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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
From the Courts
February 2, 2016
Two Bequia residents yesterday pleaded not guilty to gun, ammunition and drug charges at the Serious Offences Court. Dexter Stowe and McArthur Leache ...
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February 2, 2016
Over the weekend the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force performed a hat-trick in making three consecuti...
From the Courts
January 29, 2016
An officer of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVPF) is scheduled to appear before the Serious Offences Court on March 1, after ...
From the Courts
January 29, 2016
Lawyer Grant Connell stood firm in disagreement on Wednesday, when he told the Serious Offences Court that his Trinidadian clients did not deserve the...
From the Courts
January 26, 2016
Benjamin Exeter, the New Democratic Party (NDP) politician who has been slapped with four charges in relation to an incident on December 29, 2015, wil...
From the Courts
January 22, 2016
When Denzil âScammieâ Sam was sentenced to six years in prison last Tuesday at the Serious Offences Court, he made his displeasure clear. âYou c...
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January 22, 2016
Political activist Luzette King is expected to appear before the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court on February 12, 2016. King, who should have appeared i...
From the Courts
January 15, 2016
A Venezuelan who overstayed his time here had his case dismissed by the court last Monday. According to information given in court, Isietro Torres Mar...
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January 12, 2016
The man apprehended for the shooting of Dexter Rodney at Rose Place last year says the gun he is being accused of using is not his. Ottley Hall reside...
From the Courts
January 8, 2016
A teenager was sentenced to five years in prison after he handed over a firearm and ammunition to police and told them he wants to go to jail. Clinton...
From the Courts
December 29, 2015
âIt was a good day for law enforcement and the rule of law.â This statement was made by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Colin Williams at th...
From the Courts
December 22, 2015
St Lucian national Javy Christopher was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to having 400 pounds of marijuana in hi...
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December 22, 2015
A male student at one of the medical schools operating here was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $12,000, after he pleaded not guilty to a charge ...
From the Courts
December 11, 2015
Wanted man Denzil Sam, also known âScammie,â armed with a firearm and seven rounds of ammunition was caught by the police on Thursday, December 3,...
From the Courts
November 27, 2015
Police constable 425 Sedan Searles has been cleared of unlawfully shooting a man who had said he was in handcuffs when Searles shot him in his leg. "I...
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November 17, 2015
A preliminary inquiry has begun into the road traffic incident that resulted in the death of Edgar Cruickshank last December.{{more}} Antwone âQuinc...
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November 13, 2015
Three residents of Fancy were charged on Wednesday with causing the death of seven fellow villagers in a tragic accident at Rock Gutter, on January 12...
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November 10, 2015
The preliminary inquiry into charges brought against Union Island residents Benjamin Harvey and Vincent Dember began at the Serious Offences Court yes...
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November 10, 2015
Arnos Vale residents Don Noel, Alwyn Cadore and Kaison Matheson will spend the next week in suspense after their matter was adjourned at the Serious O...
From the Courts
November 10, 2015
Junior Gomez, a 26-year-old farmer of Trinidad and Tobago and 41-year-old Gabrielle Hutchins, a chef of Bequia, appeared before the Kingstown Magistra...
From the Courts
October 30, 2015
Convicted murderer Sheldon âDutchâ Bain has been freed of two murder charges here.{{more}} On October 22, 2015, at the High Courtâs Criminal Ass...
From the Courts
October 30, 2015
Lowmans Leeward resident Roderick Alexander will be sentenced on November 30 for causing the death of David âDaveâ Williams, 35, cart operator of ...
From the Courts
October 30, 2015
Joyce Bobb will spend her Christmas holidays a free woman. Unfortunately, she will have to visit her common-law husband in jail.{{more}} The Richland ...
From the Courts
October 30, 2015
For the second time in two years, Collin âCocoaâ David has been cleared of a charge of murder. The most recent instance came on Thursday, October ...
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October 23, 2015
Ottley Hall resident Lara Carter walked away from the Serious Offences Court a free man on Tuesday, after the prosecution withdrew firearm related cha...
From the Courts
October 23, 2015
A 24-year-old Ottley Hall resident is now in custody, having been charged with the murder of New Montrose resident, Dexter Weekes. Junior Nash appeare...
From the Courts
October 23, 2015
A charge of death by reckless driving has been laid against Fountain resident Richard Bardoo, following the death of nine-year-old Cunjah Browne, who ...
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August 5, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), through the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will take part in the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in September...
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August 5, 2025
A group of eight experts arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on July 31, 2025, to assist the government in further development of this coun...
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August 5, 2025
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in collaboration with this country’s Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment (MOHWE) concluded a...
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August 5, 2025
New Democratic Party candidate for the East St George Constituency in the upcoming general elections, Lavern Gibson-Velox, is predicting that her coun...
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July 31, 2025
LEADER OFTHE OPPOSITION New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr Godwin Friday, said despite the several negative issues that have been revealed about the Citiz...
