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St Vincent and the Grenadines lists 2025 emergency shelters
Loop News
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The National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) has released its list of designated emergency shelters for 2025, establishing a network of safe havens across all districts of St Vincent and the Grenadines. They are as follows: North Windward...
UWI Five Islands Campus OECS budget watch: “Beyond the numbers: What the 2025 Budgets reveal about priorities and politics in...
The New Today Grenada
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June 28, 2025
Budgets aren’t just financial plans—they’re political statements. In 2025, Eastern Caribbean governments will reveal what they value and where they believe the future lies. From climate resilience to youth savings accounts, mega-infrastructure to...
UN Women to assist Grenada in revising child and elder care legislation and benefits
Now Grenada
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June 30, 2025
UN Women Photo | Ryan Brown 24 June 2025: The Cabinet of Grenada has approved UN Women-led support for the development of legislation addressing maternity leave, parental leave benefits, and other gaps related to the care of children and the...
1st National Bank Advances Digital Agenda Through IFC-Led Transformation Workshop
The Voice
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June 28, 2025
The 1st National Bank’s team of 12 staff trained by the IFC Worldbank Digilab included the following (Left to Right): Linus Charles (Acting Chief Technology Officer), Samuel Agiste (Acting Chief Administrative Officer), Vernelle Joseph (Manager,...
Tinubu: Nigeria open to visa waiver for diplomats, government officials from Eastern Carribean states
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is open to exploring a visa waiver arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The OECS comprises Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth...
Minister of Finance: Government’s Policy on Holiday Inn has not changed
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, has said that a statement about the sale of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel by the Director of Invest SVG, Glen Beache, was taken outof context. Speaking in Parliament on Monday, June 23, 2025, Minister...
OnSite- Yet another opportunity for Young People, says Finance Minister
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
One hundred and eighty-four interns gathered at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College Campus on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, for an orientation session for the Offering National Support for Internship, Training and Employment (ON-SITE)...
7th Sitting of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Assembly convened on Tuesday in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Radio Montserrat
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The 7th Sitting of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Assembly convened on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with calls for deeper integration amidst global shifts. Held under the poignant theme,...
OECS 44th Anniversary Fun Walk Successfully Hosted in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Win Media SKN
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June 19, 2025
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission marked another milestone in its 44th Anniversary celebrations with the successful hosting of a commemorative Fun Walk in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The event, which took place...
Women’s impact on SVG’s political landscape
St. Vincent Times
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June 26, 2025
Women in Politics: A Tale of Two Paths in St. Vincent and the Grenadines In the evolving political landscape of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the presence of women in Parliament is often seen as a win for gender equality. But beneath the...
OECS wraps 44th Anniversary Fun Walk in St Vincent & Grenadines
Dominica News Online
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June 18, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, June 18th, 2025 at 5:57 PM Photo: OECS SecretariatThe OECS (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States) Commission celebrated a significant milestone in its 44th Anniversary by successfully hosting a commemorative...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines advances regional integration efforts within OECS Economic Union
NBC SVG
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June 20, 2025
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is playing a pivotal role in advancing regional integration within the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), following its recent hosting of a high-level OECS meeting and the assumption of the OECS...
OECS Unveils Free Movement Billboard in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as Part of 44th Anniversary Celebrations
The Voice
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June 18, 2025
. Free movement was thrust in the spotlight on Friday, June 13, 2025, when the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission unveiled a vibrant new billboard at the Arnos Vale Roundabout, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The...
Women in politics: A tale of 2 paths in SVG
I Witness News
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June 26, 2025
In the evolving political landscape of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the presence of women in Parliament is often seen as a win for gender equality. But beneath the surface, a stark contrast exists between those who have entered the political...
St Vincent’s PM says OECS might have to consider exiting CSME
Antigua News Room
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June 20, 2025
Gonsalves Assumes OECS Chairmanship, Questions CARICOM Relationship Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines has assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), using the occasion...
Grenville cannot be AG ‘by day and politician by night’ — Leacock
I Witness News
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June 26, 2025
Opposition MP St. Clair Leacock says that Attorney General Grenville Williams cannot be a non-partisan public servant within Parliament and a politician outside. Leacock noted that when Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves came to office in March 2001,...
IOM supports OECS Fun Walk for free movement in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Dominica News Online
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June 20, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, June 20th, 2025 at 6:47 PM Walkers start off the OECS-IOM Fun Walk in St Vincent Sunday, June 15. Photo credit: OECS 2025On June 15, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) alongside the International...
Sandals St Vincent empowers Vincy youth with pilot internship programme
St. Vincent Times
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June 20, 2025
Sandals Saint Vincent concludes “successful” pilot internship programme with SVGCC Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has concluded its pilot internship programme in collaboration with the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Community College...
Nigeria wants to nurture seeds of solidarity with OECS region
Jamaica Observer
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June 30, 2025
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, addressing a joint sitting of the St. Lucia Parliament on Monday (Photo: CMC) CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Monday laid the “seeds of solidarity” with the Organisation of...
MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – June 30, 2025
I News Cayman
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June 30, 2025
The MPE Caribbean Report Newsletter offers travel, tourism, Caribbean and global news weekly. To share stories, information or intelligence, contact us at [email protected]. June 30, 2025 CTO, Caribbean destinations spotlighted at American...