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Governor General tours emergency facilities
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May 4, 2021
FOR TWO DAYS, this nation’s Governor General, Dame Susan Dougan travelled to various parts of the country to visit shelters and agencies engaged in th...
Calliaqua shelter hosts May Day fair
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May 4, 2021
EVACUEES LIVING AT the Calliaqua Anglican School emergency shelter, were on Saturday, May Day, treated to a fair. The event, organized by the manageme...
Shady animal sales in North Windward?
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May 4, 2021
SENIOR OFFICERS OF the Ministry of Agriculture were meeting Monday, May 3 to hammer out a response to allegations of shady sale of animals in the nort...
Persons hosting evacuees under pressure
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May 4, 2021
PEOPLE HOSTING evacuees in their home are under the pressure of an increased household, but the state is drawing a line when it comes to paying water ...
‘Lavaman’ still not charged
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May 4, 2021
DESRON RODRIGUEZ, the local thrill seeker who has split public opinion in relation to his alleged forays up to the summit of the erupting La Soufriere...
Local students given new dates for CXC exams
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April 30, 2021
Vincentian students will now sit Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in July/August instead of June/July, and Caribbean Prim...
Two houses destroyed, one flooded in Rockies
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April 30, 2021
Two houses in Rockies were destroyed while a third was flooded out, and another partially damaged, when heavy rains on Thursday triggered landslides a...
Red zone will not be  abandoned: PM Gonsalves
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April 30, 2021
As the Soufriere volcano continues to erupt, there are conversations taking place about future life in the red zone, particularly villages above the r...
Forestry hopes dashed
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April 30, 2021
Thursday’s start to the wet season was the direct opposite of what officials at the Forestry Division within the Ministry of Agriculture had been hopi...
Court rules against IWitness News
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April 30, 2021
Journalist Kenton Chance and his media outlet ‘IWitness News’ took a legal blow this week, after the court ruled that he defamed a man.   However, Cha...
Opposition leader now fully vaccinated
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April 30, 2021
Leader of the Opposition Dr Godwin Friday, who is now fully vaccinated, has revealed that it was a relief.   Speaking at a virtual media conference on...
Marijuana industry takes a beating
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April 30, 2021
The marijuana industry on mainland St Vincent, both legal and illegal, has been totally destroyed by the erupting La Soufrière volcano.   “All and all...
UN passes resolution in solidarity with SVG
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April 30, 2021
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, April 28 adopted a resolution in “Solidarity with and support for the Government and people of Saint...
UWI-SRC needs  more funding
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April 30, 2021
The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) needs more funding.  The UWI-SRC team predicted the eruption of La Soufriere volca...
Deep open crater at summit of La Soufrière
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April 30, 2021
There is now a deep open crater at the summit of La Soufriere. This observation was made by scientists during an observation flight on Monday, April 2...
Bahamian  vessel brings aid from Jamaica
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April 30, 2021
In a show of solidarity for St Vincent and the Grenadines, the Governments of Jamaica and the Bahamas joined forces to bring relief supplies to St. Vi...
More than 600 non-nationals flee Soufriere
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April 27, 2021
WHILE VINCENTIANS are by and large not too keen at this time to take up the offer to temporarily relocate to sister OECS nations and territories, pref...
Magistrate’s Court opens with prayer
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April 27, 2021
THE KINGSTOWN Magistrate’s Court started off the court day with a prayer for the nation yesterday, in keeping with the National Day of Prayer and Fast...