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Rotary Club donates supplies to MCMH
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January 28, 2014
Fresh on the heels of their successful Rotary Village Doctor visits to communities affected by the Christmas rains and floods, the Rotary Club of St V...
Pinnacle donates to schools across SVG
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January 28, 2014
Regional companies continue to join the post disaster relief efforts in St Vncent and the Grenadines.{{more}} Last Friday, Pinnacle Safety Solutions, ...
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January 28, 2014
A 21-year-old Mckies Hill resident survived an early morning shooting that left him nursing bullet wounds at the Milton Cato Hospital.{{more}} Police ...
Say NO with TECH-GO
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January 28, 2014
The use of Information Technology to harm or harass other people in a deliberate, repeated and hostile manner has become a growing concern worldwide,{...
Lowmans woman wants out of darkness
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January 28, 2014
A 42-year-old Lowmans Leeward resident is pleading with members of the public to help her out of darkness.{{more}} During a visit to SEARCHLIGHT yeste...
Woman dies in Coulls Hill crash
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January 28, 2014
by Taranjah Yaw Tue Jan 28, 2014 What was expected to be a pleasant drive up the leeward coast to sightsee and visit relatives at Troumaca turned into...
Fitz-Allan ‘Wizzy’ Bramble shot dead
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January 28, 2014
A close-knit community is in mourning as this country records its first homicide for 2014.{{more}} Dead is Fitz-Allan Bramble, a well known Sion Hill ...
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January 24, 2014
Fri Jan 24, 2013 The Customs and Excise Department will join the global Customs Community once more in celebrating International Customs Day on Januar...
South Rivers community receives donations
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January 24, 2014
As communities try to rebuild across the island of St Vincent in the wake of the Christmas Eve disaster, the “I am my neighbour’s keeper” rang o...
SDA church agrees to provide 5000 meals
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January 24, 2014
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has entered into a formal agreement with the National Emergency Organization (NEMO) for the financing, preparation, p...
Digicel humanitarian efforts
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January 24, 2014
Digicel employees, led by their Country Manager Sean Latty, continued their humanitarian efforts over the weekend with the distribution of food, cloth...
Expect fuel surcharge spike: Vinlec CEO
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January 24, 2014
In the absence of VINLEC’s flood-damaged hydroelecticity plants, Vincentians should expect their fuel surcharge to be higher than usual, VINLEC’s ...
Charity seeks safe rescue of pup in Kingstown
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January 24, 2014
Fri Jan 24, 2014 This past Christmas my wife and I visited St Vincent and were horrified by the terrible damage and tragic loss of life wrought by the...
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January 24, 2014
Based on preliminary figures the Vincentian economy experienced a 2.0 per cent growth in 2013 with that number expected to further increase to 2.5 per...
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January 24, 2014
This country’s Commissioner of Police, Michael Charles says while crime is on the decline, there are still concerns with the level of rape and viole...
LIME partners with the Barrouallie community
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January 24, 2014
In keeping with its promise made to the community of Barrouallie months ago, telecommunications provider LIME has stepped forward to partner with one ...
Geothermal companies donate to relief efforts
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January 24, 2014
People affected by the 2013 Christmas Eve floods in St Vincent and the Grenadines have received help from some unlikely sources in the Barbados Light ...
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January 24, 2014
“Over my dead body” That was the charge by Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace on Tuesday, as he declared that no items coming to the New Demcratic P...
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January 24, 2014
The Leader of the Opposition, Arnhim Eustace simply had no relevance at the December 28 meeting held between contractors, financiers and the Prime Min...
SVGFF donates to flood relief effort
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January 24, 2014
After presenting Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves with a EC$40,000 cheque towards relief efforts, president of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Foot...
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January 24, 2014
A former prime minister, who once wound up debate on the national Budget before any member of the then Opposition had spoken, says the opposition memb...
I am not falling in line – Eustace
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January 24, 2014
Arnhim Eustace, this country’s Opposition Leader has described Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves as “out of plac,e, for remarks that were made con...