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Order given to immediately evacuate Soufriere Red Zone
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Order given to immediately evacuate Soufriere Red Zone
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April 9, 2021
Thousands of Vincentians are currently being evacuated from their homes as a result of further increased activity at the Soufriere volcano. And, St. V...
Vincentian aims to promote  Caribbean culture in Taiwan
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Vincentian aims to promote Caribbean culture in Taiwan
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April 9, 2021
A former SEARCHLIGHT reporter, is trying to promote Caribbean culture through events with hopes of popularizing the culture even more in Asia. Ari Sha...
Schools remain closed for face to face classes
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Schools remain closed for face to face classes
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April 9, 2021
SCHOOLS ACROSS THE state, most of which are designated emergency shelters, will remain closed to in-school learning until further notice. This was ann...
Science student takes Prime Minister’s Award
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Science student takes Prime Minister’s Award
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April 1, 2021
The nation’s newest scholar and recipient of the Prime Minister’s award is Kelcey Allen, a science student and avid learner who is continuing her jour...
Scholarship winner has heart set on  medical profession
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Scholarship winner has heart set on medical profession
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April 1, 2021
The recipient of the second highest national scholarship award for 2020 academic performance, Kyle DaSilva, is on a path to become a medical doctor, a...
All unvaccinated State workers required to take regular Covid-19 tests
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All unvaccinated State workers required to take regular Covid-19 tests
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April 1, 2021
All employees of the State who have not been vaccinated will be required to be tested regularly for COVID-19.    This ultimatum was issued through a m...
My cousin beat, raped me – victim
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My cousin beat, raped me – victim
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April 1, 2021
A Bequia woman who alleges that she was raped by a family member, is urging persons to stop sharing the sex tapes of her which are currently making th...
Northern residents on edge as Soufriere rumbles, shakes
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Northern residents on edge as Soufriere rumbles, shakes
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March 26, 2021
THE LA SOUFRIÈRE VOLCANO is keeping the residents living underneath its shadow on edge. And, the scientists monitoring the spewing monster are making ...
Trio nabbed at sea in police sting
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Trio nabbed at sea in police sting
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March 26, 2021
A successful operation by the coastguard has resulted in two young Grenadians and one Vincentian being taken before the court and fined for attempting...
Woman claims she drank out $4000 of stolen cash in a day
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Woman claims she drank out $4000 of stolen cash in a day
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March 23, 2021
A 30-year-old mother has cited frustrations from being pressured to have an abortion and other abuses as being somehow connected to her theft of $6,10...
Family of man who died from Covid-19 upset
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Family of man who died from Covid-19 upset
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March 23, 2021
Family members of Lorenzo Baptiste, a man who died from COVID-19 on Monday, March 22, is upset about his passing being posted on social media before t...
Buccament  Bay inventory  sale exceeds  expectations
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Buccament Bay inventory sale exceeds expectations
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March 23, 2021
With over three quarters of a million dollars having been realized so far from the sale of inventory from the former Buccament Bay Resort, Minister of...
SVGTU says teachers not opposed to returning to classroom
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SVGTU says teachers not opposed to returning to classroom
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March 19, 2021
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) says they want to make it abundantly clear that teachers are not opposed to returning to the ...
Teachers will not be bullied to take vaccine – SVGTU
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Teachers will not be bullied to take vaccine – SVGTU
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March 19, 2021
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) wants the authorities to know that their members will not be bullied or forced into taking t...
Murray’s Village resident succumbs to multiple gunshot wounds
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Murray’s Village resident succumbs to multiple gunshot wounds
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March 19, 2021
Residents of Murray’s Village were startled by what some described as “automatic gunfire” last week Thursday night, March 11, a discharge of bullets t...
Man bonded for beating baby mother
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Man bonded for beating baby mother
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March 19, 2021
In a drunken state, a young father who got into an argument with the mother of his baby over the volume of his game, resorted to beating her with his ...
Cattle thieves leaving just ropes, manure for angry  owners
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Cattle thieves leaving just ropes, manure for angry owners
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March 12, 2021
by Katherine Renton Cattle thieves are preying on farmers’ animals in the Argyle/Akers area leaving only the ropes and manure behind, and last month s...
Potholes, strict Covid protocols hurting Sharpes vanmen
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Potholes, strict Covid protocols hurting Sharpes vanmen
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March 12, 2021
by Katherine Renton All minibus operators working the Redemption Sharpes route joined the country-wide withdrawal of service this week, as frustration...
Over 300 children benefit  from Zero Hunger Fund
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Over 300 children benefit from Zero Hunger Fund
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March 12, 2021
by Bria King More than 300 children sponsored by the Zero Hunger Trust Fund received food parcels and cheques this week to ensure they are having a ba...
Vincentian lass confirms her public speaking prowess (+ Video)
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Vincentian lass confirms her public speaking prowess (+ Video)
Marika wins again!
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March 9, 2021
Marika Baptiste continues to demonstrate her public speaking prowess, and in her latest effort she has called for more to be done to encourage women t...
Nigerian woman acquitted of theft against former employer
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Nigerian woman acquitted of theft against former employer
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March 9, 2021
by Katherine Renton She was called a thief, cursed by passers-by, and her dreams occupied with images of prison, but last Friday former Star Garage em...
Minivans withdraw their services again
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Minivans withdraw their services again
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March 9, 2021
The government is being called on to adjust the COVID-19 protocols for public transportation, in the same way the protocols for religious organization...
PSU unhappy with the way Covid-19 outbreak was  handled at Mental Health Rehab Centre
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PSU unhappy with the way Covid-19 outbreak was handled at Mental Health Rehab Centre
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March 5, 2021
by Bria King Public Service Union (PSU) representatives have bashed local health authorities for the manner in which the COVID-19 outbreak at the Ment...
Some Edinboro residents object  to fishing facility for Bottom Town/Rose Place fisherfolk  in their community
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Some Edinboro residents object to fishing facility for Bottom Town/Rose Place fisherfolk in their community
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March 5, 2021
by Lyf Compton A fishing facility that government proposes to build in Edinboro is meeting resistance from some residents of the coastal West Kingstow...
MOH launches full scale COVID-19 national vaccination programme
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MOH launches full scale COVID-19 national vaccination programme
Vaccination drive
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March 5, 2021
The ministry of health’s drive to vaccinate over 50,000 Vincentians against COVID-19 over the next six weeks began in full this Wednesday and will con...
Decision in ‘vigilante justice’ funeral attack to be delivered Monday
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Decision in ‘vigilante justice’ funeral attack to be delivered Monday
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March 5, 2021
Nearly three years ago, a group of men threw objects at the boyfriend of a deceased woman while he stood beside his girlfriend’s grave at her funeral,...
Over 40 percent of patients at Mental Health facility test positive for Covid-19
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Over 40 percent of patients at Mental Health facility test positive for Covid-19
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March 2, 2021
by Bria King More than 40 per cent of the patients at the Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre (MHRC) have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been p...
MOH hopes to vaccinate over 50,000 within two months
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MOH hopes to vaccinate over 50,000 within two months
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March 2, 2021
The ministry of health is hoping to have over 50,000 Vincentians vaccinated against COVID-19 over the next month and a half. Minister of health St Cla...
More than 1,300 receive COVID-19 jabs
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More than 1,300 receive COVID-19 jabs
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February 26, 2021
by Bria King More than 1300 persons in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have been vaccinated against COVID-19, while others remain sceptical about ...
Rose Place families  to move into new homes by September
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Rose Place families to move into new homes by September
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February 26, 2021
by Lyf Compton Houses for 47 families from Rose Place who will be displaced by the US$185 million port modernization project are expected to be comple...
Back to school for practical SBAs
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Back to school for practical SBAs
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February 26, 2021
Some secondary school students returned to the physical classroom this week to work on science laboratory exercises and other practical components of ...
Another Watchman Slain
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Another Watchman Slain
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February 26, 2021
Christopher Greaves, a watchman at the Emerald Valley casino was found dead on the premises of the government owned property on Sunday, February 21. H...
Buildings around hospital to make way for parking, lab
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Buildings around hospital to make way for parking, lab
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February 23, 2021
The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) will soon see the construction of additional parking space and a new laboratory on space made available throu...
Finance Minister warns 2021 likely to be difficult year
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Finance Minister warns 2021 likely to be difficult year
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February 23, 2021
This year is likely to be difficult from an economic standpoint, and already, revenue in January 2021 is down by about 30 per cent relative to January...
Decision on submissions in Nigerian woman’s case is set for Friday
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Decision on submissions in Nigerian woman’s case is set for Friday
Evidence against my client is tenuous! – Grant Connell
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February 23, 2021
Nigerian/Vincentian Eunice Dowers has argued that she should not have a case to answer, that the evidence against her is tenuous, as it relates to cha...
Government, van operators come to partial agreement, but Some demands ridiculous!  – Minister
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Government, van operators come to partial agreement, but Some demands ridiculous! – Minister
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February 19, 2021
Minister of Transport and Works Montgomery Daniel said on Wednesday that some of the demands made by the leadership of the Vincentian Transportation A...
Man shot, strangled to death in Fair Hall
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Man shot, strangled to death in Fair Hall
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February 19, 2021
A Choppins family is in mourning after one of their members was shot and strangled to death on Wednesday. Dead is 43-year-old Rodney “Menace” Cadogan....
Businesses support curfew
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Businesses support curfew
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February 19, 2021
by Bria King Just over 80 per cent of businesses surveyed agree that a curfew should be imposed in St Vincent and the Grenadines for a limited period ...
Brace for steep price hikes, consumers warned
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Brace for steep price hikes, consumers warned
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February 19, 2021
by Lyf Compton The COVID-19 pandemic is driving up the cost of manufacturing and shipping, and consumers should brace themselves for increased prices....
Minibuses stage strike in SVG
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Minibuses stage strike in SVG
Buses on strike!
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February 16, 2021
by Lyf Compton Yesterday, minibus drivers protesting the government’s COVID-19 public transportation protocols created traffic jams and havoc on some ...
Vincy volunteers receive first jabs
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Vincy volunteers receive first jabs
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February 16, 2021
Opposition leader, Dr Godwin Friday and members of his family were among the first registered volunteers to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 v...
More vaccines arrive in SVG
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More vaccines arrive in SVG
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February 12, 2021
St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday received 5000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which will be used primarily to vaccinate the nation’s...
Preparation of  shelters not a sign of increased volcanic activity – Forbes
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Preparation of shelters not a sign of increased volcanic activity – Forbes
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February 12, 2021
Shelters throughout the island are being prepared in the event that the eruptions at La Soufriere move to the explosive stage. The fact that this is b...
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
Christina 
July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...

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