Godwin Friday says a consultancy is designing a program with heavier due diligence and a central bank monitoring role.
Godwin Friday casts the program as a financing mechanism, not a growth engine, with national debt at 113% of GDP.
An unnamed Caribbean counterpart estimated EC$200 million in revenue per year; Friday positions CBI within broader economic recovery.
Gonsalves claims Washington warned SVG against CBI and a China pivot. PM Friday calls his program a “sovereign capital” strategy.
From the Caribbean to Central Asia and the Pacific, governments keep announcing CBI plans. Few have followed through.
St Vincent’s CIP will mandate residency. PM Friday: Not “revenue-at-all-costs” but “sovereign capital mobilization strategy.”
EU and US pressure mounts on Caribbean citizenship programs while new programs emerge in different corners of the globe.
The newly-elected PM says the program launch remains viable despite recent US visa suspensions for Antigua and Dominica, and the EU’s most serious CBI warning yet.
The last OECS nation without a CBI program outlines its multi-institutional framework as Deputy PM emphasizes accountability, regional best practices, and job creation over pure revenue generation.
The opposition has repeatedly promised to introduce a CBI program in the island nation should it win the election.
Survey indicates 81% prefer jobs from a CBI economy over unemployment; 68% don’t see citizenship sales diminishing national identity.
PM claims Chinese and European RCBI firms backing NDP to gain access to SVG’s high-ranking passport through a new CBI program.
Could 2025 be the year St Vincent finally joins the CBI club? Opposition promises program if elected, challenging PM’s enduring objection.
PM Chastanet says Saint Lucia for many years held the same position on CBI as PM Gonsalves and points out that CBI “naysayer” scare-scenarios have not come to pass.
As Vincentians go to the polls on Thursday, they are effectively casting a vote for or against citizenship by investment.
Speaking during a radio broadcast in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines (SVG) this Wednesday, leader of the country’s main political
In Saint Vincent & the Grenadines – the only independent OECS-country still not offering citizenship by investment owing to the
In Saint Vincent & The Grenadines (SVG), the only sovereign OECS-country that doesn’t offer a citizenship by investment program (CIP),
