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February 9, 2016
This country has been removed from a European Union worst tax havens list. Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves announced this on Monday during a meeting...
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February 9, 2016
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has commended Vincentian diplomat Doris Charles, who, last Saturday, January 6, released her first novel. Gonsalves ...
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February 9, 2016
Tray Archibald, a fifth form student of the West St George Secondary School, received his prize for winning the Secondary School Bible Quiz January Qu...
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February 9, 2016
Four local institutions were the recipients of donations from Courts St Vincent Limited this week. As part of the furniture, appliance, electronics an...
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February 9, 2016
Defending Young Leaders Champions, the St Vincent Grammar School (SVGS), yesterday launched their 2016 programme under the theme: âMeâ¦Youâ¦Weâ¦:...
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February 9, 2016
The executive of the St Vincent and the Grenadines United States of America Sports Association (SVG-USASA), along with friends, paid a visit to ailing...
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February 9, 2016
Although a specieS of gecko, thought only to be found in Union Island, is regarded by the international scientific community as âcritically endanger...
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February 9, 2016
The Special Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to Haiti, which began on Sunday, January 31, is now completed. Twenty-two hours befor...
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February 9, 2016
As we struggle to be competitive internationally, we must find things to distinguish ourselves and looking towards our environment and promoting touri...
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February 9, 2016
St Vincent and the Grenadines will soon establish an ambassadorial presence in Dubai, paving the way for a diplomatic relationship that is expected to...
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February 9, 2016
The Garifuna Herita-ge Foundation will this year, for heritage month, seek to retrieve and reclaim the Garifuna culture that has been lost. According ...
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February 9, 2016
Last Saturday, January 30, just over 30 Vincentians participated in a meeting to facilitate the launch of a Cultural Association of Vincentians in the...
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February 9, 2016
Heavy rain last Friday, which caused the river at OâBrienâs Valley to overflow its banks, once again, caused damage to two of the communityâs br...
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February 9, 2016
The zones that have been established off the coast of Canouan were not set up to prevent people from using the beaches, but seek to regulate use so th...
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February 5, 2016
Twenty-one Vincentian youths have been inducted as CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA). Last Saturday at the Methodist Church Hall in Kingstown, Minister ...
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February 5, 2016
The lives of staff and children at the VINSAVE Child Development Centre have been made much easier early in the New Year as a result of a donation by ...
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February 5, 2016
The people of Byera and surrounding communities can now access childcare services through the Vinsave/Byesave itinerant childcare services. This progr...
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February 5, 2016
With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Zika in the Americas as a public health emergency of international concern, the Ministry of Health,...
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February 5, 2016
Marketing and Corporate Communications manager of LIME Nikala Williams was named a hero and received that award from the Eastern Caribbean Marine Mana...
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February 5, 2016
Newly appointed chief executive officer of CIBC FirstCaribbean Gary Brown got a close-up look at the business and some projects in St Vincent and the ...
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February 5, 2016
On Saturday, January 16, JCI St Vincent hosted a ceremony to install the elected executive members for 2016, and recognize the contribution of members...
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February 5, 2016
âStart Bright,â an initiative of Tus-T Water, has been formally launched here. The new breakfast initiative comes on the heels of a successful sel...
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February 5, 2016
A new director has been named to lead the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Carla James, who, until recently, served as magistrate at the Kingstown M...
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February 5, 2016
When the New Democratic Partyâs (NDP) election petitions are heard in court, sufficient evidence will be presented and as a result the NDP will be d...
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February 5, 2016
A farewell mass, with many Catholics and well-wishers, was held last Tuesday, February 2, at the Cathedral of the Assumption for Bishop Charles Jason ...
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February 5, 2016
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Rural Transformation has declared that the $6 million increase allocated to his Ministry in the 2...
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February 5, 2016
Vincentians and foreigners alike can look forward to another exciting series of racing events when the Bequia Easter Regatta sails off in less than tw...
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February 5, 2016
For the second consecutive year, Dr Julian Ferdinand has been named the Best Lecturer at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business (ALJGSB), Uni...
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February 5, 2016
Following two recent promotions in its management team at the start of 2016, Digicel has announced two more changes to its management in St Vincent an...
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February 5, 2016
Leader of the Opposition and President of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Arnhim Eustace thinks that setting up a geothermal power plant here at a time...
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February 5, 2016
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has inked a US$15 million loan agreement with St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to set up a geothermal pow...
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February 5, 2016
âWe have been talking tourism for years, and we have been talking of tourism sites and developing this country, but I think Kingstown right now is i...
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February 5, 2016
Anyone with a temperature of over 37 degrees, fever, rash, joint pains, a dry red eye or vomiting, should go to the nearest doctor to get tested for t...
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February 5, 2016
Although the local health care system often comes under heavy criticism from members of the public, the Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environme...
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February 5, 2016
CORRECTION Last Friday, in the Weekend Edition of Searchlight, we carried a story on our front page headlined: "Switch bananas for ganja - Gonsalvesâ...
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February 5, 2016
Words uttered on talk radio by political activist Luzette King have landed her legal trouble. King has been written to by Grahame Bollers, lawyer for ...
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February 5, 2016
In promoting the 2016 Taiwanese scholarship programmes, representatives of the Embassy of Taiwan and Vincentians who studied in Taiwan visited college...
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February 5, 2016
After many years of creative writing and the occasional publication of her poems in the newspapers in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) while she wa...
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February 2, 2016
Pool enthusiast Dygo Sergeant is into the finals of the 2016 Guinness âGot Balls?â pool competition. Sergeant won the third leg of the tournament,...
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February 2, 2016
CIBC FirstCaribbean has opened a new Finance Centre in Barbados. The new Finance Centre caters to the bankâs platinum and business banking clients, ...
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February 2, 2016
The Preliminaries of the Primary Schools Performing Arts Festival (PRISPAF) 2016 will commence today Tuesday, February 2, at the Kingstown Preparatory...
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February 2, 2016
The University of the West Indies Open Campus, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of (China) on Taiwan, will host an Information Sharin...
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February 2, 2016
Youâve had a stressful day at work, and youâre longing to get home to relax. But thereâs one more hurdle between you and your bed â the van dr...
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September 26, 2025
Often times, people’s struggles, insecurities, physical issues and inner pain are masked by an exterior that looks strong, poised and well put togethe...
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September 26, 2025
Motor repair shops that are dotting the public road side spaces are now posing a serious problem, particularly to drivers on the roads of St Vincent a...
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September 26, 2025
With the goal of raising awareness and increasing public knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, the St. Vincent and the Gren...
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September 26, 2025
Zacary James, who is a part of the Melisizwe Brothers, has received the SOCAN award, a move with which he is said to be thrilled. The brother of Seth ...
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September 23, 2025
The official handing over of two key facilities under the Kingstown Port Modernization Project- the container freight station (CFS) warehouse, and the...
