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Man killed at Murray Village during family altercation
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Man killed at Murray Village during family altercation
Clare 
December 27, 2021
A man was killed at Murray’s Village around 7’o clock this morning during a family altercation. The deceased, known to residents as “Dino” and “Bun Do...
Vaccinated only events being carefully monitored – MOH
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Vaccinated only events being carefully monitored – MOH
Bria 
December 26, 2021
Vincentians will be donning their best outfits in the coming days to attend small gatherings with family and friends or the few vaccinated events sche...
Dozens greet Christmas morning stuck in vehicles at Overland River
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Dozens greet Christmas morning stuck in vehicles at Overland River
Clare 
December 25, 2021
Dozens of Vincentians welcomed Christmas morning 2021 stuck at the Overland River, unable to cross because of heavy flow of water across the roadway. ...
Bodies of two males found at separate locations, police investigating
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Bodies of two males found at separate locations, police investigating
Clare 
December 17, 2021
Police are investigating two deaths that took place earlier today. The first is that of a 15-year-old boy whose body was discovered in the Fenton Moun...
Mandatory quarantine now stipulated by SVG for all arrivals from extremely high risk countries
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Mandatory quarantine now stipulated by SVG for all arrivals from extremely high risk countries
Clare 
November 28, 2021
All travellers to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) from countries classified as “extremely high-risk” will now be re-tested for COVID19 on arrival ...
65-year-old male is 74th COVID19 death in SVG
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65-year-old male is 74th COVID19 death in SVG
Clare 
November 24, 2021
THIRTY-TWO (32) NEW COVID-19 CASES  Thirty-two (32) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 260 samples collected on Monday November 22, 2021, ...
Sir James is dead
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Sir James is dead
Webmaster 
November 23, 2021
Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell died this morning in Bequia. The former prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines had been ailing for several week...
Sir James to return to Bequia under 24-hour nursing care
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Sir James to return to Bequia under 24-hour nursing care
Clare 
November 18, 2021
Sir James Mitchell was discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados today in preparation for his return to his beloved home Bequia. A stat...
COVID-19 death toll in SVG climbs to 71
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COVID-19 death toll in SVG climbs to 71
Clare 
November 11, 2021
THIRTY-SEVEN (37) NEW COVID-19 CASES  Thirty-seven (37) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 178 samples collected on Tuesday November 9 , 2...
Full COVID-19 Vaccination Required for Entry by non-citizen and non-immigrant adults into the United States
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Full COVID-19 Vaccination Required for Entry by non-citizen and non-immigrant adults into the United States
Clare 
November 7, 2021
Starting on November 8, all non-U.S. citizen and non-immigrant adult air passengers will be required to be fully vaccinated and provide proof of COVID...
COVID19 death toll moves to 69 with death of 65-year-old man
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COVID19 death toll moves to 69 with death of 65-year-old man
Clare 
November 3, 2021
NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES Thirteen (13) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from seventy-four (74) samples  collected on Saturday October 30 t...
49-year-old male is latest person to die of COVID19 in SVG
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49-year-old male is latest person to die of COVID19 in SVG
Clare 
October 31, 2021
NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and eleven (211)  samples collected on Friday Oct...
76-year-old male is SVG’s 67th COVID19 death
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76-year-old male is SVG’s 67th COVID19 death
Clare 
October 31, 2021
NEW COVID19 CASES Twenty-six (26) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and thirty-one (231) samples collected on Thursday Octobe...
Schools in SVG to reopen Monday with face to face and blended format
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Schools in SVG to reopen Monday with face to face and blended format
Clare 
October 30, 2021
Come this Monday, November 1, a majority of schools in St Vincent and the Grenadines will once again welcome students back to the physical classroom f...
SVG’s COVID19 death toll now 65 as 38-year-old male succumbs to virus
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SVG’s COVID19 death toll now 65 as 38-year-old male succumbs to virus
Clare 
October 28, 2021
NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES Thirty-six (36) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and two (202)  samples collected on Tuesday Oct...
24-year-old female is SVG’s 64th COVID19 death
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24-year-old female is SVG’s 64th COVID19 death
Clare 
October 27, 2021
NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES Forty-five (45) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and one (301)  samples collected on Monday Oc...
CXC high level team visits SVG while expressing regret about misunderstanding about bill
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CXC high level team visits SVG while expressing regret about misunderstanding about bill
Clare 
October 25, 2021
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) has expressed regret about the circumstances that led to the misunderstanding, which resulted in the Governm...
36-year-old male among three additional COVID19 deaths in SVG
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36-year-old male among three additional COVID19 deaths in SVG
Clare 
October 25, 2021
Thirty (36) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and sixty-four (164)  samples collected on Friday October 22 nd , 2021, resulti...
SVGTU President tells members to stand firm in face of COVID19 vaccine mandate
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SVGTU President tells members to stand firm in face of COVID19 vaccine mandate
Clare 
October 25, 2021
President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) Oswald Robinson has called upon members to “stand firm” in the face of the Gov...
Death toll in SVG now 60, with four deaths over two-day period
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Death toll in SVG now 60, with four deaths over two-day period
Clare 
October 22, 2021
NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES Twenty-eight (28) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from two hundred and fifty-two (252) samples collected on Thur...
Six new COVID19 deaths, 37 persons hospitalized
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Six new COVID19 deaths, 37 persons hospitalized
Clare 
October 17, 2021
NEW COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES Thirty-two (32) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and fifty three (353) samples collected on Sa...
Five more COVID19 deaths confirmed in SVG, death toll now 47
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Five more COVID19 deaths confirmed in SVG, death toll now 47
Clare 
October 16, 2021
Five additional COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in St Vincent and the Grenadines. A release from the National Emergency Management Organization (NE...
Consortium of EC banks to acquire banking operations of CIBC FCIB in SVG
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Consortium of EC banks to acquire banking operations of CIBC FCIB in SVG
Clare 
October 12, 2021
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (12 October 2021): Today, a Consortium of leading Banks in  the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union announced t...
Five more Covid19 deaths reported in SVG bringing death toll to 38
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Five more Covid19 deaths reported in SVG bringing death toll to 38
Clare 
October 10, 2021
Five additional COVID-19 deaths were recorded in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday October 8 , and Saturday  October 9 , 2021, a release from th...
Fully vaccinated travellers from SVG now on UK quarantine exempt list
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Fully vaccinated travellers from SVG now on UK quarantine exempt list
Clare 
October 7, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines was on October 7 added to the list of countries for which fully vaccinated travellers are exempt from quarantine in Engl...
SVGTU members to refrain from online teaching Wednesday
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SVGTU members to refrain from online teaching Wednesday
Clare 
October 6, 2021
Members of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) voted on Monday to refrain from online teaching tomorrow, Wednesday, October 6, a...
Four women and one man bring SVG’s COVID19 death toll to 33
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Four women and one man bring SVG’s COVID19 death toll to 33
Clare 
October 5, 2021
Five additional COVID19 deaths were recorded in St Vincent and the Grenadines between Saturday October 2 and Monday October 4, 2021. The deceased were...
Facebook apps experience global outage
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Facebook apps experience global outage
Clare 
October 4, 2021
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in what appears to be a global outage. The three apps, all owned by Facebook, stopped working arou...
Two more COVID19 deaths, 113 new positive cases
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Two more COVID19 deaths, 113 new positive cases
Clare 
October 3, 2021
Two more persons died of COVID19 pneumonia on October 1, bringing to seven, the number of persons to die from the viral disease in St Vincent and the ...
Prisoner serving sentence for manslaughter briefly escapes custody
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Prisoner serving sentence for manslaughter briefly escapes custody
Clare 
October 3, 2021
A man serving a 20-year prison sentence for manslaughter escaped from the yard of Her Majesty’s Prisons in Kingstown tonight, but reports are that he ...
Strategic testing of arrivals to be piloted at AIA again today
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Strategic testing of arrivals to be piloted at AIA again today
Clare 
October 2, 2021
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment has advised that "our   strategic testing will be piloted again for travelers arriving in St Vinc...
Five persons die of COVID19 in a one-day period in SVG
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Five persons die of COVID19 in a one-day period in SVG
Clare 
October 1, 2021
Five persons died of COVID19 pneumonia in St Vincent and the Grenadines between September 30 and October 1, 2021. One patient is a 44-year-old male wh...
Two men in their 60s are SVG’s 20th and 21st COVID19 deaths
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Two men in their 60s are SVG’s 20th and 21st COVID19 deaths
Clare 
September 30, 2021
Eighty-five (85) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from three hundred and ninety-seven  (397)samples processed on Tuesday September 28th, 2021...
48-year-old woman is SVG’s 19th Covid-19 death
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48-year-old woman is SVG’s 19th Covid-19 death
Webmaster 
September 28, 2021
Ten (10) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and forty-one (141) samples processed on Sunday September 26th, 2021, resulting in...
COVID19 death toll in SVG rises to 18
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COVID19 death toll in SVG rises to 18
Clare 
September 27, 2021
Twenty-one (21) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from one hundred and ninety-one (191) samples processed on Saturday September 25th, 2021, re...
Pre-fab houses at Orange Hill nearing completion + Video
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Pre-fab houses at Orange Hill nearing completion + Video
Clare 
September 26, 2021
The twenty-seven pre-fabricated houses being erected at Orange Hill for families displaced from communities north of the Rabacca Dry River are expecte...
Gunmen shoot shopkeeper multiple times in Kingstown
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Gunmen shoot shopkeeper multiple times in Kingstown
Webmaster 
September 26, 2021
A man was shot dead in Kingstown between 8:15 and 8:30 tonight. According to eyewitnesses, Donald Neverson, who goes by the alias 'Merciless' had just...
Grenada’s oldest citizen dies at the age of 119
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Grenada’s oldest citizen dies at the age of 119
Clare 
September 25, 2021
The oldest citizen of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique, Leonora Massima Noel, whose age is recorded as 119, died on Friday morning after a batt...
Eighty-seven new Covid19 cases reported in SVG
Breaking News
Eighty-seven new Covid19 cases reported in SVG
Clare 
September 24, 2021
Eighty-seven new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 474 samples processed on Wednesday September 22 , 2021, resulting in a positivity rate  of...
SVG reports 119 new COVID19 cases and one death
Breaking News
SVG reports 119 new COVID19 cases and one death
Clare 
September 22, 2021
One hundred and nineteen new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 652 samples processed on Monday September 20 , 2021, resulting in a positivity...
SVG records two COVID19 deaths today
Breaking News
SVG records two COVID19 deaths today
Clare 
September 21, 2021
An 88-year-old female and a 51-year-old male died today from COVID 19 Pneumonia, the third and fourth Vincentians to die from complications associated...
Sixteen persons warded at Argyle Isolation Facility as active Covid19 cases soar to 475
Breaking News
Sixteen persons warded at Argyle Isolation Facility as active Covid19 cases soar to 475
Clare 
September 20, 2021
Sixteen COVID19 positive persons have been admitted to the Argyle Isolation Facility (AIF) as active cases of COVID19 in St Vincent and the Grenadines...
Sixty-three new Covid19 cases, 16 persons at Argyle Isolation Facility
Breaking News
Sixty-three new Covid19 cases, 16 persons at Argyle Isolation Facility
Clare 
September 19, 2021
Sixty-three (63) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from four hundred and forty-three (443) samples processed on Friday September 17th, 2021, r...
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
News
Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
Christina 
July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
News
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
News
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
News
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...

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