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Sandals signs Commencement Contract
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Sandals Resorts International (SRI) is one step closer to reality with the signing of a commencement contract...
Special voting time and protocols agreed upon for November 5th General Elections
The period 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm has been agreed to as the time assigned for voting for individuals in quarantine.
Voters, who are isolated...
Government increases Public Assistance payment amount
Those benefitting from Public Assistance will see an increase in the amount they are paid. This is according to this country’s Prime Minister Hon....
Retired Nursing Assistants to start receiving pension from January 2021
Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has announced that all Nursing Assistants that had retired before October 27th 2005 will start receiving pension from...
SVGFF launches PR training for clubs
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) has launched public relations training for affiliate clubs in the premier and first divisions.
The training...
Ballot boxes to be secured with locks instead of plastic ties
The same ballot boxes that have been used in the past two General Elections as well as the 2009 referendum will be used on...
SVG to celebrate 41 years of independence at Victoria Park
The Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will celebrate SVG’s forty first (41st) anniversary of independence on Tuesday October 27, 2020...
Eligible voters under quarantine to be granted temporary waiver on Election Day
The national Emergency Management Organization NEMO health services committee stated that returning nationals in quarantine will be allowed to vote.
All eligible voters/electors granted a...
NEMO issues advisory on conduct of elections
In an attempt to minimize the potential for creating COVID-19 super-spreader events, the national Emergency Management Organization NEMO health services committee over the weekend...
Bequia Fisherman takes fellow Fisherman’s life with flare gun
Police have arrested and charged Zakeem Bess, 25 year old Fisherman of Bequia for the murder of Ottley Ollivierre, 31 year old Fisherman of...
