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February 19, 2019
When the House of Assembly meets this Thursday, the parliamentary representative for Central Kingstown will ask the Prime Minister about the need for ...
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February 19, 2019
A new year-long initiative called “Conservation of Key Offshore Island Reserves” aims to develop long-term strategies to protect Grenadines seabirds. ...
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February 19, 2019
The United Kingdom is providing an emergency aid package to treat malnourished children, and provide vaccinations and clean water to the most vulnerab...
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February 19, 2019
In the wee hours of last Saturday morning, Glenrick Edwards defeated Everett Glasgow in the final game of the second leg of the 2019 Guinness “Rack it...
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February 19, 2019
Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will visit St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on March 20, 2019 as part of th...
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February 19, 2019
George Arnott Bertram Cato, a well-known character in the New Montrose area was discovered dead at his home last Friday. George’s partially decomposed...
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February 15, 2019
On Wednesday, Feburary 6, the Calliaqua Clinic received a donation of a fridge valued at EC$2,409.00 from the Yanagil Education and Development Fund. ...
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February 15, 2019
The narrative of an enslaved Vincentian from the Cane Grove Estate in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has been republished for the first time in a...
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February 15, 2019
by Lainie Steelman Quinta Seward, a Peace Corps Volunteer serving at the Fitz Hughes Government School, has been preparing for Peace Corps service for...
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February 15, 2019
It is either you have tuberculosis (TB), or you don’t have it. And, terms like latent tuberculosis and active tuberculosis do not make a lot of sense ...
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February 15, 2019
A popular radio personality has supported parliamentarian, Daniel Cummings’ claim that there were no tetanus vaccines in this country for six months o...
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February 15, 2019
Telecommunications provider Digicel has pledged to the government and businesses in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) that the new fibre optic cable...
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February 15, 2019
Minister of Economic Planning and Finance, Camillo Gonsalves has expressed delight at the signing of two contracts that will improve road conditions i...
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February 15, 2019
The fire department intends to visit communities where bush fires are often lit in an effort to identify those responsible. Recently at Questelles, th...
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February 15, 2019
Pull aside, motorists! That is the appeal from head of the fire department Joel James who told SEARCHLIGHT that the department is having a problem wit...
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February 15, 2019
Farmers with lands in the Bower Mountains who use the road through Leon “Bigger Biggs” Samuel’s property can no longer do so. On Monday, February 4, S...
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February 15, 2019
The Government is moving towards once and for all, settling the Leon “Bigger Biggs” Samuel Bower Mountains road access issue. Speaking on BOOM FM this...
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February 15, 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 3-dose primary vaccination series with tetanus-diphtheria containing vaccine followed by 3 booster do...
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February 15, 2019
Indian folk culture will be highlighted here next week with a one night only performance of the Rajasthani Folk Singers. The event, which will take pl...
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February 12, 2019
The Vincentian public is being invited by the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to “raise their v...
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February 12, 2019
Head of the Traffic Branch, Superintendent of Police Kenneth John, along with officers from the traffic branch will be conducting a walkabout in Kings...
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February 12, 2019
A man originally of Park Hill was found guilty last week for trespassing onto his ex-girlfriend’s residence, chopping her about her body and leaving h...
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February 12, 2019
Opposition Senator, Kay Bacchus-Baptiste believes that culture in St Vincent and the Grenadines is “going down the drain”. Bacchus-Baptiste used some ...
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February 12, 2019
A Jamaican-based company will, in 2019, commence the construction of a seafood processing facility at Calliaqua that will create jobs for people here....
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February 12, 2019
A Pension Reform Steering Committee will be established in 2019 to tackle the need for pension reform in St Vincent and the Grenadines. This was revea...
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February 12, 2019
Trinidad’s Erphaan Alves, backed by the veteran band Imij and Company headlined the Bequia Mount Gay Musicfest 2019 to a capacity crowd this past Satu...
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February 12, 2019
A new Executive for the Police Welfare Association was elected last Thursday, with Station Sergeant Brenton Smith returning as the Chairman for the se...
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February 12, 2019
With the assessment of damages in the ‘NDP teachers’ case approaching, it is not certain whether damages for loss of income for their years of unemplo...
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February 12, 2019
The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, the world’s oldest English language schools’ writing competition, seeks to continue engaging schools and y...
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February 12, 2019
Vincentians continue to make strides all over the world and prominent among these is Dr Andrew Simmons. Simmons, a Vincentian originally from Enhams, ...
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February 12, 2019
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) had a thriving trade with Venezuela when the New Democratic Party (NDP) was in power. But, according to former pri...
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February 12, 2019
Over 300 athletes at the Girls’ High School (GHS) were recently checked by faculty and staff of the Trinity School of Medicine in preparation for the ...
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February 12, 2019
Forty-eight persons came out, but at the end of the night, it was Roy Bullock who proved to be the hungriest pool shark at the West Side Bar at Cemete...
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February 8, 2019
As it stands, St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) does not have any laws that allow public servants to participate in elections without any loss of be...
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February 8, 2019
The first licences for the cultivation, manufacture and export of medicinal cannabis products will be issued this year in St Vincent and the Grenadine...
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February 8, 2019
A delegation from the Cannabis Revival Committee (CRC) met earlier this week with the police to discuss the continued eradication of cannabis farms fo...
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February 8, 2019
A Citizen By Investment (CBI) programme in St Vincent and the Grenadines can fund several major projects without adding to the country’s debt. This is...
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February 8, 2019
Over $10 million in this country’s 2019 Budget has been allocated to the celebration of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ 40th year of independence. SVG ...
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February 8, 2019
For the first time in 40 years, a set of Amazona guildingii parrots will be returned to its native country. Two male Amazona parrots that were born in...
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February 8, 2019
The Belle Isle Correctional Facility is the beneficiary of a five cubic metre bio-gas digester system, which will provide the facility with methane ga...
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February 8, 2019
Splectron’s “Ripped Jeanz” boat ride takes place this Sunday February 10 and the promoter is encouraging persons to be a part of what he promises will...
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February 8, 2019
The SVG Retired Nurses Association (SVGRNA) has elected a new executive to run the affairs of the association for the next two years. Elected on Monda...
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February 8, 2019
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has appointed an honorary consul to Australia. Michele B.R. Dal Pra, a national of Australia, is based in Sydney, ...
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August 12, 2025
THE MINISTRY OF Tourism last Friday, August, 8, 2025, concluded a summer camp for children intended to build awareness and provide education about Tou...
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August 12, 2025
THE MINISTRY OF For- eign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs last Friday, August 8, 2025, released the names of four persons who have receive...
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August 12, 2025
A MAN who was number three on Canada’s most wanted list in 2022 and who hid in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) for part of 2023, has been nabbed i...
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August 12, 2025
TWELVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS from Canouan successfully completed the Idea to Im- pact Sea Moss Internship Programme, a hands-on, business-focused learn...
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August 12, 2025
THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY was told last week Thursday, August 7, 2025, about the temporary appointment of “an experienced priate-sector lawyer” as Acting ...
