Resort Company Acquires Buccament Bay to Develop the Fourth Beaches Resorts in Portfolio MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, July 22, 2020 – Luxury all-inclusive resort leader Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is expanding to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, its eighth island in the Caribbean, and a new destination for the brand, following the acquisition of Buccament Bay […]
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today US$40 million for the Second Fiscal Reform and Resilience Development Policy Credit with Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The quick-disbursing operation supports the country’s program to strengthen fiscal sustainability and enhance climate and disaster resilience to future shocks. It also supports […]
The Ministry of Agriculture is reassuring the public that it is committed to protecting the local industry and steps are being taken to resuscitate the livestock sector. The reassurance comes in the wake of recent news reports that Grenada is expected to receive its largest ever shipment of livestock from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, […]
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as Head of the Commonwealth, has recognised Patricia Cumberbatch, representing St Vincent and the Grenadines, as the 89th Commonwealth Point of Light. The award is in honour of her exceptional voluntary service campaigning and supporting disabled people. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has today, on behalf of the […]
The European Union has signed a Financing Agreement of EC$18.35 million (€5.98M) with the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the Road Management and Rural Road Improvement Programme. This Programme will be implemented by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) under an agreement with the European Union. The overall objective of the intervention is […]
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the celebration of their Thirty-Ninth Anniversary on Independence, Saturday 27th October 2018. Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, in a congratulatory message to Vincentian Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, said “the chosen theme for […]
April 10, 2018, LA SOUFRIÈRE, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – The University of the West Indies’ Seismic Research Center (UWI-SRC), in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), recently launched a project to prepare communities to manage potential impacts of La Soufrière Volcano and related hazards. The “Volcano-Ready Communities in St. Vincent and […]
