From the Courts
June 24, 2014
Jomarlo âMarloâ Dember is adamant that he only struck his victim once in the head with a bottle. The victim, however, sustained a wound during the...
From the Courts
June 24, 2014
Grenadian national Devon Nichols will go on trial on Monday, June 30, to face two immigration charges. Nichols appeared at the Kingstown Magistrateâ...
From the Courts
June 20, 2014
A student of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College who stole $1,700 from her guardian, will learn her fate after a social inquiry report...
From the Courts
June 20, 2014
The Incorporated Trustees of the Lower Bay School have won their case against the Rotary Club of Bequia.{{more}} In a judgement handed down on June 6,...
From the Courts
June 17, 2014
Fitz-Hughes residents Donell George, 30 and David Sandy, 27, were each granted $20,000 bail yesterday after appearing at the Kingstown Magistrateâs ...
From the Courts
June 17, 2014
Mark Lawrence said he stole seven packs of saltfish and two blocks of cheese because he was drunk.{{more}} For his breach of the law, magistrate Recha...
From the Courts
June 13, 2014
A teenager who slammed his ex-girlfriendâs head against a wall, causing her to bleed from her ear, has been placed on a six-month bond by the court....
From the Courts
June 13, 2014
The high court has ordered that lawyers for Antonio âQue Pasaâ Gellizeau be paid $163,231.35 for work done on an application to the court to exten...
From the Courts
June 13, 2014
The lawyer representing former registrar of the High Court Tamara Gibson Marks has indicated that should his client be required for an interview, she ...
From the Courts
June 6, 2014
A 21-year-old manâs refusal to adhere to the âno glass bottleâ policy ended up costing him $500. Joel Cain, a resident of Richland Park, appeare...
From the Courts
June 6, 2014
Three St Lucian nationals have been remanded at Her Majestyâs Prison after being nabbed in Mustique by police with a large quantity of marijuana.{{m...
From the Courts
June 3, 2014
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 A Vincentian man has been fined $25,000 for cannabis found on a yacht which he and his St Lucian girlfriend were on at the time.{{mo...
From the Courts
June 3, 2014
A tribunal at a sitting of the Court of Appeal on May 27 granted lawyers for Antonio âQue Pasaâ Gellizeau leave to appeal his conviction and sente...
From the Courts
May 30, 2014
A man of Largo Heights, who placed a gun to the head of a student and relieved her of a gold chain, was on Monday placed on a suspended one-year priso...
From the Courts
May 30, 2014
A week after pleading not guilty to shooting his stepfather, Ottley Hall resident Devron St John was slapped with three more charges earlier this week...
From the Courts
May 30, 2014
Five men of Campden Park are in custody after appearing at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court on Tuesday, charged with murder.{{more}} The men: Curt G...
From the Courts
May 27, 2014
The wife of a policeman, who has been on the run from local authorities since last year, now herself faces two charges before the court.{{more}} The w...
From the Courts
May 27, 2014
New Montrose resident Tevin Peters will return to court on August 5, 2014 to answer to a number of charges, including the attempted murder of business...
From the Courts
May 23, 2014
Over the next few months, prosecutors will attempt to tackle 78 matters at the High Courtâs Criminal Assizes.{{more}} The Assizes, which commenced o...
From the Courts
May 23, 2014
A look of disbelief came over Ricardo Samuelâs face Tuesday, when Magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias sentenced him to 15 months in prison for distu...
From the Courts
May 20, 2014
Michael DeBique maintained his innocence in court yesterday, on charges that he insulted a police officer.{{more}} DeBique, 44, a resident of Ottley H...
From the Courts
May 20, 2014
Chauncey resident Luzzetta Bowens broke into tears yesterday, as she pleaded guilty to possession of 1,880 grammes (four pounds) of marijuana, which s...
From the Courts
May 20, 2014
Ottley Hall resident Devron St John has been remanded in custody for allegedly shooting his stepfather Casbert Jordan, 52, of the same address.{{more}...
From the Courts
May 16, 2014
A 55-year-old plumber of Questelles was granted bail in the sum of $20,000 when he appeared at the Kingstown Magistrateâs Court on Monday, on an att...
From the Courts
May 16, 2014
Kimer Franklyn is now out on $40,000 bail after pleading not guilty to gun and ammunition charges.{{more}} The 21-year-old Ottley Hall resident appear...
From the Courts
May 13, 2014
Almost five years after beating a triple murder charge, Jason â2Bâ Henry, 31 and Rodney âP2â Roberts, 25, have found themselves facing another...
From the Courts
May 9, 2014
Two new High Court judges have been recently assigned to St Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} A release from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Bar A...
From the Courts
May 9, 2014
Six weeks after Nigel âThird Worldâ Regisford was shot in the leg, Wynard Mapp, a resident of Calder, has been arrested and charged in connection ...
From the Courts
May 9, 2014
Calvin Johnson has been remanded into custody, charged with the May 1 murder of his father, Calvin Jacobs.{{more}} The 24-year-old labourer appeared a...
From the Courts
May 2, 2014
Questelles resident Polito Spring punched a man in his mouth after the man suggested what Spring should do with a bag of fish he was carrying.{{more}}...
From the Courts
May 2, 2014
Leroy Cuffy so desperately wanted a cellular phone that he decided to trade marijuana to get one.{{more}} His plan did not come to fruition, however, ...
From the Courts
May 2, 2014
A Largo Heights man was fined $400 after he pleaded guilty to hitting his childâs mother, making her fall to the ground.{{more}} When he appeared at...
From the Courts
May 2, 2014
Mayreau resident Glenmore Grant, 27, has been granted bail in the sum of $20,000 after appearing at the Kingstown Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on a...
From the Courts
April 25, 2014
Lowmans Windward resident Laymond Harry, 34, has been remanded in custody for the murder of Kelborne Pope, 30, of Lauders.{{more}} Harry, a labourer, ...
From the Courts
April 25, 2014
Richland Park resident Dave Bobb was on Tuesday sentenced to six months imprisonment for theft of a sheep.{{more}} Bobb, who was charged under the Agr...
From the Courts
April 25, 2014
Jomo Thomas, lawyer for Lisa Hooper, says he will appeal the decision of magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias, who on Wednesday, at the Kingstown Magis...
From the Courts
April 17, 2014
A Vincentian sailor who was jailed for 14 years in the Cayman Islands for cocaine possession, will continue serving his sentence after the Court of Ap...
From the Courts
April 17, 2014
Lisa Hooper will now have to wait until April 28 to learn of her fate in the case in which she is charged with possession of cocaine found in beverage...
From the Courts
April 17, 2014
Resident High Court judge Frederick Bruce-Lyle says that it is unfair that this countryâs judiciary is only outfitted with two judges to deal with b...
From the Courts
April 17, 2014
Shanroy Browne says he plans to change and do something with his life.{{more}} Browne, 23, of Mesopotamia uttered these words to SEARCHLIGHT shortly a...
From the Courts
April 11, 2014
Two men are now out of a job after pleading guilty to stealing a number of electronic items from their former workplace, Courts St Vincent Limited.{{m...
From the Courts
April 11, 2014
A Byera woman told a court that she was angry that her daughter was travelling to a country to meet someone she barely knew, so she tore her passport,...
From the Courts
April 11, 2014
Outgoing Chief Magistrate Sonya Young, on Friday, praised reporters for their court reporting over her six years presiding as head at the Serious Offe...
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June 17, 2025
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
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has issued a stern warning about non-tolerance of certain behaviours usually heightened ...
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June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) invites managers, producers, artistes and members of the public to the 2025 Soca Monarch Preliminaries. The...
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June 13, 2025
Chevonne Stewart was formally introduced last Sunday, June 8, 2025, as the person the Unity Labour Party (ULP) intends to be its candidate for the Sou...
