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IMF against reduction in VAT
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April 30, 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government that there is no room, at this point, to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT). As a matter...
GRIT project launched in SVG
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April 30, 2026
With a focus on reaching women entrepreneurs who are youth-led, rural-based,indigenous-owned or women with disabilities, Generating Resilient and Incl...
SVG goes crazy for iShowSpeed
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April 30, 2026
Globally-renowned online streamer Darren ‘IShowSpeed’ Watkins Jr. has described St Vincent and the Grenadines as the ‘littlest’ island from his Caribbean tour. IShowSpeed is an American online streamer, who has garnered 53.3 million subscribers on Yo...
Lawyer urges being  selective in handing over illegal guns to the police
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April 30, 2026
People who are willing to hand over an illegal gun to the police have to be careful which police officer they give the firearm to as the possibility exists that the weapon may return to the streets. That’s the caution of lawyer Grant Connell, in a st...
Magistrate  rejects  competency  to stand trial report
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April 30, 2026
After resting the matter for a few days before handing down a decision, Chief Magistrate, Collin John, has thrown out a competency to stand trial report relating to a psychiatric patient who was before the Serious Offences Court on charges related to...
Housing Minster lists  issues impeding their work
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April 30, 2026
The Ministry of Housing is said to have inherited several issues from the former administration that are currently hampering the way it functions. This was the assessment of Minister of Housing, Land Management, Urban Development, and Informal Settle...
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IMF against reduction in VAT
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April 30, 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government that there is no room, at this point, to reduce the Value Added Tax (VAT). As a matter...
GRIT project launched in SVG
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April 30, 2026
With a focus on reaching women entrepreneurs who are youth-led, rural-based,indigenous-owned or women with disabilities, Generating Resilient and Incl...
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New Tennis coaches ready to teach beginners
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April 30, 2026
New International Tennis Federation Development Officer for the Caribbean Evan Heyliger, has given the 13 Vincentian coaches who were part of a three-...
New Football Match Commissioners certified
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April 30, 2026
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) now has at its disposal a set of certified match commissioners. A two- day training sess...
From the Courts
Imitation firearm and bullets cost man $5,800
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April 24, 2026
AN IMITATION FIREARM which was loaded with three rounds of live .9-millimeter bullets has landed Kashif Gabriel with a combined fine of EC$5,800. On T...
Under-aged boys charged with knife possession
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April 17, 2026
Two 15-year-old secondary school students were taken before the Serious Offences Court on Thursday, April 16, charged with possession of offensive 202...
Union Island Man on four gun charges, remanded
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April 14, 2026
A UNION ISLAND MAN who is facing four gun related charges, including shooting another man in his left leg with a firearm, was remanded into custody. Z...