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Vincentian student killed in Virginia
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October 8, 2010
This country’s two top pharmacists received a severe and painful blow on Tuesday afternoon when they learnt of the horrific murder of their only chi...
Boy commits suicide after row with schoolmate
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October 5, 2010
Eleven-year-old Aldan Richards became this county’s most recent suicide after ingesting gramoxone, following an altercation involving him and anothe...
Breadfruit Hollow residents want wall removed
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October 1, 2010
Some Dorsetshire Hill residents are irate over what they consider to be a selfish act by one of their neighbours.{{more}} The issue of contention, acc...
ULP candidate returns $250 to Leacock
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October 1, 2010
The quantity of cash which was handed over to Unity Labour Party (ULP) candidate for Central Kingstown Elvis Charles by Senator St. Clair Leacock, his...
Eustace calls on Attorney General to step down
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September 28, 2010
Attorney General Judith Jones-Morgan has denied that the mortgage on her family home is included in the EC$2.25 million owed to the National Commercia...
NDP leader condemns Williams’ statement
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September 28, 2010
Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has strongly condemned Burton Williams’s public statements that the New Democratic Party (NDP) will have to take ca...
Men injured at party
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September 24, 2010
by Taranjah Yaw Fri, Sept 24, 2010 A Bequia man is in Trinidad trying desperately to save his right leg after it was almost severed at the knee around...
Crash takes unborn child, another woman’s eye
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September 17, 2010
Alston Charles and Roland Foye were overcome by emotion when they learned of the single tragedy that affected both their lives.{{more}} The men say th...
Commissioner of Police knocks rogue cops
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September 14, 2010
Commissioner of Police Keith Miller has refused to sweep the wrongs of police officers under the carpet – promising that he will not allow defaulter...
Jomo Thomas wants  Africans compensated
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September 10, 2010
Attorney Jomo Thomas is of the view that if the two Africans who were jailed for over five years without being charged had been of a different ethnic ...
Union Island Secondary School officially opens
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September 3, 2010
The new Union Island Secondary School (UISS), located at Campbell, Union Island, was officially opened on Tuesday, August 31, about one year after stu...
Top Advance Level student to pursue Aeronautics
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August 31, 2010
Georgetown resident Shanelle Clarke of the Community College Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies is this year’s top performer in the CAPE...
Grammar School boy tops with 12 Grade ones
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August 27, 2010
This country’s top performer in the Caribbean Examination Council’s (CXC) CSEC examination has attributed his success to prayer and dedicated stud...
PM Gonsalves ready to sound election bell
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August 24, 2010
General elections in St.Vincent and the Grenadines may be called sooner than expected, says Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Political Leader of the Unity Labour ...
Man killed days before wedding anniversary
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August 17, 2010
Today, Shornelle Gaymes and her husband Winston “Philly” Gaymes, were expected to reflect on that moment seven years ago when they both walked dow...
Cop to be charged with murder of SSU officer
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August 13, 2010
Police constable Rohan McDowall is to be charged with murder.{{more}} Director of Public Prosecutions Colin Williams told SEARCHLIGHT on Wednesday tha...
Women injured as cops try to capture man
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August 13, 2010
by Taranjah Yaw Fri, Aug 13, 2010 At about 11:50 am last Wednesday, gunshots rang out in the Central Leeward town of Barrouallie, and when the smoke c...
Special Services Unit cop shot dead
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August 10, 2010
The John family of Dickson, Georgetown, was thrown into a state of shock on Saturday morning when they received the tragic news of the death of their ...
Plane disappears en route to accident victims
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August 10, 2010
Search and Rescue efforts were still ongoing yesterday, Monday, for the Cessna aircraft that disappeared last Thursday, August 5.{{more}} The plane, o...
Chamber head: Let WINFA, NLC run Food City
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August 6, 2010
by Kenton X. Chance Fri, Aug 6, 2010 Let the Windward Island Farmers Association (WINFA) run Food City, the state-owned supermarket.{{more}} That is t...
Morgan had security to cover loan
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July 30, 2010
by Kenton X. Chance Fri, Jul 30, 2010 Desmond Morgan and his wife, Attorney General Judith Jones Morgan, guaranteed the loans Blue Sky Communication (...
High Court dismisses James’ application
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July 30, 2010
Lawyers for Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers, Annella James, have already signaled their intention to file an appeal in relation to ...
Government gets US$37million loan from CDB
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July 27, 2010
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of US$37 million to the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadine...
CTAWU General Secretary sent on immediate leave
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July 23, 2010
General Secretary of the Commercial Technical and Allied Workers’ Union (CTAWU), Lloyd Small, has been sent on leave with immediate effect.{{more}} ...