‘Love SVG’ campaign targets 100 projects before November
Tourism Minister Kishore Shallow launched the six-month ‘Love St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ (Love SVG) campaign on Thursday, May 14, aiming to deliver at least 100 priority infrastructure and tourism-product projects across the country before the 2026/27 tourism season begins in November — including completing Fort Charlotte, which has been closed since 2023, and upgrading Dark View Falls. Source: iWitness News, May 14, 2026.
1,766 grade-six pupils sit CPEA
A total of 1,766 grade-six primary students across St Vincent and the Grenadines sat the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment on May 13 and 14 at 18 centres statewide. The exam accounts for 60 per cent of the final mark used to determine secondary school placement. Source: Searchlight, May 12, 2026.
NY consulate computer-wipe under investigation
Who wiped the computers at SVG’s consulate in New York is now one of several matters being investigated by Dr Godwin Friday’s New Democratic Party administration, the House of Assembly was told this week. Source: Searchlight, May 2026.
IMF warns government there’s no room to cut VAT
The International Monetary Fund has warned the Friday administration that there is no fiscal room, at this point, to reduce the Value Added Tax — a hit to one of the NDP’s pre-election signal commitments. Source: Searchlight, May 2026.
PM Friday: this is not a cash-handout government
Prime Minister Dr Godwin Friday told supporters that his NDP government is “not an administration that is going to put money into people’s pockets” through handouts, instead pointing to job-creation and infrastructure spending as the route to relief. Source: Searchlight, May 2026.