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How to watch Australia vs New Zealand: FREE Rugby Championship 2025 streams, TV schedule, preview
The Rugby Championship 2025 has entered its final week and there is still plenty on the line for New Zealand and Australia. In what has been one of the most competitive tournaments for years, both sides know that a victory in Perth would give them...
Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to roll out administrative systems for full Free Movement
“The four [countries] have agreed to grant their nationals the right to enter, leave and re-enter, move freely, reside, work and remain indefinitely in the receiving Member State without the need for a work or residency permit.” Representatives...

Dominica joins Barbados, Belize, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, to fine-tune free movement frameworks
Dominica News Online - Friday, September 19th, 2025 at 3:08 PM As of Thursday, September 18, 2025, Preparations for the full implementation of free movement were on the agenda at a regional meeting on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Representatives...

Four major hotel development projects for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
LEFT TO RIGHT: Moderator - Neeka Anderson-Isaacs, Carlos James - Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, Camillo Gonsalves - Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Information Technology, Trevor Sadler -...

SVG to join rest of the world in Celebrating World Tourism Day this Weekend
The Department of Tourism will join the rest of the world in celebrating World Tourism Day tomorrow, under the theme “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation”. And, to coincide with the day, the Ministry of Tourism will today launch a joint...

Sandals Is Opening a Beaches All-Inclusive Resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Sandals is opening a new Beaches resort in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caribbean Journal has learned. Sandals and Beaches Executive Chairman Adam Stewart made the revelation during the Skift Global Forum this week. The new resort is a 360-room...

UBEC Hosts Business Development Services Information Sessions in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Support Blue Economy MSMEs
From OECS Communications The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, through the Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) Project,funded by the World Bank, is pleased to announce the upcoming Business Development...

St. Vincent to host State of the Tourism Industry Address and Stakeholders’ Conference
Tourism leaders and stakeholders will gather on September 15, 2025, at the Methodist Church Hall in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the State of the Tourism Industry Address and Stakeholders’ Conference, under the theme “Strength in...

Review: Bequia Beach Hotel – nostalgic fun in the Caribbean
Pop stars, prime ministers and princesses can keep Mustique. Ten miles to the north, across the Caribbean Sea, veering slightly to the west as you go, lies a more interesting and colourful island called Bequia (pronounced “Beq-way”). For sure,...

Isaiah Toney to represent SVG as Junior Tourism Minister at Regional Tourism Youth Congress
The Ministry of Tourism has announced Isaiah Toney as Junior Tourism Minister for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Toney represented the St. Vincent Grammar School and emerged as the winner of the Ministry’s National Tourism Youth Congress, which...

Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent move towards full Free Movement on 1 October 2025
Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines move towards full Free Movement on 1 October 2025 Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States—Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—are on track to...

Tourism in SVG on the rise, says Minister
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Carlos James Front Page September 19, 2025 St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (SVG) tourism industry is experiencing record-breaking growth, and as a result, several investors ranging from hoteliers to transportation...

Tourist who was missing on La Soufriere volcano found
The UK man who was lost on La Soufriere volcano since Wednesday was found on Friday, shortly after news broke that he was missing. iWitness News was reliably informed that the 49-year-old man was found by a resident of Rose Hall, a community in...

St Vincent’s PM Calls for Visa-Free Travel Between Africa and the Caribbean
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has renewed his call for stronger ties between Africa and the Caribbean, urging the establishment of visa-free travel across the two regions. Speaking in Shashemene, Ethiopia, before Caribbean leaders, Ethiopian...

Grenadines residents still facing medevac challenges
Residents of the Southern Grenadines are still facing grave challenges reaching Kingstown for emergency healthcare, although the government bought a Coast Guard vessel for medevac purposes in October 2020. “… anytime you have an emergency, it...

Upcoming Winter Tourist season is already looking very positive for stayovers at hotels
The upcoming Winter Tourist season is already looking very positive for stayovers at hotels across the country. Minister of Tourism, Carlos James made the disclosure while delivering the keynote address at the State of the Tourism Industry Address...

Tourism Minister says SVG’s Yachting sector is rebounding strongly after Hurricane Beryl
Minister of Tourism, Carlos James said the Yachting sector in St. Vincent and the Grenadines continues to rebound following the passage of Hurricane Beryl last year. He made this statement during his keynote address at the Tourism Industry...
Cannabliss Festival opens in SVG
News October 3, 2025 by GRACE FRANCIS THE 2025 CANABLISS Festival opened at Victoria Park, yesterday, Thursday, October 2, 2025, where it was noted that CannaSVG is the world’s leading medical grade cannabis manufacturer based in St Vincent &The...

Tourism Minister announces four future hotel development projects worth $2B
Four major Hotel Developments are in the pipeline for St. Vincent and the Grenadines including the Cumberland Bay Resort and Marina. Minister of Tourism, Carlos James made the announcement during his address at the Tourism Industry Stakeholders...
Tourism development in focus
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT in St Vincent and the Grenadines again came under wider focus yesterday (Monday, September, 15) with the holding of a Stakeholders Conference. This attracted several key players in the regional and international tourism...