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Lottery sales up – NLA Manager
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Lottery sales up – NLA Manager
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August 23, 2016
Sales of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) last year increased by almost one million dollars over the previous year. Manager at the NLA McGregor ...
Vincentians engaging in risky sexual behaviour – Dr Davy
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Vincentians engaging in risky sexual behaviour – Dr Davy
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August 23, 2016
Vincentians have become too complacent when dealing with the issue of HIV and AIDS. This is the view of Dr Jose Davy, registrar at the Milton Cato Mem...
MP, senator condemn robbery of salesman
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MP, senator condemn robbery of salesman
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August 23, 2016
Parliamentary representative for North Leeward Roland Patel Matthews and his opponent in the last general elections, government senator Carlos James h...
Curtain comes down on Forestry Summer  Programme
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Curtain comes down on Forestry Summer Programme
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August 23, 2016
The Forestry Department completed its annual Forestry Summer Programme, once again with youth mainly from the rural communities. The 2016 Summer Progr...
Caine suggests fresh approach to whaling industry in SVG
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Caine suggests fresh approach to whaling industry in SVG
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August 23, 2016
Has the time come for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to take a fresh approach to the whaling industry? Chief agricultural officer Ashley Caine th...
PM signs Air Services Agreement with UAE
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PM signs Air Services Agreement with UAE
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August 23, 2016
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday signed an Air Services Agreement (ASA) at the Cabinet roo...
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State of economy affecting NDP’s back to school programme – Eustace
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August 23, 2016
The current state of the economy of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is having a negative impact on the back to school programme of the New Democra...
Baptist woman predicts natural  disaster will wreak havoc on SVG
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Baptist woman predicts natural disaster will wreak havoc on SVG
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August 23, 2016
A Spiritual Baptist woman, who claims that she has the power to see into the future, is calling on persons living here to repent and seek God, as a na...
SVGMA head addresses  challenges facing cancer patients in SVG
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SVGMA head addresses challenges facing cancer patients in SVG
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August 23, 2016
Cancer is a serious problem in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and many persons who are affected by the disease do not have the financial power to...
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CXC issues new, revised, amended syllabuses
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August 19, 2016
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) had issued new, revised and amended syllabuses that have effective teaching dates beginning September 2016. T...
Soraya awarded NBC’s Claude Theobalds Memorial Scholarship
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Soraya awarded NBC’s Claude Theobalds Memorial Scholarship
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August 19, 2016
An eleven-year-old has been awarded the National Broadcasting Corporation’s (NBC) Claude Theobalds Memorial Scholarship, the second of its kind. Sor...
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SMSS is most improved school for CSEC 2016
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August 19, 2016
The St Martin’s Secondary School is the school that recorded the most significant improvement in this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) ...
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SVGSA president commends athletes efforts at Rio Olympics
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August 19, 2016
Although the two Vincentian swimmers who competed in the Rio 2016 Olympics did not advance past their heats, President of the St Vincent and the Grena...
Lazarus Foundation  celebrates Simon Bolivar Day
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Lazarus Foundation celebrates Simon Bolivar Day
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August 19, 2016
July 24, 1783, was the birthday of the liberator Simon Bolivar. As part of the commemoration of his 233rd birthday, which was held on Monday, July 25,...
University bursary awarded in memory of Jennie Jacobs
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University bursary awarded in memory of Jennie Jacobs
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August 19, 2016
Cherise King is the first recipient of a university bursary from the Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation (NKSF). On Monday, Cherise, a resident of Sha...
SVGS fourth formers excel at CSEC maths
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SVGS fourth formers excel at CSEC maths
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August 19, 2016
Twenty-nine of the 150 students of the St Vincent Grammar School (SVGS) who wrote mathematics for the 2016 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (...
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SJCK records 91.76 per cent pass rate in CSEC
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August 19, 2016
The St Joseph’s Convent Kingstown (SJCK) recorded an overall pass rate of 91.76 per cent this year. Of the 61 students who sat the exam, three stude...
Government, private sector must work together to promote programs for young people – Sutherland
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Government, private sector must work together to promote programs for young people – Sutherland
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August 19, 2016
The government must work with the private sector to push programmes like the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) summer programme which bui...
Family trying to locate missing man
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Family trying to locate missing man
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August 19, 2016
Police have issued a missing persons bulletin for dancer Kahili Tupac Ollivierre alias “QQ” who was last seen at 4:47 p.m. on August 4 2016 at Dou...
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Young people targetted for training by ZHTF
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August 19, 2016
Forty young people are participating in a rapid skills training programme in the field of computer networking and cell phone repair. This was disclose...
Prospect resident wins US$1,000 dollars from Digicel SVG
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Prospect resident wins US$1,000 dollars from Digicel SVG
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August 19, 2016
Vincentians are continuing to benefit from the thousands of dollars in cash and prizes up for grabs, as Digicel SVG continues to bring the beat this s...
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FLOW continues to reward customers with CASH
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August 19, 2016
FLOW’s ‘Summer Cash Flow’ promotion continues to reward customers with cash prizes for doing simple everyday transactions. The latest persons to...
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Anglican priest passes on
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August 19, 2016
Anglican priest, Reverend Father James Daniel of Point Espagnol, Owia died on Wednesday, August 17. Daniel, who was the father of Minister of Agricult...
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Courts offering sales financing for customers shopping at local partner vendors, retailers
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August 19, 2016
Courts St Vincent is offering its customers and shoppers around St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and added service. This week, the furniture, elect...
Vincentians benefit from two major USAID projects
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Vincentians benefit from two major USAID projects
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August 19, 2016
Vincentians are benefitting from a modernized juvenile justice system and are better equipped to adapt to climate change as a result of two major proj...
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DRP calls for repeal of Cybercrimes Act 2016
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August 19, 2016
With the passage last Friday of the Cybercrimes Act 2016, the Democratic Republican Party (DRP) is calling for a repeal of the Act and for SVG to go b...
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A lot of pressure on GHS to remain on top – Headmistress
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August 19, 2016
For many years, the St Vincent Girls’ High School (GHS) has been the top performer in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in the Caribbean Secondary...
Youth chopped on neck by assailant
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Youth chopped on neck by assailant
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August 19, 2016
A Greiggs man who was chopped about the neck by a known assailant says that sometimes when he is alone, he cries when he thinks about how he could hav...
GHS student leads for girls in CSEC exams
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GHS student leads for girls in CSEC exams
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August 19, 2016
Jessica Prescott, the top performing female in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) admits that she never expected to be t...
SVGTCCU awards scholarships, book vouchers to students
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SVGTCCU awards scholarships, book vouchers to students
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August 16, 2016
Four students have been awarded seven-year scholarships from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Cooperative Credit Union Ltd (SVGTCCU). Elzich...
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VINSA Cave Hill to host orientation for new students
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August 16, 2016
The Vincentian Students’ Association (VINSA) at Cave Hill will host its annual new students’ orientation tomorrow, Wednesday, August 17. The sessi...
Consul General Huggins funds nurses initiative
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Consul General Huggins funds nurses initiative
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August 16, 2016
Fitz Huggins, St Vincent and the Grenadines’ consul general in Toronto, Canada, has made a personal donation of EC$6,000 to fund an initiative invol...
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Government urged to review Cybercrime Bill
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August 16, 2016
Twenty-two regional and international organizations say they are “deeply concerned” by the Cybercrime Law adopted last Friday in St Vincent and th...
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Repairs coming for secondary roads early next year – PM Gonsalves
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August 16, 2016
A number of this country’s secondary roads would see repairs early next year. Last Wednesday, during a press conference at the Argyle International ...
Landlord wants tenants to vacate his property
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Landlord wants tenants to vacate his property
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August 16, 2016
Former national footballer Ivan ‘Kempest’ Dupont is publicly calling on two women who occupy the downstairs apartment of his Lodge Village home to...
Students awarded SVBLA bursaries, scholarships
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Students awarded SVBLA bursaries, scholarships
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August 16, 2016
Three students have been awarded scholarships from the St Vincent Building and Loan Association (SVBLA) to assist with their secondary and post second...
Not too late for WICB to apologize to Sammy – PM
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Not too late for WICB to apologize to Sammy – PM
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August 16, 2016
The management of West Indies Cricket could still make amends for what Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has described as the “awful treatment” me...
Vincentian among four caught with almost 700lbs of cannabis stuffed in car
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Vincentian among four caught with almost 700lbs of cannabis stuffed in car
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August 16, 2016
Just four days after an Antiguan operation in which eight pounds, six ounces of hashish oil were seized and two Vincentian nationals were arrested, th...
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Zero Hunger Trust Fund telephone levy collects over $144,000
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August 16, 2016
Over $144,000 dollars has been collected by the Zero Hunger Trust Fund (ZHTF) from the levy which was placed on local and international calls from St ...
Gov’t begins implementation of ZHTF programmes
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Gov’t begins implementation of ZHTF programmes
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August 16, 2016
Two programmes under the Zero Hunger Trust Fund (ZHTF) have begun, which should help to make the goal of no person going to bed hungry by the year 202...
Diplomacy is changing – Straker
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Diplomacy is changing – Straker
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August 16, 2016
Minister of Foreign Affairs Louis Straker, in announcing a number of changes to our diplomatic missions abroad, has stressed that the global, economic...
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UWI Open Campus, OAS sign Memorandum of Understanding
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August 16, 2016
The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), through the Executive Secretariat fo...
CK Greaves Supermarket Pembroke pulls plug on Searchlight newspapers
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CK Greaves Supermarket Pembroke pulls plug on Searchlight newspapers
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August 16, 2016
Searchlight newspapers can no longer be purchased at CK Greaves Supermarket at Pembroke. Last Thursday, just one day after SEARCHLIGHT posted to its F...
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...

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