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Don’t sell Baliceaux, acquire it – Garifuna Foundation
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Don’t sell Baliceaux, acquire it – Garifuna Foundation
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March 17, 2023
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines will give “serious consideration” to the acquisition of the privately owned Grenadine island of Balice...
Women on  list for  consideration as National Hero – PM
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Women on list for consideration as National Hero – PM
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March 17, 2023
The names of outstanding women in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) who are now deceased have been put forward to the National Heroes Advisory Commi...
Each Vincentian has the potential to be a Hero – Dr Friday
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Each Vincentian has the potential to be a Hero – Dr Friday
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March 17, 2023
Leader of the Opposition, Dr Godwin Friday believes that within each Vincentian lies the potential to become a hero. Friday aired this view on Tuesday...
Junior Jarvis expresses remorse for taking life, asks  family for forgiveness
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Junior Jarvis expresses remorse for taking life, asks family for forgiveness
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March 10, 2023
As he awaits his sentence for killing banker, Randy Lawrence , convicted murderer, Junior Jarvis has been expressing remorse. The 52 year old has apol...
‘Release him!’ says mother of 15-year-old charged with murder (+video)
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‘Release him!’ says mother of 15-year-old charged with murder (+video)
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March 10, 2023
By Christina Smith Video by Eldonte Samuel Residents in Caratal village, Georgetown are remaining tight lipped about the events which led to the death...
Baliceaux no easy sale – PM
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Baliceaux no easy sale – PM
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March 10, 2023
While the private island of Baliceaux is now being advertised for sale, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made it clear that “there are sensitive ...
Three months, no pay driving Adult Education facilitators mad
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Three months, no pay driving Adult Education facilitators mad
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March 10, 2023
by Christina Smith There is growing frustration among teaching facilitators in the Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) programme with some reportedly...
Dr Kishore Shallow unveils  manifesto ahead of CWI elections
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Dr Kishore Shallow unveils manifesto ahead of CWI elections
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March 10, 2023
Vincentian, Dr Kishore Shallow has launched his manifesto entitled: Pushing the Boundaries, ahead of Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) presidential elections...
Brother, 15-year-old charged in hacking death of Georgetown man
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Brother, 15-year-old charged in hacking death of Georgetown man
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March 7, 2023
Just days after the bloody murder of Sheldon Welch, a labourer of Georgetown, his younger brother and a minor were jointly charged with his murder tha...
Mother of boy injured in van accident urges drivers to be more cautious
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Mother of boy injured in van accident urges drivers to be more cautious
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March 7, 2023
The parent of a student who was in a passenger van when it overturned last Thursday, March 2 , is calling on drivers of these vehicles to drive with m...
Ashton Lagoon on its way to full restoration (+VIDEO)
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Ashton Lagoon on its way to full restoration (+VIDEO)
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March 7, 2023
Sustainable Grenadines Inc (SusGren), has been working under the mantra of ‘one, one does full basket’ and now, after a decade and some change, there ...
92-year-old former estate worker says life ‘been good’
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92-year-old former estate worker says life ‘been good’
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March 7, 2023
There are those who view work in agricultural lands as too difficult. But Magdeline Gould said she found more relief while working in fields on an est...
Union Island wildlife trade: Environmentalists versus poachers
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Union Island wildlife trade: Environmentalists versus poachers
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March 3, 2023
by Christina Smith One group seeks to protect while the other seeks to profit- this is the opposing dynamic between the poachers who are working to il...
GoFundMe account opened for Bequia youth involved  in weekend accident
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GoFundMe account opened for Bequia youth involved in weekend accident
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March 3, 2023
A young resident of Bequia is now at the Intensive Care Unit at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) following an incident at sea last weekend tha...
17 new records set at Central Leeward Athletics Meet
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17 new records set at Central Leeward Athletics Meet
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March 3, 2023
It was a record breaking day at last Sunday’s athletics meet of the Central Leeward Secondary School when 17 records were shattered. Jahiem Harry of B...
Headmistress House retains championship at Girls’ High School
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Headmistress House retains championship at Girls’ High School
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March 3, 2023
Headmistress House retained their overall athletics championship title won in 2022, when they topped the points standings at the Girls’ High School’s ...
Two records broken at joint SJCK and SMSS Athletics Meet
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Two records broken at joint SJCK and SMSS Athletics Meet
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March 3, 2023
Two records were broken when the St Joseph’s Convent (Kingstown), and St. Martin’s Secondary School held their joint Athletics Meet last Friday, Febru...
Escaped convict nabbed around Kingstown Park (+VIDEO)
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Escaped convict nabbed around Kingstown Park (+VIDEO)
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February 28, 2023
Javill Williams’ attempt to escape police custody at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court has resulted in him being slapped with a new charge, just minute...
Partially blind man, 69, pulls gun on 24-year-old mechanic (+VIDEO)
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Partially blind man, 69, pulls gun on 24-year-old mechanic (+VIDEO)
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February 28, 2023
A 69-year-old visually impaired man told the court he mistakenly pulled his gun on another man who he thought had stolen his cell phone. Diamond resid...
Volcanoes Football Club banned for two years
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Volcanoes Football Club banned for two years
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February 28, 2023
The Volcanoes Football Club has been banned for two years from competing in any Football activity organized or supported by the St Vincent and the Gre...
Primary Schools Cricket  returns after two decades
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Primary Schools Cricket returns after two decades
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February 28, 2023
Last Friday, February 24, at the London Playing Field Terique Edwards of the Owia Government School bowled the first ball as primary schools cricket r...
April move for pupils of Mary Hutchinson Primary School  (+Video)
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April move for pupils of Mary Hutchinson Primary School (+Video)
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February 24, 2023
A new timeline has been set for the completion of the Mary Hutchinson Primary School (MHPS) in Ashton, Union Island with pupils expected to be in new ...
FBI may soon join Bequia murder investigation
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FBI may soon join Bequia murder investigation
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February 24, 2023
The US based Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, may soon become involved in the investigation of the murder of former US-based Bequia businessm...
VSPCA working to tackle rise in stray animal population
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VSPCA working to tackle rise in stray animal population
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February 24, 2023
Capital city Kingstown is becoming renowned for more than its architectural design and cobblestone streets. Over the past several years, stray dogs an...
16-year old among cocaine addicts involved in $68,000 burglary
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16-year old among cocaine addicts involved in $68,000 burglary
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February 24, 2023
Three cocaine addicts including a juvenile, are now facing the consequences of their sticky fingers having been found guilty of stealing from a store ...
Picketers voice concerns on NIS pension overhaul
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Picketers voice concerns on NIS pension overhaul
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February 24, 2023
A small group of individuals staged a protest outside the of the House of Assembly building yesterday, February, 23 as Members of Parliament were meet...
Georgetown residents saddened by passing of popular figure, ‘Maxi’
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Georgetown residents saddened by passing of popular figure, ‘Maxi’
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February 24, 2023
Residents of Georgetown are still trying to come to terms with the death of a popular figure, Maxon Horne. The 53 year old security guard, who was als...
KPS teacher stays off job because of threat on the restroom wall
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KPS teacher stays off job because of threat on the restroom wall
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February 21, 2023
A grade six teacher at the Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS) has refused to return to teaching her Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) classes, ...
Hopewell family fear serious injuries from incomplete road work (+video)
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Hopewell family fear serious injuries from incomplete road work (+video)
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February 21, 2023
CONTRACTORS WORKING along the Richland Park road have come under heavy criticism yet again, this time from a family who narrowly escaped serious injur...
Good samaritan elated that elderly man is now in public  housing
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Good samaritan elated that elderly man is now in public housing
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February 21, 2023
Barrouallie resident, Wilma Oliver is rejoicing in gratitude as her elderly neighbour who was living in a deplorable condition , was relocated to a pu...
Man charged with murder of Dorsetshire Hill woman (+Video)
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Man charged with murder of Dorsetshire Hill woman (+Video)
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February 21, 2023
A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN has been charged with the murder at Dorsetshire Hill of former hospitality worker, Purlinea Greaves, popularly known as “Sunshine”. ...
Woman in van accident thanks God she left her baby at home (+ Video)
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Woman in van accident thanks God she left her baby at home (+ Video)
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February 21, 2023
ONE OF the passengers who was in a van that overturned in Akers last Friday afternoon, February 17, is thanking God that she listened to the voice tha...
Woman begs for public housing for elderly neighbour
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Woman begs for public housing for elderly neighbour
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February 17, 2023
by Jada Chambers Barrouallie resident, Wilma Oliver is seeking assistance to get her elderly neighbour Randolph Smith, who is said to be living in a d...
American  Airlines  snubs  two PMs
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American Airlines snubs two PMs
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February 17, 2023
American Airlines has been criticized by the Government of Guyana for insisting that two CARICOM Prime Ministers go to the check-in counter at the Che...
‘Missing’ boatmen  arrested in Martinique
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‘Missing’ boatmen arrested in Martinique
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February 17, 2023
Three men, initially thought to be missing at sea, are in prison in Martinique. A woman, the sister of one of the men, reported to another media house...
Matriarch still giving wise advice at 101 (+video)
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Matriarch still giving wise advice at 101 (+video)
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February 17, 2023
“Pay attention to your book!” This is the advice that was passed down through generations of the Primus family by matriarch, Drucilla, which has kept ...
Vincentian in Turkey concerned about the possibility of another earthquake
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Vincentian in Turkey concerned about the possibility of another earthquake
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February 17, 2023
As Turkey continues to reel under an ever-climbing death toll following a major earthquake and its aftershock, residents in the country’s largest city...
A love that overcomes – Narei and Kyron going eight years strong
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A love that overcomes – Narei and Kyron going eight years strong
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February 14, 2023
A love story to make your heart swell with joy. This is the best way to describe the strong and enduring love between Kyron King and Nareisha Brereton...
Swimmers ready for the challenge at Invitational Championships
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Swimmers ready for the challenge at Invitational Championships
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February 14, 2023
All is at the ready for this week’s Gallagher Invitational Swimming Championships set for Thursday February, 16 to Sunday, February 19, at the Shrewsb...
Vincentians in Turkey safe  after catastrophic earthquake
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Vincentians in Turkey safe after catastrophic earthquake
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February 14, 2023
A call made by the Honorary Consul of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in Turkey, Julia Gunn, has yielded a favourable response with over a dozen V...
New iniatives coming to take illegal guns off streets (+Video)
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New iniatives coming to take illegal guns off streets (+Video)
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February 14, 2023
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) is aiming not to have a repeat of the 2022 record number of homicides in 2023 and so ne...
Cops knew my son was target – Mom
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Cops knew my son was target – Mom
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February 10, 2023
Roxanne Laidlow, the mother of slain van conductor, 28 year-old Keron Hadaway, said there was intelligence that her son was going to be murdered but n...
Bring back the death penalty – relatives of murdered woman
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Bring back the death penalty – relatives of murdered woman
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February 10, 2023
Three female family members of a woman who died in hospital after she was stabbed in Kingstown on Saturday February 4, say they believe the hangman’s ...
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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
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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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