae Seafields, an aquaculture company based in the UK, has today 5 June announced the success of its recent growth trials to determine whether or not Sargassum seaweed can be grown, controlled and domesticated. Considered a scientific breakthrough by the company, the trial’s success, […]
The Grenada Tourism Authority, in collaboration with industry partners True Blue Bay Resort, Calabash Luxury Boutique Hotel and Belmont Estate who was voted the Caribbean’s Best Attraction 2023 by USA Today Readers Choice Awards, hosted a Destination Presentation and Chocolate Dinner at the Beachcombers Hotel in St Vincent. Guests included representatives from the St Vincent […]
Castries – Saint Lucia – 3rd February 2023 – The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) hosted the first in person Council of Ministers (COM) meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic. The 44th COM meeting was a hybrid event held online via Zoom and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday, February 2nd and was presided […]
