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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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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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November 18, 2022
AS THE Kingstown Town Board works to clear the city streets of informal street vending, Warden, Clayton Burgin is urging vendors to comply with the ch...
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November 18, 2022
A Georgetown resident is making a living for himself by making concrete blocks, instead of sitting around and waiting on handouts. Block making is har...
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November 18, 2022
Government will incur an expense of close to $400,000 in the process of offloading the shipment of urea received from Venezuela. Some 40,000 sacks lan...
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November 15, 2022
A notice from the Kingstown Town Board informing vendors that they will not be allowed to occupy the area in front the P.H. Veira building was not suf...
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November 15, 2022
A family of three from Belair who lost all their possessions in a recent fire is pleading for assistance from the public and government to get back on...
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May 12, 2026
AS OF APRIL, 2026, the St.Vincent and the Grenadines passport is ranked 19th globally with a mobility score of 146–157 on the Henley Passport Index 20...
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May 12, 2026
FIRE CHIEF and Superintendent in the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), Markneal Ellis, has expressed concerns about the numbe...
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May 12, 2026
A CAMPDEN PARK WOMAN was given a suspended sentence for wounding another woman who was now in an intimate relationship with her former boyfriend. Reio...
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May 12, 2026
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION launched Child Month, 2026, with a prayer Breakfast, under the theme, “I belong.You belong.We all belong”. Celebrated annual...
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May 8, 2026
Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, and Sustainable Development, Kishore Shallow, announced that a new initiative titled “Love SVG” will soon be impl...
