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UPDATE: Police say All Individuals Accounted For After Maritime Incident

By Admin. Updated 10:22 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).  The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, through its SVG Coast Guard Service, advises the public that all persons involved in the maritime incident reported off the Brighton Salt Pond/Bequia area on the evening of February 21, 2026 have been accounted for.โ€ฆ

UPDATE: Anxiety in Sandy Bay as several young people missing at Sea

By Admin. Updated 9:16 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).  There is much anxiety across families in Sandy Bay and other North Windward communities as several young people are reported to be missing at sea. Preliminary reports indicate that about seven people were travelling on a speedboat between Bequia and the mainlandโ€ฆ

BREAKING: Several people feared missing at sea

By Admin. Updated 8:33 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).  The SVG Coast Guard is currently searching for several individuals feared missing at sea. Reports are that a vessel encountered difficulties in the Brighton Salt Pond area this evening (February 21). Police have confimed that one person has been rescued. The individualโ€™sโ€ฆ

House Destroyed by Fire in Block 2000

By Admin. Updated 1:13 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4) A wooden dwelling house in the Block 2000 area of Central Kingstown was gutted by fire this morning. The property, which sources say was occupied by at least one person, was completely destroyed. No one was injured in the blaze. The wasโ€ฆ

SVG Receives $2M in Equipment to Strengthen Sargassum Management

By S.Browne. Updated 12:17 p.m., Saturday, February 21, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4). The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has received approximately USD $2 million in specialised equipment under the Project for Improving National Sargassum Management Capacities in the Caribbean. The equipment was handed over on Thursday, 19 February 2026, to strengthen theโ€ฆ

SVG Remains Low Risk for the Nipah Virus, Health Ministry says

By Admin. Updated 6:32 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).  The Ministry of Health, Wellness, Environmental Health, and Energy reported Friday that St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) currently remains classified as low risk for Nipah Virus (NiV). The Ministry says its report is based on information from the Caribbean Public Healthโ€ฆ

3 Teens among 6 charged after public fight at Peterโ€™s Hope 

By Admin. Updated 4:37 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).  Less than a week after four teenagers were charged for a public fight in a fast food restaurant in Kingstown, three others have been charged for a separate incident.  On Friday, February 20, 2026, the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Policeโ€ฆ

Invest SVG Relaunches Diaspora Outreach Programme with New BVI Stop

By S.Browne. Updated 2:13 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4). Invest SVG announced that it will once again host its Diaspora Outreach and Investment project, โ€œHome Is Where The Heart Is,โ€ with Tortola in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) newly added to the schedule due to popular demand. โ€œThe initiative is designedโ€ฆ

DEP Sports Strategies to Launch as SVGโ€™s First Private Sports Consultancy

By S.Browne. Updated 12:30 p.m., Friday, February 20, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4). DEP Sports Strategies, the first private sports consultancy in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is set to officially launch on March 3rd, 2026, at Paradise Beach Hotel, aiming to tackle longstanding challenges in governance, compliance, and funding within the national sports sector.โ€ฆ

$500M in Drugs Wash Ashore After Drone Strike in Vincentian Waters

By Val Matthias. Updated 10:25 a.m., Friday, February 20, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4). Minister of National Security, Major St. Clair Leacock, has addressed the nation following a drone strike in the economic zone of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, warning of collateral damage and urging citizens to remain calm as the government seeks answers.ย โ€ฆ

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