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Coastguard officers excel in academics
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August 26, 2016
Three CoastGuard Officers have excelled in their academic pursuits. Sub lieutenant Kemron Beache graduated from the Federal University of ABC, Sao Pau...
Experiencing World Youth Day in Krakow 2016
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August 23, 2016
Recently, 27 youths and young adults from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kingstown attended the 30th World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland with over 1.5 mi...
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August 23, 2016
A visual art exhibition takes place this Thursday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., as a part of activities to mark Emancipation Month in SVG. The eve...
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 ...
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...
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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August 19, 2016
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) had issued new, revised and amended syllabuses that have effective teaching dates beginning September 2016. T...
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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) ...
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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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...
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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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...
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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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...