From the Courts
May 24, 2016
The case in which a police officer Orlando Browne has been charged with shooting Kevin Neil in his upper thigh began yesterday at the Serious Offences...
From the Courts
May 20, 2016
Barbadian national Gregory Dottin was sentenced to one year imprisonment and fined $25,000 forthwith after being found at the E.T Joshua Airport with ...
From the Courts
May 13, 2016
In light of the recent wave of gun related crimes that has plagued St Vincent and the Grenadines, Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias, on Wednes...
From the Courts
May 13, 2016
May 27, 2016, has been set as the trial date to hear the election petitions filed by the New Democratic Party (NDP).{{more}} Lawyer for the petitioner...
From the Courts
May 10, 2016
A man caught in Kingstown with a firearm registered in Grenada to a Grenadian resident was remanded to Her Majestyâs Prison (HMP) for his own safeke...
From the Courts
May 10, 2016
Teenager Maverick Joseph, was, on Friday, May 6, charged with the murder of Police Constable 602 Giovanni Charles.{{more}} The 18-year-old, who is a r...
From the Courts
May 6, 2016
An Ottley Hall man was on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of $28,000, after he pleaded not guilty to three counts of illegal possession of ammunitio...
From the Courts
May 6, 2016
A Vermont man was on Tuesday fined $400 after being found with a cutlass at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) last Saturday, April 30.{{more}} ...
From the Courts
May 6, 2016
Everest Bynoe of Belmont is expected to reappear before the Serious Offences Court on May 11, after pleading not guilty to possession of an illegal fi...
From the Courts
May 6, 2016
Teary eyes, broken voices and sad faces; such was the scene of a tense Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the Rock Gutter incident at the Serious Offences ...
From the Courts
May 6, 2016
Former Deputy Commissioner of Police Bertie Pompey now sits as the new magistrate at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court. Pompey made his first court a...
From the Courts
April 29, 2016
Kimron Alves was Wednesday fined $5,000 after he was found with 2,188 grams of marijuana at the Grenadines wharf on Tuesday, April 26.{{more}} When Al...
From the Courts
April 29, 2016
Murder accused Veron Primus has racked up five other charges. Primus appeared at the Serious Offences Court on Thursday, charged with one count of kid...
From the Courts
April 29, 2016
Michaela Ambrose, the lawyer for murder accused Veron Primus said on Tuesday, that her clientâs rights were breached when detectives from the United...
From the Courts
April 29, 2016
In order to save time and money the respondents and the petitioners can come to an agreement to take the case to the court of appeal.{{more}} Justice ...
From the Courts
April 29, 2016
Humble, forthright and mannerly were the words senior law practitioners used to describe accused Bradley McClean, a Petit Martinique man, who unfortun...
From the Courts
April 29, 2016
ST JOHNâS, Antigua â The management of LIAT (1974) Ltd confirms that one of its employees is in police custody in Barbados, assisting law enforcem...
From the Courts
April 26, 2016
Yesterday, Station Sergeant Nolan Dallaway was all smiles at the Serious Offences Court, as a successful mobile patrol at Fancy last week Tuesday, Apr...
From the Courts
April 26, 2016
After being found with 118 pounds of marijuana last Thursday and remanded into custody on Friday, a Petit Martinique man was told yesterday that his s...
From the Courts
April 22, 2016
Former opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) Senator Vynette Frederick says that she is pleased that the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal has upheld ...
From the Courts
April 22, 2016
POLICE CONSTABLE Mayon Spring was, on Friday, sentenced to three years in prison for illegally removing 25 rounds of ammunition from the Calliaqua Pol...
From the Courts
April 19, 2016
After telling Chief Magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias that he was not a troublemaker, even though he was found with a firearm, a strange twist of ev...
From the Courts
April 12, 2016
Three men from the Grenadine island of Union rushed from the Serious Offences Court yesterday, after a murder case against them was dismissed because ...
From the Courts
April 8, 2016
A security officer has been charged with assault and resisting arrest.{{more}} Bertron Providence, an employee of Guardsman (SVG) Ltd, appeared before...
From the Courts
April 8, 2016
The Firearms Licensing Board has revoked the licence of Jonathan Diego Francis to hold a firearm.{{more}} Francis was served with notice of the revoca...
From the Courts
April 8, 2016
A 22-year-old resident of Chauncey was on Wednesday sent to the Mental Health Centre (MHC) for observation, after he appeared before the Serious Offen...
From the Courts
April 5, 2016
A Rilland Hill man in his early twenties left the defendantâs stand at the Serious Offences court with a smirk on his face, after being slapped on t...
From the Courts
April 5, 2016
A resident of Riley in the Marriaqua Valley is out on $25,000 bail after pleading not guilty to stealing several jugs of cooking oil from the Double H...
From the Courts
April 5, 2016
Chair of the Carnival Bands Association (CBA) Hugh Ragguette is expected to return to court later this year to answer charges of fraud.{{more}} When R...
From the Courts
April 1, 2016
A Rilland Hill man was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this week after being found with 106 pounds of marijuana at his home.{{more}} The sent...
From the Courts
April 1, 2016
Jonathan Diego Francis of Queenâs Drive is expected to return to court on April 14 to answer a gun-related charge.{{more}} Francis was charged that ...
From the Courts
March 24, 2016
A resident of New Montrose was, up to press time, in police custody after he was found with an unlicensed firearm at his home earlier this week.{{more...
From the Courts
March 24, 2016
A mother was brought to tears on Monday after her son was shown mercy at the Serious Offences Court.{{more}} The 20-year-old college dropout was broug...
From the Courts
March 18, 2016
Corporal 333 Gamal Bowens was praised at the Serious Offences Court last Tuesday for having a case file ready, so that swift justice could be served.{...
From the Courts
March 18, 2016
Police Constable Elron Lewis on Wednesday had a whopping 16 charges added to the three counts of deception he already faces. Lewis, 26, first appeared...
From the Courts
March 18, 2016
A businessman and freelance reporter is expected to appear before the Chateaubelair court next Thursday, where he would answer charges of receiving st...
From the Courts
March 18, 2016
A national of St Lucia is expected to be sentenced at the Serious Offences Court today after he pleaded guilty last Tuesday to having guns and ammunit...
From the Courts
March 18, 2016
Sheldon Bain, popularly known as âDutch,â has been sentenced to 80 years in prison in Grenada.{{more}} After spending 11 years in St Vincent and t...
From the Courts
March 8, 2016
Police officers were placed in an uncomfortable position yesterday, as they gave evidence against fellow officer constable Mayon Spring at the Serious...
From the Courts
March 8, 2016
Questelles resident Ricardo Samuel yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges he faces in relation to a fire that was set at the ULP South Leeward consti...
From the Courts
February 23, 2016
Despite warnings and the publication in SEARCHLIGHT of the number of persons caught trying to smuggle illegal drugs through the Grenadines wharf, peop...
From the Courts
February 12, 2016
A resident of Questelles has been charged in connection with a fire that broke out last week at the constituency office of Unity Labour Party (ULP) ca...
From the Courts
February 2, 2016
A preliminary inquiry into an armed robbery that occurred at Rockies last year is scheduled to begin next week.{{more}} Nikita Roberts will appear bef...
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Nearly 138 million children were engaged in child labour in 2024, including around 54 million in hazardous work likely to jeopardize their health, saf...
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June 17, 2025
Collin Butler, a Vincentian storyteller and comedian, who resides in the Virgin Island, has launched a Children’s book, ‘Island Adventure: Caribbean T...
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June 17, 2025
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