Danger: Labour loves you — again

By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk” Oct. 31, 2025) Over the next 26 days, PM Gonsalves and his clansmen will pull out all the stops: attempts at bribery. Trickery. Mamaguy. And even an event, executed by one or more of their agents but blamed on...

This tiny Caribbean island is the next big thing in wellness

Mustique is the super-exclusive Caribbean hideaway that’s famous for being the place that one per-centers let their hair down. Princess Margaret scandalised high society in the Seventies by frolicking here with her toy boy Roddy Llewellyn. A...

Taiwanese Ambassador hails Acute Care Hospital as milestone in SVG–Taiwan relations

The construction of the Acute Care Hospital is one of the proudest achievements in the bilateral relations between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of China (Taiwan). This is according to Taiwan’s Ambassador to St. Vincent and the...

Sargassum project, SARSEA, launched in St Lucia, DA fisheries minister attends

The official launch of the Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) initiative took place on October 28 in Saint Lucia, marked by the presence of numerous government officials, institutional leaders, and scientific...

Caribbean health professionals trained in Smart Hospitals approach

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Caribbean Sub-Regional Office of the Health Emergencies Department hosted a Smart Hospitals Training in Kingston from September 23-25, aimed at strengthening the capacity of...

Official kickoff of SARSEA Project

The Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) project was officially launched on 28 October in St Lucia, in the presence of numerous government, institutional and scientific representatives from across the Caribbean...

How Direct Relief and Boehringer Ingelheim Brought Advanced Stroke Treatment to 30 Low-Income Countries Around the Globe

By Paul M. Sherer Mick Dhom Mayenga lay on the hospital stretcher, unable to move his left arm or leg. He was only 33 years old and had two small children to provide for, yet a stroke had left him completely paralyzed on his left side and...

Taiwan’s President congratulates SVG on 46 Years of Independence

President of Taiwan, Lai Ching-Te has also congratulated the Government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the occasion of this country’s 46th anniversary of Independence. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves,...

OECS kicks off SARSEA project to tackle Sargassum in the Caribbean

The Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) project was officially launched on 28 October in Saint Lucia, in the presence of numerous government, institutional and scientific representatives from across the Caribbean...

Official kickoff of the SARSEA Project: Enhanced Regional Cooperation to tackle the Challenge of Sargassum in the Caribbean

The Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem-based Actions (SARSEA) project was officially launched on 28 October in Saint Lucia, in the presence of numerous government, institutional and scientific representatives from across the Caribbean...

Cannabliss festival opens in with local and regional delegates focusing on Medicinal Cannabis

Advocates in the Cannabis Industry have converged here for the Cannabliss Festival being hosted by the Medicinal Cannabis Industry. Delegates from eleven countries will be engaged in discussions on shaping the future of the medicinal cannabis...

SVG Aims to Join Global Pharma Race

SVG Eyes Global Pharma Role: Caesar Announces Bold Vision at Cannabliss Festival At the opening ceremony of the Cannabliss Festival today, Honorable Minister Saboto Caesar unveiled a groundbreaking vision for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG: a...

TTMA CEO: ‘Looking beyond Caricom’

Business Ryan Hamilton-Davis 2 Hrs Ago A cargo ship docked at the port of Port of Spain. - File Photo ON OCTOBER 29, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar hinted at a "significant realignment" in how TT interacts with its foreign partners in the...

The Banana farmer championing food security in SVG

Nioka Abbott-Balcombe, a banana producer from SVG empowers rural women In the archipelago of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, this banana producer has made farming her life and her purpose. “My name is Nioka Abbott-Balcombe and I am a farmer by...

SVG PM wants nationals to ‘own the future’

As St. Vincent and the Grenadines celebrates its 46th anniversary of political independence from Great Britain, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves wants nationals to “own the future.” “My simple message to the people of St. Vincent and the...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – October 27, 2025

Happy Independence Day SVG October 27, 2025 Happy Independence Day to St. Vincent and the Grenadines! As the nation marks 46 years of independence, MPE joins the Caribbean and the wider world in saluting the Vincentian people and celebrating their...

Barbados deal with three others allows easy access

Barbados, Belize, Dominica, and St Vincent and the Grenadines earlier this month signed a free movement agreement allowing their citizens to live, travel, and work indefinitely in any of the participating countries without needing visas or work...

Bruno Rodríguez: “The U.S. blockade is collective punishment against the Cuban people”

4 Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla denounced in an exclusive interview with teleSUR the intensification of US pressure on the international community to maintain the economic, commercial, and financial blockade against Cuba, and...

Bruno Rodríguez: “The U.S. blockade is a collective punishment against the Cuban people”

Rodriguez stressed that the majority of the member countries spoke out “in defense of international law, the Charter of the United Nations and the demand for the immediate and unconditional cessation of the blockade on Cuba.” The foreign minister...

“Celebrating our identity, inspiring our future”

National Liberation Speech to the nation Introduction A very pleasant day to all. Happy Independence. Let me thank all of you, fellow Vincentians who continue to support the sustained initiatives organized so far by the National Liberation...