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Salvation Army exceeds 2017 ‘Kettle Appeal’ target
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Salvation Army exceeds 2017 ‘Kettle Appeal’ target
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January 12, 2018
The commanding officer of the Salvation Army in St Vincent and the Grenadines has dubbed 2017 a blessed year as the organization’s annual ‘Christm...
Gonsalves family receives letter demanding money
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Gonsalves family receives letter demanding money
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January 9, 2018
The fashion model, who was last week remanded for psychiatric evaluation, has allegedly demanded thousands of dollars from the family of Prime Ministe...
Vincentians repent, seek God or great destruction is ahead says prophet
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Vincentians repent, seek God or great destruction is ahead says prophet
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January 9, 2018
Phillip Hamlet has brought a message, like Jonas did, that Vincentians should repent and seek God’s face, or there would be great destruction. “I ...
Outstanding performances in RSVGFP  recognized
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Outstanding performances in RSVGFP recognized
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January 5, 2018
Over 60 police officers, some of whom recently retired, have been recognized by the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) for outs...
Marshall loses post as Deputy Consul General
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Marshall loses post as Deputy Consul General
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January 5, 2018
Xandra Marshall will no longer take up the post of deputy consul general at the consulate of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in New York, for whic...
AI Real Estate: Oldest and best in the business
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AI Real Estate: Oldest and best in the business
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December 29, 2017
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), with its picturesque natural beauty and tropical climate, is the property owner’s dream. But, how do you connec...
Botanic Gardens – Best Tourist Site of SVG, Best Lit Garden
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Botanic Gardens – Best Tourist Site of SVG, Best Lit Garden
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December 29, 2017
With 20 sprawling acres of majestic trees and beautiful flowers, along with its historic significance in the Western Hemisphere, there is little wonde...
Voting in Best of SVG 2018 to  begin next week
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Voting in Best of SVG 2018 to begin next week
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December 29, 2017
For the second time, residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will be given the opportunity to vote for the people and businesses they think p...
‘No way you could count all these lights!’ – Samuel
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‘No way you could count all these lights!’ – Samuel
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December 22, 2017
No one and nothing could have prevented nine-year veteran to the National Nine Mornings lighting-up competition, Jimmy Samuel, from covering his house...
Hundreds brave cold weather to pay  respects to Haywood
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Hundreds brave cold weather to pay respects to Haywood
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December 22, 2017
by Tricia Reddock Hundreds braved the snowy night in celebration of the life of Maxwell ‘Iwaki’ Haywood on Friday, December 15 in Brooklyn, NY, US...
EasySky leaves several people stranded in SVG and Cuba
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EasySky leaves several people stranded in SVG and Cuba
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December 22, 2017
by Lyf Compton EasySky, the Honduras based airline that had been bringing scores of Cuban shoppers to St Vincent since June, has stopped its flights i...
Cisco, DIGICEL sign agreement to boost digitalization agenda
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Cisco, DIGICEL sign agreement to boost digitalization agenda
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December 19, 2017
Cisco, the worldwide technology leader, and Digicel, a major telecommunication services provider, covering a wide territory in the Caribbean, have sig...
Student nurses stage ‘Operation lifeguard’
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Student nurses stage ‘Operation lifeguard’
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December 19, 2017
The Owia Salt Pond recreational park was a hive of activity on Friday, December 15, 2017, when 50 final year student nurses staged a mass casualty man...
JoChe – new way to buy Christmas gifts
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JoChe – new way to buy Christmas gifts
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December 15, 2017
Persons for whom purchasing Christmas gifts is a taxing exercise now have some help. That help comes in the form of JoChe Classics, a catalogue launch...
Man ordered to pay for boxing woman in the eye
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Man ordered to pay for boxing woman in the eye
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December 15, 2017
A 23-year-old man has been ordered to compensate the mother of his child $1,500 for boxing her in the eye. When Ricardo Letteen, a resident of Diamond...
Elderly man to answer charge of damaging washbasin at AIA
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Elderly man to answer charge of damaging washbasin at AIA
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December 12, 2017
Raphael Patterson, the man alleged to have been so overtaken by rage that he damaged a washbasin at the Argyle International Airport (AIA), returns to...
Awards presented in Greiggs Softball Cricket Competition 2017
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Awards presented in Greiggs Softball Cricket Competition 2017
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December 12, 2017
Outstanding achievers were presented with the trophies and prizes when the 2017 St Vincent Brewery/FLOW/Sea Operations Nar Fren Dem Greiggs 20/20 Soft...
GHS dramatists bag eight awards at regional drama festival
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GHS dramatists bag eight awards at regional drama festival
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December 8, 2017
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) made a strong impression at a Regional Theatre Arts Festival in Antigua and Barbuda last week, as former and curre...
GHS wins U.S. Embassy’s STEM Video Competition for SVG
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GHS wins U.S. Embassy’s STEM Video Competition for SVG
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December 8, 2017
The St. Vincent Girls’ High School has won the U.S. Embassy’s STEM Video Competition for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). The contest, which ...
The mysteriousness of obeah in SVG
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The mysteriousness of obeah in SVG
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December 5, 2017
by Shana Jones Why is obeah so mysterious in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)? Why do people speak of it in hushed tones, peering anxiously around ...
Adoption services advertisement unlawful, say authorities
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Adoption services advertisement unlawful, say authorities
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December 5, 2017
An advertisement which recently appeared in a local newspaper offering private attorney assisted adoption services, contravenes the laws of St Vincent...
Calder man wants custody  of his son
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Calder man wants custody of his son
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December 5, 2017
Calder resident Cauldric Henry is calling on the relevant authorities to help him gain custody of his son. Henry explained to SEARCHLIGHT that for sev...
Sandy Bay residents still trying to cope one year after disaster
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Sandy Bay residents still trying to cope one year after disaster
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December 5, 2017
One year on, some residents of Sandy Bay are still trying to put their lives together, after the passage of a trough system that caused widespread dam...
SVG, Qatar to embark on cultural exchanges soon
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SVG, Qatar to embark on cultural exchanges soon
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December 1, 2017
Cultural exchanges will soon take place between St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and Quatar, which will see people moving between both countries. M...
Cops  get  fit with Be Fit
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Cops get fit with Be Fit
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December 1, 2017
Twenty-five police officers, last Monday at the Arnos Vale Playing Field, began a one-month stint with the Be Fit Movement, with the overall aim of ge...
Fitness Lab – going the extra mile to stand out
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Fitness Lab – going the extra mile to stand out
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November 28, 2017
The property changed hands in February, 2016 and, after four months of extensive, internal renovations, the gym was again ready to re-open its doors u...
UWIOC students get bursaries from Mustique Charitable Trust
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UWIOC students get bursaries from Mustique Charitable Trust
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November 28, 2017
Four students of the University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC) have received bursaries from the Mustique Charitable Trust (MCT) to assist them...
Retired Methodist Minister tells his inspiring life story
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Retired Methodist Minister tells his inspiring life story
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November 28, 2017
Thought to be the first ever autobiography of a minister of religion in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), “Memoirs of a Methodist Minister” pro...
Lawyer appointed Honorary Consul of Poland to SVG
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Lawyer appointed Honorary Consul of Poland to SVG
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November 24, 2017
Barrister-at-Law Julian Jack has been appointed to serve as honorary consul of the Republic of Poland to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Although...
Man who drank hand sanitizer had a hard time – Mom
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Man who drank hand sanitizer had a hard time – Mom
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November 24, 2017
The mother of Shemmar Baptiste, the Sandy Bay man who recently drank hand sanitizer in court, says her son has struggled with challenges since he was ...
20 packages of cannabis slip through Argyle International
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20 packages of cannabis slip through Argyle International
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November 24, 2017
An investigation is underway at the Argyle International Airport (AIA) to determine how luggage containing 20 packages of cannabis passed through that...
15 students certified as PADI Open Water divers
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15 students certified as PADI Open Water divers
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November 21, 2017
Fifteen students of secondary and post secondary institutions in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have been certified as PADI Open Water divers. Th...
Handyman jailed for stealing garlic to season tri tri
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Handyman jailed for stealing garlic to season tri tri
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November 21, 2017
Colin Williams, a 46-year-old “handyman” of Georgetown, will spend the next six months behind bars for the theft of four bags of garlic. Williams ...
SVGS, PBSS, husband and wife duo win in NTRC I2 competition
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SVGS, PBSS, husband and wife duo win in NTRC I2 competition
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November 17, 2017
The Argyle International Airport (AIA) now has a working mobile application prototype, thanks to the St Vincent Grammar School (SVGS) duo of Jared Nic...
Trinidadian author offers books to help other victims of sexual abuse
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Trinidadian author offers books to help other victims of sexual abuse
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November 17, 2017
For persons who have been victims of sexual abuse, Trinidadian author Cheryl Ann Gajhadar is offering her two-book series to help ease what they are g...
Coastguard  seizes 373 pounds of cannabis
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Coastguard seizes 373 pounds of cannabis
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November 17, 2017
Nine sacks of cannabis thrown overboard from a speedboat prompted the captain of the boat to plead guilty to drug possession and the passenger to say ...
Steel Expressions promises to be captivating and culturally diverse
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Steel Expressions promises to be captivating and culturally diverse
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November 14, 2017
Steel Expressions International, which takes place on December 30, promises to take quality entertainment to a new culturally diverse level. At a medi...
‘Bail me please,’ man begs arresting officer
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‘Bail me please,’ man begs arresting officer
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November 14, 2017
An Edinboro man who was charged with assault against his girlfriend last Friday asked his arresting officer to make bail for him after he could not fi...
Boy badly beaten by stepdad over homework
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Boy badly beaten by stepdad over homework
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November 14, 2017
A disc jockey of Sandy Bay will spend the next nine months behind bars for physically abusing his stepson. Calvert ‘DJ Blackseran’ John, appeared ...
Opportunities available for local start-ups during Global Entrepreneurship Week
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Opportunities available for local start-ups during Global Entrepreneurship Week
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November 10, 2017
An idea to inspire people everywhere to unleash their ideas and begin their entrepreneurial journey has developed into a global movement, of which St ...
Byera woman remanded on four counts of Shoplifting
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Byera woman remanded on four counts of Shoplifting
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November 10, 2017
Byera resident Shakel Chance has been remanded for one week, after she pleaded guilty to four counts of theft on Monday, November 6 at the Georgetown ...
Dr Niyan Fraser  – Ready to share  his knowledge   with the world
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Dr Niyan Fraser – Ready to share his knowledge with the world
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November 10, 2017
Dr Niyan Fraser, a business and entrepreneurship researcher and academic is ready to share his knowledge with the world, starting with his own country...
Young Vincentians quiz Leader of the Opposition
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Young Vincentians quiz Leader of the Opposition
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November 7, 2017
“How are you going to make life better for young people?,” was the question posed to Leader of the Opposition Dr Godwin Friday, by those who atten...
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Five out of Ten  for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
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Five out of Ten for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
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June 27, 2025
In any school setting, a score of five out of ten would be considered below average but for the Sugar Mill Academy, who copped five out of the top ten...
Hard work pays off for Korey
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Hard work pays off for Korey
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June 27, 2025
(Korey Micah Lavia, Lowman’s Leeward Anglican School) While Kenroy has been away providing for his family as a seaman, his wife Venola, who works as a...
Adrina places first for girls overall in CPEA
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Adrina places first for girls overall in CPEA
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June 27, 2025
(Adrina Ledger, Sugar Mill Academy ) Aspiring lawyer with a green thumb, Adrina Ledger, has emerged as the top girl in the country. She told SEARCHLIG...
Make your weak subjects become strong and your strong subjects … Mason
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Make your weak subjects become strong and your strong subjects … Mason
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June 27, 2025
(Mason Rayshaud Williams, New Grounds Primary School) When Mason Rayshaud Williams, a student of the New Grounds Primary School, learnt about his resu...
Raffique scores  100  percent  in Science
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Raffique scores 100 percent in Science
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June 27, 2025
(Raffique Latchman, Sion Hill Government School ) Science and Mathematics lover, Raffique Latchman, can brag of being the only student in St Vincent a...

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