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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...
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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...
Prosecution withdraws  robbery charge against man
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Prosecution withdraws robbery charge against man
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December 13, 2013
Wilford Woodley has one less legal matter to worry about, following a decision by senior prosecutor in the office of the Director of Public Prosecutio...
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Student commended for helping police crack case
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December 13, 2013
Police have commended the investigative work of a fifth form student of the St Vincent Grammar School that led to the arrest of the man who stole his ...
Livestock farmer jailed  for 20 years in copper  cauldron case
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Livestock farmer jailed for 20 years in copper cauldron case
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December 13, 2013
Andre Mornix will spend the next 20 years of his existence behind bars.{{more}} The South Union resident was on Friday, December 6, sentenced to 20 ye...
‘Que Pasa’ confiscation hearing set for February
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‘Que Pasa’ confiscation hearing set for February
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December 10, 2013
Four days have been set aside for hearing arguments related to the confiscation of property belonging to money laundering convict, Antonio “Que Pasa...
Men sentenced for murder of accountant to be freed in six months
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Men sentenced for murder of accountant to be freed in six months
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December 10, 2013
In six months time, the two men who were charged with the murder of accountant Ronald Lewis of Murray’s Village will be free men.{{more}} Ken Charle...
Charges against Dr Ackie withdrawn
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Charges against Dr Ackie withdrawn
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December 10, 2013
The charges against physician Dr Junior Ackie have been withdrawn.{{more}} Yesterday, Ackie appeared at the Magistrate’s Court in Calliaqua, for the...
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Man sentenced for assaulting student, stealing phone
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December 6, 2013
Terron Prince, 25, was on Tuesday handed a six-month sentence at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court for assaulting a fourth form student and stealing ...
Russell’s Cineplex robbery case hears more evidence
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Russell’s Cineplex robbery case hears more evidence
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December 6, 2013
The preliminary inquiry involving the five men who were charged for their involvement in the robbery of the Russell’s Cineplex and the shooting deat...
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Vincentian men deported and sentenced to six years in prison
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December 3, 2013
Two Vincentians who brought 161 kilograms of marijuana into Barbados over two years ago, were sentenced to six years each and deported from Barbados.{...
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Woman to spend 18 months in jail for fraud charges
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December 3, 2013
Forty-four year old Nadine Andrews was yesterday sentenced to a total of 18 months in jail after she was found guilty of three counts of fraud.{{more}...
Whyte’s coroner’s inquest gets underway
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Whyte’s coroner’s inquest gets underway
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December 3, 2013
The long anticipated coroner’s inquest into the death of customs guard Othneil Whyte began last week.{{more}} The hearing, which got underway last T...
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Bajan found guilty of possession of marijuana, cocaine
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November 29, 2013
Barbadian national Michael Yarde was fined $400 or one month imprisonment, and $12,000 or one year, after he was found guilty of having in his possess...
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Driver in 2012 fatal accident in Layou recharged
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November 29, 2013
Glenroy Bobb, the driver of motor vehicle P4760 which struck Jex Henville and Lemore “One Stone” Pierre on January 29, 2012, has been recharged in...
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One accused in GECCU G’town branch burglary cleared of charge
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November 29, 2013
Twenty-four-year old Kirt Stapleton was on Wednesday cleared of the charge brought against him for burglarizing the Georgetown branch of the General E...
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Accused in Rodney Grant shooting return to court on December 4
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November 29, 2013
The Preliminary Inquiry into the shooting death of Rodney Grant, in which five men have been charged, will continue on December 4.{{more}} The P.I beg...
‘Do not come back’ – Chief Magistrate
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‘Do not come back’ – Chief Magistrate
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November 29, 2013
Fines were imposed Wednesday at the Serious Offences Court on nationals of Venezuela and Guyana after they pleaded guilty to disembarking without cons...
No room for politics in legal profession – Justice Bruce-Lyle
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No room for politics in legal profession – Justice Bruce-Lyle
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November 26, 2013
Where is the St Vincent and the Grenadines Bar Association? That is the question that Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle and Queen’s Counsel Andrew Cummin...
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Tour guide ordered not to come within 50 yards of curator
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November 26, 2013
Tour guide St Clair Badnock has been ordered not to make any contact with curator of the Botanic Gardens Gordon Shallow, or come within 50 yards of Sh...
Accused in Golden Vale home burglary granted bail
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Accused in Golden Vale home burglary granted bail
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November 26, 2013
There was no objection from the prosecution when bail was offered to Garvet Foster, the man arrested and charged with burglarizing the Golden Vale hom...
Vynnette’s matter adjourned to January 8
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Vynnette’s matter adjourned to January 8
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November 26, 2013
The public will have to wait until early in the New Year before a decision is handed down by Magistrate Rickie Burnett in the Preliminary Inquiry invo...
More than 60 witnessess to testify in $100,000 IRD case
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More than 60 witnessess to testify in $100,000 IRD case
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November 22, 2013
Over 60 witnesses are expected to testify when the trial involving public servant Stacia Aberdeen, 25, of Green Hill, begins on March 17, 2014.{{more}...
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Two girls, 15 and 16, and man, 27, on theft charge
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November 19, 2013
A 15-year-old is among three persons arrested and charged jointly with the theft of a quantity of ladies shoes and other items.{{more}} The girl and 1...
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Tour guide charged with threatening, assaulting curator
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November 19, 2013
Tour Guide St Clair Badnock will re-appear in court on December 2, when he will answer charges of maliciously uttering threats to the lives of Gordon ...
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Man accused of stealing silver hub caps to know fate soon
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November 19, 2013
Azari Franklin will know his fate today when he re-appears at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court for sentencing.{{more}} Franklin was remanded in cust...
Green Hill  man to answer charges of aggravated burglary
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Green Hill man to answer charges of aggravated burglary
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November 19, 2013
Garvet Foster, a 31-year-old resident of Green Hill, will appear before Chief Magistrate Sonya Young tomorrow at the Serious Offences Court.{{more}} F...
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Union Island grandfather fined $200 for marijuana
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November 19, 2013
A 60-year-old grandfather of five was yesterday fined $200, or in default, spend one month in prison, after he was found guilty of having in his posse...
Convent case adjourned to next year
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Convent case adjourned to next year
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November 19, 2013
The case between a disgruntled parent and the Ministry of Education, the St Joseph’s Convent Kingstown (SJCK), and senior education officials, has b...
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We will still pursue CBI says Opposition Leader Dr Friday
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We will still pursue CBI says Opposition Leader Dr Friday
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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...
Post-Beryl income support to continue into August – PM
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Post-Beryl income support to continue into August – PM
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July 31, 2025
THE GOVERNMENT has dispersed almost EC$30 million since January 2025 in assistance to households in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. This, according ...
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Designs completed for East St George Secondary School
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July 31, 2025
THE PRELIMINARY DESIGNS are completed, paving the way for actual work to begin on the construction of a secondary school in the constituency of East S...
New initiative being introduced to ease transportation woes for vulnerable citizens
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New initiative being introduced to ease transportation woes for vulnerable citizens
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July 31, 2025
THE GOVERNMENT IS soon to introduce a transportation initiative to ease the transportation woes of people needing dialysis treatment, as well as the e...
Five recipients of Teachers Credit Union scholarship urged to be role models
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Five recipients of Teachers Credit Union scholarship urged to be role models
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July 31, 2025
THE TEACHERS Cooperative Credit Union (TCCU) has added five students to the list of 31 who receive scholarship support through their secondary and ter...

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