iWitness News

What is iWitness News?

iWitness News is an online news site at iwnsvg.com. Its About page states: “iWitness News is the leading source of daily and breaking news and current affairs information from and about St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We were founded in February 2009 by Kenton X. Chance, a career journalist and adhere to the highest standards of journalism.” The first sentence is the outlet's own description, not a measured position.^[1]

The site's footer reads “Copyright © 2026 iWitness News. All rights reserved.” Its sports reports are published in a category of the site, iwnsvg.com/category/sports.^[2]

What does iWitness News cover?

As retrieved on 26 September 2026, the sports category listed sports items dated from 21 August to 8 September 2026, covering archery, swimming, basketball, sailing and tennis, among them items on Bequia basketball, a sub-regional tennis tournament and a young sailor's debut at a world championship.^[2]

Swimming. It reported on 2 September 2026 that the Blue Marlins Swim Club won the National Swim Championships of 27 to 30 August with 1,345 points, its sixth straight win.^[3]

Sailing. It reported the same day that the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sailing Association (SVGSA) ran the KGroup National Youth Championships 2026 at Calliaqua Bay, in the Optimist, ILCA 4 and ILCA 6 classes.^[4]

Archery. It reported on 8 September 2026 that the Archery Association of SVG, Inc. held its outdoor national championships at the National Archery Range in Belair, with shooting at the Olympic distance of 70 metres.^[5]

How large is iWitness News's audience?

No audited web-traffic figure, audience survey or other measured audience for iWitness News was retrieved, and no audience measurement body for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was found.

The About page describes the site as “the leading source of daily and breaking news and current affairs information from and about St. Vincent and the Grenadines”. No measurement supports or contradicts that description; it is the outlet's own claim.^[1]

Since when has iWitness News existed?

The outlet's About page states: “We were founded in February 2009 by Kenton X. Chance, a career journalist and adhere to the highest standards of journalism.” No second source for the founding date was retrieved, so the date is the outlet's own account.^[1]

The footer's copyright line is dated 2026, and the sports category page also listed news items dated 26 September 2026.^[2]

Why does iWitness News matter in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' sport?

In 2026 iWitness News reported national championships run by the island's own sports bodies, in swimming, sailing and archery, and named the organising body in its sailing and archery reports.^[3][4][5] Its archery report states that the championships' qualifying rounds set several new national records; that is the report's statement, not a ratified record.^[5]

Reporters Without Borders files the Eastern Caribbean islands together under the OECS. Its media-landscape entry states: “On several of the islands, political parties hold majority shares in media companies, undermining journalistic independence throughout the region. Governments also wield significant influence over radio stations, newspapers and online media outlets.” Its legal-framework entry states: “In 2016, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines passed an ambiguous cybercrime law aimed at curbing online press freedom under the guise of criminal defamation.”^[6] Those are RSF's statements; it names no Vincentian outlet in them.