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Dead man’s brother says he was wrongfully blamed for crimes
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Dead man’s brother says he was wrongfully blamed for crimes
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January 6, 2023
Kensley Mars, the older brother of 47-year-old homicide victim, Selwyn ‘Kashie’ Foye says he does not feel good about what happened to his brother, bu...
Denbar spins his way to Police Sportsman of the Year 2022
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Denbar spins his way to Police Sportsman of the Year 2022
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January 6, 2023
Police Constable (PC) Kenneth Denbar picked up his second major award in just under two weeks when he copped the Police Sportsman of the Year 2022 awa...
50 pre-fab houses from Guyana expected at the end of March
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50 pre-fab houses from Guyana expected at the end of March
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January 6, 2023
Fifty Vincentian families who suffered severe losses during the April, 2021 volcanic eruptions, are to receive prefabricated timber houses which the g...
Thieves, vandals try to spoil Christmas in Georgetown
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Thieves, vandals try to spoil Christmas in Georgetown
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December 30, 2022
The popular father figure, Santa Claus went missing from his home in Georgetown this Christmas. After many years of not lighting up the town, a commit...
Young entrepreneur  graces January page of 2023 BOSVG calendar
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Young entrepreneur graces January page of 2023 BOSVG calendar
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December 30, 2022
The Bank of St Vincent and the Grenadines (BOSVG) has chosen Crystal Bynoe-Greaves to grace the January page of its 2023 calendar which celebrates 12 ...
Cannabis growers call for help to meet  export standards
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Cannabis growers call for help to meet export standards
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December 30, 2022
by Christina Smith Financial gains for traditional cannabis cultivators in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have not been as fruitful as desired, ...
Point Village wins Lighting Competition for the 10th year
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Point Village wins Lighting Competition for the 10th year
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December 30, 2022
Residents of Point Village are planning a big celebration for their tenth consecutive win of the Vinlec Community Lighting Competition for 2022. In an...
Kingstown market vendors not feeling Christmas spirit (+video)
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Kingstown market vendors not feeling Christmas spirit (+video)
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December 23, 2022
Two shopping days until Christmas and market vendors are not in the holiday spirit as low sales are reportedly causing them to feel frustrated with th...
Consumers forced to shell out more cash as egg prices go cracking high
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Consumers forced to shell out more cash as egg prices go cracking high
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December 23, 2022
Persons seeking to purchase eggs ahead of the Christmas season are being cautioned against settling for jacked up prices for the high in- demand item....
Orange Hill residents happy to spend first Christmas at new home (+ video)
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Orange Hill residents happy to spend first Christmas at new home (+ video)
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December 23, 2022
Most residents at the new housing settlement in Orange Hill are settling into their new homes well and are looking forward to spending their first Chr...
Attorney for Veron Primus  barred from court until he apologises
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Attorney for Veron Primus barred from court until he apologises
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December 20, 2022
High Court Judge, Brian Cottle has made it clear that attorney, Michael Wyllie will not be allowed to appear before him in the High Court without an a...
Mother of Sharleen Greaves says justice was served on Veron Primus
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Mother of Sharleen Greaves says justice was served on Veron Primus
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December 20, 2022
It took seven years and one month, but Inether Bailey-Holder of Cane Hall, believes that justice has been served in the slaying of her daughter, Sharl...
Inmates display creative talent at Prison concert
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Inmates display creative talent at Prison concert
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December 20, 2022
Last Sunday December 18, 2022, an explosion of talent was displayed by inmates of His Maesty’s Prisons at the annual concert dubbed “Explosion after E...
‘Bigger, better and brighter’ Nine Nights of Lights (+Video)
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‘Bigger, better and brighter’ Nine Nights of Lights (+Video)
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December 20, 2022
The Nine Nights of Lights festival was one of the casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing authorities to host a scaled back, ‘vaccinated-only’ ve...
Five persons shot, two killed in five-day shooting spree
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Five persons shot, two killed in five-day shooting spree
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December 16, 2022
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has recorded a bloody five days where five persons have been shot in four separate incidents, two of which were fa...
115 new jobs announced in 2023 Estimates, wage bill up $20m.
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115 new jobs announced in 2023 Estimates, wage bill up $20m.
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December 16, 2022
The 2023 Estimates reveal that 115 new jobs are being created by the government with the bulk of these posts being allocated to the Royal St. Vincent ...
Volcanic ash killing our livelihood – farmers (+ video)
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Volcanic ash killing our livelihood – farmers (+ video)
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December 16, 2022
by Lyf Compton The ash that was deposited during the April 2021 La Soufriere volcanic eruptions is still creating problems for farmers in North Windwa...
Prison inmates to be baptised after saying ‘yes to Jesus’
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Prison inmates to be baptised after saying ‘yes to Jesus’
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December 13, 2022
Inmates of His Majesty’s Prison (HMP)- the Female Prison, Kingstown prison and Belle Isle - participated in a praise and worship session to mark the s...
Keyron Lewis is Most Outstanding Taxi driver during training
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Keyron Lewis is Most Outstanding Taxi driver during training
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December 13, 2022
Earlier this year, SEARCHLIGHT featured Georgetown taxi driver, Keyon Lewis, as a jack of all trades, who had recently entered the world of taxi opera...
Covid-19 numbers in SVG up to 23, highest since September 8
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Covid-19 numbers in SVG up to 23, highest since September 8
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December 13, 2022
The number of active COVID-19 cases in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) appears to be rising again, with known infections now at 23, the highest si...
Central Leeward are double champions of Schools’ Netball
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Central Leeward are double champions of Schools’ Netball
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December 13, 2022
The Central Leeward Secondary School Warriors did the netball double this year winning both the junior and Senior Division titles of the St. Vincent a...
Union Island residents protest Government’s acquisition of 10 acres of beach front land
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Union Island residents protest Government’s acquisition of 10 acres of beach front land
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December 9, 2022
A picket mounted by a group of residents on Union Island last Sunday, December 4, to protest the acquisition by Government of 10.75 acres of beach fro...
Street vendors use  ‘creative’ means to  circumvent Town  Board instructions
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Street vendors use ‘creative’ means to circumvent Town Board instructions
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December 9, 2022
While the Kingstown Town Board (KTB) has implemented a prohibition on street vending, and officials have been conducting daily sweeps of the city, som...
Cuban President rejects US Human Trafficking claims
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Cuban President rejects US Human Trafficking claims
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December 9, 2022
The President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel has rejected assertions by United States officials that the Cuban government is engaged in Human Trafficking ...
Former Tennis hopeful warns – don’t use drugs, use wisdom(+ video)
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Former Tennis hopeful warns – don’t use drugs, use wisdom(+ video)
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December 9, 2022
If Rohan “Cooman” Adams could miraculously re-live his life, he would not pursue tennis and he would definitely not use cocaine. Adams, a known charac...
Workers discover possible human  remains at Zion Hill
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Workers discover possible human remains at Zion Hill
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December 9, 2022
There is still some uncertainty as to whether skeletal bones found at Zion Hill in Barrouallie are human remains. However, the Head of the Criminal In...
SVG reaffirms its commitment to Cuba (+Video)
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SVG reaffirms its commitment to Cuba (+Video)
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December 6, 2022
THE OFFICIAL three-day visit by the President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel and his delegation concluded with St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) pledgin...
Alicia masters academic challenges with Distinction
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Alicia masters academic challenges with Distinction
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December 6, 2022
IF A PRIZE were to be awarded for perseverance in the face of immense struggle then Bequia resident, Alicia Lavia would be well-deserving of such. Lav...
Fire guts house at Keartons, leaves mother and children homeless
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Fire guts house at Keartons, leaves mother and children homeless
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December 6, 2022
A RESIDENT of Keartons, Barrouallie Coleen Lovelace lost all her material belongings in a fire on Monday December 3. Four of Lovelace’s children were ...
Jarvis found guilty of murder, to be sentenced in January
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Jarvis found guilty of murder, to be sentenced in January
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December 2, 2022
After giving his life to Christ in 2010 and preaching the word of God, Junior Jarvis has been found guilty of murder and is awaiting sentencing in Jan...
Vendors’ tables dumped in Paul’s Avenue, then removed (+Video)
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Vendors’ tables dumped in Paul’s Avenue, then removed (+Video)
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December 2, 2022
Four days after structures belonging to street vendors were dumped in Paul’s Avenue, the items have been removed, much to the relief of residents and ...
Wall collapses killing ‘Skilled tradesman’ (+Video)
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Wall collapses killing ‘Skilled tradesman’ (+Video)
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December 2, 2022
Edison ‘Bumpin’ Trimmingham was a tradesman with a hustling spirit and drive to succeed. This is how the 29-year-old Clare Valley resident who died in...
Jarvis found guilty of  8 charges  including  murder (+Video)
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Jarvis found guilty of 8 charges including murder (+Video)
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November 29, 2022
After just three hours of deliberation yesterday, a 12-member jury found former journalist Junior Jarvis guilty of murder in the shooting death of ban...
Ellis – from alcoholic high to calling from on high
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Ellis – from alcoholic high to calling from on high
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November 29, 2022
Inspector Markneal Ellis who recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology, wants the world to know that had it not been for the grace...
No vending on the streets of Kingstown from today (+ video)
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No vending on the streets of Kingstown from today (+ video)
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November 29, 2022
The deadline for the cessation of street vending in capital, Kingstown has come into effect with the streets being cleared and the new markets filling...
2024 deadline for NIS reform
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2024 deadline for NIS reform
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November 25, 2022
A deadline of 2024 has been recommended for the implementation of pension reform. The need for pension reform has been a talking point of the governme...
‘Tanty’ Dorothy Adams a nation builder – PM Gonsalves (+Video)
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‘Tanty’ Dorothy Adams a nation builder – PM Gonsalves (+Video)
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November 25, 2022
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has hailed this country’s latest centenarian, Dorothy "Tanty" Adams, as a nation builder. The Prime Minister took ti...
Man’s passion for writing helps him kick drug addiction
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Man’s passion for writing helps him kick drug addiction
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November 25, 2022
A man who said he was once a drug addict has published his first book of poems. David Richardo Nedd knew the wretchedness of homelessness- that is whe...
Banned footballer remorseful about assaulting referee
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Banned footballer remorseful about assaulting referee
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November 25, 2022
Shemorie Baptiste, the Greiggs FC player, who received a three- year ban for assaulting a referee, has expressed remorse for his actions. The Discipli...
City vendors who were moved to get  relocation allowance
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City vendors who were moved to get relocation allowance
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November 22, 2022
Vendors in Kingstown who will be relocated to the new vegetable market, are due to receive a relocation allowance. Prime Minister Gonsalves outlined l...
‘River in Parliament’ interrupts sitting (+Video)
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‘River in Parliament’ interrupts sitting (+Video)
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November 22, 2022
What has been described as the ‘river Parliament’ started to flow during Monday’s sitting in the House of Assembly located upstairs in the High Court ...
No SVG police boots on ground  for Haiti – PM
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No SVG police boots on ground for Haiti – PM
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November 18, 2022
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has firmly stated that his government will not be sending anyone from the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Polic...
Lawyers told to ‘find your own parking’, not Court House yard
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Lawyers told to ‘find your own parking’, not Court House yard
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November 18, 2022
Plans are being set in place for the overall development of Kingstown, one of which will be a ban on unregulated parking in the lot of the High Court ...
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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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