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Woman found dead in Jamaica could be missing Vincentian
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Woman found dead in Jamaica could be missing Vincentian
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August 26, 2025
NEWS FROM JAMAICA that a body discovered in Old England, Epping Forest, Manchester may be that of missing Vincentian Chrisanta “Chrissy” Browne is dis...
30 more Vincentian students awarded Taiwan scholarships
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30 more Vincentian students awarded Taiwan scholarships
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August 26, 2025
INITIATIVES like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Taiwan Scholarships, and the International Cooperation and Development Fund (Taiwan-ICDF) High...
Students and Schools receive assistance from Dame Susan Dougan Foundation
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Students and Schools receive assistance from Dame Susan Dougan Foundation
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August 26, 2025
THE DAME SUSAN DOUGAN Foundation for Girls continues to support students and secondary schools throughout St Vincent and the Grenadines. Yesterday, Au...
Gibson Corner man charged in death of his father
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Gibson Corner man charged in death of his father
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August 26, 2025
A YOUNG MAN, who allegedly confessed to killing his father last month, has now been charged in relation to his death. Venol Delplesche, 22, appeared a...
Driver in ICU after Gibson Corner crash
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Driver in ICU after Gibson Corner crash
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August 22, 2025
AN OMNIBUS DRIVER is receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) after the van he was driving rep...
SVG sends 80-strong contingent to CARIFESTA XV
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SVG sends 80-strong contingent to CARIFESTA XV
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August 22, 2025
THE St Vincent and the Grenadines contingent to the 2025 Caribbean Festival of Arts ( CARIFESTA) began leaving in batches this week for Barbados, whic...
Young Gonsalves creates PSU storm from online post
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Young Gonsalves creates PSU storm from online post
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August 22, 2025
THE St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union said it takes serious note of a recent post made by Storm Gonsalves, accusing civil servants a...
It will be James versus Shallow in North Leeward
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It will be James versus Shallow in North Leeward
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August 22, 2025
MINISTER OF TOURISM, and parliamentary representative for North Leeward, Carlos James, was nominated on Sunday, August 17, 2025, as the Unity Labour P...
Opposition MP asks for Government accountability
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Opposition MP asks for Government accountability
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August 22, 2025
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NDP) said it is in support of road construction, housing for Vincentians, and the building of the new port in Kingstown desp...
VINLEC CEO explains weekend power outage
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VINLEC CEO explains weekend power outage
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August 19, 2025
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of the St Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC), Dr Vaughn Lewis, has advised customers not to panic in the wake of two weeken...
Boom FM 106.9 DJ shot dead near radio station
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Boom FM 106.9 DJ shot dead near radio station
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August 19, 2025
THE DATE, August, 16, has bad vibes for many longstanding Paul’s Avenue residents who, over the weekend, observed the third murder committed in their ...
Caesar remains ULP’s man for South Central Windward
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Caesar remains ULP’s man for South Central Windward
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August 19, 2025
SABOTO CAESAR is once again the candidate selected to contest the South Central Windward seat for the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) in the next gene...
SVG Friendship Foundation gives money and vouchers to 120 students
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SVG Friendship Foundation gives money and vouchers to 120 students
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August 19, 2025
SOME 120 CHILDREN drawn from communities across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), received bursaries of part cash, part vouchers at a ceremony held...
Cummings to NDP supporters: Register, and vote
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Cummings to NDP supporters: Register, and vote
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August 19, 2025
CHAIRMAN OF THE New Democratic Party (NDP), Daniel Cummings, has reminded party members and supporters what is needed for the party to win the next ge...
Roban secures SVG’s first gold medal at NACAC Championships
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Roban secures SVG’s first gold medal at NACAC Championships
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August 19, 2025
HANDAL ROBAN EARNED the first ever gold medal for St Vincent and the Grenadines at the North Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Championships, win...
VINLEC launches Smart Meter Project
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VINLEC launches Smart Meter Project
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August 15, 2025
Approximately 50,000 Vincentian electricity consumers will receive improved services from the St Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) over th...
Gov’t to buy lands in Chester Cottage to build homes for displaced persons
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Gov’t to buy lands in Chester Cottage to build homes for displaced persons
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August 15, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has spoken about the government’s intention to purchase lands at Chester Cottage to house displaced persons. Speak...
Lesson from South Rivers woman helped shape Education policy in SVG – PM
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Lesson from South Rivers woman helped shape Education policy in SVG – PM
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August 14, 2025
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said years ago, while in opposition, he visited a woman from Pasture in South Rivers, and during that visit, what he...
NDP says people need to return home
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NDP says people need to return home
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August 14, 2025
Parliamentary Representative for the Southern Grenadines, Terrance Ollivierre, has complained that one year after the passage of Hurricane Beryl, many...
Government not keen to privatise Utility Bodies, PM
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Government not keen to privatise Utility Bodies, PM
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August 14, 2025
The privatisation of utility entities like the St Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC), and the Central Water and Sewage Authority (CWSA) is not alwa...
84 year old Vincentian bodybuilder laid to rest in T&T
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84 year old Vincentian bodybuilder laid to rest in T&T
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August 14, 2025
A Vincentian bodybuilder who bagged a victory in the Trinidad and Tobago Body Builders and Fitness Federation’s over 70s Championships two years ago, ...
Man said he was going to kill ‘Taki’ – residents
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Man said he was going to kill ‘Taki’ – residents
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August 12, 2025
RESIDENTS of Diamond, a seaside community in South Windward, not far from the landfill, say that the man who was discovered dead alongside a woman aft...
Most Opposition members absent from vote on Supplementary Bill
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Most Opposition members absent from vote on Supplementary Bill
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August 12, 2025
ONLY TWO MEMBERS of the opposi- tion new Democratic Party (NDP) were present when it was time to vote on the Supplementary Estimates that was tabled i...
North Central Windward picks Dr Gonsalves again
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North Central Windward picks Dr Gonsalves again
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August 12, 2025
THE North Central Windward Constituency Council of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) last Saturday, August, 9, 2025, nominated Dr Ralph Gonsalves as their ...
PM Challenges Opposition on Port Project
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PM Challenges Opposition on Port Project
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August 12, 2025
PRIME MINISTER, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has advised Opposition Leader, Dr Godwin Friday, to write to the minister responsible for the port, so that he and...
GHS grieves again, as former Headmistress dies
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GHS grieves again, as former Headmistress dies
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August 12, 2025
IN THE MIDST of grieving the death of office attendant Joanna Parsons, the Girls’ High School is now mourning the death of former Headmistress, Joye B...
‘Fast Ferry’ heavily damaged by fire
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‘Fast Ferry’ heavily damaged by fire
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August 8, 2025
TRAVEL TO THE GRENADINES took a blow on Thursday, August 7, 2025 when the Jaden Sun, a boat known to many as the fast ferry, was heavily damaged by fi...
ECGC opens new flour mill
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ECGC opens new flour mill
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August 8, 2025
THE EXPANSION of a new flour mill at the Eastern Caribbean Group of Companies (ECGC) signals more than just operational advancement; it is also a symb...
RGU Medical School students call for justice
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RGU Medical School students call for justice
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August 8, 2025
STUDENTS of the Richmond Gabriel University(RGU) of Medical School are petitioning for justice after the school suddenly fled St Vincent and the Grena...
Hundreds turn out for free eye care services
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Hundreds turn out for free eye care services
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August 8, 2025
HUNDREDS OF Vincentians this week lined up for free eye care services offered to the public over the course of five days. This initiative has been a c...
Cricket legends grateful for accolades received in SVG
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Cricket legends grateful for accolades received in SVG
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August 8, 2025
SEVENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD cricket legend, Alvin Kallicharran, said the accolades bestowed upon him by the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)...
Mother of two dies in accident at Gorse
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Mother of two dies in accident at Gorse
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August 5, 2025
A Sandy Bay resident became the latest road fatality on Emancipation Day August 1, 2025,when she died at the scene of an accident at Gorse. Dead is 39...
Grenadians given hefty sentences for killing US couple
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Grenadians given hefty sentences for killing US couple
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August 5, 2025
A Grenadian man was slapped with two life sentences, while his accomplices were sentenced to a total of 56 and 60 years in prison respectively, after ...
We will fix Ottley Hall Marina, says  Dr Godwin Friday
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We will fix Ottley Hall Marina, says Dr Godwin Friday
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August 5, 2025
The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) plans to refurbish the Ottley Hall Marina and Shipyard once elected to office in the upcoming general electi...
Spiceman lights up Emancipation Cricket, makes Kesrick ‘eat grass’
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Spiceman lights up Emancipation Cricket, makes Kesrick ‘eat grass’
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August 5, 2025
The Spiceman, Andre Fletcher, kept the best for last as he lit up the Arnos Vale Cricket Grounds on Sunday evening, August 3, 2025. In a display of ba...
Cricket legends honoured during Emancipation Cricket Festival in SVG
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Cricket legends honoured during Emancipation Cricket Festival in SVG
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August 5, 2025
Over the last weekend, St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) pulled out all the stops in honouring the 12 living West Indies cricket legends from the in...
Eight families get houses at Orange Hill
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Eight families get houses at Orange Hill
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July 31, 2025
EIGHT FAMILIES at Orange Hill, c’omprising 19 people, have received the keys to brand new homes provided by the government of St Vincent and the Grena...
West Indies 1975 Test Cricketers granted Vincentian Citizenship, as PM clears the record
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West Indies 1975 Test Cricketers granted Vincentian Citizenship, as PM clears the record
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July 31, 2025
PRIME MINISTER, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has rejected information published online, that he granted citizenship to over 300 foreign nationals in 2019. The ...
SVG is #3 in AAI Tours’ top 10 safest Caribbean destinations for 2025
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SVG is #3 in AAI Tours’ top 10 safest Caribbean destinations for 2025
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July 31, 2025
ST VINCENT and the Grenadines (SVG) has been listed at number three among the top 10 safest Caribbean Islands for 2025, as reported by Travel and Tour...
Luke Browne gets the nod to contest again for ULP in East Kingstown
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Luke Browne gets the nod to contest again for ULP in East Kingstown
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July 31, 2025
FOLLOWING THREE  ATTEMPTS at the polls in 2010, 2015, and 2020, Luke Browne has been given a fourth opportunity by the members of the Unity Labour Par...
No evidence of increase in rodent population at MCHM – Health Minister
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No evidence of increase in rodent population at MCHM – Health Minister
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July 31, 2025
MINISTER OF HEALTH, Wellness and the Environment, St Clair Prince has outlined that his ministry is increasing methods of baiting and trapping rodents...
Owia boat captain, Chateaubelair resident still missing at sea
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Owia boat captain, Chateaubelair resident still missing at sea
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July 31, 2025
THE SEARCH FOR two men, a boat captain from Owia and a Chateaubelair resident, is still ongoing following a shooting incident at sea in Owia on Sunday...
Vincentian wins prestigious prize  at UK university
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Vincentian wins prestigious prize at UK university
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July 25, 2025
by Christina Smith Earlier this month, when Vincentian national, Adriel Francois, was announced as the recipient of the Odgers Prize, he succeeded in ...
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Neptune urges North Central Windward to leave out Ralph
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Neptune urges North Central Windward to leave out Ralph
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August 26, 2025
THE New Democratic Party’s candidate for North Central Windward, Chieftan Neptune, is appealing to constituents to leave out their current representat...
Two receive 2025 Marriaqua United Friendly Society Scholarships
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Two receive 2025 Marriaqua United Friendly Society Scholarships
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August 26, 2025
THE Marriaqua United Friendly Society (Bunpan) has presented its 2025 scholarships to Kayla Black and Ty Rogers to help finance their education at the...
Caribbean countries located in ‘a dangerous neighbourhood’ – PM
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Caribbean countries located in ‘a dangerous neighbourhood’ – PM
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August 26, 2025
SEVERAL LAW enforcement agencies and personnel from throughout the region were involved in the 16th Caribbean Regional Intelligence Conference on Tues...
Bing Joseph loses confidence in SVG following DJ Swagga’s murder
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Bing Joseph loses confidence in SVG following DJ Swagga’s murder
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August 25, 2025
While reminiscing on the life of Gasroy ‘DJ Swagga’ Fergusson and grieving his death on Boom FM, radio personality, Dwight " Bing" Joseph said he has ...
Organisers promise that Vincy Day USA will maintain its uniqueness
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Organisers promise that Vincy Day USA will maintain its uniqueness
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August 25, 2025
Despite the rising cost of staging Vincy Day USA, organizers say they do not plan to change the format, thus transitioning into a commercial activity....

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