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PSU, SVGTU stage another protest
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PSU, SVGTU stage another protest
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February 5, 2019
Members of two public sector unions and their supporters picketed for the second time in six days yesterday, to raise awareness of some issues that ha...
Stay-over visits with teen moms must be supervised – Official
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Stay-over visits with teen moms must be supervised – Official
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February 5, 2019
by Bria King Underage mothers with children in foster care must live with a responsible parent or guardian in order for the Child Protection Unit to a...
Minister rebuts claim of no tetanus vaccine in SVG
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Minister rebuts claim of no tetanus vaccine in SVG
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February 1, 2019
Following a heated exchange between two parliamentarians in the House of Assembly this week over the availability of tetanus vaccines here, the Minist...
Court rules ‘NDP teachers’ entitled to pension benefits
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Court rules ‘NDP teachers’ entitled to pension benefits
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February 1, 2019
The ‘NDP teachers’ have won their appeal with the court ruling that the Government was unfair to them, they are entitled to pension benefits, and that...
Disagreement between friends leaves one man dead
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Disagreement between friends leaves one man dead
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February 1, 2019
Receiving the news that a relative you had seen only a few minutes before is dead, is surreal. “I was at a meeting and my sister message me and said, ...
Conman fearful of an unfair trail
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Conman fearful of an unfair trail
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February 1, 2019
The convicted conman who caused the police to issue a warning because of his tendency to impersonate members of the police force, is worried that he w...
Over US$1 million paid to CAL last year – McKie
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Over US$1 million paid to CAL last year – McKie
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February 1, 2019
Over US$1 million had to be paid to Caribbean Airlines last year, after flights to the Argyle International Airport (AIA) failed to meet the revenue g...
Dreadlocked student readmitted after lawyer letter
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Dreadlocked student readmitted after lawyer letter
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January 29, 2019
The return to school yesterday by a grade one pupil of the St Mary’s Roman Catholic school, may have been prompted by the delivery of a lawyer’s lette...
Mother wants witnesses to son’s drowning to come  forward with information
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Mother wants witnesses to son’s drowning to come forward with information
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January 29, 2019
Nicole Burgin, the mother of an 18-year-old who died on January 20, is asking anyone with details surrounding his death to come forward with the infor...
Watch out for ‘fake cop’ – Police
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Watch out for ‘fake cop’ – Police
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January 29, 2019
After a notorious conman who has a proclivity for passing himself off as a police office was again arrested this weekend, the police are advising pers...
No country has the right to intervene in another country’s affairs – PM
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No country has the right to intervene in another country’s affairs – PM
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January 25, 2019
PRIME MINISTER Dr Ralph Gonsalves has reiterated St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (SVG) support for Venezuela, amidst the recent protests and declaratio...
SVG increases its range at sea with new coastguard vessel
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SVG increases its range at sea with new coastguard vessel
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January 25, 2019
THE NEWLY commissioned vessel of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard fleet will allow for coastguard officers to better secure the furthest ...
Revierre residents say their animals are being mauled to death by dogs
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Revierre residents say their animals are being mauled to death by dogs
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January 25, 2019
IT WAS JUST before midnight Monday, January 21, that Austin Mc Lean, more commonly known as Roy, turned in to bed after viewing a t/20 cricket match o...
72-year-old Bequia fisherman wins $253,000 Lotto jackpot
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72-year-old Bequia fisherman wins $253,000 Lotto jackpot
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January 25, 2019
SEVENTY-TWO-year-old ‘Sweet Potato’ of Bequia remains grounded after winning the $253,000 Lotto jackpot, and intends to use some of the money for his ...
Mother believes her son’s death was a wilful act
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Mother believes her son’s death was a wilful act
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January 22, 2019
by Bria King A grieving mother is calling for justice in what she believes was a wilful act that caused the death of her 18-year-old son. According to...
Bruce replaces Barnwell as senator for the NDP
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Bruce replaces Barnwell as senator for the NDP
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January 22, 2019
Lawyer Israel Bruce has replaced Shirlan “Zita” Barnwell as a New Democratic Party (NDP) senator and Bruce says he will be leaning on Barnwell to help...
Judge puzzled at high rate of repeat prisoners given the conditions in prison
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Judge puzzled at high rate of repeat prisoners given the conditions in prison
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January 18, 2019
by Katherine Renton An informational visit to Her Majesty’s Prison has caused High Court Justice, Brian Cottle, to conclude that the conditions there ...
PSU witnesses say they are demotivated and disheartened
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PSU witnesses say they are demotivated and disheartened
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January 18, 2019
WITNESSES WHO testified on behalf of the Public Service Union (PSU) in its case against the Public Service Commission (the Commission) have described ...
Livestock at Peter’s Hope being destroyed by dogs, residents complain
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Livestock at Peter’s Hope being destroyed by dogs, residents complain
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January 18, 2019
REARING ANIMALS from young and having them killed by a pack of dogs without the possibility of compensation or some sort of redress is a heart wrenchi...
Former PS pleads guilty to reckless driving; victim loses his leg
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Former PS pleads guilty to reckless driving; victim loses his leg
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January 18, 2019
A FORMER Permanent Secretary has pleaded guilty to reckless driving, which resulted in a 54-year-old man losing his leg in 2017, and his guilt has cos...
Union leaders say no other trade union can negotiate on their behalf
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Union leaders say no other trade union can negotiate on their behalf
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January 15, 2019
Leaders of three unions representing public sector workers in St Vincent and the Grenadines say that no other union can negotiate on their behalf. And...
Government, CTAWU and NWM agree to terms of  salary  increase
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Government, CTAWU and NWM agree to terms of salary increase
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January 15, 2019
Public sector workers can expect a one per cent increase retroactive from July 1, 2018, 1.5 per cent from January 2019, and two per cent for 2020 on t...
21-year-old labourer shot dead in the presence of his friends
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21-year-old labourer shot dead in the presence of his friends
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January 15, 2019
The sound of two stones striking the roof of a shack, followed by a single gunshot, preluded the death of 21-year-old Pole Yard resident Osborne “Rat”...
51-year-old woman charged with three counts of cocaine possession
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51-year-old woman charged with three counts of cocaine possession
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January 15, 2019
A farmer is reaping misfortune at the beginning of 2019, as she faces three charges including possession of over 1,800g of cocaine. Susan DeBique-Maso...
Students claim teacher showed them porn; PTA expresses dismay
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Students claim teacher showed them porn; PTA expresses dismay
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January 11, 2019
THE MOTHER OF one of the students allegedly exposed to pornographic content at the Union Island Secondary School does not believe that the teacher con...
St Mary’s RC issues ultimatum to parent of dreadlocked girl
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St Mary’s RC issues ultimatum to parent of dreadlocked girl
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January 11, 2019
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl is currently being barred from attending school unless she cuts or covers her dreadlocks. The mother of the child, who is also dre...
Make the children your priority – Retiring educators
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Make the children your priority – Retiring educators
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January 11, 2019
TWO SENIOR OFFICIALS have proceeded on pre-retirement leave, each after giving almost 40 years of service to the education sector. Beverly Neptune, th...
Teachers to seek judicial review of promotion process
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Teachers to seek judicial review of promotion process
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January 11, 2019
THE ST VINCENT and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) may soon follow the lead of the Public Service Union (PSU) in seeking a judicial review for t...
Public Service Union to file additional unfair promotion cases in the High Court
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Public Service Union to file additional unfair promotion cases in the High Court
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January 8, 2019
The Public Service Union (PSU) intends to bring further legal action against the Public Service Commission (PSC), following the High Court’s recent ru...
Senator Bacchus- Baptiste is now an  ordained pastor. Can she continue to sit in Parliament?
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Senator Bacchus- Baptiste is now an ordained pastor. Can she continue to sit in Parliament?
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January 8, 2019
After being ordained a pastor, Senator Kay Bacchus-Baptiste says that there is no issue with her being both a pastor and a member of Parliament, if on...
Stubbs dethroned as number one Nine Mornings Community
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Stubbs dethroned as number one Nine Mornings Community
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January 8, 2019
The creativity of Richland Park’s Nine Mornings programme, the highlight of which is a funeral of evils such as ‘badmind’ has put to rest Stubbs’ six-...
Sir Cecil among seven on Honour List
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Sir Cecil among seven on Honour List
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January 4, 2019
JUST A WEEK shy of his 90th birthday, Vincentian surgeon, Dr Arthur Cecil Cyrus has been awarded the Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order ...
Top Police Officers rewarded
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Top Police Officers rewarded
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January 4, 2019
by KATHERINE RENTON THE TOP SPOTS for policewoman and policeman of the year were snatched by youthful determination on the one hand and by a veteran i...
Bequia’s Fireworks Thrill Yet Again! (+Video)
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Bequia’s Fireworks Thrill Yet Again! (+Video)
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January 4, 2019
BEQUIA IS enjoying a promising start to the season, with encouraging numbers of cruise ship and stay-over visitors discovering the delights of Bequia ...
14-year-old student takes Miss Claus title
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14-year-old student takes Miss Claus title
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January 4, 2019
FOURTEEN YEAR-OLD Stephanique Ince is the 2018 Miss Claus Pageant winner. Ince got the judges’ nod ahead of the four other contestants on the night De...
EU accused of bullying small island and Caribbean states with hired ruffians
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EU accused of bullying small island and Caribbean states with hired ruffians
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December 28, 2018
THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) has been accused of bullying small island and Caribbean states who are on a quest to build a viable, clean and well regulated ...
Six-in-a-row for Point Village (+Videos)
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Six-in-a-row for Point Village (+Videos)
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December 28, 2018
POINT VILLAGE HAS been named the National Community Lighting Champion for the sixth consecutive year. Over the years, the northeastern village has bec...
SVGFF strengthens technical staff
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SVGFF strengthens technical staff
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December 28, 2018
A DECISION OF The executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Football Federation (SVGFF) has seen three persons added to the organisation’s techni...
Prison inmates show there is more to them than crime
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Prison inmates show there is more to them than crime
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December 21, 2018
Good advice galore rained down on patrons at the 2018 “Talent Behind the Walls” concert of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) last Sunday. In their various ap...
Two teenagers raped  early Wednesday morning
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Two teenagers raped early Wednesday morning
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December 21, 2018
Forty minutes is the time separating the rape of two teenagers that took place in separate incidents in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Accordin...
Christmas Express gives tours around Kingstown every morning during Nine Mornings
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Christmas Express gives tours around Kingstown every morning during Nine Mornings
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December 21, 2018
The Christmas Express is pulling into the Kingstown station every morning before Christmas, and it is being lauded as one of the best ways to enjoy Ni...
SVG offers some of the best sailing in the world – Wyatt
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SVG offers some of the best sailing in the world – Wyatt
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December 21, 2018
Director of World Cruising Club Jeremy Wyatt says that St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) offers some of the best sailing in the world. The World Cru...
American Airlines lands at AIA for the first time
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American Airlines lands at AIA for the first time
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December 18, 2018
“It’s AA at AIA,” declared the Prime Minister after the largest airline in the world, American Airlines (AA), touched down on the runway of Argyle Int...
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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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
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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
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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
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July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...
Island Journeys: Rebuilding home and hope after Hurricane Beryl, Uriel Thomas’ Story
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Island Journeys: Rebuilding home and hope after Hurricane Beryl, Uriel Thomas’ Story
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July 4, 2025
When Hurricane Beryl tore into Union Island in 2024, it didn’t just flatten homes it upended lives, reshaped communities, and served as another harsh ...

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