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Coaches call for synthetic track for track and field
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Coaches call for synthetic track for track and field
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March 10, 2015
Two of St Vincent and the Grenadines accomplished track and field coaches – Godfrey Harry and Michael Ollivierre – are running in the same lane wh...
Researchers recreate  early colonial  indigenous village
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Researchers recreate early colonial indigenous village
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March 10, 2015
Members of the public have been given a glimpse into the way of life of the indigenous people of St Vincent and the Grenadines. A model of an authenti...
Receivers expected to supervise financial restructuring
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Receivers expected to supervise financial restructuring
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March 10, 2015
After operating in St Vincent and the Grenadines for almost 29 years, the doors of the three branches of the local KFC franchise were shut yesterday b...
Woodley found guilty of murder a second time
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Woodley found guilty of murder a second time
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March 6, 2015
For the second time in almost seven years, Webster Woodley has been found guilty of the murder of taxi operator Peter “Kazaman” Joseph. Woodley wa...
Unity Labour Party holds final National Council meeting before General Elections
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Unity Labour Party holds final National Council meeting before General Elections
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March 6, 2015
With ONLY A FEW months to go before general elections are to be held, the National Council of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) this week held the last cou...
SVG  educational outputs increasing despite low ranking in sub-region
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SVG educational outputs increasing despite low ranking in sub-region
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March 6, 2015
Although St. Vincent and the Grenadines has recorded among the lowest student outcomes of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), the Min...
Why use the MCU for a ‘petty’ offence? – Teachers’ Union
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Why use the MCU for a ‘petty’ offence? – Teachers’ Union
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March 6, 2015
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) Wendy Bynoe says she is mystified as to why one of the u...
La Gracia pulls off first ever dance awards/cocktail
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La Gracia pulls off first ever dance awards/cocktail
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March 3, 2015
It was a case of lights, camera and a lot of action over the weekend when one of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ top dance troupes hosted its first e...
$5,000 bail for woman on fraud charges
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$5,000 bail for woman on fraud charges
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March 3, 2015
Campden Park resident Margaret Charles is now out on $5,000 bail after she was charged with two counts of fraud. Charles appeared at the Serious Offen...
Students learn how to manage money
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Students learn how to manage money
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March 3, 2015
Students of the CW Prescod Primary School last week received lessons in money management, compliments the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB). The g...
Expletive-laced Facebook post gets attention of police
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Expletive-laced Facebook post gets attention of police
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March 3, 2015
A secondary school teacher will appear at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court this morning, charged with two counts of obscene publication. This was co...
$164,000 lotto jackpot winner collects prize
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$164,000 lotto jackpot winner collects prize
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February 27, 2015
For the first time since all taxes were removed from National Lottery winnings, one lucky person has hit the jackpot. On behalf of her common-law husb...
Was Comptroller’s vehicle undervalued?
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Was Comptroller’s vehicle undervalued?
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February 27, 2015
Did Comptroller of Customs and Excise Grenville John undervalue, by more than 50 per cent, a vehicle he imported into the country earlier this month? ...
Man accuses rural constable of robbing him at gunpoint
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Man accuses rural constable of robbing him at gunpoint
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February 27, 2015
A rural constable has been accused by an elderly minibus driver of robbing him at gunpoint. And with no arrests being made since the report was made l...
Love, Healing and Comfort Gospel  Concert held in Fancy
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Love, Healing and Comfort Gospel Concert held in Fancy
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February 24, 2015
Fancy was once again the centre of national attention last Sunday, when the Pan Against Crime committee joined forces with the Royal St Vincent and th...
Leader of Opposition, NDP PRO attend swearing in ceremony in St Kitts/Nevis
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Leader of Opposition, NDP PRO attend swearing in ceremony in St Kitts/Nevis
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February 24, 2015
The newly elected Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Timothy Harris has expressed his eternal gratitude for the New Democratic Party (NDP) of St...
Garifuna descendants carve piece of Vincentian history
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Garifuna descendants carve piece of Vincentian history
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February 24, 2015
A piece of Vincentian history has been carved into modern-day life by a group of Garifuna descendants, whose main aim is to educate the nation’s chi...
ECTEL has no power to stop LIME, Flow merger – Official
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ECTEL has no power to stop LIME, Flow merger – Official
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February 24, 2015
At the public consultation and panel discussion held yesterday on the proposed merger between Cable and Wireless Communications (CWC) and Columbus Com...
Pig farmer given until month end to cease operations
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Pig farmer given until month end to cease operations
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February 20, 2015
The rearing of pigs in residential areas is strictly prohibited in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Chief environmental health officer in the Ministry o...
Charges against Bigger Biggs should be overturned – Opposition MP
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Charges against Bigger Biggs should be overturned – Opposition MP
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February 20, 2015
Member of Parliament for West Kingstown Daniel Cummings has called on the Government to clear the name of Leon “Bigger Biggs” Samuel by rescinding...
PM adamant LPG prices had to go down… Rubis not very happy
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PM adamant LPG prices had to go down… Rubis not very happy
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February 20, 2015
The new prices for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), which came into effect on Monday, February 16, were arrived at by the Government, based on their res...
Minibuses strike for half-day
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Minibuses strike for half-day
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February 20, 2015
Commuters in the Gomea and Belair areas were, yesterday morning, left without the services of minibuses that work those routes, as threats to strike b...
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 ...
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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July 11, 2025
A man, who was conducting business inside the offices of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was shot and killed, allegedly by an on- duty s...
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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July 11, 2025
The Diocese of the Windward Islands has extended condolences on the passing of Dean emeritus, Ulric Smith, who died on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at the M...
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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July 11, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has commended the public for allowing VincyMas 2025 to transpire “without any major inc...
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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July 11, 2025
VincyMas is no longer a seasonal event says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), Rodney Small. “…we at the CDC...
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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July 11, 2025
EL DORADO Starlift Steel Orchestra has now won the Senior Panorama compe- tition 26 times, and while some people may say that’s a lot, band captain Ro...

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