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Schoolboy pants cut by ‘fashion police’
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November 14, 2008
Some students in the Kingstown area and their parents are trying to unravel a mystery: Who are the persons going around with knives and scissors cutti...
75-year-old Byrea man gets keys to new home
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October 31, 2008
Cleophus Neptune lived under a grape tree on the Byera seashore for many years - but no more!{{more}} Thanks to the government’s relocation project,...
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October 31, 2008
The burnt-out house at Biabou.
Biabou home gutted by fire
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October 31, 2008
A family at Biabou is now homeless after fire guttered its dwelling home.{{more}} On Wednesday, October 22nd, at approximately 2 p.m., while at work, ...
Independence
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October 31, 2008
These Brownie Guides were feeling the spirit of Independence at the Miliary Parade in celebration of St. Vincent and the Grenadines' 29th anniversary ...
PM: Major countries not doing enough for region
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October 31, 2008
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has given a tongue lashing to some developed countries, blaming them for some of the major challenges that this coun...
Woman charged with murder of her live-in mate
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October 24, 2008
After a week-and-a-half of speculation and wide-spread rumours surrounding the death of Rakesh Sutherland, a 22-year-old cashier of Queen’s Drive wa...
Mentally ill man shot and killed in Biabou
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October 24, 2008
SUICIDE DEAD The checkered life of Kamasha Alexander came to a violent end last week, when he was allegedly shot by police in Biabou.{{more}} A police...
Labourer charged with ‘Drop Off’ killing
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October 24, 2008
Leslie Ashton, a labourer, of Largo Heights, was charged with the murder of Sean Clouden, of Edinboro, at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday, Oct...
Queen’s Drive man dies after attack
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October 17, 2008
Relatives and friends of 27-year-old Rakesh Sutherland are still trying to come to grips with the young man’s death.{{more}} Vincentians awoke on Sa...
Student shuts down Secondary School
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October 17, 2008
What the teachers’ union this week failed to do, a fourth former did - shut down the St Clair Dacon Secondary School.{{more}} According to reports, ...
Teachers take action to Financial Complex
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October 17, 2008
If a meeting between government officials and representatives from the teachers and public service unions fails to satisfy the unions’ demands, indu...
STRIKE ON
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October 10, 2008
Schoolteachers here have indicated that they intend to take strike action indefinitely, beginning Monday, October 13th.{{more}} About 300 members of t...
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October 10, 2008
A 15-year-old Secondary School student was remanded in police custody after appearing at the Family Court for wounding his schoolmate.{{more}} Police ...
DeFreitas Holdings to get $4m payout
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October 10, 2008
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been ordered to pay De Freitas Investment Holdings Ltd. (DIHL) EC$4,140,000 in costs and compensa...
Man allegedly chopped to death over rum
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October 10, 2008
A friendship came to a deadly end on Tuesday, October 7, when two employees of a construction site at Diamond sustained cutlass wounds during an alter...
72-year-old Calliaqua man struck by vehicle
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October 3, 2008
On Wednesday, October 3, Calliaqua was plunged into sadness when news spread of the tragic death of James Seales, who was killed in an accident on the...
Family Court Head under threat
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September 26, 2008
Security around Colleen McDonald (inset), President of the Family Court, has been beefed up. This is as a result of recent threats made on her life.{{...
Woman crushed
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September 26, 2008
The flattened remains of Patricia Jack-Bowman’s Nissan Pulsar car as it was pulled out from the pile of debris. Jack-Bowman’s body was found trapp...
Young Vincy shot dead in Philadelphia
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September 19, 2008
A Philadelphia town is mourning the loss of a Vincentian national, who through his love and dedication to youths was making a world of difference.{{mo...
Policewoman sacks her four Lawyers
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September 19, 2008
“She is tired, traumatized. She wanted to get rid of it.” That’s the reason why the policewoman who on January 28, 2008, first filed sexual assa...
The wall came tumbling down
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Heavy overnight rain, which continued throughout Friday morning led to flooding and a number of landslides around mainland St. Vincent. Thi...
Girl rid of evil spirits  in city
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September 12, 2008
Was a demon-possessed young girl exorcised in Kingstown on Monday? Lenny Francois believes so.{{more}} The 54-year-old postal worker claims that with ...
Pembroke murder suspects appear in court
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September 12, 2008
Scores of curious onlookers converged outside the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday in the hope of getting a glimpse of four of the men charged with...
Minister Beache blasts HOT 97 FM
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September 12, 2008
Minister of Tourism Glen Beache is fed up of what he calls the blatant inaccuracies that FM radio station HOT 97 allows to be aired on its morning pro...
Government announces record 33 scholarships
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September 12, 2008
Jamila Soso-Vincent 12.SEPT.08 A record-breaking 33 scholarships, bursaries and awards at a cost of EC$7 million have been granted this year to studen...
Wooden house slips from foundation
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September 5, 2008
CLIFF HANGER Errol Caine peeped out of the window of his two bedroom wooden house just in time to see it slipping from its foundation.{{more}} Fearing...
Woman in protest against VINLEC
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September 5, 2008
If the Philistines had a management team similar to that of the St. Vincent Electricity Services Company (VINLEC), their great warrior Goliath would h...
Boy hurled 10 feet by snapped vehicle tow line
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September 5, 2008
LUCKY ESCAPE Death swiped at a Canouan boy last week - luckily, it missed. If he had fallen at a different angle, instead of recoverng in hospital and...