From the Courts
September 30, 2016
Four students have already taken the stand as a Preliminary Inquiry into the Rock Gutter incident began at the Serious Offences Court on Tuesday, Sept...
From the Courts
September 27, 2016
A fourth form student of a secondary school on the outskirts of Kingstown left the Serious Offences Court yesterday with a slap on the wrist, after he...
From the Courts
September 27, 2016
The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) last Friday filed an appeal in the matter in which Police Constable Orthwel âOBâ John was ...
From the Courts
September 27, 2016
The crown has brought 17 additional charges against Tedroy McCree, a Peniston man alleged to have scammed persons through false promises of employment...
From the Courts
September 27, 2016
Magistrate at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court Bertie Pompey is adamant that he was not intimidated by lawyer Kay Bacchus-Baptiste into recusing him...
From the Courts
September 23, 2016
Two teenagers pleaded not guilty at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday to having in their possession a controlled substance. Tafari Greaves, 18, ...
From the Courts
September 23, 2016
Chaos erupted outside the Serious Offences Court yesterday morning after an Ottley Hall man was sent to prison for the illegal possession of a firearm...
From the Courts
September 16, 2016
Another Magistrate has made the decision to recuse themselves from hearing a case which involves proprietor of Nice Radio Douglas âDougieâ DeFreit...
From the Courts
September 16, 2016
Stoney Ground resident Geovanni Williams barely escaped being sent to prison when he appeared at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court in Paulâs Avenue...
From the Courts
September 13, 2016
Sandy Bay resident Lloyd Nanton-Ballantyne was given the option to pay $5,000 or spend the next six months in jail, after he pleaded guilty to having ...
From the Courts
September 9, 2016
The bail of three men who were charged, early last month, with possession of cocaine and conspiracy to commit drug trafficking, was significantly rais...
From the Courts
September 9, 2016
A case in which a Vincentian and a Trinidadian are accused of having collaborated to smuggle cocaine into Bequia in 12 five-gallon buckets of paint co...
From the Courts
September 6, 2016
Two outspoken lawyers here have strongly argued that a nine-month long drug case, involving a national of Trinidad and Tobago and a Vincentian man, be...
From the Courts
September 2, 2016
After having being shot in the leg during an attempted burglary on May 14, 2016, Kelroy Richards was found guilty of criminal trespass on Tuesday at t...
From the Courts
August 30, 2016
Proprietor of Nice Radio (96.7 FM) Douglas âDougieâ DeFreitas pleaded not guilty yesterday to 10 additional charges that on December 10, 2015, he ...
From the Courts
August 26, 2016
A suitcase with 2.4 kilograms of cocaine, estimated to be worth £100,000 by the United Kingdomâs National Crime Agency (NCA), has landed a Union Is...
From the Courts
August 23, 2016
A 20-year-old Edinboro resident will spend the next three months at Her Majestyâs prison after pleading guilty to wounding his father.{{more}} When ...
From the Courts
August 23, 2016
A well-known character around Kingstown was yesterday fined $150 for striking an equally well-known character Vincent âBlakeyâ Cuffy.{{more}} Roha...
From the Courts
August 16, 2016
A chef employed at an Asian restaurant here was yesterday fined $200 for hitting his co-worker with a wet towel.{{more}} Cane Garden resident Chunla W...
From the Courts
August 16, 2016
Prominent lawyer Jomo Thomas is calling on magistrates to do a means test before imposing a fine on someone found guilty of an offence. He said if an ...
From the Courts
August 12, 2016
Derek Minors, the manager of Greaves Supermarket Pembroke, was on Wednesday fined $500, after he pleaded guilty to possession of 352 grams of cannabis...
From the Courts
August 12, 2016
The police in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are exerting their efforts in the wrong direction. So says attorney Grant Connell, who made his opin...
From the Courts
August 9, 2016
Veteran lawyer Bayliss Frederick has replaced Kay Bacchus-Baptiste as counsel to political activist Luzette King in a matter King has before the court...
From the Courts
August 5, 2016
A Union Island man and two Prospect residents were on Wednesday charged with possession of cocaine and conspiracy to commit drug trafficking.{{more}} ...
From the Courts
July 29, 2016
The prosecution should be commended for limiting to three months, Paul âI-Maddâ Scrubbâs wait before he returns to court to answer charges of ut...
From the Courts
July 26, 2016
Old Montrose resident Devon âChiefmanâ Charles is expected to appear at the Serious Offences Court today, charged with the Thursday July 23, 2015 ...
From the Courts
July 26, 2016
A Block 2000 man was yesterday fined $700, after he was found with three rocks of cocaine.{{more}} When he appeared before the Serious Offences Court,...
From the Courts
July 26, 2016
Five Vermont men have been remanded in custody, after being charged with the murder of Union Island resident Kamau Jones.{{more}} Yesterday, Bridon Jo...
From the Courts
July 22, 2016
Radio personality Colin Graham was, on Wednesday, fined $600, after pleading guilty to three of the five charges initially brought against him in Marc...
From the Courts
July 19, 2016
Yesterday at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court, three former employees of the St Vincent Brewery Limited pleaded guilty to the charge of theft.{{more...
From the Courts
July 19, 2016
A New Montrose resident was yesterday fined $1,100 for using indecent and threatening language towards the supervisor of elections Sylvia Findlay. Whe...
From the Courts
July 15, 2016
âWhy did you resort to using a weapon on, as the Bible says, âthe weaker sexâ?â{{more}} This question was asked by magistrate Bertie Pompey wh...
From the Courts
July 15, 2016
Less than one week after Ari Shaw and three other young men were found guilty of fighting in a public place on JâOuvert morning, attorney Grant Conn...
From the Courts
July 12, 2016
"Officer, I was feeling bad and I smell the Alcolado and put it in my pocket and forget it.â This was Casmore Fraserâs explanation for shoplifting...
From the Courts
July 12, 2016
When his client appeared before the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court yesterday, lawyer Jomo Thomas pleaded with magistrate Bertie Pompey to sternly warn...
From the Courts
July 12, 2016
Jemark âParch Nutsâ Jackson is again before the courts and this time has been charged with attempted murder and robbery. The young man, who is wel...
From the Courts
July 1, 2016
It may seem that possession of an unlicensed firearm is the trend among some young men in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).{{more}} Last month, Car...
From the Courts
June 28, 2016
A man of Asian descent was yesterday charged with assault at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court.{{more}} Cane Garden resident Chunla Wu was charged th...
From the Courts
June 24, 2016
The âTake the Illegal Firearm off the Streetsâ (TIFOS) initiative by the police seems to be paying off, as a number of persons have appeared in co...
From the Courts
June 24, 2016
A South Rivers man who alleges that he was severely beaten by police officers in his hometown on Saturday, June 18, will re-appear in court on Wednesd...
From the Courts
June 24, 2016
A man who was found guilty at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday became annoyed when he was photographed by a journalist and issued threats to th...
From the Courts
June 24, 2016
For the second time in two days, magistrate Bertie Pompey has recused himself from a matter which was before him at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court...
From the Courts
June 24, 2016
A deportation order was made for two Sri Lankan natives, following their appearance before the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court this week.{{more}} Jeeva...
News
October 10, 2025
Gabriel ‘Webb’ Smart informed the Cabinet on Wednesday, October, 1 2025, that he does not want a full time job with the Ministry of Agriculture. He re...
News
October 10, 2025
Criminals attempting to move between the four Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries that from this month began allowing the unrestricted movement of...
News
October 10, 2025
For the first time, the Division of Technical and Vocational Education (DTVE) of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGC), has recor...
From the Courts, News
October 10, 2025
A Largo Height man was ordered to compensate his sister $2,500 after he smashed her washing machine because the noise bothered him. Kenton Harris appe...
News
October 10, 2025
Seventy-five young Vincentian farmers are receiving training courses in smart agricultural techniques through the Embassy of the Republic of China on ...
