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Apologise, pay $750,000 or face court action!
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September 14, 2007
Apologize, pay a total of $750,000, and promise not to repeat similar statements or face a court battle.{{more}} That was the essence of the letters s...
Patrice’s estate brings law suit
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September 14, 2007
The estate of the late Patrice Bascombe has sued the Attorney General, the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, two doctors, two senior nurses, and a nursin...
Senior officers in police shake-up
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September 14, 2007
A shake up in the police force was forecast by Commissioner of Police Keith Miller just over a week ago, and now in the wake of several changes that h...
Two youths held for Lowmans murders
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September 7, 2007
Three weeks ago, the village of Lowmans Leeward was thrown into a state of shock when three young men were gunned down. On Tuesday, September 4, two y...
Inmates in bloody clash over mobile phone
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September 7, 2007
CELL BLOCK The short-lived but bloody clash that led to several inmates receiving treatment at hospital, and a lockdown at Her Majesty’s Prison on M...
Rose Hall residents get electric shock
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September 7, 2007
Residents of the north-western village of Rose Hall are still expressing shock at last week Friday’s lightening strikes that damaged household appli...
National awardees ready for the challenge
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September 7, 2007
They heard the good news from friends, family members, and even a screaming neighbour. They are the recipients of the 2007 National Scholarships from ...
Fitz Hughes youth shot
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August 31, 2007
A 75-yard journey from his mother’s house to his own home was almost fatal for Donald Lett when he was shot at around 1:20 a.m. last Sunday.{{more}}...
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August 31, 2007
The privatization of the regions’ ports is the way forward, says a Chamber of Commerce executive. This, as a government official acknowledged that m...
Inter island ferries to sail soon
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August 31, 2007
The waters between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and other Caribbean islands are expected to be churning white, as a number of fast ferry services ge...
Francis, Brewster deny late night beach meet
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August 31, 2007
A top government minister and senior police officer deny being on a beach together at any time with a person known as ‘Que Pasa’, but Opposition L...
Top CSEC performer aiming for Island Scholarship
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August 24, 2007
“My next goal is to be an Island Scholar. That’s my goal!” With a beaming smile as she basked in her achievement as this country’s top Caribbe...
Raquel Blossom Frederick tops in A’Levels
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August 24, 2007
Another flower is blossoming in St Vincent and the Grenadines, and her name is Raquel Blossom Frederick.{{more}} With two As in Economics and Accounti...
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August 17, 2007
She has accepted the fact that she is HIV positive, and wants everyone else to do the same, but the fear of stigma and discrimination is keeping a 28-...
Hurricane Dean shift a blessing for SVG
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August 17, 2007
NEW PATH This country has been spared yet again from the full fury of a hurricane, and Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is relieved.{{more}} “I am ...
Youth jailed for four years
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August 17, 2007
Naptalli Diaz, who had been one of this country’s most wanted men, has been sentenced to four years in prison.{{more}} The 22-year-old Walvaroo, Sio...
Masked gunmen slay youths in Lowmans
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August 17, 2007
3 DEAD Police believe that last week’s triple murder at Lowmans Leeward, may be gang related, but investigations into the Hollywood style killings c...
Vincy pilot jailed for drugs in Barbados
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August 10, 2007
10.AUG.07 An off-duty Vincentian pilot who donned his uniform to gain access through the customs and immigration department of the Grantley Adams Inte...
Camillo says he’s ready
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August 10, 2007
Camillo Gonsalves, son of Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, feels that were it not for his surname, there would be no objection to his appointment as...
Union threatens shutdown at VINLEC
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August 10, 2007
LOOKOUT! At the stroke of midnight on Wednesday August 15, this country could experience one of the biggest blackouts ever, that is, if 210 of the 289...
Police arrest two in Cane Hall weapons haul
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August 10, 2007
GUN FIND Four guns, one dress, a body bag, wigs, disposable latex gloves along with enough ammunition to create a great deal of havoc, were just some ...
Bajan fugitive caught in ‘Chato’
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August 3, 2007
Emancipation Day translated into captivity for a Barbadian fugitive when he was apprehended around 6:45 a.m. Wednesday at Plan Village in Chateaubelai...
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July 27, 2007
The daily endeavours of two Owia men were rudely interrupted when they were attacked while fishing outside Baleine early Tuesday morning.{{more}} SEAR...
Banana farmers get Moko relief
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July 27, 2007
Banana farmers who received compensation totaling EC$476,646 for their crops affected by the Moko disease, have been encouraged by the speakers who ad...
Defence lawyer, DPP clash over delays in cases
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July 27, 2007
Prominent criminal defence lawyer Kay Bacchus-Browne says that the Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP) office is tardy and Colin Williams is not ...
Fall in US dollar a benefit to SVG?
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July 27, 2007
More European visitors may choose St Vincent and the Grenadines as their vacation destination, and the local tourism sector may have the United States...
De Nobriga building gutted by fire
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July 27, 2007
31.Jul.07 Details surrounding the fire which ravaged the DeNobriga building in Kingstown on Monday night, July 30, are still sketchy. The four-storey ...
Man on murder charge
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July 20, 2007
Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman has placed 43-year-old Ezekiel Jacobs of Diamond on remand until September 13, 2007, the date when the preliminary in...
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July 20, 2007
A wall of controversy has risen up surrounding the crowning of Shertz ‘Problem Child’ James as the 2007 Road March king. The winning song, “Part...
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July 20, 2007
Gerald Bell is a wanted man. Last Thursday, at a press conference held by the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, Acting Commissioner o...
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July 20, 2007
WOMEN, STAND UP! Assistant Commissioner of Police Ekron Lockhart has made an appeal to the women of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to take a stand an...
PEACE MAKER
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July 20, 2007
20.JUL.07 Special Services Unit officers combing Paul’s Avenue after several shootings recently
ROAD KING
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July 13, 2007
13.JUL.07 James ‘Jamesy P’ Morgan was third with his song Bashment.
Road King
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July 13, 2007
13.JUL.07 EDDISON “Lively’ McDowall drank and his way to 2nd place with “We Drinking”.