AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoCruise Port Health & Jobs: Tourism Minister Kishore Shallow calls the government’s 30-year Kingstown cruise terminal partnership with Global Ports Holdings a “no-brainer,” citing losses in four of the last five years and over EC$15 million in state support; the MoU also says ordinary Vincentians can own 30% of shares in the concession company, with up to EC$250 million planned to modernise and expand cruise tourism. Child Development Care: World Pediatrics’ final fiscal-year mission in SVG is wrapping up today, with a speech therapy team seeing 100 children and visiting Bequia for 28 patients; medical visits are expected to resume from September. Women’s Health Support: Soroptimist SVG and the SVG Association of Endometriosis, Adenomyosis and PCOS signed an MOU to expand advocacy, education, and support for women and girls, building on work around breast and cervical cancer awareness and reproductive health conditions. Reproductive & Surgical Access: World Pediatrics is also running free neurosurgery and cranio-facial surgical missions this week, with dozens of patients seen and surgeries already underway. Digital Safety for Kids: A regional cybersecurity session warned primary students that their digital footprint is permanent and urged healthier screen-time habits. Environmental Health Link: GEF approved a US$6.1 million UNEP-led project to restore degraded watersheds in SVG’s south corridor, targeting soil erosion, biodiversity protection, and climate resilience. Regional Paediatric Orthopaedics: World Paediatrics completed a high-demand scoliosis clinic in SVG, assessing 42 children (including four from St. Kitts and Nevis) and completing eight paediatric spinal surgeries.
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