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Scots man shot and killed on Canouan
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Scots man shot and killed on Canouan
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June 26, 2026
AN EXPATRIATE was shot and killed on the Grenadine island of Canouan on Wednesday June 24e 2026, sending the homicide count in St Vincent and the Gren...
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Dickson celebrates Shafia and Jiuliano
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June 26, 2026
THE COMMUNITY OF Dickson is basking in the appointment of the new CEO of the St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Tourism Authority, Shafia London, one...
Juliano shocked he made the top three
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Juliano shocked he made the top three
HE FELT “OVERJOYED and shocked” and while Dickson Methodist School student, Juliano Ryan expected to pass the CPEA Examination with good grades, he did not expect “to come that high”. So yes, he was shocked; he was in the top three. He placed 3rd ove...
June 26, 2026
Great House residents fed up with the gun violence
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Great House residents fed up with the gun violence
THE FEELING OF a gunshot on flesh, along with fear, and a will to survive, saw a man jump over an embankment with a drop of over 40 feet while another man dove through a stranger’s house window while covered in blood. A third man wasn’t so lucky as a...
June 26, 2026
Vincentian charged in Antigua road incident, awaits sentencing
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Vincentian charged in Antigua road incident, awaits sentencing
A VINCENTIAN WHO attempted to flee Antigua after being involved in a serious vehicular incident is now in jail there awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to all charges connected with the matter. The incident, which took place on Saturday, June ...
June 26, 2026
Richland Park SDA leads pack in outstanding CPEA results
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Richland Park SDA leads pack in outstanding CPEA results
Draádon Ackie of Richland Park SDA Primary School has secured the top spot in this year’s Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA), as the national pass rate stands at 88.47 per cent. Ackie was not the only student from the Richland Park school who m...
June 23, 2026
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Person who departed AIA caught in Toronto airport with cocaine
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June 26, 2026
The security protocols at the Argyle International Airport (AIA) are being questioned after a traveller at the Toronto Pearson International Airport was nabbed with over 15 kilograms of cocaine. According to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), ...
SVG pays last respects to late social activist
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SVG pays last respects to late social activist
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June 23, 2026
THE WIDOW of the late veteran, social activist, journalist and Searchlight columnist Renwick ‘Kamara’ Rose paid homage to him, indicating to a full Kingstown Methodist Church that one of his last requests he made on the day he died, was for her to co...
Richland Park SDA Primary student tops CPEA
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Richland Park SDA Primary student tops CPEA
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June 23, 2026
THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY of the Richland Park Seventh Day Adventist Primary School was in very high spirits yesterday, June 22, 2026 as they celebrated the success of three students who wrote the CPEA earlier this year. While students did not official rec...
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Scots man shot and killed on Canouan
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Scots man shot and killed on Canouan
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June 26, 2026
AN EXPATRIATE was shot and killed on the Grenadine island of Canouan on Wednesday June 24e 2026, sending the homicide count in St Vincent and the Gren...
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Dickson celebrates Shafia and Jiuliano
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June 26, 2026
THE COMMUNITY OF Dickson is basking in the appointment of the new CEO of the St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Tourism Authority, Shafia London, one...
Speech issues on the rise in SVG
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Speech issues on the rise in SVG
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June 26, 2026
OVER THE LAST FEWYEARS, the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital’s (MCMH) speech and language therapy initiative has been seeing a yearly rise in the number ...
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Amaia Edwards wins triple national titles
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Amaia Edwards wins triple national titles
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June 26, 2026
AMAIA EDWARDS COPPED three titles when Team Athletics SVG hosted the 2026 edition of the Wendell Hercules National Championships on June 20 and 21, at...
Team Athletics SVG pays homage to fathers
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Team Athletics SVG pays homage to fathers
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June 23, 2026
A 50-METER RACE held on Sunday, June 21, 2026, in honour of fathers present at the Diamond Track Facility, was one way that Team Athletics SVG paid ho...
System Three cements VSPL supremacy
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System Three cements VSPL supremacy
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June 19, 2026
THERE WAS NO easing up from System Three when they played their final match in the 2026 Vincy Soccer Premier League (VSPL)on Friday June 12, at the Br...
From the Courts
Man accused of arson granted $10,000 bail
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Man accused of arson granted $10,000 bail
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June 12, 2026
A Layou man was granted bail in the sum of $10,000 for allegedly setting a woman’s house on fire and destroying over EC$10,000 worth of items. Ray Pat...
Biabou man fined for cocaine possession
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Biabou man fined for cocaine possession
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May 29, 2026
A man of Biabou and Union Island was fined $100 after being caught with a cigarette box containing cocaine in Union Island. Okkie Matthews, 54, appear...