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Courts customers win two-minute shopping spree
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Courts customers win two-minute shopping spree
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July 26, 2016
Two lucky Courts customers this week shopped to their heart’s content during Courts’ Frigidaire Supermarket Spree promotion, which took place at C...
Vincentian represents Caribbean at Global Youth Forum
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Vincentian represents Caribbean at Global Youth Forum
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July 26, 2016
Chair of SVG Young Professionals Association Kishore Shallow attended a Youth Diplomatic Forum in London, UK, which was held from July 11 to 15. The f...
SVG, Japan sign grant aid for disaster reduction equipment
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SVG, Japan sign grant aid for disaster reduction equipment
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July 26, 2016
The National Emergency Management Office (NEMO), the Environmental Management Unit within the Ministry of Economic Planning, and the Ministry of Trans...
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CXC to launch new CAPE subject – Green Engineering
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July 26, 2016
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will launch its latest New Generation Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) subject, Green Engine...
Anglican priest  celebrates 20 years of ministry
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Anglican priest celebrates 20 years of ministry
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July 26, 2016
A service of thanksgiving was held on Friday, July 22, being the feast of St Mary Magdalene at the St Paul’s Anglican Church to commemorate the 20th...
Sister wants police officers to stop threatening brother’s life
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Sister wants police officers to stop threatening brother’s life
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July 26, 2016
The family members of Duran Gerard, who was arrested on Saturday, June 18 in South Rivers for illegal firearm and ammunition possession, are asking th...
Country’s security, morale of police improved, under my watch, says COP
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Country’s security, morale of police improved, under my watch, says COP
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July 26, 2016
Outgoing Commissioner of Police (COP) Michael Charles believes that under his leadership, the security of this country has improved and the morale of ...
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Woman delivers baby in shop’s bathroom
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July 26, 2016
Police are said to be investigating an incident in which a woman gave birth to a baby at Clare Valley yesterday. Reports are that on Monday morning, a...
Digicel donation helps refurbish Guadalupe Home for Girls
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Digicel donation helps refurbish Guadalupe Home for Girls
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July 22, 2016
Over $150, 000 was recently spent by DIGICEL to refurbish and upgrade the Guadalupe Home for Girls. The home, which was the brainchild of the late nun...
Bunpan awards secondary school scholarship 2016
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Bunpan awards secondary school scholarship 2016
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July 22, 2016
Janica Browne of Redemption Sharpes is the 2016 scholarship winner of the Marriaqua United Friendly Society (Bunpan) Award. Janica is the daughter of ...
Rev Nichols celebrates 20 years of priesthood
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Rev Nichols celebrates 20 years of priesthood
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July 22, 2016
The Reverend Otis Samuel Nichols will celebrate 20 years of his ordination to the holy priesthood today, Friday, July 22, with a church service at St ...
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Vincentian diaspora in UK, North America targetted in tourism promotion
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July 22, 2016
The SVG Hotel and Tourism Association (SVGHTA), in collaboration with the SVG Tourism Authority (SVGTA), recently launched its first tourism promotion...
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WEFM Radio to host annual Youth Reading Challenge
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July 22, 2016
WEFM Radio will, this year, hold its third annual Youth Summer Reading Challenge, which seeks to build more confident readers by exposing them to trai...
Sion Hill Bay set to undergo improvements
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Sion Hill Bay set to undergo improvements
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July 22, 2016
The Sion Hill Bay area is set to undergo improvements which would benefit all those who use it. An undertaking to beautify the area, provide seating a...
Overland resident wins six cash prizes with Digicel
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Overland resident wins six cash prizes with Digicel
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July 22, 2016
Norsha Davis of Overland is claiming 2016 to be her year, having won a total of six cash prizes, since the start of 2016, in six different ‘text to ...
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Ministry recruiting public health volunteers
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July 22, 2016
Officials in the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment are looking to train about 500 public health volunteers to aid in eradicating the mo...
TSSS  student wins June Secondary School Bible Quiz
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TSSS student wins June Secondary School Bible Quiz
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July 22, 2016
Giddona Layne of the Thomas Saunders Secondary School (TSSS) is the June winner in the Secondary School Bible Quiz. She received her prize on Friday, ...
Two senior lawyers to take over sponsorship of ASCO
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Two senior lawyers to take over sponsorship of ASCO
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July 22, 2016
Two senior lawyers in St Vincent and the Grenadines have indicated their willingness to take over the sponsorship of the Ashburton Sports and Cultural...
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Countries must accept return of nationals no longer eligible to remain in US
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July 22, 2016
Each country has an international obligation to accept the return of its nationals who are not eligible to remain in the United States (US) or any oth...
Chamber of Commerce won’t make irresponsible,  uninformed comment on hotelier eviction – Regisford
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Chamber of Commerce won’t make irresponsible, uninformed comment on hotelier eviction – Regisford
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July 22, 2016
The Chamber of Commerce will not make an irresponsible and uninformed comment on the eviction of hotelier Ann Joshua from the government owned Cobbles...
Another pregnant woman with Zika being monitored
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Another pregnant woman with Zika being monitored
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July 22, 2016
Officials in the Ministry of Health are currently monitoring another pregnant woman who has tested positive for the Zika virus. This new case adds to ...
Barbados NUPW deputy head addresses issues facing unions
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Barbados NUPW deputy head addresses issues facing unions
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July 22, 2016
Deputy general secretary (ag) of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) in Barbados Roslyn Smith says that membership of the various unions has b...
JCI celebrating 57 years of connecting communities
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JCI celebrating 57 years of connecting communities
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July 22, 2016
Sunday, July 10 marked the opening of a week of activities commemorating 57 years of Junior Chamber International (JCI), formerly known as Jaycees in ...
SCAI promises to be phenomenal experience
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SCAI promises to be phenomenal experience
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July 22, 2016
The Summer Crash Academy Inc (SCAI), summer kids’ workshop, promises to be a phenomenal one; so says the programme’s founder, Jolene Lewis. “Eac...
Man found dead with chop, bullet wounds in Vermont
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Man found dead with chop, bullet wounds in Vermont
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July 22, 2016
Vermont is the site of this country’s 19th homicide for 2016. Dead is 38-year-old Kamau Jones, formerly of Union Island. Jones, occupation unknown, ...
Public sector working conditions better – PM
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Public sector working conditions better – PM
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July 22, 2016
Public sector workers, nurses and police officers have had extraordinary improvements in their working conditions under the present administration. As...
SVG signs visa waiver agreement with Ecuador
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SVG signs visa waiver agreement with Ecuador
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July 22, 2016
Vincentians and Ecuadoreans can now travel between countries without the use of a visa. On Tuesday, a visa waiver agreement was signed at the Ministry...
Business community urged to practise good record keeping
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Business community urged to practise good record keeping
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July 22, 2016
The business community has been encouraged to practise good record keeping. At a seminar hosted by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Nation...
Coreas Hazells Inc offers one-year scholarship to BMS student
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Coreas Hazells Inc offers one-year scholarship to BMS student
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July 22, 2016
Coreas Hazells Inc has provided assistance to various educational institutions throughout the state over the past years. A move to continue this thrus...
Insurance Institute holds seminar on motor accidents
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Insurance Institute holds seminar on motor accidents
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July 22, 2016
The Insurance Institute of St Vincent and the Grenadines (TIISVG) conducted a seminar entitled ‘Motor Accident Dynamics’, the first in a series of...
IMF Board concludes 2016 Article IV consultation with SVG
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IMF Board concludes 2016 Article IV consultation with SVG
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July 19, 2016
On July 13, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with St Vincent and the Grenadines. St ...
‘Friends of Jazz’ gives to worthy cause
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‘Friends of Jazz’ gives to worthy cause
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July 19, 2016
The Lewis Punnett Home and the Association of and for the Blind will both benefit from a generous donation they each received from the "Friends of Jaz...
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SVGTA hosting two-day workshop for restaurant managers, supervisors
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July 19, 2016
Following on the heels of four weeks of training for restaurant frontline and kitchen staff held in May and June, the St Vincent and the Grenadines To...
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SM Jaleel & Company Ltd achieves international food safety certification
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July 19, 2016
Through months of rigorous audits, testing, and process mapping, SM Jaleel & Company Ltd (SMJ) is the first company in CARICOM to gain SQF Level 2 Cer...
EHSM’s new intake gets head start
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EHSM’s new intake gets head start
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July 19, 2016
The management of the Emmanuel High School Mesopotamia (EHSM) has embarked on a readiness programme to better prepare the new cohort of students who w...
SVGTU seeks to establish long-term collective  agreement with Government
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SVGTU seeks to establish long-term collective agreement with Government
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July 19, 2016
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) plans to engage the Government, so that a modern collective agreement that would hold for ...
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Organizations to hold march and rally on August 1
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July 19, 2016
Three organizations have come together to host a march and rally on Emancipation Day, August 1. The People’s Movement for Change (PMC), the “Call ...
Vincentian  designer presents ‘SOKA’  in Bermuda
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Vincentian designer presents ‘SOKA’ in Bermuda
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July 19, 2016
Vincentian designer Karen DeFreitas recently represented St Vincent and the Grenadines at Bermuda Fashion Week. In an interview with SEARCHLIGHT, DeFr...
Trade union stalwarts demonstrate support for Supervisor of Elections
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Trade union stalwarts demonstrate support for Supervisor of Elections
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July 19, 2016
In a show of solidarity with Sylvia Findlay, a former vice-president and general secretary of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU)...
PM addresses issues from CARICOM meeting
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PM addresses issues from CARICOM meeting
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July 19, 2016
At the recently concluded 27th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Guyana, several issues, rangin...
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SVG Co-operative League elects new board members
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July 19, 2016
A new board has been elected to direct the operations of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Co-operative League. Delegates of credit unions and general...
Former SVG was too physically, mentally tired to enter pageant
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Former SVG was too physically, mentally tired to enter pageant
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July 19, 2016
The only reason Miss St Vincent and Grenadines and Miss Carival 2015 DeYonte Mayers did not represent this country at the 2015 Miss Jaycees Pageant in...
AIA will not be operational by year end – Arnhim Eustace
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AIA will not be operational by year end – Arnhim Eustace
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July 19, 2016
Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace is of the firm belief that the Argyle International Airport (AIA) would not become operational by year end and...
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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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