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December 20, 2024
The Government of Taiwan, through its Embassy in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), earlier this month, concluded the presentation of over 500 bursa...
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December 20, 2024
A local song bird, Judi “Bossgyal Judi” Cordice, who told SEARCHLIGHT back in December, 2020, that she had been raped at the age of seven and beaten b...
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December 20, 2024
A Vincentian Christian missionary who has served on the mission field for several years, is encouraging other persons to become involved in missionary...
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December 20, 2024
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Dr Godwin Friday has concluded that St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), is experiencing a “crime crisis,” as ...
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December 20, 2024
Last Friday, December 6, 2024, we at SEARCHLIGHT learnt of the death of Shelley Clarke, a veteran journalist on the local media landscape. In the mids...
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December 20, 2024
Local law enforcement and their regional counterparts convened over the last three days to discuss strategies to address the critical issue of illegal...
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December 20, 2024
The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in collaboration with the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), launched a US$3 mil...
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December 20, 2024
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation (SV2G), based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, recently received the King’s Award for Voluntary Service...
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December 20, 2024
The Ministry of Health Wellness and the Environment (MOH), on Wednesday December 11, 2024, received the draft Standards for Quality Healthcare Service...
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December 20, 2024
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has hailed its annual Crime Prevention exhibition held on Friday, December 6, 2024 as a...
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December 20, 2024
The United Kingdom (UK)Government is introducing Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for millions of visitors who pass through the UK border every y...
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December 20, 2024
The M.V. Gem Star 2, one of the main ferries that service the Grenadine islands, will soon be back on the water after it went adrift. Last Sunday, Dec...
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December 20, 2024
Traffic Angels made a clean sweep of all the major categories in the successful defense of their Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RS...
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December 13, 2024
Anthony 'Pipey' Lewis was hospitalised early this morning, Friday, December 13, after being shot in the leg, allegedly by police officers. This incide...
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December 13, 2024
Editor and one of the founders of the News Newspaper Shelley Clarke has passed away. Reports are that Clarke died this morning. This is a developing s...
From the Courts, News
December 13, 2024
A 21-year-old man was sentenced to prison after he was caught walking on the Lodge Village public road with a loaded gun. Adonis Francis of Redemption...
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December 13, 2024
A police officer attached to the narcotics unit is asking people to read up on the Amended Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Act, Chapter 284 of the Laws o...
From the Courts, News
December 13, 2024
A Walvaroo man who denied being in possession of one Glock pistol and 24 rounds of ammunition, was granted bail in the sum of $20,000. Jason Richards,...
From the Courts, News
December 13, 2024
A Walvaroo man’s clean criminal record saved him from spending the next year in prison after he was found guilty of illegally possessing ammunition at...
From the Courts, News
December 13, 2024
A 24-year-old bus conductor of Belair was arrested on December 6, 2024, and charged with the offense of serious bodily harm. A release from the Royal ...
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December 13, 2024
Soroptimist International of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), hosted a one day seminar on November 30, 2024, as part of activities locally to mark...
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December 13, 2024
C&W Communications, the operators of Flow, Flow Business, C&W Business and BTC, said it is pleased to announce the appointment of Wayne Hull as Countr...
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December 13, 2024
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA), has hired Thomas. A public relations, a communications and storytelling agency based in t...
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December 13, 2024
More than 100 individuals between the ages of 18 and 34 from various educational backgrounds, will be employed for six months within the private secto...
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December 13, 2024
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), said it has received significant support for its annual Christmas Carolling Contest sl...
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December 13, 2024
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves is calling for greater unity among member states of the Caribbean, noting that a u...
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December 13, 2024
Leader of the Opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr Godwin Friday is of the opinion that St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is on autopilot in re...
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December 13, 2024
The 2024 Hurricane Season has officially ended, but those who were severely impacted still need focused support including mental and psychosocial supp...
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December 13, 2024
The curtains came down on the 2024 National Performing Arts Festival, after two weeks on November 30, 2024. Dance Bongo, a stage play written by Eroll...
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December 13, 2024
The Caribbean Digital Transformation Project is teaming up with the non-profit organisation This is PLACE to carry out digital mapping of St Vincent a...
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December 13, 2024
Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr Godwin Friday, has made a call for the government to treat Vincentians with dignity. “We have to be able ...
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December 13, 2024
The Eastern Caribbean witnessed a significant advancement in transforming its business registration processes with support from the OECS Commission un...
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December 13, 2024
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce, in collaboration with the Ministry of Urban Development, recently hosted a stakeholder consultation aimed at sha...
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December 13, 2024
Things are getting sweeter for honey producers in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) as the government moves in with financial assistance for persons...
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December 10, 2024
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), is said to be making significant strides in its ongoing negotiations with PayPal to enable acc...
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December 10, 2024
Parliament is soon to be prorogued to make way for the start of a new session and presentation of the 2025 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, to be...
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December 10, 2024
Invest SVG is preparing to launch their first diaspora outreach mission for 2025, an initiative geared at encouraging Vincentian nationals living abro...
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December 10, 2024
On Friday November, 15, 2024, the management and staff of the Customs and Excise Department hosted a ‘celebratory send off’ for four employees. Two of...
From the Courts, News
December 10, 2024
A 35-year-old man who is charged with the attempted murder of a 13-year-old, has been granted bail in the sum of $25,000. Sheldon Hooper, of Petit Bor...
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December 10, 2024
The tourism industry in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has somewhat recovered from the destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl, but officials withi...
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December 6, 2024
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), will launch a crime prevention app “where citizens can share vital information with the...
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December 6, 2024
The Ministry of National Mobilization has begun to roll out income support payment to vulnerable persons in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), who w...
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December 6, 2024
Parliament has approved amendments to the existing Town and County Laws in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) which, among other things, speak to iss...
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June 17, 2025
Nearly 138 million children were engaged in child labour in 2024, including around 54 million in hazardous work likely to jeopardize their health, saf...
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June 17, 2025
Collin Butler, a Vincentian storyteller and comedian, who resides in the Virgin Island, has launched a Children’s book, ‘Island Adventure: Caribbean T...
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June 17, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has issued a stern warning about non-tolerance of certain behaviours usually heightened ...
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June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) invites managers, producers, artistes and members of the public to the 2025 Soca Monarch Preliminaries. The...
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June 13, 2025
Chevonne Stewart was formally introduced last Sunday, June 8, 2025, as the person the Unity Labour Party (ULP) intends to be its candidate for the Sou...
