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November 9, 2021
Following the destruction of their school plant in the April 2021 volcanic eruptions, the Sandy Bay Secondary School was back in full operation on Fri...
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November 9, 2021
Sir James Mitchell continues to be warded at the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados, and his family, grateful for th...
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November 5, 2021
Having to evacuate his home in Colonaire due to the eruption of La Soufriere in April this year no doubt affected Kajé Jack’s study schedule as he pre...
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November 5, 2021
When Anjú Dowers decided to sit 16 CSEC subjects this year, he did so with his future in mind. The teenager, who recently graduated from the Mountain...
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November 5, 2021
After a stressful final year at secondary school, Akayla Crichton is happy to have come out unscathed and one of this year’s top CSEC performers in St...
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November 5, 2021
The much anticipated return to face-to-face classes for the Girls High School (GHS), and sections of the St Vincent Grammar School took place on Wedne...
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November 5, 2021
Members of the traffic department of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines police Force(RSVGPF) have expressed satisfaction with the conduct of dri...
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November 5, 2021
Drivers and members of the public have been expressing disapproval at the route which vehicles travelling from Kingstown to the the tarmac at the deco...
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November 2, 2021
Principals at both secondary and primary schools in St Vincent and the Grenadines have deemed the first day of face to face classes for 2021 a success...
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November 2, 2021
A number of schools opened their doors yesterday, November 1 for face to face learning, initiating the second phase of the resumption of schooling whi...
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November 2, 2021
The medical staff treating former Prime Minister Sir James Fitz-Allen Mitchell has confirmed that he has dengue hemorrhagic fever, which is causing ot...
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November 2, 2021
A new online discussion programme will premiere tomorrow evening on SEARCHLIGHT’s Facebook page. ‘The Press Room’ is produced by Interactive Media Lim...
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October 29, 2021
For more than two hours, community members from Bottle and Glass, Barrouallie, carried water to extinguish a fire that has now gutted a building set a...
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October 29, 2021
Paintings of nature landscapes of Mesopotamia done by a 20-year-old resident were among a range of pieces from local artists showcased at an Independe...
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October 29, 2021
THE COURT ruled this week that immigration charges brought against Luzette King amount to an abuse of process. This is a move that gives way for King,...
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October 29, 2021
At age 19, and making use of a $40. 00 discounted ticket from the airline for which he worked, Phil Dobson left the UK for a visit to the Caribbean vi...
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October 29, 2021
In commemoration of the 42nd Anniversary of St Vincent and the Grenadines’s Independence which was observed on Wednesday 27th October, 2021, The Embas...
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COVID19 vaccine mandate now law
October 22, 2021
Almost 5,900 employees of the State must prove by November 19, 2021 that they have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, failing which the...
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October 22, 2021
At least two private schools on mainland St Vincent are currently engaging its students in face-to-face instruction under strict COVID-19 protocols. M...
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October 19, 2021
The decision has been made to refuse an application seeking the removal of a section of ‘dead’ reef, and placement of an artificial reef and imported ...
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October 19, 2021
When the construction of the temporary school buildings at the decommissioned E.T. Joshua airstrip commenced, the wellbeing of pedestrians was a criti...
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October 15, 2021
The first ever transatlantic flight to St Vincent and the Grenadines(SVG), landed this week, officially connecting the United Kingdom and the rest of ...
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October 15, 2021
Four persons who reportedly sustained broken limbs in a vehicular accident in Union Island on Tuesday were airlifted to the mainland for medical treat...
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October 15, 2021
At about 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday October 13, 2021, Opposition senator Israel Bruce, walked into the Criminal Investigations Department (C.I.D) accomp...
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October 12, 2021
This country may have very well given away more COVID-19 vaccines than have been administered to the population. And while there has been a recent in...
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October 12, 2021
Local and regional authorities are on the lookout for a yacht which was previously moored off the coast of Young Island but has now been reported miss...
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October 12, 2021
Member of Parliament for Central Kingstown, St Clair Leacock, is calling on teachers to reconsider their position on vaccination. Leacock, who was spe...
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October 12, 2021
Teachers have been encouraged to remain steadfast in their fight to protect their jobs and fundamental rights and freedoms, as they continue to protes...
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October 8, 2021
Having been recently added to the list of “frontline workers” for whom a COVID19 vaccine is a requirement, teachers are hitting back with three sugges...
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October 8, 2021
Teacher turnout for online teaching in St Vincent and the Grenadines was above 90 per cent at most schools on Wednesday, October 6, despite the decisi...
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October 8, 2021
A fully vaccinated 74-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 has been discharged from the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH), after recoveri...
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October 8, 2021
The St Vincent Electricity Services Ltd (VINLEC) building was closed to the public yesterday, October 7, after a “user of the building” tested positiv...
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October 5, 2021
A veteran radio announcer, a Minister of the Gospel, a mother, a grandmother and a woman known to all as being full of life; lost her battle with COVI...
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October 5, 2021
The Argyle International Airport (AIA), will this month see three international flights landing on the same day for the first time, even as local heal...
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October 5, 2021
Work-crews are working late into the night to complete the widening of the roadway leading to the decommissioned E.T. Joshua airport where temporary b...
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October 5, 2021
ON MONDAY, SCORES of persons were seen standing outside the Kingstown Health Clinic to undergo PCR testing, several of them told SEARCHLIGHT. One pers...
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October 1, 2021
Schools across St Vincent and the Grenadines will open virtually on October 4, due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. A blended approach is likely to be a...
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October 1, 2021
Seven full seven-year scholarships have been awarded to students for the first time ever in the history of the Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation (NK...
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October 1, 2021
Several questions were left unanswered in the House of Assembly yesterday, September 30 as Parliamentarians on the Opposition benches in the House ref...
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October 1, 2021
When persons living in the Red Zone began to evacuate on April 08, just ahead of the start of explosive eruptions of the soufriere volcano, they took ...
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September 28, 2021
Members of the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago were yesterday morning nearing completion of 27 pre-fabricated houses at Orange...
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September 28, 2021
Ten students from the Layou Government School are this year’s recipients of gift vouchers from the Becket Benefit Organisation — a reward for being su...
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Lab workers being threatened – CMO
September 24, 2021
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache has requested of Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, to address security issues for her staff...
From the Courts, News
September 16, 2025
A VENDOR, who accused another man of vomiting and urinating in front of his family’s business place was bonded for striking the man in his stomach whi...
News
September 16, 2025
PRESIDENT OF THE SVG Hotel Association Isola Giddings, says the country’s tourism sector is on a firm path of growth, but stakeholders must work toget...
News
September 12, 2025
THE ASHLEY LASHLEY Foundation, with support from the United States Government, is implementing a local-level project entitled “Community-Driven Strate...
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September 12, 2025
NON- NATIONALS ARE being hired to fill several jobs in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) simply because locals did not have the required skill sets....
News
September 12, 2025
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Montgomery Daniel has sought to clear around rumours that have been circulating relating to his health. Speaking on NBC radio on...
