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PM denies allegations
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February 1, 2008
Calling it an attempt by his political adversaries to damage him politically and to discredit him in the eyes of the people, Prime Minister Dr Ralph G...
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February 1, 2008
Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has suggested that Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves resign in the face of rape allegations which were made against h...
DPP discontinues rape complaints
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February 1, 2008
04.FEB.08 The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Colin Williams today took over and discontinued two private criminal complaints, which were filed i...
Adams: Give me a tourist drive
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January 25, 2008
The last thing Jacqueline Adams remembers is taking a sip of her freshly bought Mackeson stout; the next moment, she was staring up at her mother Mill...
Bequia man is country’s second road fatality
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January 25, 2008
FATAL CRASH When Irene Hazell realized her brother Edson was not a patient at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, she and her last living brother Dougi...
Prime Minister replies: Nonsense!
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January 25, 2008
“Nonsense! Every single one is value for money.”{{more}} That’s Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves’ response to Leader of the Opposition Arnhim...
SVGTU: Industrial action a success
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January 18, 2008
The industrial action taken by teachers last week was hailed as a success, and is credited for fresh talks between policy makers and the St. Vincent a...
Barrouallie teenager is first homicide for 2008
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January 18, 2008
YOUTH SHOT DEAD Some residents of Barrouallie seem to want that town to live up to the “Wild, Wild West” label it was recently given. That town re...
Feeding frenzy at YUTE launch
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January 18, 2008
If the nation’s youth ever had the notion that their literary, photographic and other talents were not being recognized, they now have the assurance...
Baker shot in temple
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January 18, 2008
Speculations continue to swirl as to the motive behind the shooting of businessman Wendell Antrobus, of Questelles, last Saturday.{{more}} At about 8:...
Newspaper vendor battles masked gunman
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January 18, 2008
Maybe it was adrenaline, or the bucket of money with her day’s takings that she had in her hand, or perhaps the need to send a message to would be r...
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January 11, 2008
11.JAN.08 FIVE MEN – two Vincentians and three Barbadians - are in police custody in Barbados following a drug operation at sea in the wee hours of ...
Mixed reaction to union’s rest call
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January 11, 2008
The success of the two-day industrial action taken by disgruntled school teachers is yet to be determined, and their actions have been met with mixed ...
Union Head: Shirla Francis may have been right
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January 11, 2008
HINDSIGHT The head of the Public Service Union says more time was needed for the reclassification exercise, and former Permanent Secretary Shirla Fran...
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January 4, 2008
Rose Hall records last homicide for 2007 Terry Brown, a 36-year-old farmer of Rose Hall, closed off 2007’s staggering record for homicides at 36, wh...
Motorcyclist dies minutes from home
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January 4, 2008
Being awakened from her sleep in the wee hours of Friday, December 28, 2007, to see her son Jerry “Ginger” Cyrus lying dead on the Diamond Dairy s...
Searchlight donates to motherless children
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January 4, 2008
Interactive Media Limited (IML), publisher of the SEARCHLIGHT newspaper, reached out to less fortunate members of the community on Wednesday, January ...
‘Dead man’ found dead in Dominica
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January 4, 2008
Rumors surrounding the whereabouts of Vincentian fugitive Cecil Boatswain should be put to rest now that a decomposing body believed to be that of Boa...
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January 4, 2008
Robbers pull off daring daylight robbery at drinks factory A daring daylight robbery at the Campden Park Industrial Estate on Monday has left the St. ...
Emmerson’s Hall in a mess
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December 21, 2007
Barbadian Emmerson Hall found himself in a great deal of mess last Friday after he was hauled from the depths of a pit latrine in Fitz Hughes.{{more}}...
Rose Bank man dies after being stabbed
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December 21, 2007
Four days after celebrating his 37th birthday, Orlando Louie’s life came to a tragic end outside a rum shop in Dark View, a tiny village just north ...
Courts winner: The Lord told me to get a licence
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December 14, 2007
Earlier this year, he claims that the Lord told him to get his driver’s licence, and now Rohan Providence has won the first car on offer in the Cour...
Nude girls gone wild at Pasa Pasa parties
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December 14, 2007
Commissioner of Police Keith Miller has launched an investigation into reports that young women, some of them teenagers, are dancing nude at bloc-o st...
Government reduces income tax for the second year
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December 14, 2007
Fiscal measures intended to “bring a measure of relief to workers and businesses and to improve the country’s competitiveness” have been announc...
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December 7, 2007
A 54-year-old Canouan man was expected to be charged yesterday (Thursday) for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl.{{more}} At press time (Wednes...
Venezuelan boatmen free to leave
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December 7, 2007
After two months of trial, four Venezuelans had the cases against them dismissed, as the prosecution failed to provide sufficient evidence to convict ...
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December 7, 2007
The IMF in 2006 suggested that some public servants should be laid off, but this country’s Prime Minister is doing the opposite. The government plan...
Man killed after second chance
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November 30, 2007
When Philip Williams (right) posed for SEACHLIGHT for this photo earlier this year, he was all smiles. Holding his two-year-old son Jason, standing sh...
Sharpes man dies in accident
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November 30, 2007
Dennis Williams wished his 13-year-old nephew a happy birthday, and many more to come last Saturday, then later that night, his own life came to an en...
Cable & Wireless launches Christmas promotion
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November 30, 2007
Last Friday, Cable & Wireless, this country’s only full service telecommunications provider, kicked off their Christmas promotion with a huge midday...
Ole mas at hospital over shot Venezuelan
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November 30, 2007
After spending more than two months as a patient of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, Venezuelan national Andes Dominguez savored the sweet taste of ...
7.3 Quake sends SVG into panic
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November 30, 2007
In the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that was felt in St. Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday, Thursday, at around 3 p.m., the man charged with ...
Medical waste dumped in Bottom Town
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November 23, 2007
One child was being treated and up to press time on Wednesday evening remained a patient of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, after being stuck by an...
Luke Browne grabs Rhodes Scholarship
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November 23, 2007
For the first time ever, a Vincentian has been awarded a Rhodes scholarship. Robert Theodore Luke Vincent Browne, 22, has been awarded the prestigious...
Town Hill fire claims eight-year-old girl
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November 23, 2007
The cliche “untimely death” can sometimes be misused, but it is fitting to describe the death of 8-year-old Kendra Jeffrey, who was burnt to death...