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Vincentian deported from Canada fined for marijuana possession
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February 14, 2014
A 27-year-old woman who was recently deported from Canada after serving time for importing narcotics was on Wednesday, at the Kingstown Magistrate’s...
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Victoria Village resident on deception and theft charges
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February 14, 2014
Victoria Village resident Noel Bynoe will return to court on February 26, on deception and theft charges.{{more}} Bynoe, who was recently nabbed by po...
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Men charged with C.K. Greaves robbery
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February 14, 2014
Police sources have disclosed that two people are in custody in connection with the armed robbery of C.K. Greaves’ Wholesale Division last Friday.{{...
Rockies man sentenced to 15 years in prison
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Rockies man sentenced to 15 years in prison
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February 14, 2014
Fri Feb 14, 2014 Repeat robbery convict Kyle Bacchus was earlier this week given a new 15- year prison sentence.{{more}} Bacchus, a resident of Rockie...
British national sentenced to two years on exportation, conspiracy charges
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British national sentenced to two years on exportation, conspiracy charges
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February 14, 2014
Nathan Smith, the British national who was nabbed at the E.T. Joshua Airport with liquid cocaine in three beverage cans was yesterday, sentenced to tw...
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Magistrate gives bicycle to youth
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February 14, 2014
Magistrate Rickie Burnett did something on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court that has person lauding him for his actions.{{more}} A 16-yea...
Van driver involved in fight with police jailed
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Van driver involved in fight with police jailed
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February 14, 2014
Eliyet Guy’s eyes opened widely when magistrate Rechanne Browne-Matthias found the van driver guilty of assaulting police officer Chet Solomon on We...
Labourer of Owia  facing murder charge
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Labourer of Owia facing murder charge
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February 11, 2014
Alexis Baptiste, a labourer of Owia and Chateaubelair has been charged with the murder of 18-year-old Dillon John of Campden Park.{{more}} Baptiste ap...
Barrouallie resident charged with murder
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Barrouallie resident charged with murder
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February 11, 2014
A 48-year-old man of Barrouallie has been charged with the murder of Grafton Richardson, also of the same address.{{more}} Sydney Coombs was hauled be...
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65 cases at the Criminal Assizes
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February 7, 2014
Sixty-five matters are down for trial at this month’s sitting of the Criminal Assizes.{{more}} The assizes officially opened on February 4, at the H...
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Men to stand trial in August for murder
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February 7, 2014
The next time murder accused Shunna Jack, 30, and Rackene Maingot, 19, appear in court, they will do so at the next practical sitting of the High Cour...
Campden Park woman to stand trail for cocaine in Hairoun product cans
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Campden Park woman to stand trail for cocaine in Hairoun product cans
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February 7, 2014
Campden Park resident Lisa Hooper will go on trial on February 21, to answer to three charges in relation to cocaine found in three Hairoun product ca...
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Grenadian man remanded on ammunition charges
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February 4, 2014
A Grenadian national was yesterday remanded in custody after pleading not guilty to ammunition charges.{{more}} Mogabe Baptiste, appeared at the Serio...
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Pregnant woman pleads guilty to possession of cannabis
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February 4, 2014
A pregnant woman of Fancy was fined $2,500 yesterday, Monday after pleading guilty to possession of cannabis.{{more}} Dana Bowens, appeared at the Ser...
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Bequia woman nabbed with cannabis in bra
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February 4, 2014
A self-employed woman of Union Vale, Bequia was yesterday fined for possession of marijuana found in her bra and in a paper bag.{{more}} Mozet John di...
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Teenagers to stand trial for wounding couple in Union Island
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February 4, 2014
The two accused in the recent highly publicized Union Island yacht chopping incident are to go before judge and jury in the High Court at the next pra...
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College student fined $400 for using threatening language
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February 4, 2014
The Community College student who video-taped a fight between a van driver and a police officer has been charged for comments captured by his own reco...
English man to be sentenced today on drug charges
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English man to be sentenced today on drug charges
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February 4, 2014
The 22-year-old English man who pleaded guilty to three charges related to liquid cocaine found in beverage cans, will be sentenced today, at the Seri...
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Teen back in court with seven charges
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January 31, 2014
Less than two weeks after being placed on a bond for stealing a man’s credit card and going on a shopping spree, 16-year-old Kareem Abbott found him...
Que Pasa’s appeal to be heard in May
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Que Pasa’s appeal to be heard in May
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January 31, 2014
Antonio “Que Pasa” Gellizeau will have his appeal matter heard at the next sitting of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in May.{{more}} On Tue...
‘Gold Teeth’ held in contempt of court
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‘Gold Teeth’ held in contempt of court
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January 24, 2014
Inspector Calvin “Gold Teeth” Glasgow, one of the nation’s best known traffic cops, found himself on the wrong side of the law, at the Serious O...
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Vincentian arrested in Barbados
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January 21, 2014
Fancy resident Ijahsha Stay, will appear in the Barbados District E/Holetown Magistrate’s Court tomorrow to answer illegal entry charges after his a...
Colonarie woman charged with manslaughter of newborn baby
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Colonarie woman charged with manslaughter of newborn baby
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January 21, 2014
Following completion of a Preliminary Inquiry into the death of her newborn baby boy, J’Verne Fernandez will have to answer to a charge of manslaugh...
Five Haitians deported after overstaying
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Five Haitians deported after overstaying
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January 21, 2014
Five Haitian nationals were yesterday ordered to be removed from the country after they pleaded guilty to overstaying their time here.{{more}} The fiv...
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Pierre still on remand in BVI
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January 17, 2014
Sixteen months after a drug bust, Vincentian Glenroy Pierre is still awaiting trial in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).{{more}} According to an artic...
Vincentian men freed of drug offences in BVI
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Vincentian men freed of drug offences in BVI
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January 17, 2014
Vincentians Dexter Chance, Gareth McDowall and Carlos Sutherland, who had been serving time in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) for drug offences, on ...
16-year-old boy goes on shopping spree with stolen debit card
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16-year-old boy goes on shopping spree with stolen debit card
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January 17, 2014
A 16-year-old boy went on a quite a shopping spree after he stole a debit card from a man who had given him in a ride in his car.{{more}} Kareem Abbot...
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Nurse charged with obstruction
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January 14, 2014
Lafleur Spring Jackson, a 40-year-old nursing assistant of Georgetown, has been arrested and charged.{{more}} She was charged with obstructing police ...
Prosecution drops charges against agricultural officer
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Prosecution drops charges against agricultural officer
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January 14, 2014
The charges of theft and conspiracy to steal government funds, which had been brought against agricultural officer Ruthvyn Harper have been dropped.{{...
Charges not an abuse of process – Magistrate
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Charges not an abuse of process – Magistrate
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January 10, 2014
An application by lawyers for Opposition senator Vynnette Frederick, that nine charges against her be dismissed, has been turned down.{{more}} On Wedn...
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Rockies man out on $32,000 bail for 12 charges of deception
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January 7, 2014
A Rockies man has been granted bail in the sum of $32,000 after being slapped with 12 charges of deception.{{more}} Sean Chewitt, 23, pleaded not guil...
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Cane End resident admits to stealing, selling brother’s pig
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January 7, 2014
His financial pressures were just too much for Michael Thomas, so he did the unthinkable.{{more}} Thomas, a Cane End resident, stole one of his brothe...
Welcome resident charged with murder
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Welcome resident charged with murder
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January 7, 2014
Ian Abbott’s next court appearance will be before the Serious Offences Court when it sits later this week.{{more}} Abbott, 33, a labourer of Welcome...
From the Courts
Salesman pleads not guilty to possession of firearm
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January 3, 2014
Cannie Ballantyne, a 32-year-old salesman of Glen, was granted $15,000 bail on Monday, after he pleaded not guilty to possession of a nine millimetre ...
Lowmans man pleads guilty to head-butting police officer
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Lowmans man pleads guilty to head-butting police officer
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January 3, 2014
Oswald Moore says he was in a drunken stupor when he head-butted and injured a police officer.{{more}} Moore, a resident of Lowmans Leeward, appeared ...
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$40,000 bail granted to another individual charged in Kingstown Park house demolition case
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December 27, 2013
Another person has been charged in the matter involving the demolition of a house at Kingstown Park.{{more}} Kingstown Park resident Oswaldo Cummings ...
Three cleared of charges of murder of New Montrose man; given bail on robbery charges
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Three cleared of charges of murder of New Montrose man; given bail on robbery charges
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December 27, 2013
Three of the men who had been charged in connection with a robbery at the Russell's Cineplex and the murder of a New Montrose resident earlier this ye...
Three days on run cost prisoner extra year in prison
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Three days on run cost prisoner extra year in prison
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December 20, 2013
The three days Colly Lowman spent on the run after escaping prison, cost him an extra year in prison.{{more}} He will now serve 16 years instead of th...
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Chief Magistrate makes ruling in ‘Yankee’ killing, Russells Cineplex robbery case
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December 20, 2013
Chief Magistrate Sonya Young should have ruled yesterday in the Preliminary Inquiry into the killing of fish vendor Rodney “Yankee” Grant.{{more}}...
Largo Heights resident gets 12 years for  murder of Sharpes man
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Largo Heights resident gets 12 years for murder of Sharpes man
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December 20, 2013
Largo Heights resident Leroy “Head” Haynes was, on Monday, sentenced to 12 years in prison for the 2011 murder of Redemption Sharpes resident, Bas...
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Ottley Hall woman jailed for setting villager on fire
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December 13, 2013
Ottley Hall resident Angela Guy is now into the second week of a one-year prison sentence for dousing her fellow villager with rum and setting her on ...
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Woman accused of setting man on fire with rum
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December 13, 2013
A woman from Francois, Vermont, is currently remanded at this country’s female prison facility at Fort Charlotte, having been accused of dousing her...
Prisoner to be charged Monday
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Prisoner to be charged Monday
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December 13, 2013
Colly Lowman, the man who recently escaped the Belle Isle Correctional Facility, will be charged at the Serious Offences Court, on Monday, December 16...
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Despite progress, child labour still affects 138 million children globally – ILO, UNICEF
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Despite progress, child labour still affects 138 million children globally – ILO, UNICEF
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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...
Vincentian storyteller/comedian launches Children’s Book
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Vincentian storyteller/comedian launches Children’s Book
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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...
Police not tolerating  obscene lyrics, indecent assault this carnival season
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Police not tolerating obscene lyrics, indecent assault this carnival season
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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 ...
Soca Monarch preliminaries at Victoria Park on Friday
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Soca Monarch preliminaries at Victoria Park on Friday
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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...
Chevonne Stewart is ULP’s new candidate for Southern Grenadines
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Chevonne Stewart is ULP’s new candidate for Southern Grenadines
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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...

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