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Former MP for North Windward, Peter  Ballantyne has died
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Former MP for North Windward, Peter Ballantyne has died
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July 7, 2023
The constituency of North Windward has lost its first elected member of Parliament, Peter Ballantyne. Ballantyne was elected into office in 1979 under...
Tajoe to battle 11 in historic calypso finals
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Tajoe to battle 11 in historic calypso finals
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July 4, 2023
On Sunday, July 9, during this year’s Calypso finals/Dimanche Gras show, one family will create history in two areas. Firstly, being the first time a ...
Starlift Steel Orchestra are the 2023 Junior Panorama champions!
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Starlift Steel Orchestra are the 2023 Junior Panorama champions!
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July 4, 2023
The inclement weather held off for the staging of the 2023 Junior Panorama on Sunday, June 2, with repeat champions, Hennessy Starlift Steel Orchestra...
First cohort graduates in bittersweet ceremony of SVGCC Sports Science programme
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First cohort graduates in bittersweet ceremony of SVGCC Sports Science programme
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July 4, 2023
Fourteen students matriculated as undergraduates in the recently implemented Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Sports Science, successfully comple...
Transgender Model Applies For Miss Venezuela Contest
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Transgender Model Applies For Miss Venezuela Contest
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July 4, 2023
Venezuelan’s enthusiasm for beauty pageants is unparalleled, and Miss Venezuela — the crown jewel of them all — may be the only event able to unite th...
Road to Vincy Mas heating up
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Road to Vincy Mas heating up
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June 30, 2023
The activities for Vincy Mas 2023 will be in full swing starting today June 30 when Fantastic Friday, the finals of the Calypso competition, gets unde...
Vincy Mas bands are back in competition
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Vincy Mas bands are back in competition
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June 30, 2023
The late announcement for the staging of Vincy Mas 2022 meant that no mas bands were judged in last year’s Mardi Gras. This year, however, competition...
Paralysed youth graduates from SVGCC, ready for next hurdle
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Paralysed youth graduates from SVGCC, ready for next hurdle
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June 30, 2023
Chauncey resident, Yanick Charles, who has been paralysed for more than half of his life has graduated from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Communit...
CEO of GECCU leaves office suddenly
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CEO of GECCU leaves office suddenly
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June 30, 2023
This country’s largest credit union is without a chief executive officer (CEO) after Rohan J Stowe, who took up the post in October 2020, left office ...
Sandals Resort, St Vincent will offer a newness to tourism (+ video)
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Sandals Resort, St Vincent will offer a newness to tourism (+ video)
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June 30, 2023
The Sandals Resort which is being constructed in Buccament is going to be second to none, and is expected to exponentially boost visitor arrivals to t...
Government commissions MRI machine at official ceremony
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Government commissions MRI machine at official ceremony
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June 30, 2023
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has so far invested over $120 million in health infrastructure in Chili Village, Georgetown. This figu...
North East coast lashed by Tropical Storm Bret
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North East coast lashed by Tropical Storm Bret
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June 27, 2023
TROPICAL STORM Bret made landfall on the evening of Thursday, June 22 and has left in its trail damaged houses, dislocated residents and power outages...
Red Zone farmers reel from yet another blow to their livelihoods
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Red Zone farmers reel from yet another blow to their livelihoods
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June 27, 2023
CONSUMERS in St Vincent and the Grenadines may be faced with a scarcity of plantains and bananas on the local market and the likelihood of higher pric...
Colonaire residents clean up after Bret
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Colonaire residents clean up after Bret
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June 27, 2023
RESIDENTS along the Colonaire Public Road were on Monday, June 26, continuing with efforts to clean up their community that had been littered with deb...
Victim, ‘Sweet Man’, dies “crying for pain”
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Victim, ‘Sweet Man’, dies “crying for pain”
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June 27, 2023
BROKEN RIBS and legs, a bleeding and swollen head as well as damaged abdomen. These are some of the injuries sustained by the island’s latest road fat...
Damage and attempted theft at BOSVG ATM machine in Georgetown under investigation
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Damage and attempted theft at BOSVG ATM machine in Georgetown under investigation
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June 27, 2023
THE POLICE IN Georgetown have launched an investigation following the damage to an ATM machine at the Georgetown branch of Bank of St Vincent and the ...
PM: Young West  Africans stranded here beneficial to SVG
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PM: Young West Africans stranded here beneficial to SVG
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June 23, 2023
The hundreds of West Africans who have been stranded in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) since 2017 are beneficial to the country. And, Prime Minis...
Soca Monarch show will go on despite  artistes boycott – CDC
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Soca Monarch show will go on despite artistes boycott – CDC
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June 23, 2023
It started with one announcement, and now a total of five soca artistes have announced their boycott of the 2023 Soca Monarch competition. On Tuesday,...
Nine Miss SVG 2023  contestants make first public appearance at unveiling
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Nine Miss SVG 2023 contestants make first public appearance at unveiling
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June 23, 2023
The Beauty Shows Committee of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) is hoping that the support from the public will surpass that in the 2022 Miss...
Calypso semifinals set for June 30
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Calypso semifinals set for June 30
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June 23, 2023
Twenty-two calypsonians will battle for a place in the finals of this year’s National Calypso Competition next Friday, June 30 at the Victoria Park. T...
Bishop Hollis Charles marks 56 years in Ministry
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Bishop Hollis Charles marks 56 years in Ministry
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June 20, 2023
“THERE IS NO REGRET in my life.” This is the bold statement coming from Bishop Hollis Charles, as he celebrates close to 60 years as a minister of the...
NDP describes former candidate’s contribution to nation building as exemplary
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NDP describes former candidate’s contribution to nation building as exemplary
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June 20, 2023
THE New Democratic Party (NDP) has extended condolences on the passing of former educator Elvis Daniel and spoke positively of his contribution to nat...
Miss Petit Bordel, Rolanda Samuel is the Queen of North Leeward
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Miss Petit Bordel, Rolanda Samuel is the Queen of North Leeward
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June 20, 2023
Winner of her secondary school pageant, community pageant, and hopefully soon, the Miss SVG pageant, 17 year old Rolanda Samuel has set her sights on ...
Shatta is Georgetown Soca Monarch
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Shatta is Georgetown Soca Monarch
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June 20, 2023
ISHATTA “SHATTA” DASILVA is making waves and setting trends with his 2023 Soca hit “Long fuh see town”. Last Saturday, June 17, the up and coming Soca...
Sion Hill Government celebrates 60 years and best CPEA results in a decade (+Video)
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Sion Hill Government celebrates 60 years and best CPEA results in a decade (+Video)
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June 20, 2023
This year has proven to be a good one for the Sion Hill Government School in more ways than one as it not only marks their 60th anniversary but it has...
Boys dominate 2023 CPEA top ten (+Video)
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Boys dominate 2023 CPEA top ten (+Video)
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June 16, 2023
In the last four years, with the exception of 2022, males have dominated the top three positions in the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA). For ...
Premie turned neonatologist reunites with doc who saved her life
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Premie turned neonatologist reunites with doc who saved her life
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June 16, 2023
by Jada Chambers United States-based Vincentian Neonatologist Josel Doyle, was expected to die shortly after birth having been born prematurely. She h...
One of Canada’s most wanted men in SVG?
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One of Canada’s most wanted men in SVG?
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June 16, 2023
Tongues were set wagging last week as an Internet poster claimed that a man who was wanted in Canada and had a CND$100,000 bounty on his head was beli...
DNA evidence helps sink men who killed cop and brother
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DNA evidence helps sink men who killed cop and brother
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June 16, 2023
Six years after a police officer and his younger brother were killed and their bodies dumped at Sion Hill Bay, two men from Rillan Hill were found gui...
Park Hill Government are Primary Schools Cricket Champions
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Park Hill Government are Primary Schools Cricket Champions
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June 13, 2023
The Park Hill Government School on Sunday, June 11, 2023, defeated the South Rivers Methodist School by 21 runs in a highly competitive encounter at t...
Jadon fights flu to take CPEA top spot
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Jadon fights flu to take CPEA top spot
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June 13, 2023
A recent field trip to Dark View Falls was made 97.20 percent better for Windsor Primary School student, Jadon Hamilton, after he was informed that he...
Math whiz, aspiring Chemist claims joint CPEA second position
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Math whiz, aspiring Chemist claims joint CPEA second position
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June 13, 2023
It was a close finish for the top three spots in the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) and when the dust settled, Windsor Primary School studen...
Joint second placed Kole not surprised about his results
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Joint second placed Kole not surprised about his results
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June 13, 2023
Student at the St Mary’s Roman Catholic School Kole Innis, was “not so much” surprised when he placed second for Boys and second overall in the Caribb...
PM calls for ‘whole hog’ on visa-free travel to Canada
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PM calls for ‘whole hog’ on visa-free travel to Canada
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June 9, 2023
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made a call to Immigration authorities in Canada to give Vincentians the “whole hog” as it relates to visa requ...
11 homeless after fire destroys house in South Rivers
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11 homeless after fire destroys house in South Rivers
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June 9, 2023
A total of 11 persons, including children and babies, are now homeless after a fire destroyed their dwelling house on Monday, June 5. Prime Minister, ...
Local creatives find new market at first edition  of ‘One Fest Canouan’
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Local creatives find new market at first edition of ‘One Fest Canouan’
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June 9, 2023
Designers, artists, and artisans from several categories- including food and beverage, were able last weekend to display and sell their wares to local...
Vincentian woman graduates Brooklyn College at age 66
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Vincentian woman graduates Brooklyn College at age 66
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June 9, 2023
by Jada Chambers Former Barrouallie resident triumphed over naysayers to graduate from Brooklyn College (BC), New York at age 66 to show her nieces an...
‘Young, Gifted and Black’ visual artist shining her lens on Vincy heritage
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‘Young, Gifted and Black’ visual artist shining her lens on Vincy heritage
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June 9, 2023
by Christina Smith If one were to carve all the accomplishments, accolades and highlights of Denise Stephanie Hewitt’s creative career on the cobblest...
Zion-I kicked off On Tour calypso bus
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Zion-I kicked off On Tour calypso bus
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June 6, 2023
As far as Grantley ‘I-pa’ Constance is concerned, controversial calypsonian Alvin ‘Zion-I’ Dennie kicked himself out of the On Tour calypso tent. “Zio...
PM Gonsalves urges adopting a pro-active approach for the 2023 hurricane season
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PM Gonsalves urges adopting a pro-active approach for the 2023 hurricane season
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June 6, 2023
Regardless of the predictions for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Vincentians are being cautioned against adopting a lax attitude. This advice has...
Fya Empress dethrones Shaunelle McKenzie
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Fya Empress dethrones Shaunelle McKenzie
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June 6, 2023
Lornette ‘Fya Empress’ Nedd has dethroned Shaunelle McKenzie in the Vincy Queen of Calypso Competition, 2023, and now has eyes set on claiming victory...
Mother of six to pay over $30,000 for stabbing, beating and chopping her neighbour
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Mother of six to pay over $30,000 for stabbing, beating and chopping her neighbour
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June 6, 2023
A mother of six who meted out a significant degree of violence to her then 20 year old neighbour by beating, chopping and stabbing her must compensate...
No more sitting in 200-year-old House
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No more sitting in 200-year-old House
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June 2, 2023
A special sitting of the House of Assembly was held on Thursday to mark the last time Parliament will sit at the over 200-year-old building in Kingsto...
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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July 11, 2025
A man, who was conducting business inside the offices of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was shot and killed, allegedly by an on- duty s...
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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July 11, 2025
The Diocese of the Windward Islands has extended condolences on the passing of Dean emeritus, Ulric Smith, who died on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at the M...
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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July 11, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has commended the public for allowing VincyMas 2025 to transpire “without any major inc...
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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July 11, 2025
VincyMas is no longer a seasonal event says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), Rodney Small. “…we at the CDC...
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
EL DORADO Starlift Steel Orchestra has now won the Senior Panorama compe- tition 26 times, and while some people may say that’s a lot, band captain Ro...

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