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Nurse gives birth to first baby for 2007
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January 5, 2007
POPE'S FIRST She can't even utter a single word yet much less take one footstep but already Janelle Pope's daughter is a superstar in her own right. S...
Man in cutlass attack found dead
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January 5, 2007
Just one day after allegedly attacking his girlfriend and burning their house to ashes Basil Bascombe, 32, of Calder was found dead. He was found by a...
GREAT AIM
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January 5, 2007
He is gifted – there's no doubt about that – his works speak for themselves and when this newspaper looked around the country for outstanding Vinc...
STACY WILSON MAKES LAST JOURNEY
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December 22, 2006
FINAL REST by Kenara Woods and Shunice Butcher Stacy Wilson must now be radiating heavenly smiles on the South Leeward community of Vermont in gratitu...
CHRISTMAS CHEER COMES TO LOWMANS FAMILY
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December 22, 2006
SANTA'S ROUTE Christmas was saved for a poverty stricken family of nine as the staff of the Searchlight Newspaper decided to reach out and touch with ...
BUDGET GOODIES
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December 15, 2006
Goodies galore! Like a batsman in form, Minister of Finance Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves hit stroke after stroke of budgetary shots. After much t...
MAN HACKS WOMAN TO DEATH IN BUS TERMINAL
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December 15, 2006
Tears, shock, screams, and pandemonium reigned in the Leeward Bus Terminal on Monday when hundreds of Vincentians witnessed one of the most gruesome a...
Man charged for brutal slaying
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December 15, 2006
Anger and frustration vented outside the Kingstown Magistrate's court early Thursday morning as placard-bearing Vincentians from all walks of life cam...
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December 8, 2006
A local senator's son is facing drug charges in New York. Chechano Leacock, son of Opposition Senator, St Claire Leacock, was held over the weekend of...
SPEAKER ORDERS CUMMINGS OUT OF HOUSE
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December 8, 2006
"Nobody tramples on my rights." These were the combative words of Senator Daniel Cummings last Wednesday night hours after he was evicted from the Hou...
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December 8, 2006
A knife wielding serial rapist is terrorizing women in a two square mile area between Arnos Vale, Fountain, Fairhall, and Villa and the police are no ...
12-year squatters to get lands legally
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December 1, 2006
Vincentians, who have been living on or working lands, for more than 12 years, which they did not own can now legally own such lands. Registrar Tamara...
Sir James reveals all in new book
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December 1, 2006
The years of speculation as to just what former Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell (at right in picture) and Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves (at left...
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December 1, 2006
Santa “De Comrade” Claus is bringing Vincentians a tax break this Christmas. The non-taxable threshold of $14,000 per year is expected to move upw...
Jestina Charles is Regional Unsung Hero
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December 1, 2006
St. Vincent’s Jestina Charles has been named the Caribbean's Unsung Hero 2006. FirstCaribbean International Bank panel of judges selected Charles fr...
CELL PORN
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November 24, 2006
CHILDREN MAKING MOVIES AT SCHOOLS WITH PHONES Cellphones, while no longer a novelty in St Vincent and the Grenadines are being used for some novel pur...
PILOT, PASSENGER LOST IN PLANE CRASH
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November 24, 2006
Last Sunday, November 19, was a dark day for aviation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines when a SVG Air aircraft went missing with two men onboard off ...
Nicha and family hoping against hope
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November 24, 2006
In many quarters, hope has long evaporated, but there are some who are holding on, adamant that until they see a body, they won't believe their loved ...
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November 20, 2006
Monday Nov 20, 2006 - 10:45 am A massive search and rescue operation is underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines for a missing SVG Air aircraft which...
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November 20, 2006
Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 6 am The search has resumed this morning though hopes have dimmed about finding survivors of the SVG Air flight that vanis...
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November 20, 2006
Tuesday November 21, 2006 - 4:00 pm Update The search for the missing SVG Air,  Aero Commander 500S, was expanded today with searches being conducted...
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November 20, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 7 pm update A second full day of searching has failed to turn up any further signs of the missing Aero Commander 500S ope...
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November 17, 2006
"Sweet drinks" may soon be banned from school cafeterias, and while it is good news for health advocates, it has left a sour taste for a major soft dr...
PM to bring new law to deal with appeals
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November 17, 2006
Acting Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Colin Williams, said his hands were tied and he could not appeal a recent sentence in a rape case. But Pr...
Judgement Day
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November 17, 2006
It was a mob scene in Kingstown on Wednesday afternoon when Vincentian Digicel Rising Star finalist Kyron Baptiste (forefront) toured the capital with...
DIGITEXT ROW
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November 17, 2006
Cable & Wireless, Digicel ‘fire shots’ The bouncers and googlies between Cable & Wireless and their fierce rival, Digicel, appear to be moving fro...
Chief Magistrate sends out warning to media
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November 10, 2006
Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman cautioned the media last Wednesday 8, not to publish information from the Glenn Jackson Preliminary Inquiry that woul...
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November 10, 2006
A massive search and rescue operation is underway in St Vincent and the Grenadines for a missing SVG Air aircraft which disappeared from radar last ni...
REMORSELESS COP KILLERS GET LONG SENTENCES
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November 3, 2006
No signs of emotion or remorse dawned upon the faces of convicted murderers Shorn George and Earlando Lampkin when Justice Gertel Thom slapped a life ...
SVG NATIONAL ANTHEM MAY END UP IN COURT
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November 3, 2006
A controversy is brewing over the National Anthem which could end up in the law Courts. It stems over the proposed publication of a version of the ant...
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October 26, 2006
A recent controversial High Court judgment made its way from the radio talk shows this past week to the Courtroom when defence attorney Grant Connell ...
Terror at Milton Cato Hospital
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October 20, 2006
A half naked mentally ill man was allowed to terrorize hospital visitors for over three hours last Tuesday morning while security personnel did nothin...
Rapist Walks
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October 20, 2006
After sitting in Court and listening to the heart wrenching details of the rape of his 17-year-old daughter and hearing the verdict of "guilty!" retur...