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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Government reaffirms policy of investing in Hotel Infrastructure
NBC SVG
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June 27, 2025
While the Government intends to contribute to the development of the country’s room stock by investing in the construction of hotels, it is not interested in becoming a hotelier. That indication came from Minister of Finance and Economic...
Trinidad minister responds to Gonsalves’ ‘monopoly money’ comment
I Witness News
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July 2, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A senior Trinidad and Tobago government minister, Tuesday, took the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves, to task over his recent remarks regarding trading relations between the two...
Minister of Finance: Government’s Policy on Holiday Inn has not changed
Searchlight
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June 27, 2025
Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, has said that a statement about the sale of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel by the Director of Invest SVG, Glen Beache, was taken outof context. Speaking in Parliament on Monday, June 23, 2025, Minister...
IOM supports OECS Fun Walk for free movement in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Dominica News Online
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June 20, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, June 20th, 2025 at 6:47 PM Walkers start off the OECS-IOM Fun Walk in St Vincent Sunday, June 15. Photo credit: OECS 2025On June 15, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) alongside the International...
NDP supports Southern Grenadines students with cash awards
St. Vincent Times
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July 1, 2025
To Commemorate Anniversary of Hurricane Beryl: NDP Provides Cash Awards to Students of the Southern Grenadines On Monday 30th June 2025, President of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Honourable Dr Godwin Friday, and Member of Parliament for the...
Minister James tells SVGCC Graduands that the future rests in their hands
NBC SVG
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June 25, 2025
The development and transformation of the country rest on the shoulders of young people. That’s according of Minister of Tourism Carlos James. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College...
Beryl Memorial today in Southern Grenadines
Searchlight
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July 1, 2025
MANY OF THE HOUSE ROOFS in Mayreau were reduced to rubble and mangled galvanise by Hurricane Beryl. Front Page, News July 1, 2025 One year ago today, on July 1, 2024, Hurricane Beryl, a category five hurricane, struck St Vincent and the Grenadines...
‘In the Classroom’ tour in St Vincent &The Grenadines putting youth at the fore, says OECS
Dominica News Online
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June 19, 2025
Dominica News Online - Thursday, June 19th, 2025 at 9:26 AM As the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission marks its 44th anniversary, it has successfully concluded the 2025 edition of the OECS in the Classroom School Tour in...
Tinubu: Nigeria open to visa waiver for diplomats, government officials from Eastern Carribean states
The Cable
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June 30, 2025
President Bola Tinubu says Nigeria is open to exploring a visa waiver arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The OECS comprises Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth...
OECS Assembly Convenes in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Focus on Regional Unity and Key Legislation
Win Media SKN
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June 18, 2025
by Kevon Browne St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN)—The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) held its 7th Sitting of the Assembly on June 17, 2025, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, marking a historic first for the gathering outside its...
Premier arrives in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for OECS meeting
The Daily Herald
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From left: Premier Cora Richardson Hodge and Prime Minister of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves. ANGUILLA--Premier Cora Richardson Hodge was warmly welcomed at Argyle International Airport by St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime...
PM attends 77th Meeting of OECS Authority in St Vincent
Now Grenada
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June 18, 2025
Prime Minister the Honourable Dickon Mitchell joins fellow Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) today in St Vincent for the 77th Meeting of the OECS Authority. The meeting is being held under the theme...
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to participate in the 7th sitting of the OECS Assembly in St Vincent today
DBS Radio
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June 17, 2025
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has included Marigot MP Anthony Charles in his delegation for the 7th sitting of the OECS Assembly in St Vincent today. The delegation also includes Parliamentarians Cassani Laville, Roland Royer and Dr. Cassandra...
PM heads to St Vincent & The Grenadines for OECS meetings
Dominica News Online
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June 17, 2025
Home >> Governance Dominica News Online - Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 9:21 AM Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit is scheduled to participate in the Seventh Session of the OECS Assembly on June 17, 2025, as well as the 77th Meeting of the OECS...
Prime Minister Drew Leads Delegation to the 77th OECS Authority Meeting in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Nevis Pages
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June 17, 2025
Basseterre, St. Kitts (PMO)— Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, is leading a high-level delegation to the 77th Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority, being held in St....
Rotary Club of St Vincent honours outstanding Fourth Formers
Searchlight
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June 17, 2025
Some of the attendees at the recently held George Phillips Excellence Awards and Luncheon Each year, the Rotary Club of St. Vincent recognizes exceptional fourth formers from secondary schools across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), and this...
UWI Five Islands Campus OECS budget watch: “Beyond the numbers: What the 2025 Budgets reveal about priorities and politics in...
The New Today Grenada
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June 28, 2025
Budgets aren’t just financial plans—they’re political statements. In 2025, Eastern Caribbean governments will reveal what they value and where they believe the future lies. From climate resilience to youth savings accounts, mega-infrastructure to...
At the OAS General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, the Government of Guyana requests support for its candidate for Director General of IICA
Antigua.News
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June 27, 2025
Also present are the foreign ministers of several Caribbean countries, including the host, Antigua and Barbuda, as well as the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The...
Grenadines Seabird Habitat Restoration Project making progress
Searchlight
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June 20, 2025
Urgent action is continuing to restore endangered seabird habitats in the Grenadines, where recent surveys revealed nesting taking place alongside threats like erosion, and invasive species. Led by the regional non-profit, Environmental Protection...