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May 20, 2022
“BEFORE liberalisation, Cable & Wireless had exclusive long-term licences and provided all telecommunications services (local and international) in al...
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May 20, 2022
THE JOE BIDEN administration in the USA earlier this week announced several concessions in its hardline policy towards Cuba and Venezuela. Those count...
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May 17, 2022
As plans continue to move towards the establishment of a new city at Arnos Vale, residents of the area known as Pole Yard will be moved to a new locat...
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May 17, 2022
Nurses in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) no longer want to spend extra hours at the district clinics to which they are attached. Prime Minister D...
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May 17, 2022
Georgetown resident, Keyron Lewis, is a young man with a drive and passion about life. Keyron, who is also popularly known as ‘Slama London’ knows how...
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May 17, 2022
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), is seeking new contractors for road projects that were left incomplete after the firing of the ...
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May 17, 2022
There will be no confusion in the leadership succession of the Unity Labour Party (ULP), as the political party moves to elect a new deputy leader — a...
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May 17, 2022
The passing of the principal of Bishop’s College Kingstown, Cecelia Akers-King signals the loss of one of this country’s outstanding educators. This i...
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May 15, 2022
Last Thursday, the governing Unity Labour Party (ULP) in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) held its first National Council Meeting in almost two yea...
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May 13, 2022
The first week of May 2022, yielded two firsts in SVG; on Monday May 02, Emergency Communications First Responders (EFR’s) staged a communications rea...
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May 13, 2022
If St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is to recover from the economic blows of the past two years, there is a need for the implementation of a massiv...
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May 13, 2022
Opposition leader, Dr Godwin Friday makes no boast about being a detective, especially one of the calibre of the fictional character, Sherlock Holmes....
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May 13, 2022
A motion by the Opposition New Democratic Party, was defeated in Parliament on Thursday, May 5, after a lively debate from both government and opposit...
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May 13, 2022
Government senator, Ashelle Morgan is confident that the virtual assets sector will transform the economy of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), to t...
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May 13, 2022
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has noted that there has been no windfall as was the case last year, to improve this country’s financial outlook. H...
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May 13, 2022
The provision of food supplies through a government initiative dubbed ‘Love Boxes’ will be reintroduced and run for a period of six months. This will ...
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May 13, 2022
Local fisherfolk can now access a share of EC$1.5 million to invest in bigger vessels, as efforts continue to expand the local fisheries sector. The ...
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May 13, 2022
The Ministry of Education is moving to implement a project that will build capacity among local creatives and service providers, with the aim of makin...
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May 13, 2022
An intervention from the government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), has helped to settle an outstanding matter between the University of the W...
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May 13, 2022
The state agency which is responsible for disseminating government information to the public, needs to improve its television productions. This was th...
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May 13, 2022
Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Timothy Harris has announced that he will call fresh general elections in the coming months after he asked th...
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May 10, 2022
THE BILL FOR the rebuilding of Little Tokyo and purchasing of larger fishing vessels will be covered by US$9 million that this government intends to b...
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May 10, 2022
THE OPENING of the first ever cannabis consumption lounge in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) augurs well for the local medicinal cannabis space. S...
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May 10, 2022
MINISTER OF TOURISM, Carlos James has disclosed that the government is expecting new time lines from the developers of the Black Sands Resorts at Pete...
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May 10, 2022
THE LIVE BROADCAST of the heated debate of an Opposition motion in Parliament was abruptly halted last Thursday May 5, when Speaker, Rochelle Forde or...
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May 10, 2022
“THE ST. VINCENT Handbook” by Robert Anderson, a book on the history of this country was originally published in 1907; the fifth edition of the book w...
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May 10, 2022
SEARCHLIGHT would like to convey our condolences to the government and people of Cuba for the loss of life, many injuries, suffering and material loss...
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May 10, 2022
Story and photos by Robertson Henry FOR ALMOST FOUR decades, she trekked to the Richmond beach in the wee hours of the morning to mine aggregate, earn...
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May 6, 2022
The government has committed to losing at least EC$3 million of its revenue over the next three months, as it attempts to implement measures that will...
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May 6, 2022
Government is confident that it will be able to break ground on the Acute Referral Hospital in Arnos Vale by January 2023, now that the World Bank has...
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May 6, 2022
Making and selling coconut oil has certainly changed the living circumstances of Denise Richards. The Georgetown resident is gaining her independence ...
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May 6, 2022
A family is mourning the loss of two of their own who were shot multiple times by unknown assailant(s) on the night of Friday, April 29. Kishroy Duke,...
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May 6, 2022
The spate of homicides over the last weekend is “entirely unacceptable,” according to Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves. Gonsalves, who is also this ...
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May 6, 2022
Many of the guns used to commit crimes in St Vincent and the Grenadines, come mainly from the United States of America. This claim was made by Ministe...
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May 6, 2022
Antonio ‘Que Pasa’ Gellizeau is again before the court as the crown keeps on top of the status of an appeal on his money laundering conviction before ...
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May 6, 2022
Principal of the St Joseph’s Convent, Kingstown (SJCK), Sister Martha Sebastien has urged the graduating class of 2022 to “be the light through the st...
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May 6, 2022
President of the SVG Teachers Union, Oswald Robinson has dismissed a suggestion that students be made to clean the toilets at their various schools. T...
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May 6, 2022
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is holding talks with the Canadian company, Eavor Technologies with the aim of advancing the geo...
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May 6, 2022
For the next three weeks, third form students at the Girls’ High School will sharpen their entrepreneurial skills, as they participate in the school’s...
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May 6, 2022
Former Liat employees have launched an online petition to garner public support in their quest to receive severance payments. “Help former Liat employ...
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May 6, 2022
Calder Williams, a former Leader of the Opposition in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was laid to rest last Friday, April 29. The burial at the F...
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May 6, 2022
Head of the SVG Fire Service, superintendent of police, Joel James has issued a caution for Vincentians to be extremely careful when lighting fires, a...
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May 6, 2022
SUPERINTENDENT OF police, Kameicia Blake has cautioned students at the St Joseph’s Convent, Kingstown (SJCK) against wanting too much, so that it lead...
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April 2, 2026
THE DEPARTMENT OF Culture, in collaboration with the Peace Memorial Hall, officially unveiled the first ever large-scale sculptural mural in St.Vincen...
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April 2, 2026
PRIME MINISTER, Dr. Godwin Friday, has issued a statement addressing a series of recent incidents of violence, public disorder, and growing concerns a...
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April 2, 2026
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned an incident that led to the killing of two Indonesian peacekeepers of the United Nations...
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April 2, 2026
THE NATIONAL Society of Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) in St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) held its annual Melanie McKenzie Educational and Medic...
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April 2, 2026
SIX SECTIONS, ALL representing some aspects of the way Vincentians live, will be turned into costumes when the Lynx Mas Band makes it presentation for...
