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May 8, 2020
by Katherine Renton While stones habitually fall away from the mine area at Belle Isle, a larger than usual amount of material broke away from the cli...
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May 8, 2020
A man who had been accused of brutally murdering a Byera resident by inflicting chop wounds was discharged by the court on Tuesday, May 5, causing a s...
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May 5, 2020
by Bria King A new date has been set for the possible repatriation of 400 Vincentian nationals via sea, aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd (RCCL) vesse...
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May 5, 2020
Disney Cruise Lines has agreed to follow all protocols established by local authorities, including the quarantine requirement, so that its Vincentian ...
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May 5, 2020
Three Trinidadians who were nabbed for illegal entry but were required to complete 14 days of quarantine before entering their pleas, were yesterday o...
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May 5, 2020
The Ministry of Health last Thursday received a donation of medical supplies and equipment valued at US$500,000. The equipment was donated by MESA (Me...
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April 30, 2020
The term ‘cop killer’ does not fit him. And the manner in which 39-year-old Gleason Lewis lost his life is heart wrenching, and the family wants to fo...
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April 30, 2020
Who should foot the bill to quarantine over 1000 Vincentian sailors, once they are repatriated to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)? That question i...
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April 24, 2020
COVID-19 has changed the world as we see it and we must now learn to live with the virus. And while many countries have shut down, St Vincent and the ...
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April 24, 2020
Almost 700 Covid-19 related unemployment claims have so far been received by the National Insurance Services (NIS). And last Friday, April 17, the soc...
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April 24, 2020
Tributes poured out for Woman Police Constable (WPC) Daniele Daisy yesterday, April 23 as she was laid to rest with a full military funeral held at th...
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April 24, 2020
Three Trinidadians charged with entering St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) illegally will have to wait until their 14-day quarantine period is over ...
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April 21, 2020
The situation that Covid-19 has created may be the worst situation that the education sector in St Vincent and the Grenadines has ever experienced. Mi...
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April 21, 2020
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says that sufficient accommodation is a challenge being faced by Government as it prepares for hundreds of Vincentia...
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April 21, 2020
Local traffickers who sell produce to places like Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) are hoping that the various travel bans are soon lifted. The ...
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April 17, 2020
While this Government may be experiencing issues with the shipping of equipment that will facilitate in-country testing for COVID-19, a US Embassy spo...
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April 17, 2020
These days, persons in masks are assumed to be trying to protect themselves from the coronavirus, but that wasn’t the case with one individual at Ottl...
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April 17, 2020
Over the years, Union Island has celebrated its fair share of Centenarians, the most recent being Ruth Ferary-Mitchell, who will celebrate her 100th b...
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April 17, 2020
The Isolation Facility being prepared for severe and moderate cases of COVID-19 will be handed over to Government today. Minister of Health Luke Brown...
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April 9, 2020
by Bria King Anyone caught breaking quarantine in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will be liable to a $2000 fine and six months imprisonment. This...
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April 9, 2020
by Lyf Compton Many of the over 1700 minivan operators are already feeling the chilling effects of COVID-19. With school children out of school, fewer...
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April 9, 2020
by Katherine Renton Senior Magistrate Rickie Burnett has indicated that he has strong objections to lawyers who are staying away from court because of...
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April 7, 2020
by LYF COMPTON THE COVID-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the fishing industry here. “I sell blackfish. I does go in the countryside, but since this, I...
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April 7, 2020
THE VINCENTIAN Transportation Association (VINTAS), formerly the National Omnibus Association (NOBA), has asked its members to suspend their services ...
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April 7, 2020
TO DATE, over 100 contacts have been traced of the woman who was confirmed as St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (SVG) second case of COVID-19. This was d...
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April 7, 2020
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has “now arrived at a crisis situation in terms of its water supply” and in order to ensure that every area of the...
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April 3, 2020
Over 30 persons from at least seven households in a rural seaside village are now in mandatory quarantine after a homeowner there tested positive for ...
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April 3, 2020
When Glenroy Layne spoke to his mother last Friday, March 27, she was showing him how beautiful the day was, with the sun shining through her hospital...
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April 3, 2020
Two gunmen created mayhem in Fairbairn Pasture on Sunday afternoon when they brazenly ran into a shop and fired over 15 bullets into a 34-year-old man...
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April 3, 2020
Twenty-four-year-old Allana Cumberbatch, stepped out of an impeccable academic career, and into her journey as an attorney-at-law, after being called ...
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March 31, 2020
POLICE CORDONED OFF the road leading to Our Lady of Guadalupe Home at Cane End last night as it was engulfed in flames. Residents of the area looked o...
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March 31, 2020
IF THE AUTHORITIES want minibuses to carry fewer passengers in order to implement physical distancing, the minibuses would have to be subsidised. That...
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March 31, 2020
by KATHERINE RENTON THE SOLE Breadwinner of a family was forced to sell six of his sheep at an undervalued price when he could no longer work after be...
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March 27, 2020
THE BORDERS of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will remain open even as other countries across the region have opted to implement total and partia...
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March 27, 2020
A BOTTLE of rubbing alcohol filled three-quarters of the way, and a bottle of hand sanitiser sat in a tissue box on the dashboard of a white van trave...
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March 27, 2020
THE PATERNAL grandmother of a three-year-old, who died at the hands of his mother, continues to grieve for the child she raised and doesn’t feel that ...
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March 27, 2020
A MOTHER met her son stabbed to death in the porch of their Campden Park home on Tuesday night, which means that four of her five sons are now dead. I...
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March 24, 2020
FAITH LEADERS, event organisers and the public have been asked to implement social distancing measures in an effort to reduce the likelihood of furthe...
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March 24, 2020
COURT ORDERS may be issued to persons who have been placed in mandatory quarantine if they are not compliant with specific quarantine guidelines. This...
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March 24, 2020
SEARCHLIGHT’s Edward Newman, from the lens of the adjudicators, shot the best sports photograph for 2019. He was announced as the winner at the 2019 N...
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March 20, 2020
by BRIA KING AT LEAST 44 PEOPLE — 39 Girls’ High School students and five chaperones — and members of their households are in quarantine, following th...
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March 20, 2020
WHILE the annual Bequia Easter Regatta and the Union Island Easterval celebrations have been postponed, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on Thur...
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March 20, 2020
TAXI MAN Walcott ‘Roache’ Haywood who conned a businesswoman from Tobago out of $80,761, pretending to sell her a house that needed repairs, must comp...
From the Courts, News
September 30, 2025
A woman who resides at Rose Place was remanded after threatening to “blow out” a farmer’s head. Rasharma Pollard appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate’...
From the Courts, News
September 30, 2025
A father’s request was granted when his son, who had pointed a gun at him, was imprisoned. Simon Simmons appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court ...
News
September 30, 2025
Cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented and even eliminated, provided that countries strengthen their vaccination, screening, ...
News
September 30, 2025
The world recognized Alzheimer’s Day on September, 21, 2025, but for the Muhammad family, of Largo Height, Alzheimer’s is an everyday reality that is ...
News
September 26, 2025
Often times, people’s struggles, insecurities, physical issues and inner pain are masked by an exterior that looks strong, poised and well put togethe...
