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SVG Tourism Officials seek to increase UK visitor arrivals
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SVG Tourism Officials seek to increase UK visitor arrivals
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May 16, 2025
Following a record-breaking year in stay-over arrivals to the destination and three consistent years of growth in cruise tourism, tourism officials ar...
24 in Law Enforcement Complete RSS Range Management Level 3 CVQ
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24 in Law Enforcement Complete RSS Range Management Level 3 CVQ
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May 16, 2025
Law enforcement officials should never be “high-handed or show-offish” when using firearms. This was strongly emphasised by Director of Emergency Logi...
St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
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St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
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May 13, 2025
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO has clinched victory over Jamaica in the inaugural International Reparation Debate, hosted by the Centre for Reparations Research ...
District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
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District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
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May 13, 2025
DISTRICT STAIRS SVG Ltd., a company with operations in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Canada, has demonstrated its commitment to corporate social ...
Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
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Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
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May 13, 2025
A NEW PROGRAMME in which the government is targetting youth volunteerism across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was launched on Monday, May 12, 2...
Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
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Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
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May 13, 2025
A 45 YEAR OLD man who has been convicted 46 times, is awaiting sentencing after he confessed to six more offences, including stealing a transformer an...
Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
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Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
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May 13, 2025
MINISTER OFTRANSPORT and Works, Montgomery Daniel, has praised the “excellent work” being done by the Electrical Inspectorate Unit, but expressed conc...
Minors threaten the survival of Bagga Fish Fest – organisers
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Minors threaten the survival of Bagga Fish Fest – organisers
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May 9, 2025
The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
CARPHA zeroes in on Mental Health
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CARPHA zeroes in on Mental Health
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May 9, 2025
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
Lodge Village mother faces two-year jail time for theft
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Lodge Village mother faces two-year jail time for theft
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May 9, 2025
A Lodge Village mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, ...
Officer Charged in Traffic Violation Case
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Officer Charged in Traffic Violation Case
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May 9, 2025
A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...
Park Hill farmer pleads guilty to handling stolen ginger
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Park Hill farmer pleads guilty to handling stolen ginger
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May 9, 2025
A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...
Time’s up! Police to fully enforce traffic laws
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Time’s up! Police to fully enforce traffic laws
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May 9, 2025
The extension granted to drivers to comply with road traffic regulations has expired, and the next step will be enforcement. Sergeant Phillip King fro...
Another batch of Police Officers mark 25 years of service
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Another batch of Police Officers mark 25 years of service
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May 9, 2025
Course #19 of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) celebrate 25 years of service to the people of St. Vincent and the Grenad...
Leacock argues for better pension for “Patel” Matthews
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Leacock argues for better pension for “Patel” Matthews
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May 9, 2025
Vice President of the New Democratic Party (NDP), St Clair Leacock believes that former NDP Member of Parliament for North Leeward, Roland “Patel” Mat...
Travel Advisors Global celebration
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Travel Advisors Global celebration
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May 9, 2025
Sandals St Vincent was the hub for the recent celebration to mark Global Travel Advisors Day with one industry expert describing the destination as a ...
Spiritual Baptists told to use first national holiday “wisely”
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Spiritual Baptists told to use first national holiday “wisely”
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May 9, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will be the second Caribbean country to celebrate a national holiday in recognition of the Spiritual Baptists’ fai...
Minister yearns for more green spaces nationwide
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Minister yearns for more green spaces nationwide
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May 9, 2025
“I want to challenge every Vincentian to let us employ the concept or the idea of creating more green spaces across the country.” That was the declara...
Americas staring severe shortage  of health care  professionals
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Americas staring severe shortage of health care professionals
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May 9, 2025
A new report from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), The Health Workforce in the Americas: Regional Data and Indicators, reveals that 14 out...
SVG represented at Azerbaijan forum
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SVG represented at Azerbaijan forum
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May 9, 2025
History was made in Baku on Monday, April 28, 2025, as more than 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) fr...
Port Project co-ordinator explains cost hike
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Port Project co-ordinator explains cost hike
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May 9, 2025
Before the government took the decision to construct a new port in Rose Place, Kingstown, detailed and lengthy studies were carried out. “We have stud...
Police discontinue traffic changes to Level Gardens road
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Police discontinue traffic changes to Level Gardens road
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May 6, 2025
Following a notice by the Traffic Deparment of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) about entry changes to the Level Gardens ...
Port Project back and forth continues
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Port Project back and forth continues
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May 6, 2025
While social media sites like Facebook can at times be used as a source of information and a reference, people have to be careful about what they post...
Sales clerk accused of theft, granted bail
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Sales clerk accused of theft, granted bail
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May 6, 2025
A 53-year-old sales clerk of Layou, alleged to have stolen EC$ 1,000 from a Diamond resident, was granted bail when he appeared at the Kingstown Magis...
Senior Magistrate tells “Convict,’ leave rum alone’
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Senior Magistrate tells “Convict,’ leave rum alone’
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May 6, 2025
An old Montrose man, who unintentionally dropped a stone on a vendor’s phone and broke its screen while he was intoxicated, was warned by a Senior Mag...
Gardener sentenced for hitting client with stone and shovel
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Gardener sentenced for hitting client with stone and shovel
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May 6, 2025
A young gardener who struck his client on the head with a stone, wrestled him on the ground, then struck him twice with a shovel, was given a suspende...
Be vigilant for child neglect – social worker urges
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Be vigilant for child neglect – social worker urges
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May 6, 2025
Persons charged with the care and protection of the nation’s children are being reminded to remain vigilant especially for cases of potential neglect ...
Friday feeling ‘Wind of Change’
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Friday feeling ‘Wind of Change’
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May 6, 2025
Political Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr Godwin Friday, is sensing a “wind of change” ahead of the upcoming general elections in St Vinc...
Vincentian partners knock heads on disaster resilience and documentary heritage
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Vincentian partners knock heads on disaster resilience and documentary heritage
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May 6, 2025
Archivists, librarians, as well as media and educational professionals met in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) earlier this week for a two-day conf...
Relocation of Ministry of Education
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Relocation of Ministry of Education
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May 2, 2025
SOME EMPLOYEES OF the Ministry of Education are still on the premises of the administrative buildings, which were deemed unsafe for work, having becom...
PM ensuring there is money for immediate response to disaster
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PM ensuring there is money for immediate response to disaster
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May 2, 2025
WHEN DISASTERS HIT, developing countries must have money they can immediately use, as most times, natural events can be disproportionately more deadly...
Work on Grimble Hall and Thomas Saunders Secondary set to begin soon
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Work on Grimble Hall and Thomas Saunders Secondary set to begin soon
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May 2, 2025
WORK IS EXPECTED to begin soon on the construction of a new Grimble Hall at the Girls’ High School building, and renovations at the Thomas Saunders Se...
Attack of police officer leads to bus conductor forking out $$
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Attack of police officer leads to bus conductor forking out $$
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May 2, 2025
AN OMNIBUS conductor was bonded and ordered to pay compensation to a police officer after pleading guilty to choking him around his neck. Rodney Sam a...
Bagga labourer pleads not guilty to wounding charge
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Bagga labourer pleads not guilty to wounding charge
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May 2, 2025
KEMANI GOULD OF Barrouallie, charged with wounding a man at Little Tokyo on March, 3, 2025, pleaded not guilty when he appeared at the Kingstown Magis...
Farmer fined, bonded for stealing ginger
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Farmer fined, bonded for stealing ginger
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May 2, 2025
Everoy Cameron John, a 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill charged with handling stolen goods, was fined when he appeared at the Colonaire Magistrate’s Co...
Bequia Carpenter on bail for alleged assault of his children’s mother
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Bequia Carpenter on bail for alleged assault of his children’s mother
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May 2, 2025
A 35YEAR OLD carpenter of Bequia was arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting the mother of his children, and damaging property belonging to her....
AIA recorded a profit in 2024, says PM
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AIA recorded a profit in 2024, says PM
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May 2, 2025
THE ARGYLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AIA) recorded a profit in 2024 of EC$4.05 million, and if this continues, the government subvention will not longer ...
Energy Mas Band presents Soca in the Mas
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Energy Mas Band presents Soca in the Mas
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May 2, 2025
SEVEN SECTIONS, all representing noted Vincentian Soca songs over the years, is Energy Mas Band’s presentation for Vincymas 2025. The seven sections, ...
Saudi Fund to finance Old Montrose Police Station upgrade
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Saudi Fund to finance Old Montrose Police Station upgrade
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May 2, 2025
MONEY FROM THE SAUDI FUND will be used to upgrade the Old Montrose Police Station, as the USA has backed out of an original plan to fund the project. ...
NEMO receives thousands in building supplies for Post-Beryl reconstruction
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NEMO receives thousands in building supplies for Post-Beryl reconstruction
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May 2, 2025
THE UK FRIENDS OF the Mustique Charitable Trust (UKFMCT) has donated over EC$231,000 in building supplies to the National Emergency Management Organiz...
Leacock says poor relief is keeping PM Gonsalves in office
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Leacock says poor relief is keeping PM Gonsalves in office
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May 2, 2025
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for the Central Kingstown constituency, St Clair Leacock believes that the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have los...
NDP’s Huggins promises to transform Central Leeward
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NDP’s Huggins promises to transform Central Leeward
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May 2, 2025
NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NDP) candidate for the next general election, Conroy Huggins is promising that the NDP will transform Central Leeward, once give...
Vulnerable workers most susceptible to AI displacement says Jaric Director
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Vulnerable workers most susceptible to AI displacement says Jaric Director
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May 2, 2025
WHILE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) offers solutions, it also introduces risks of a different kind, human and societal risks, with job displacement bei...
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We will still pursue CBI says Opposition Leader Dr Friday
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We will still pursue CBI says Opposition Leader Dr Friday
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July 31, 2025
LEADER OFTHE OPPOSITION New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr Godwin Friday, said despite the several negative issues that have been revealed about the Citiz...
Post-Beryl income support to continue into August – PM
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Post-Beryl income support to continue into August – PM
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July 31, 2025
THE GOVERNMENT has dispersed almost EC$30 million since January 2025 in assistance to households in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. This, according ...
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Designs completed for East St George Secondary School
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July 31, 2025
THE PRELIMINARY DESIGNS are completed, paving the way for actual work to begin on the construction of a secondary school in the constituency of East S...
New initiative being introduced to ease transportation woes for vulnerable citizens
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New initiative being introduced to ease transportation woes for vulnerable citizens
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July 31, 2025
THE GOVERNMENT IS soon to introduce a transportation initiative to ease the transportation woes of people needing dialysis treatment, as well as the e...
Five recipients of Teachers Credit Union scholarship urged to be role models
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Five recipients of Teachers Credit Union scholarship urged to be role models
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July 31, 2025
THE TEACHERS Cooperative Credit Union (TCCU) has added five students to the list of 31 who receive scholarship support through their secondary and ter...

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