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Vincentians, Taiwanese  celebrate Chinese New Year
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Vincentians, Taiwanese celebrate Chinese New Year
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February 17, 2015
The Chinese New Year, which begins on Thursday, February 19, was celebrated in St Vincent and the Grenadines last Saturday, February 14, with an event...
Windwards flatten Jamaica at Arnos Vale Playing Field
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Windwards flatten Jamaica at Arnos Vale Playing Field
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February 17, 2015
Windwards Volcanoes blew away the Jamaica Franchise by an innings and 22 runs inside three days, last weekend at the Arnos Vale Playing Field in the W...
Bigger Biggs set on getting business up and running again
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Bigger Biggs set on getting business up and running again
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February 17, 2015
Owner of Bigger Trucking and Blocks Construction Co Leon ‘Bigger Biggs’ Samuel says his legal team always knew they did not require a quarry licen...
Cooking gas price drop causing some confusion
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Cooking gas price drop causing some confusion
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February 17, 2015
Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has said that retailers of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) have been thrown in a state of confusion over the reduced co...
Thomas cops award for Sports Journalist of the Year 2014
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Thomas cops award for Sports Journalist of the Year 2014
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February 13, 2015
For the fifth time in his 17-year career, SEARCHLIGHT sports reporter Rohan Thomas has walked away from the National Sports Awards with the approval o...
Sanitation workers discover lifeless body in North River
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Sanitation workers discover lifeless body in North River
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February 13, 2015
A dead body is possibly the last thing a sanitation worker would wish to find while carrying out his or her duties. But for some workers, that is exac...
Men deny rumours that they pushed friend to death
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Men deny rumours that they pushed friend to death
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February 13, 2015
The two men who were fishing with Garth Pompey when he fell into the sea at Mt Young, are dispelling rumours that they pushed him to his death. “Peo...
NOBA issues ultimatum to government on road conditions
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NOBA issues ultimatum to government on road conditions
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February 13, 2015
Strike action by minibuses operating in the Gomea and Belair area may be on the horizon, if Government does not accede to an ultimatum that has been i...
Swimming Association floods National Sports Awards Ceremony
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Swimming Association floods National Sports Awards Ceremony
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February 10, 2015
The discipline of Swimming swamped the 2014 National Sports Awards which took place last Saturday night at Spring Gardens Estate. When the awards were...
Local company produces Benjai’s video at Argyle airport site
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Local company produces Benjai’s video at Argyle airport site
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February 10, 2015
A local production company now holds the accolade of having produced the music video for a hugely popular track released by one of Trinidad and Tobago...
Mural at NUSS to  honour Rock Gutter victims
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Mural at NUSS to honour Rock Gutter victims
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February 10, 2015
A mural has been painted in honour of the four students of the North Union Secondary School (NUSS) who lost their lives in the Rock Gutter tragedy of ...
Vincentian named among four 2015 Caribbean Laureates
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Vincentian named among four 2015 Caribbean Laureates
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February 10, 2015
Vincentian Herbert Samuel has been named as a 2015 Laureate for the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, which comes with a prize of TT$50...
Diamond take gold in Calliaqua Football
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Diamond take gold in Calliaqua Football
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February 6, 2015
Debutants - Diamond United did not need to dig deep last Sunday afternoon at the Calliaqua Playing Field, making light work of perennial winners of th...
Local Muslims  say Islam is not about violence
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Local Muslims say Islam is not about violence
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February 6, 2015
The religion of Islam has been receiving a lot of attention from the international media for almost two decades, but with Muslim extremists being resp...
Speaker feels threatened by Senator Lewis’s comment in House
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Speaker feels threatened by Senator Lewis’s comment in House
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February 6, 2015
Speaker of the House of Assembly Hendrick Alexander says he feels threatened by certain comments made to him by another member of the House and as a r...
Antrobus and Durrant put wheels in motion
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Antrobus and Durrant put wheels in motion
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February 3, 2015
Lucky Antrobus and Peter Durrant have broken away from the pack and have already established a lead in the 2015 racing calendar of the St Vincent and ...
Centenarian recalls her youth in SVG, aboard
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Centenarian recalls her youth in SVG, aboard
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February 3, 2015
Travelling by boat to Scotland, walking to school from Rose Bank to Troumaca, and going to a party in Kingstown and being entertained by a live band, ...
Government neglecting health care in Southern  Grenadines  – Ollivierre
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Government neglecting health care in Southern Grenadines – Ollivierre
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February 3, 2015
Health care in the Southern Grenadines has been neglected by the current government of St Vincent and the Grenadines. This is the view of that constit...
Dad gets tragic news while at funeral
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Dad gets tragic news while at funeral
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February 3, 2015
Imagine you’re attending a funeral and you receive a telephone call stating that your child has died. That’s exactly what happened to James Smart ...
Local cricket fraternity loses national coach/manager
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Local cricket fraternity loses national coach/manager
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January 30, 2015
The local Cricket fraternity has been thrown into a state of mourning, following the death of Ortis Jack, last Tuesday. Jack served as coach of the St...
SVG Coastguard donates food baskets to  residents of Calliaqua,  surrounding areas
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SVG Coastguard donates food baskets to residents of Calliaqua, surrounding areas
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January 30, 2015
In a show of appreciation for their support, the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Coastguard Service recently presented residents of Calliaqua and ...
Patients at A&E Department were not at risk – CMO
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Patients at A&E Department were not at risk – CMO
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January 30, 2015
Staff on duty at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) followed protocol when a patient who had rece...
Funding the budgeted expenditure will require creativity from the Central Government – PM
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Funding the budgeted expenditure will require creativity from the Central Government – PM
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January 30, 2015
Funding the 2015 budgeted expenditure of $971.37 million will be a challenge and will require creativity from Central Government. This admission was m...
Local dancers undergo rigorous one-day training
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Local dancers undergo rigorous one-day training
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January 27, 2015
A number of local dancers got the opportunity last Saturday, January 24, to train with a professional dance instructor, Canadian Dominique Turcotte. T...
Pupil of Windsor Primary School wins Grade 5 Public Speaking Competition
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Pupil of Windsor Primary School wins Grade 5 Public Speaking Competition
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January 27, 2015
Last Thursday marked a milestone in the life of fifth grader, Matthew Washington. For the Windsor Primary School student, it was not just the day that...
A&E Department evacuated ‘out of an abundance of caution’
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A&E Department evacuated ‘out of an abundance of caution’
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January 27, 2015
A Nigerian Medical student, who has a history of Malaria, is being treated for a Malaria relapse at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH). This was...
Five students laid to rest after a moving six-hour funeral, witnessed by hundreds
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Five students laid to rest after a moving six-hour funeral, witnessed by hundreds
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January 27, 2015
There was hardly a dry eye at the Fancy Playing Field on Sunday, where the coffins containing the remains of Annique Alexander, Racquel Ashton, Jamal ...
Attacks on Coastguard unjustified – Commander
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Attacks on Coastguard unjustified – Commander
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January 23, 2015
The attacks on the St Vincent and the Grenadines Coastguard Service by persons on social media and on the radio, in relation to their response to the ...
Staff members of Prime Minister’s Office launch gospel CD
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Staff members of Prime Minister’s Office launch gospel CD
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January 23, 2015
‘Voices of Praise’ echoed through the Cabinet Room on Tuesday, as the family members of victims of the Rock Gutter tragedy were serenaded with loc...
Arnos Vale  resident to serve 5 years for killing elderly woman
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Arnos Vale resident to serve 5 years for killing elderly woman
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January 23, 2015
A 20-year-old Arnos Vale woman who struck an 89-year-old woman on the head with a wrench – killing her -- was on Monday at the High Court sentenced ...
Police officers break down as colleague speaks about his missing daughter
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Police officers break down as colleague speaks about his missing daughter
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January 23, 2015
With reality setting in that his daughter’s body may never be found, Station Sergeant Hezron Ballantyne says he is being kept strong by prayer. “I...
SVG secures US$15 million loan for development of geothermal energy
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SVG secures US$15 million loan for development of geothermal energy
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January 20, 2015
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has secured US $15 million in concessional funding from the project facility of the International Renewable Energy...
Three-day regional workshop seeks to improve and strengthen telecoms sector
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Three-day regional workshop seeks to improve and strengthen telecoms sector
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January 20, 2015
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the bedrock of an emerging Caribbean society and it is as critical as other supporting infrastructur...
Former drug addict and prostitute graduates from  UWI
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Former drug addict and prostitute graduates from UWI
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January 20, 2015
“I was a junkie; I did cocaine, I drank rum without water for many years, I smoked marijuana, I actually lived on the street, my bed was the sidewal...
“The water was really bad. If I had gone down any deeper I would have been dead too” – Diver
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“The water was really bad. If I had gone down any deeper I would have been dead too” – Diver
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January 20, 2015
Dillon “Bamboo” Baptiste and Zimron Baptiste, two of the divers who have been braving the turbulent waters off the north east coast of St Vincent,...
New urban radio station hits airwaves in SVG
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New urban radio station hits airwaves in SVG
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January 16, 2015
From today, Friday, January 16, a new urban radio station ‘Xtreme’ 104.3 FM (formerly Cross Country radio) is providing persons with a new source ...
Diamonds man allegedly chased, beaten to death
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Diamonds man allegedly chased, beaten to death
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January 16, 2015
To Bethel Brackin-Gonsalves, her husband Anthony “Larbie” Gonsalves was the kind of man who would have travelled the corners of earth to make sure...
Potential and hope taken away
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Potential and hope taken away
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January 16, 2015
When passenger van HL636 plunged into the raging seas off the coast of Rock Gutter last Monday, it took with it a significant portion of the potential...
I wish I could have saved everybody – minibus driver
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I wish I could have saved everybody – minibus driver
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January 16, 2015
The driver of the minibus that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on Monday, said that he tried his best to avert the accident that claimed the lives of ...
Athletes get field day at Arnos Vale
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Athletes get field day at Arnos Vale
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January 13, 2015
Athletes got a chance to gauge their throwing skills last Saturday morning at the Arnos Vale Two Playing Field, during Team Athletics SVG’s Throws C...
Government Senator admits to driving without valid driving permit for four years
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Government Senator admits to driving without valid driving permit for four years
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January 13, 2015
Less than one month after it was revealed that an Opposition parliamentarian had been driving an unlicensed and uninsured motor vehicle for almost fiv...
Accident survivors relive horrific incident
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Accident survivors relive horrific incident
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January 13, 2015
While this country continues to mourn the lives lost in the motor vehicle accident at Rock Gutter, Owia yesterday, 12-year-old Terrill Thomas is lucky...
Accident leaves five confirmed dead, 14 injured and two missing
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Accident leaves five confirmed dead, 14 injured and two missing
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January 13, 2015
Emotions ran high in the North Windward village of Owia yesterday, as persons there tried to make sense of the tragedy that up to press time, had clai...
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Ring the Bell, Shout Hallelujah! documentary to be aired on Spiritual Baptists holiday
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Ring the Bell, Shout Hallelujah! documentary to be aired on Spiritual Baptists holiday
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May 19, 2025
‘Ring the Bell, Shout Hallelujah!’ documentary is set to be premiered online as part of the celebrations for the first national Spiritual Baptists hol...
Glen resident to appear in court over alleged ‘plum rose’ killing
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Glen resident to appear in court over alleged ‘plum rose’ killing
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May 18, 2025
On Monday, May 19, Glen resident, DeAndre McDonald will appear in court charged with the murder of a man from the same community. McDonald, age 26, is...
Crime Chief, senior officers working around the clock on triple homicide
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Crime Chief, senior officers working around the clock on triple homicide
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May 17, 2025
Three people were shot and killed in Belmont Friday nigh t, May 16 and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Frankie Joseph is pleading with the general publ...
Five dead in one week after Belmont triple homicide
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Five dead in one week after Belmont triple homicide
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May 17, 2025
A fatal shooting which occurred on Friday, May 16, 2025 has claimed the lives of three people and injured at least two others. The shooting took place...
US 10% tariff will cause minimal harm to SVG- Gonsalves
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US 10% tariff will cause minimal harm to SVG- Gonsalves
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May 16, 2025
The 10% baseline tariff implemented by the United States of America (USA) on goods from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and other ...

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