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I AM WILLIAM H. HARRIS

By William H. Harris I am William H Harriss, and I am an 82-year-old holding dual nationality of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the United Kingdom. For the last five years, I have spent Christmas alone, fearfully hiding abroad…

Local vegetables flood SVG markets!

OECS Media Release Courtesy St. Vincent Times Tuesday, January 4, 2022 — Consumers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are celebrating some of the best prices for vegetables in decades. In a period marked by global food shortages and disruptions in…

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SVG recognises locally produced medicinal cannabis products

Media Release Courtesy the Ministry of Agriculture, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Monday, June 7, 2021 — St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Agriculture Minister, the Honourable Saboto Caesar, has commended locally owned and operated company “Medicinal” on the recent launch of an…

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Antigua, SVG nominate Ecuadorian diplomat for OAS secretary general

By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Sir Ronald Sanders, disclosed on Friday that Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have nominated Ecuadorian diplomat Maria…

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OPINION: The ULP means Serving the Massa in SVG

By Jolly Green When Ralph Gonsalves decided to use Parnel Campbell to write a new constitution that would ultimately favor Gonsalves himself, he earnestly hoped and believed he would become President of SVG.  It took some three years for Gonsalves…

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OPINION: Citizen by investment in SVG, and the reasons why not

By Jolly Green When Gonsalves became PM in 2001, about 250 expatriates were living in SVG as permanent and temporary residents; some were even citizens. Many of those had political voting rights in SVG. None of them voted for the…

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Time to apply the sanctions to SVG

OPINION: From Jolly Green It is time for the US to apply sanctions to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [SVG] and all the Unity Labour Party [ULP] government. I am not studying the other Caribbean Island ALBA member countries at…

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OPINION: “No man can close the doors that God has opened”

By Jolly Green In an attempt to stop medical and food aid reaching the starving and sick people Nicolas Maduro has ordered the military to close border crossings with both Brazil and Colombia. Today at one of the Colombia closed…

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Nine mornings before Christmas unique to SVG

By Nelson A. King from Caribbean Life Vincentians on Dec. 2 officially began celebrating Nine Mornings, a festival unique to the nation at Christmas time. “Nine Mornings before Christmas, Vincentians awake in the early hours and part take in a…

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History Made! Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pass Medicinal Marijuana Bill

OECS Media Release Wednesday, December 12, 2018 — In a first likely to impact the North American and Canadian medicinal marijuana industry, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has made history as the first OECS Member State to decriminalize for medical…