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Five receive GECCU awards for University studies
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Five receive GECCU awards for University studies
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October 28, 2022
The General Employees Co-operative Credit Union Limited (GECCU)has awarded university bursaries valued at $3,000 to five of its members. The recipient...
Vincentians spending up to US$20 million a year to obtain health care overseas
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Vincentians spending up to US$20 million a year to obtain health care overseas
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October 28, 2022
Residents of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) who seek medical care abroad due to the unavailability of certain services at home fork out between U...
Vendors owe Kingstown Town Board thousands says Warden
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Vendors owe Kingstown Town Board thousands says Warden
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October 28, 2022
Warden of the Kingstown Town Board, Clayton Burgin said vendors at the Vegetable Market in Kingstown feel that because Senator Julian Francis is “indi...
Man still missing after three weeks, sister worried
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Man still missing after three weeks, sister worried
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October 28, 2022
A Queens Drive man, said to be in his mid-fifties has been missing for three weeks and his family is said to be quite worried. Beatrice Mayers-Griffin...
Aspiring politician leads St Martin’s to National Public Speaking title
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Aspiring politician leads St Martin’s to National Public Speaking title
Clare 
October 27, 2022
The St Martin’s Secondary School came out on top in this year’s FLOW/Lions Club St Vincent South National Secondary Schools Public Speaking Competitio...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines records 170 amputations in three years
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines records 170 amputations in three years
Christina 
October 25, 2022
Minister of Health St Clair Prince said government is doubling efforts to tackle the rising cases and prevalence of chronic Non-Communicable Diseases ...
Showers, possible thunderstorms as tropical wave affects island
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Showers, possible thunderstorms as tropical wave affects island
Christina 
October 25, 2022
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Meteorological Services has advised that cloudy skies, pocket of moderate showers and possible isolated thunderstor...
Weekly COVID-19 report: Five new cases recorded
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Weekly COVID-19 report: Five new cases recorded
Christina 
October 25, 2022
The weekly COVID-19 report from the Ministry of Health and Wellness shows that the five people tested positive for the virus. During the reporting per...
Vendors blame Kingstown Town Board for destroyed goods, produce (+video)
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Vendors blame Kingstown Town Board for destroyed goods, produce (+video)
Christina 
October 25, 2022
From as early as 7 am on Monday, more than a dozen vendors who ply their trade from the Central Kingstown Market staged protests following a weekend c...
Seventy-three awards, including 21 National Scholarships to be presented at Schools Independence Rally
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Seventy-three awards, including 21 National Scholarships to be presented at Schools Independence Rally
Clare 
October 25, 2022
Seventy-three awards, including 21 National Scholarships, will be presented on Tuesday to graduates of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community Col...
District Stairs supports the work of the SVG National Trust with donation of $1000
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District Stairs supports the work of the SVG National Trust with donation of $1000
Clare 
October 25, 2022
The St Vincent and the Grenadines National Trust has received a cash donation of  EC$1000 in support of its work. The presentation was made last Frida...
CariSECURE to help St. Vincent and the Grenadines police in the crime fight
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CariSECURE to help St. Vincent and the Grenadines police in the crime fight
Christina 
October 24, 2022
St. Vincent and the Grenadines joins other Caribbean countries in embracing the “Citizen Security Data” approach to crime prevention through an initia...
Vincentian sentenced to seven years for rape, dismissed from Royal Navy
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Vincentian sentenced to seven years for rape, dismissed from Royal Navy
Christina 
October 24, 2022
A Vincentian national, who was an engineer in the Royal Navy, has been jailed for seven years after being convicted of raping a male colleague. A thre...
Parliament approves early release of funds for the Port Project
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Parliament approves early release of funds for the Port Project
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October 21, 2022
PARLIAMENT has approved the early release of an additional EC$70 million from the money allocated for the Kingstown Port before the year’s end. On Mon...
Government seeking to obtain pre-fab houses from Guyana
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Government seeking to obtain pre-fab houses from Guyana
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October 21, 2022
GOVERNMENT is exploring the possibility of getting pre- fabricated houses from Guyana to help with the rebuilding the housing stock damaged as a resul...
National bird of SVG thriving despite the odds
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National bird of SVG thriving despite the odds
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October 21, 2022
by CHRISTINA SMITH IT IS OFTEN SAID that Vincentians are a resilient people, known to handle all manner of adversity and emerge on the other side stro...
SVBLA Brings Comfort to the Belair Government School
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SVBLA Brings Comfort to the Belair Government School
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October 21, 2022
TEACHERS ASWELL as students at the Belair Government School are having a more enjoyable experience thanks to the St Vincent Building and Loan Associat...
Bishops College Kingstown looking to turn out agricultural entrepreneurs (+Video)
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Bishops College Kingstown looking to turn out agricultural entrepreneurs (+Video)
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October 21, 2022
BISHOPS COLLEGE Kingstown aims to turn its students into entrepreneurs in the field of Agriculture Science. And this was evident at the school’s World...
Rose Place sewer pipe to be relocated to accommodate modern port facility
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Rose Place sewer pipe to be relocated to accommodate modern port facility
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October 21, 2022
AS WORK PICKS UP on the construction of a modern port facility in Kingstown, a sewer line that runs “straight through Rose Place” will have to be relo...
PAHO warns of fraudulent use of its property to spread false COVID-19 information
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PAHO warns of fraudulent use of its property to spread false COVID-19 information
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October 21, 2022
BOGUS INDIVIDUALS appear to be using the name of the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) to spread false information regarding COVID-19 vaccines. ...
Why the USA has a hostile policy towards Venezuela
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Why the USA has a hostile policy towards Venezuela
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October 21, 2022
by R. T. LUKE V. BROWNE I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE you the benefit of thoughts I expressed at a public lecture at Frenches House earlier this week on Tuesda...
Eligible Vincentians urged to apply for Chevening Scholarships
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Eligible Vincentians urged to apply for Chevening Scholarships
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October 21, 2022
RESIDENTS of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are being urged to apply for the United Kingdom government’s prestigious Chevening scholarship, which...
Temporary Parliament building to be converted into a students’ hostel
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Temporary Parliament building to be converted into a students’ hostel
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October 21, 2022
THE TEMPORARY parliament building which is now under construction in the coastal town of Calliaqua will eventually be used as a student hostel. So sai...
Farmers and fishers to get more financial assistance from Government
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Farmers and fishers to get more financial assistance from Government
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October 21, 2022
FARMERS AND FISHER FOLK in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will receive more assistance from the government in the aftermath of the eruption of La...
SVG Coast Guard Officer graduates with honours
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SVG Coast Guard Officer graduates with honours
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October 21, 2022
COAST GUARD Petty Officer, Dwight Lewis graduated with distinction and honours from the International Maritime Law Institute with a Masters degree in ...
World Pediatric Project Urology Team back in SVG to conduct face to face evaluations
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World Pediatric Project Urology Team back in SVG to conduct face to face evaluations
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October 21, 2022
THIRTY-ONE CHILDREN were evaluated this week at a urology clinic held by a team from the World Pediatric Project (UPP) which travelled from St Louis, ...
Government may build a new school for students of Thomas Saunders  Secondary
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Government may build a new school for students of Thomas Saunders Secondary
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October 21, 2022
Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves has hinted at the possibility that the Thomas Saunders Secondary School may be rebuilt, instead of being repair...
Ministry of Agriculture hands over tractors to schools and a farmers’ cooperative
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Ministry of Agriculture hands over tractors to schools and a farmers’ cooperative
Clare 
October 20, 2022
The Ministry of Agriculture has handed over a hand tractor valued at EC$4,500 to the Bishops College for use in its Agricultural Science programme. Th...
Beekeeping Congress to focus on decline of bee population
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Beekeeping Congress to focus on decline of bee population
Christina 
October 19, 2022
The 11th Caribbean Beekeeping Congress being held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will focus on the natural factors that are contributing to the dec...
Veteran Mas man Elliot Douglas to be laid to rest
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Veteran Mas man Elliot Douglas to be laid to rest
Christina 
October 19, 2022
Veteran Mas man and former Deputy Chairman of the Carnival Bands Incorporated (CBI) Elliot ‘Elli King’ Douglas will be laid to rest today Wednesday Oc...
SVG Coast Guard seizes Trinidadian vessel with cocaine, ammunition on board
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SVG Coast Guard seizes Trinidadian vessel with cocaine, ammunition on board
Christina 
October 18, 2022
A police operation conducted by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard led to the seizure of drugs and ammunition as well as the arrest of fou...
PM in students’ crush at World Food Day event  (+Video)
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PM in students’ crush at World Food Day event (+Video)
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October 18, 2022
PRIME MINISTER, Dr Ralph Gonsalves was thronged by a group of excited students during the World Food Day celebrations in Park Hill last Friday. World ...
Words fail to capture pain, loss of Clare Valley five – Dr Friday
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Words fail to capture pain, loss of Clare Valley five – Dr Friday
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October 18, 2022
LEADER of the Opposition Dr. Godwin Friday, has admitted that he had a difficult time preparing his tribute to be delivered at the funeral of the five...
‘Pressure’ a ‘hero’ for all – Clarence Roberts
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‘Pressure’ a ‘hero’ for all – Clarence Roberts
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October 18, 2022
THE FAMILY and friends of Kenroy ‘Pressure’ Phillips have lost a hero. That is how Clarence Roberts described his late cousin in his eulogy. Roberts s...
Baker aspired to have his own fishing boat – Miliaka Theobalds
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Baker aspired to have his own fishing boat – Miliaka Theobalds
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October 18, 2022
MILIAKA THEOBALDS read the eulogy for Giovanni Barker, one of the deceased men, whose dream was to become a fisherman.Theobalds described Giovanni as ...
‘Keno’ eulogised as a dad who proved his love for his son
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‘Keno’ eulogised as a dad who proved his love for his son
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October 18, 2022
THREE DAYS before he would have celebrated his 30th birthday, Khalil Karl “Keno” Robin tragically lost his life in a horrific accident in Old Sandy Ba...
Sister and Cousin remember Bruce as a very generous person
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Sister and Cousin remember Bruce as a very generous person
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October 18, 2022
SISTER, KIMORRA LAVIA-ADEWALE, and cousin, Hancel Bruce Joseph eulogised Ishmael Dorrel Bruce at his funeral on Sunday. Bruce was born on October 16, ...
Elvis Harold had big dreams for life
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Elvis Harold had big dreams for life
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October 18, 2022
‘LOGIE, ‘BILLY BOY’ and ‘me one boy pickney’ - Elvis Harold was known by a number of affectionate pet names during his life. Harold was eulogized by h...
Leacock adamant that Dave Ames has tarnished the name of SVG
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Leacock adamant that Dave Ames has tarnished the name of SVG
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October 18, 2022
VICE PRESIDENT of the New Democratic Party (NDP), St Clair Leacock is questioning the due diligence procedure that was used to allow convicted British...
Agriculture Chief appeals for more youths in agriculture
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Agriculture Chief appeals for more youths in agriculture
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October 18, 2022
CHIEF AGRICULTURAL Officer, Renato Gumbs is calling for increased youth participation in the agricultural sector to help achieve food security for the...
Education Minister explains low percentage passes of some schools in CAPE and CSEC exams
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Education Minister explains low percentage passes of some schools in CAPE and CSEC exams
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October 18, 2022
MINISTER OF Education, Curtis King says the COVID- 19 pandemic and the eruption of La Soufrière Volcano have negatively impacted the performance of st...
Kingstown Prep among schools celebrating World Food Day (+Video)
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Kingstown Prep among schools celebrating World Food Day (+Video)
Webmaster 
October 18, 2022
by SHARLENE RAMPERSAD AS COUNTRIES around the world struggle with food security, students at several schools in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), c...
Department of Culture closes out 2022 National Dance Festival with great public support
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Department of Culture closes out 2022 National Dance Festival with great public support
Webmaster 
October 18, 2022
THE CURTAINS CAME down on the KCCU Dance Festival last Saturday, October 8 after a two year absence due to the challenges of COVID-19. This year, the ...
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
Christina 
July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...

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