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Joachim breaks SVG’s 50m Freestyle record at Olympics
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Joachim breaks SVG’s 50m Freestyle record at Olympics
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August 6, 2024
VINCENTIAN, ALEXANDER JOACHIM gained his personal best and also reset the new St Vincent and the Grenadines mark in the Men’s 50m Freestyle, when he c...
Two die from Covid in SVG
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Two die from Covid in SVG
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August 6, 2024
PRIME MINISTER, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has cautioned the nation about an upsurge in COVID-19 cases which resulted in two recent deaths. St Vincent and the...
Thirteen  get  scholarships to study in Cuba
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Thirteen get scholarships to study in Cuba
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August 2, 2024
Thirteen Vincentians will leave the State later this month for Cuba on scholarships to study in various institutions of higher learning in that Spanis...
Youth granted bail in  attempted robbery,  now on murder charge
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Youth granted bail in attempted robbery, now on murder charge
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August 2, 2024
A man who was recently granted bail in connection with an attempted burglary in South Rivers, has now been charged with murder, attempted murder, woun...
Town Board workers to receive outstanding payment
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Town Board workers to receive outstanding payment
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August 2, 2024
A meeting between wage earners at the Kingstown Town Board on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, should bring some satisfaction to this category of workers who h...
Dr Marselena Melville overcomes biggest challenge to excel at Medical School
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Dr Marselena Melville overcomes biggest challenge to excel at Medical School
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August 2, 2024
by Jada Chambers “A real tear jerker moment” occurred for a young Vincentian woman when words of praise and acclamation were bestowed upon her as she ...
KCCU enables dreams in action through scholarships
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KCCU enables dreams in action through scholarships
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August 2, 2024
by Eldonté Samuel The Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU), has awarded six scholarships and four bursaries to students entering secondary school...
Radio Announcer, Fisherman charged for wounding and assaulting each other
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Radio Announcer, Fisherman charged for wounding and assaulting each other
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July 26, 2024
A POPULAR disc jockey/radio announcer was charged for shooting a fisherman in his hip, left hand and right leg with a gun. That same fisherman was lat...
Argyle man shot dead in McKie’s Hill
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Argyle man shot dead in McKie’s Hill
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July 26, 2024
A MINOR CAR CRASH in the Kingstown area interrupted the plans of Argyle resident, Romario Bynoe on Tuesday afternoon, July 23, 2024. He is reported to...
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UK officials question motives of Commonwealth recruits to British Armed Forces
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July 26, 2024
HIGH RANKING OFFICIALS are said to engaged in a war of words as questions are raised about the motives of recruits from Commonwealth countries, includ...
SVG grab 12 medals at Karate World Cup
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SVG grab 12 medals at Karate World Cup
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July 26, 2024
THE 18-MEMBER St Vincent and the Grenadines team to the 2024 International Karate Daigaku (IKD) World Cup, returned with 12 medals. Held at the Guyana...
Six wounded in Paul’s Avenue shooting
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Six wounded in Paul’s Avenue shooting
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July 23, 2024
LAST FRIDAY July 19, 2024, exactly one year after five men were shot and killed on Upper Bay Street, Harbour Club, persons were reminded of the incide...
Government to provide $20m. in income and production support
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Government to provide $20m. in income and production support
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July 23, 2024
THE GOVERNMENT will provide approximately 20 million dollars in income support for farmers, fisherfolk and persons in the hospitality industry who hav...
Opposition Southern Grenadines MP emotional as he supports Supplementary Estimates
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Opposition Southern Grenadines MP emotional as he supports Supplementary Estimates
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July 23, 2024
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for the Southern Grenadines, Terrence Ollivierre had to struggle to contain his emotions when he spoke in Parliament last week. I...
Paul’s Avenue gunshot survivor says the police should return
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Paul’s Avenue gunshot survivor says the police should return
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July 23, 2024
A RESIDENT of Paul’s Avenue, one of the survivors of a midnight shooting that took place last Friday, July 19,2024, is asking the authorities to bring...
Bail denied for five accused in attempted robbery at South Rivers
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Bail denied for five accused in attempted robbery at South Rivers
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July 23, 2024
A LAWYER has argued that five prisoners who were charged in relation to a robbery in South Rivers, should be released on bail, as placing them on rema...
Two women among six held in GECCU attempted robbery
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Two women among six held in GECCU attempted robbery
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July 19, 2024
A BRAZEN ROBBERY attempt was thwarted around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 by Georgetown police officers and residents of South Rivers when the rob...
Climate injustice is akin to slavery and the injustices of slavery – PM Skerrit
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Climate injustice is akin to slavery and the injustices of slavery – PM Skerrit
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July 19, 2024
Climate injustice is akin to slavery and the injustices of slavery says Prime Minister of Dominica, Rosevelt Skerrit as he and other sub-regional Head...
South Rivers residents thought female robber was ‘just another customer’
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South Rivers residents thought female robber was ‘just another customer’
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July 19, 2024
WHEN South Rivers residents saw one of the women, who is now in police custody, walking into the General Employee’s Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU) b...
Please don’t abandon senior family members in shelters PM Gonsalves
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Please don’t abandon senior family members in shelters PM Gonsalves
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July 19, 2024
PERSONS WHO may have elderly relatives in shelters because of the destruction of their homes by Hurricane Beryl are being asked not to abandon them in...
Well known Park Hill surveyor dies
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Well known Park Hill surveyor dies
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July 19, 2024
THE SUDDEN DEATH of a well known surveyor sent shock waves throughout the community of Park Hill on Thursday evening, July 18, 2024. SEARCHLIGHT under...
Two friends shot and killed in Pole Yard
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Two friends shot and killed in Pole Yard
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July 16, 2024
Seventeen-year-old Jason St. Rose had a mentality to succeed and would have amounted to something in life if he had been given the chance. The St. Vin...
Elderly gun shot victim says SVG is a crime country
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Elderly gun shot victim says SVG is a crime country
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July 16, 2024
Sixty-three year-old retired security guard, Sylvanus Matthias said he was involved in security work for 14 years, but had never seen the type of viol...
PM to go to parliament with a EC$140m supplementary budget
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PM to go to parliament with a EC$140m supplementary budget
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July 16, 2024
by Eldonte Samuel Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has a “great burden” on his shoulders as he seeks to lead the restoration and recovery efforts in ...
God is good, despite destruction says Pastor
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God is good, despite destruction says Pastor
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July 16, 2024
Pastor at the Kingstown Baptist Church, Dr Cecil Richards, has declared faith in the goodness and faithfulness of God despite the destruction caused b...
Student and vendor killed in shooting at Pole Yard
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Student and vendor killed in shooting at Pole Yard
Clare 
July 14, 2024
A secondary school student and a vendor were killed, and a third male wounded, on Saturday night in the West St George community of Pole Yard. Dead fr...
Massive clean-up drive in Canouan
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Massive clean-up drive in Canouan
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
by Christina Smith A massive clean-up campaign is underway in Canouan with residents of all ages jumping on board to put the pieces back together afte...
‘Bad Company’ earns Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper Soca crown
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‘Bad Company’ earns Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper Soca crown
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
The win at this year’s Soca Monarch competition was for the people and by the people, according to Delroy “Fireman” Hooper. “My people win the crown. ...
Madzart finds voice, claims Calyspo crown
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Madzart finds voice, claims Calyspo crown
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
With Raeon “Madzart” Primus’s win in the 2024 national calypso competition, he is now in the history books as the first local artiste to have won all ...
Hance John takes Ragga Soca crown with ‘Spectacular’
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Hance John takes Ragga Soca crown with ‘Spectacular’
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
Winning his third Ragga Soca competition was not the best thing that happened to Hance John on Saturday July 6, 2024. Sharing the stage with former Mi...
PM announces concessions to aid recovery efforts
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PM announces concessions to aid recovery efforts
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July 5, 2024
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made a number of updates about the relief and rebuilding effort for parts of mainland St Vincent as well as the...
Beryl leaves trail of death, destruction in its wake
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Beryl leaves trail of death, destruction in its wake
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Hurricane Beryl, a monstrous Category 4 storm has come and gone; but not before leaving death and a trail of destruction across the multi-island State...
CDC green-lights abridged version of Carnival
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CDC green-lights abridged version of Carnival
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July 5, 2024
"The show must go on." An “abridged version of Vincymas” is how the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) said it was proceeding with 2024 carnival f...
Boyea not on board with events stakeholders
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Boyea not on board with events stakeholders
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
A number of private promoters have decided to go ahead with their events during Vincymas 2024 and use the occasion to also mobilise supplies to assist...
Two confirmed deaths in SVG by Beryl – Police
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Two confirmed deaths in SVG by Beryl – Police
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July 5, 2024
Hurricane Beryl, the Category 4 storm that upended hundreds of lives in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), also claimed the lives of at least two in...
22 battle tonight for Calypso finals place
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22 battle tonight for Calypso finals place
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June 28, 2024
Carnival lovers and cultural aficionados are no doubt making final preparations for Vincymas 2024. The “Hottest Carnival in the Caribbean” will kick i...
Adrian Sam cops SVGCC’s 2024 Top Sports Award
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Adrian Sam cops SVGCC’s 2024 Top Sports Award
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June 28, 2024
Adrian Sam emerged as the Sports Personality of the Year, when the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC), held  its third annual Spo...
SVG Community College turns out 691 graduates
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SVG Community College turns out 691 graduates
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June 28, 2024
Six hundred and ninety one young men and women graduated from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) in a well coordinated ceremo...
Ethan is top performer in CPEA 2024
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Ethan is top performer in CPEA 2024
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June 25, 2024
After completing his 2024 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) examinations, Ethan Richard Kent thought he had made a lot of mistakes. But his res...
Darius placed second in CPEA
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Darius placed second in CPEA
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June 25, 2024
Although Darius Humphrey missed a term and a half of schooling leading up to the 2024 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) examinations, he still ...
Third placed Evan Scott says he was aiming for top five
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Third placed Evan Scott says he was aiming for top five
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June 25, 2024
Evan Eddison Scott was awakened at 2:00 a.m. with the news that he placed third in the 2024 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA). When the sleepin...
Don’t presume on ‘God is a Vincy’ this hurricane season – officials warn
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Don’t presume on ‘God is a Vincy’ this hurricane season – officials warn
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June 25, 2024
With an active hurricane season predicted for 2024, Vincentians are being urged to take warnings and watches seriously and not be complacent in planni...
Pollard to be buried on Wednesday
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Pollard to be buried on Wednesday
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June 25, 2024
Local cultural icon and costume designer, David Julian “Pilling” Pollard, will be laid to rest tomorrow, Wednesday June 26,2024. Pollard passed away o...
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
Christina 
July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...

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