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Chester Cottage man chopped in cutlass attack
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July 28, 2017
A farmer of Byera who was the victim of a cutlass attack has been left without the use of his hands. In an interview with SEARCHLIGHT on Wednesday, on...
Mark Dennie defies death  a second time
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July 25, 2017
For at least a second time, Mark Dennie has come out on the winning side of an encounter with death. Seven years ago, Dennie, a boat captain, rowed as...
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July 21, 2017
Two Canadian nationals were yesterday fined $800 each and ordered to leave the country after they overstayed their allotted time in the country. When ...
Search on for Union Island boatmen
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July 21, 2017
The search for two missing fishermen of Union Island has so far turned up nothing. The men, 68-year-old Winston Langdon and 17-year-old Sheldon Gelliz...
La Croix man killed during domestic dispute
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July 14, 2017
One La Croix man lost his life at the hands of his wife on Tuesday, in what police say was a domestic dispute. The police report that Henry Jackson, 6...
Hance wins Ragga Soca title with sweet song
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July 14, 2017
In 2016, Hance John celebrated five years in the soca industry and began on a path of maturity and independence in the arena. One year later, on Satur...
Christophers take  calypso crowns again
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July 7, 2017
by Javorne Williams-Campbell The Junior Calypso Monarch crowns will once again travel to the town of Layou, after a brother and sister emerged winners...
Vermont man shot dead outside his home
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June 27, 2017
by Chanolde Munroe Residents of the Twenty Hill community of Vermont are questioning the motives behind the murder of one of their own, Brian Myers, w...
Students gambling at school held by police
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June 23, 2017
by Lyf Compton Eleven students from the Barrouallie Secondary School (BSS) were this week detained by police for gambling on the school compound. On M...
Businessman stabbed in the back
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June 16, 2017
Young woman shot in neck at Rose Place bar A 21-year-old woman from Ottley Hall was up to press time fighting for her life. Denika "Shorty” Samuel w...
Park Hill man shot dead
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June 13, 2017
On Sunday night, a gunman, using the cover of night to hide his identity and approach, fired a bullet into the back of Anthony "Parwa” Dalzell’s h...
5 KPS students in CPEA top ten
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June 13, 2017
This year, the Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS) has five students in the top 10 of the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) and 85 students in t...
Bequia trio achieve firsts for their school
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June 13, 2017
After an absence of two decades, the Bequia Anglican Primary School has returned to the list of top 10 performers in the national primary school exit ...
Van men beaten in brutal  attack
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June 9, 2017
A weekend that should have been one of birthday celebrations for a Campden Park van driver ended in a bloody mess, when a gang of men attacked him and...
Families not giving up hope
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June 9, 2017
by Lyf Compton  On Wednesday, nine members of the DaSouza family sat together on the veranda of their home located on a windy hill in Byera, a perch t...
Seven to vie for Miss SVG 2017
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June 2, 2017
The 2017 Miss St Vincent and the Grenadines (Miss SVG) pageant contestants are ready and raring to go. Tomorrow, Saturday, June 3, the seven lasses, w...
Schoolgirls caught on camera in brawl
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May 30, 2017
Persons on social media have expressed disgust at a video in which two secondary school-children were involved in a fist fight, while their schoolmate...
Morocco demands apology from Algeria
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May 26, 2017
Morocco is demanding an apology from Algeria for the assault on Moroccan diplomat Mohammed Ali El Khamlichi by Algerian diplomat Soufiane Mimouni. Mim...