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Hance John takes Ragga Soca crown with ‘Spectacular’
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Hance John takes Ragga Soca crown with ‘Spectacular’
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
Winning his third Ragga Soca competition was not the best thing that happened to Hance John on Saturday July 6, 2024. Sharing the stage with former Mi...
Residents on Union Island ready to rebuild
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Residents on Union Island ready to rebuild
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
by Christina Smith Union Island residents say they are anxiously awaiting the arrival of building materials, machinery and workmen to the island to be...
MV Guidance still missing
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MV Guidance still missing
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
A family member of Maxwell Burke, the captain of MV Guidance 11, missing since the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 1, says there is no truth to rum...
Blondie Bird and Friends wins 7th Band of the Year title
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Blondie Bird and Friends wins 7th Band of the Year title
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
Blondie Bird and Friends won their seventh Winston “Samo” Samuel Band of Year title on Mardi Gras, Tuesday July 9, 2024, with their portrayal “Motherl...
US provides  US$2 million in humanitarian  assistance to SVG and Grenada
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US provides US$2 million in humanitarian assistance to SVG and Grenada
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
In response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Beryl on Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the United States government, through the U....
CIBC Caribbean donates US $100 000 to Caribbean countries hit by Beryl
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CIBC Caribbean donates US $100 000 to Caribbean countries hit by Beryl
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
CIBC Caribbean has announced a donation of US$100,000 to support hurricane relief efforts in Caribbean islands affected by Hurricane Beryl. The funds,...
Global Mission mobilising immediate aid for victims of Hurricane Beryl
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Global Mission mobilising immediate aid for victims of Hurricane Beryl
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) and the Caribbean Consular Corps (CCC) at a press conference on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, addressed the urgent need for ...
Divine Hackshaw is Primary Schools Junior Calypso Monarch
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Divine Hackshaw is Primary Schools Junior Calypso Monarch
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
Divine Hackshaw solidified her name as one of the most promising calypso artists in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), after she was crowned this ye...
Eliza Cruickshank takes Junior Soca Monarch title
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Eliza Cruickshank takes Junior Soca Monarch title
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
Eliza Cruickshank of the South Rivers Methodist School is this year’s Junior Soca monarch after performing her original composition, ‘Soca-holic’ at t...
Omani Cupid captures Junior Calypso crown again
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Omani Cupid captures Junior Calypso crown again
Forrest 
July 12, 2024
Omani Cupid has demonstrated the reason why he is a force to be reckoned with in the calypso ring after winning the Secondary Schools’ Junior Calypso ...
Union Island death toll from Hurricane Beryl increases
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Union Island death toll from Hurricane Beryl increases
Christina 
July 10, 2024
The number of people believed to have died during the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Union Island has increased by four. The major hurricane flattened ...
Hackshaw, Cupid and Cruickshank take home Junior Calypso, Soca crowns
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Hackshaw, Cupid and Cruickshank take home Junior Calypso, Soca crowns
Christina 
July 7, 2024
The 2024 Junior Calypso Monarch saw a number of setbacks due to the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The competition came off more than a week later than s...
UPDATE: Police revise times for carnival shows and events
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UPDATE: Police revise times for carnival shows and events
Christina 
July 6, 2024
After lengthy discussions between the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) and the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), and...
Police implement curfew on all carnival shows & parties
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Police implement curfew on all carnival shows & parties
Christina 
July 5, 2024
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has this evening announced that adjusted times will be implemented for all Carnival Deve...
PM announces concessions to aid recovery efforts
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PM announces concessions to aid recovery efforts
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made a number of updates about the relief and rebuilding effort for parts of mainland St Vincent as well as the...
Beryl leaves trail of death, destruction in its wake
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Beryl leaves trail of death, destruction in its wake
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Hurricane Beryl, a monstrous Category 4 storm has come and gone; but not before leaving death and a trail of destruction across the multi-island State...
CDC green-lights abridged version of Carnival
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CDC green-lights abridged version of Carnival
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
"The show must go on." An “abridged version of Vincymas” is how the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) said it was proceeding with 2024 carnival f...
Boyea not on board with events stakeholders
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Boyea not on board with events stakeholders
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
A number of private promoters have decided to go ahead with their events during Vincymas 2024 and use the occasion to also mobilise supplies to assist...
Two confirmed deaths in SVG by Beryl – Police
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Two confirmed deaths in SVG by Beryl – Police
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Hurricane Beryl, the Category 4 storm that upended hundreds of lives in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), also claimed the lives of at least two in...
Sea takes animals and animal pen
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Sea takes animals and animal pen
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
A family of Brownstown, Georgetown, watched as the sea swept away their animals and the animal pen. Ketura Guy, who lives on the waterfront with other...
Scores of Union Island residents flee wrath of Hurricane Beryl
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Scores of Union Island residents flee wrath of Hurricane Beryl
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
by Christina Smith When the Jaden Sun Fast Ferry arrived at the wharf at Union Island on Tuesday afternoon, scores of people with bags in hand rushed ...
Hurricane Beryl ‘come like a tornado’ – Union Island resident
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Hurricane Beryl ‘come like a tornado’ – Union Island resident
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
by Christina Smith ‘It come like a tornado hit we, not no hurricane.” These were the words used by a Union Island resident to describe the harrowing e...
Worse storm ever says occupants at Fair Hall Emergency Shelter
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Worse storm ever says occupants at Fair Hall Emergency Shelter
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Frightening, shocked, and disheartened are just a few of the words being used by some emergency shelter occupants to describe their experience and aft...
Point farmers feel Beryl’s wrath
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Point farmers feel Beryl’s wrath
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Several farmers from Point Village are reeling in the aftermath of hurricane Beryl, the category 4 storm which struck Saint Vincent and Grenadines (SV...
OECS Chief Addresses Impact and Response to Hurricane Beryl’s Devastation
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OECS Chief Addresses Impact and Response to Hurricane Beryl’s Devastation
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Dr Didacus Jules issued the following statement in the immediate wake of the ...
Caribbean Development Bank staff deployed to Grenada and SVG
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Caribbean Development Bank staff deployed to Grenada and SVG
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has deployed staff to Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines to assist in delivering immediate response suppor...
USA providing urgent  humanitarian assistance  following  impact by  hurricane
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USA providing urgent humanitarian assistance following impact by hurricane
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
In a release issued on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, Ambassador Roger Nyhus said that the United States will provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the ...
Statement from Region Security  System on passage of Hurricane Beryl
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Statement from Region Security System on passage of Hurricane Beryl
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Commodore Errington Shurland, executive director of the Regional Security System has issued the following statement following the passage of Hurricane...
Taiwan pledges US$200K to  assist SVG after Hurricane Beryl
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Taiwan pledges US$200K to assist SVG after Hurricane Beryl
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Taiwan is set to provide US$200,000 in donations to assist Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after Hurricane Beryl hit the country on July 1, 2024. At ...
EU releases humanitarian aid in the wake of Hurricane Beryl
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EU releases humanitarian aid in the wake of Hurricane Beryl
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
In response to the impact of Hurricane Beryl in the lesser Antilles, the European Union (EU) has approved €450 000 in humanitarian aid, to help addres...
Court office refuses van man’s bag of coins as payment
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Court office refuses van man’s bag of coins as payment
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
A van operator who was fined in court for not having a conductor on board when transporting passengers, encountered another problem when he went to th...
Police issue warning about underage drinking
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Police issue warning about underage drinking
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
Underage drinking and children being left unsupervised are practices that the police have noted are leading to increased reports of sexual offences du...
Two men shot and killed over the weekend
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Two men shot and killed over the weekend
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
The homicide count in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), rose to 25 over the weekend when two men were shot and killed in separate incidents in two ...
ECCB makes record profit in 2023/24
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ECCB makes record profit in 2023/24
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) said it made a record profit for the financial year ended March 31, 2024. In its published Independent Audit...
High school achiever maintains top form
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High school achiever maintains top form
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
by Jada Chambers Chenise Harper, who placed second in the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment(CPEA) Examinations, and first in the country in the Caribb...
Associate degree student  triumphed despite low self-esteem and self-doubt
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Associate degree student triumphed despite low self-esteem and self-doubt
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
by Jada Chambers The recipient of the Divisional Award for Excellence in the Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies(DASGS) Associates Degree P...
Mom’s death motivates woman to pursue nursing career
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Mom’s death motivates woman to pursue nursing career
Forrest 
July 5, 2024
by Jada Chambers A young woman, whose passion for nursing was ignited after she lost her mother to a terminal illness, graduated as valedictorian of t...
CDC discussing next step for Carnival 2024 following Hurricane Beryl
News
CDC discussing next step for Carnival 2024 following Hurricane Beryl
Christina 
July 3, 2024
Hurricane Beryl, a category four system, which passed over St Vincent and the Grenadines on Monday, July 1, has resulted in the cancellation of a numb...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Services Monitoring Tropical Wave: Flash-Flood Watch Issued
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Services Monitoring Tropical Wave: Flash-Flood Watch Issued
Christina 
July 3, 2024
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Services continues to closely monitor the progress of a tropical wave presently located a few hundre...
VINLEC & CWSA: Some areas restored, work ongoing
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VINLEC & CWSA: Some areas restored, work ongoing
Christina 
July 3, 2024
The Central Water and Sewage Authority and the St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) say partial service has been restored to parts of the...
SVG MET: Center of Hurricane Beryl to pass over SVG Monday morning
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SVG MET: Center of Hurricane Beryl to pass over SVG Monday morning
Christina 
July 1, 2024
Manager of Meteorological Services in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Billy Jeffers has warned of catastrophic damage by Hurricane Beryl, a Ca...
Extensive property damage expected from Hurricane Beryl
News
Extensive property damage expected from Hurricane Beryl
Christina 
June 30, 2024
With just about 12 hours before Hurricane Beryl is predicted to make landfall on St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), individuals and businesses are r...
Police investigating killing of Diamond mechanic
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Police investigating killing of Diamond mechanic
Christina 
June 30, 2024
The Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) is investigating a homicide that occurred on the night of June 28, 2024, in Diamond c...
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Kevisha Richardson is new Miss SVG Teen
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Kevisha Richardson is new Miss SVG Teen
Webmaster 
August 8, 2025
MISS BIABOU, Kevisha Richardson, stole the show at the August, 2, 2025 Miss St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) teen pageant, walking away with the cr...
Police present scholarship and bursaries to 90 students
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Police present scholarship and bursaries to 90 students
Webmaster 
August 8, 2025
by: KYLE WILLIAMS “EMPOWERING YOUTHS for Endless Possibilities”, was the theme for the 67th edition of the annual Police scholarship and bursary award...
US looking to impose up to $15,000 bond on visitors
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US looking to impose up to $15,000 bond on visitors
Webmaster 
August 8, 2025
THE US STATE Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a...
GHS Headmistress mourns Office Attendant’s death
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GHS Headmistress mourns Office Attendant’s death
Webmaster 
August 8, 2025
HEADMISTRESS OF THE St Vincent Girls’ High School, Latoya DeRoché-John is feeling “lost, helpless, and haunted” by the signs she may have missed that ...
GHS loses ‘Parsons’
News
GHS loses ‘Parsons’
Webmaster 
August 8, 2025
ON WEDNESDAY, August 6, 2025,the community of the St Vincent Girls’ High School (GHS), at home and abroad, was deeply shaken by the news of the sudden...

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