NEW YORK, USA -- The Garifuna Coalition USA has announced that Dionisia (Nicha) Amaya will attend the Garifuna Reunion in St Vincent and the Grenadines (Yurumein) scheduled for July 18 - 23. Amaya is a seventy six year old retired teacher from the New York City Board of Education who now resides in Honduras. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana’s Cleveland Forde dominated the fifth edition of the Annual CARICOM 10K Road Race here on Sunday. Forde, who beat the reigning champion St Vincent and the Grenadine’s Pamenos Ballentyne into second place, finished the race in a time of 32. mins. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that Ecuador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda will join this week the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), a Latin American and Caribbean bloc for integration and cooperation. According to Prensa Latina news agency... read more...

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NEW YORK, USA -- The Board of Directors of the Garifuna Coalition USA, Inc. has announced that final preparations are being completed for The Garifuna Reunion in St Vincent and the Grenadines on July 18th – 23rd. According to the Board of Directors,although the global financial crisis has had an impact... read more...

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Three countries of the Caribbean: Guyana, Haiti and St Vincent and the Grenadines share a common social thread of desperation that binds them together. Their citizens are leaving en masse to find better pastures abroad and their governments are blaming everybody and their fathers for this but themselves. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- The first competitive show for Vincy Mas, St Vincent and the Grenadines' Carnival, took place on Saturday at the Victoria Park in capital city Kingstown and saw thousands of patrons turning up to witness the crowing of 20-year-old Veronique Williams. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- The voting populace in St Vincent and the Grenadines will this November get to the polls to cast a Yes or No vote in a Referendum for a new Constitution for the country. Dr Francis Alexis on Thursday presented the first draft of the new Constitution to Parliament. read more...

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TORTOLA, BVI -- OECS Heads of Government wrapped up their 49th Meeting in Tortola, British Virgin Islands on May 22, calling it a watershed in the historical evolution of the organization. Heads noted the enhanced international profile of the Organisation which has resulted from the repositioning of the OECS. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- While Barbados’ new immigration policy was not on the agenda of the CARICOM heads of government conference in Trinidad on Sunday, Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo and St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves used the occasion to air their concerns. read more...

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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – The Grenada government is renaming the Point Salines International Airport in honour of slain left wing prime minister, Maurice Bishop, and St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, a friend of Bishop, has been chosen to deliver the feature address. read more...

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ROAD TOWN, BVI -- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) reportedly had a successful meeting in Tortola, BVI, and issued a lengthy 14-page release on matters discussed and decisions taken. The first was the taking of the chairmanship by Montserrat Chief Minister, Dr Lowell Lewis. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- Thee people, including a Barbadian, have been shot to death by law enforcement officers in the Vermont community in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The police reported that the men were hiding in the area for several days and, when the police arrived in the remote area... read more...

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Old people have a saying, “laugh like yo live out!"  How it is the brightest man in St.Vincent and the Grenadines could not figure out Stanford and Millennium Banks alleged Ponzi schemes? How is it that these bright boys got conned into buying Caribbean Sun and Caribbean Star? read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- Five days after Caribbean Net News carried a commentary criticising Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson for announcing a new immigration policy and stating that no Caribbean leader had come forward to challenge the move, St Vincent's PM came out with a blistering attack. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves said on Friday his visit to St Kitts this weekend was to speak at the 77th Annual National Conference in his capacity as the Political Leader of the ruling St Vincent Unity Labour Party. read more...

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It is no secret that Ralph E. Gonsalves built a successful political career by unforgivably exposing, overstating, and or exaggerating, the mistakes, misfortunes, and indiscretions of his political and other opponent. He makes a habit of using his storytelling abilities to dress up the truth. read more...

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 BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- A new British High Commissioner to St Kitts and Nevis has been named. He is Paul Brummell, who will be based in Barbados and will also serve the other islands in the Eastern Caribbean. Brummel who takes up his appointment in October this year is a career diplomat. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- A small Beech 18 twin-engined aircraft caused the ET Joshua Airport on mainland St Vincent to be closed for a short period on Friday morning after it ran off the runway onto the airstrip and damaged the fencing. The aircraft had a lone occupant on board, pilot Colombian-born Jorge Pardo. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given recognition by former world leaders when its former prime minister was invited to become a member of the prestigious Inter Action Council (IAC). Sir James Mitchell was in politics for more than four decades and served as premier and prime minister. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- Tourism Ministers of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in regular session at their 8th OECS Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting, held in St Vincent and the Grenadines on April 21, 2009. The main purposes of the meeting were to track progress... read more...

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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- International Christian Charity Operation Mobilisation (OM), latest and largest ship, MV Logos Hope, docked in the Port of Belfast Thursday as part of its United Kingdom and Ireland tour, before travelling to the Caribbean this July. The official reception and opening... read more...

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BRADES, Montserrat: The Chief Minister of Montserrat, Dr Lowell Lewis attended the Fifth Summit of The Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad from April 17-19, 2009. The Chief Minister and Mrs Lewis were guests of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, following which he travelled to St Vincent. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Thursday that St Vincent and the Grenadines has been accepted as the seventh country to join the Bolivarian Alternative for The Americas (ALBA). The announcement was made during the Seventh ALBA Summit held in Cumana, Sucre. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Petit 19-year-old Iva Satney made the trip from St Lucia to participate in the 2009 edition of the Miss Easterval Beauty Pageant held Saturday on the Grenadine island of Union Island, one of the chain of islands that make up the island-state of St Vincent and the Grenadines. read more...

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This letter will be perused by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Royal St Vincent Police Force, and Attorney-at-Law Graham Bollers, from Guyana and practicing law in St Vincent. These two institutions, and Bollers is indeed an institution in St Vincent and the Grenadines, will peruse this. read more...

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St George’s, Grenada (GIS): Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines feels vindicated for throwing his support behind regional airline, LIAT. Gonsalves said that in 2002 he was approached with a proposal to merge LIAT with Caribbean Star, which was owned by Allen Stanford. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Hans King, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, is not pleased with an editorial carried in a local newspaper, The News, on Friday of last week and has penned a letter to the Editor expressing his dissatisfaction over remarks attributed to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. read more...

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ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (GIS): Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, has lashed out at the behaviour of “helplessness’’ and negativity exhibited by some Caribbean people, especially youth. He encouraged everyone to become actively involved in improving their lives. read more...

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ST CROIX, USVI: St Vincent and the Grenadines native Carice Glasgow won the Miss University of the Virgin Islands Ambassadorial Competition held on March 28, on the University’s St Croix campus. In a history-making pageant, Glasgow was crowned Miss UVI 2009-2010. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): Caribbean Ministers of Finance, Central Bank Governors and Insurance Regulators have agreed to set up a US$80 million Liquidity Support Fund to meet the short term liquidity needs of British-American Insurance in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). read more...

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As the countdown for general elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines, constitutionally due for December 2010, begins, political meeting between the two leading parties NDP and ULP have intensified throughout villages and towns. It is good for both parties to prepare themselves to gain  political power. read more...

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ROAD TOWN, BVI: Nine Eastern Caribbean states and territories are incorporated in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), and the governments want to ensure that laws and regulations for these territories are harmonised. Attorneys general for six countries and territories met recently in St Lucia read more...

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I was impressed by the unsually candid nature of the article written by well known ULP activist and part time Caribbean Net News reporter Dougie Joseph regarding the ULP's shindig at Cumberland on Saturday. Mr Joseph reports that hundreds attended the function. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Nine Caribbean islands on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a United States law enforcement agency which will greatly enhance their ability to track and fight firearms trafficking and illegal possession in the region through a paperless firearm trace system. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Ten regional countries will sign an agreement with the United States to make the tracing of illegal weapons easier. The Memorandum of Understanding signed with the regional governments will provide for the electronic tracing of illicit firearms under a system called eTRACE read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Hundreds came from all over St Vincent and the Grenadines to assemble on the spot that will soon see the commencement of construction work for a new playing field in the North Leeward village of Cumberland, a famous place for yachters the world over. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The Trinidad and Tobago Cabinet is reported to have voted to give cash to help out British American Insurance policy holders in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Last month, the Trinidad and Tobago Government rushed to the rescue of CL Financial, which operates CLICO. read more...

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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Net News Group (NNG), a widely-read media publishing and communications company based in the Cayman Islands, has established a contributor partnership with McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), one of the largest media groups in the United States. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The St Vincent and the Grenadines government, through its financial arm, which has jurisdiction over the offshore financial sector, the International Financial Services Authority (IFSA), has moved swiftly to place the troubled Millennium Bank in the hands of a KPMG International as Receiver. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): US regulators said they halted a $68 million Ponzi scheme at St Vincent-based Millennium Bank, the second case this year accusing a bank in the islands of fraudulently selling certificates of deposit. The lawsuit against Millennium is similar to a case against Allen Stanford. read more...

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