<P> In 2010, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had 21,700 telephone land lines . Its land telephone system is fully automatic and covers the entire island and all of the inhabited Grenadine islands . In 2002, there were 10,000 mobile phones . By 2010, this number had increased to 131,800 . Mobile phone service is available in most areas of Saint Vincent as well as the Grenadines . </P> <P> Saint Vincent has two ISPs (Digicel, Flow) that provide cellular telephone and internet service . </P> <P> The population as estimated in 2016 was 109,643 . The ethnic composition was 66% African descent, 19% of mixed descent, 6% East Indian, 4% Europeans (mainly Portuguese), 2% Island Carib and 3% others . Most Vincentians are the descendants of African people brought to the island to work on plantations . There are other ethnic groups such as Portuguese (from Madeira) and East Indians, both brought in to work on the plantations after the abolishing of slavery by the British living on the island . There is also a growing Chinese population . </P> <P> English is the official language . Most Vincentians speak Vincentian Creole . English is used in education, government, religion, and other formal domains, while Creole (or' dialect' as it is referred to locally) is used in informal situations such as in the home and among friends . </P>

Who is the prwsident of the virgin islands