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One quarter of  cemeteries in SVG at or nearing capacity
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One quarter of cemeteries in SVG at or nearing capacity
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January 30, 2024
Twenty five percent of the 45 cemeteries in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are at capacity or nearing capacity. And while the government conti...
Leacock welcomes plans to build health facility in his constituency
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Leacock welcomes plans to build health facility in his constituency
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January 30, 2024
Member of Parliament for Central Kingstown, St Clair Leacock is happy that a healthcare facility will be located in the constituency. Leacock made sev...
Minister fears social media  apps will erode Vincy Culture
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Minister fears social media apps will erode Vincy Culture
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January 30, 2024
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Carlos James has stressed the need for nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), to pay more attention to the...
Vincentian Professor  Justin Robinson takes  up new posting at UWI
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Vincentian Professor Justin Robinson takes up new posting at UWI
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January 30, 2024
Vincentian Professor Justin Robinson has taken up a new posting as Principal of the Five Islands Campus of The University of the West Indies (UWI) in ...
Vendor bonded for selling fish in the wrong place
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Vendor bonded for selling fish in the wrong place
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January 30, 2024
A woman was placed on a bond for illegal vending, after claiming in tears that she was only on the compound for other reasons besides selling fish. Be...
Elderly man found dead in Kingstown was stabbed
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Elderly man found dead in Kingstown was stabbed
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January 30, 2024
A 61-year-old man who was discovered leaning dead against a wall in Kingstown on January 21,2024 died as a result of stab wounds to his stomach and he...
MEDICAL OFFICER OF  HEALTH CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF JN.1 COVID CASE IN SVG
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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF JN.1 COVID CASE IN SVG
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January 27, 2024
Medical Officer of Health (MOH), Dr Roger Duncan has confirmed the first case of the JN.1 COVID-19 variant in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Mak...
New Activities and Regulations coming for SVG tourism
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New Activities and Regulations coming for SVG tourism
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January 26, 2024
As St Vincent and the Grenadines makes huge strides in the tourism sector, regulating old habits should not come as a surprise for Vincentians. In his...
SVG Tourism ‘out of  recovery and ready to do business’ – Minister
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SVG Tourism ‘out of recovery and ready to do business’ – Minister
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January 26, 2024
Tourism stakeholders and business operators all gathered at the Kingstown Cruise terminal on Tuesday 23 January to listen to the state of the tourism ...
Cops probing incidents of wounding with intent and attempted robbery
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Cops probing incidents of wounding with intent and attempted robbery
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January 26, 2024
The Major Crime Unit (MCU) of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has launched an investigation into reports of wounding wi...
Young man found guilty of sexual  offences with minor to be sentenced  in February
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Young man found guilty of sexual offences with minor to be sentenced in February
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January 26, 2024
Tears welled up in a young man’s eyes when a jury found him guilty of attempting to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl 11 years old, and for...
Ten to compete in Grade 6  writing  competition  finals
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Ten to compete in Grade 6 writing competition finals
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January 26, 2024
Ten students will, next Wednesday January 31,compete in the finals of the Grade 6 writing competition organised by the Ministry of Education and Hodde...
Ministry seeks to boost literacy through use of Starfall App
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Ministry seeks to boost literacy through use of Starfall App
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January 26, 2024
The Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation is moving to implement the Starfall Education Programme to help primary school students improve ...
Conrad Sayers to be  accorded official funeral
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Conrad Sayers to be accorded official funeral
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January 26, 2024
Former Member of Parliament for Central Kingstown, Conrad Sayers will be accorded an official funeral. Sayers died on Saturday December 30,2023 after ...
National Film Commission to be established soon
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National Film Commission to be established soon
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January 26, 2024
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will soon establish a National Film Commission as the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Developmen...
A ‘scraping sound’ and mini bus flips over in Happy Hill, Layou
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A ‘scraping sound’ and mini bus flips over in Happy Hill, Layou
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January 26, 2024
A passenger who was in omnibus H5666 when it overturned in Happy Hill, Layou has said that the accident was not a result of speeding. Shock struck dri...
Vending on Buccament Bay to be regulated
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Vending on Buccament Bay to be regulated
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January 26, 2024
As the tourism product expands on mainland St Vincent, the government is putting measures in place to have vending regulated in some popular areas. In...
Alleged cutlass toting house breaker granted $10,000 bail
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Alleged cutlass toting house breaker granted $10,000 bail
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January 26, 2024
A Labourer who was charged for entering the dwelling house of a New Grounds resident while being armed with a cutlass was granted bail in the sum of $...
Vincentians  begin Spanish and Venezuelan culture classes at VICC
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Vincentians begin Spanish and Venezuelan culture classes at VICC
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January 26, 2024
The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, through the Venezuelan Institute for Culture and Cooperation ...
PM Gonsalves visits  his old university
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PM Gonsalves visits his old university
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January 23, 2024
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves today, January 23,2024 paid a visit to the University in Uganda, where he spent time as a doctoral student decades a...
Youth on trial for alleged sexual offence
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Youth on trial for alleged sexual offence
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January 23, 2024
A trial has begun for a young man who is accused of attempting to have unlawful sexual intercourse with a child who was under the age of 13, and for h...
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Police to hold walkabout and concert in Sharpes
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January 23, 2024
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), and the National Commission on Crime Prevention (NCCP), will collaborate to stage a wa...
SVG to begin cultivating white potatoes in February
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SVG to begin cultivating white potatoes in February
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January 23, 2024
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is expected to begin the cultivation of white potatoes in February this year. Project coordinator, Rohan McDonald told ...
Girls’ High School students donate to the Red Cross
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Girls’ High School students donate to the Red Cross
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January 23, 2024
Students of form 5 Integrated at the Girls’ High School, handed over a large container box of donated items to the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red ...
Residents to weigh in on future of Park Hill community centre
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Residents to weigh in on future of Park Hill community centre
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January 23, 2024
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has disclosed plans to have a meeting with residents of Park Hill to discuss the future use of the present Park Hill...
CDB President on leave, officials still mum
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CDB President on leave, officials still mum
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January 23, 2024
The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is yet to comment further on reports that some of its senior officials are now on administrative l...
Don’t let another mother shed tears, Police Commissioner urges Layou residents
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Don’t let another mother shed tears, Police Commissioner urges Layou residents
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January 23, 2024
Acting Commissioner of Police, Enville Williams has been outlining the content of gun amnesty legislation to residents at a town hall meeting at Layou...
Fisherman must pay after wielding cutlass
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Fisherman must pay after wielding cutlass
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January 23, 2024
A fisherman from Overland has been fined after pleading guilty to chopping a Canadian man with a cutlass after claiming that he was hit first in his m...
Dickson man arraigned on murder charge
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Dickson man arraigned on murder charge
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January 23, 2024
A Dickson Village resident has pleaded not guilty to the 2021 murder of his fellow villager at his arraignment at the High Court on Tuesday, January 1...
New Vincy film explores concept of ‘love without boundaries’
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New Vincy film explores concept of ‘love without boundaries’
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January 19, 2024
‘In the Name of Love’, a romance thriller written and directed by Vincentian film maker, Javed DaSouza, had its first major screening last Saturday, J...
World Paediatric Project kicks off Missions for 2024
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World Paediatric Project kicks off Missions for 2024
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January 19, 2024
The World Paediatric Project (WPP) kicked off their activities for the year at the weekend by hosting the general surgery team at the Milton Cato Memo...
TVET, not second class education component in SVG -Minister
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TVET, not second class education component in SVG -Minister
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January 19, 2024
Minster of Education, Curtis King said the opening of the North Leeward Technical Institute is an historic occasion in the quest to provide quality ed...
Influenza vaccine roll out in SVG imminent
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Influenza vaccine roll out in SVG imminent
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January 19, 2024
Health authorities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are preparing for the introduction of the influenza vaccine, as part of their protective measur...
Mother on cocaine charges begs Senior Magistrate for mercy
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Mother on cocaine charges begs Senior Magistrate for mercy
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January 19, 2024
A 22 year old mother of three begged Senior Magistrate, Colin John, to “please have mercy on me” after pleading guilty to drug trafficking and possess...
Man alleged to have cracked man’s skull now on bail
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Man alleged to have cracked man’s skull now on bail
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January 19, 2024
A Sandy Bay man who was remanded into custody after he was accused of cracking a man’s skull has now been granted bail for the offence. Vivian Sutherl...
‘A man close to death you go send him jail?’ – Grant
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‘A man close to death you go send him jail?’ – Grant
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January 19, 2024
A 65 year old man has escaped a custodial sentence due to a medical ailment, after he was found in illegal possession of one gun and 19 rounds of ammu...
Bequia Bluff Bay road issues being addressed
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Bequia Bluff Bay road issues being addressed
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January 19, 2024
Motorists travelling along the Bluff Bay Road in La Pompe, Bequia, will soon get some relief as the Government has begun critical repair work on that ...
Port Modernisation Project ahead of schedule – Project Director
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Port Modernisation Project ahead of schedule – Project Director
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January 19, 2024
Officials in charge of delivering the Port Modernisation Project have said it is on schedule for its May, 2025 delivery. In fact, project director (Ae...
PM Gonsalves heads delegation to G77 Summit
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PM Gonsalves heads delegation to G77 Summit
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January 19, 2024
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is leading a St Vincent and the Grenadines delegation to this year’s G77 Summit, which is being held in Kampala, Uganda...
Grenadines Airbnb operators urged to become VAT compliant
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Grenadines Airbnb operators urged to become VAT compliant
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January 19, 2024
Taxpaying hoteliers in the Grenadines are claiming unfair competition from Airbnb which also operates in the Grenadines. This issue was highlighted in...
‘Speed Racer’ actor Christian Oliver and daughters laid to rest
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‘Speed Racer’ actor Christian Oliver and daughters laid to rest
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January 19, 2024
Christian Oliver’s final photo before his death has been revealed. The 51-year-old actor died January 4, when the small plane he was in plummeted into...
NEMO hosts two day Tsunami training workshop
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NEMO hosts two day Tsunami training workshop
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January 17, 2024
Eighty seven teachers on mainland St. Vincent are participating in an earthquake and tsunami training workshop which ends today, Wednesday January, 17...
No cases of Leprosy recorded in SVG- Ministry of Health
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No cases of Leprosy recorded in SVG- Ministry of Health
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January 16, 2024
With two neighbouring countries- St Lucia and Barbados- reporting cases of Leprosy in the last week, the Ministry of Health of St Vincent and the Gren...
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OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
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OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
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August 14, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Development Cooperation Fund (DCF), has approved a US$125,000 project for the Centre for Enterp...
Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
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Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
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August 14, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) and Cable & Wireless St Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (Flow) officially signed a contra...
History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
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History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
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August 14, 2025
A document of our story, written by our own Vincentians, is how Minister of Culture, Carlos James, has described Volume One of the History of Saint Vi...
Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
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Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
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August 14, 2025
The exhibition and hand over ceremony for a bucket truck that marked the end-of-phase for the Enhancing Public Safety with Intelligent Video Analytics...
Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
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Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
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August 14, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF) said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal 603 Selman Bailey, who died on Satu...

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