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St Lucia resort contributes to local volcano relief
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July 30, 2021
The St Vincent and the Grenadine Hotel and Tourism Association (SVGHTA) on July 16 received two cheques from the Bay Gardens family in St Lucia in sup...
Police seeking help  locating missing woman
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Police seeking help locating missing woman
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July 30, 2021
Hannah deShong, a 39-year-old domestic of Diamond is missing. Her 22-year-old daughter Alya deShong, a resident of Arnos Vale, made the report to the ...
Eight new COVID19 cases reported, eight new recoveries
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Eight new COVID19 cases reported, eight new recoveries
Clare 
July 29, 2021
Eight new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 449 samples processed on Monday July 26, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 1.8% per cent, a...
39-year-old woman of Diamond missing
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39-year-old woman of Diamond missing
Clare 
July 28, 2021
Hannah deShong, a 39-year-old domestic of Diamond is missing. Her 22-year-old daughter Alya deShong, a resident of Arnos Vale, made the report to the ...
Nearly 1900 students to begin sitting CPEA today
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Nearly 1900 students to begin sitting CPEA today
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July 27, 2021
ALMOST 1900 Grade six students will sit the external components of the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessments (CPEA) today, July 27 and tomorrow, July 28....
Westmoreland pastor murdered, teenage son in police custody
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Westmoreland pastor murdered, teenage son in police custody
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July 27, 2021
THE 17-YEAR-OLD son of a Westmoreland-based pastor is now in police custody and could be facing a murder charge as he is the main suspect in the death...
Police arrest man in connection with online robbery ring
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Police arrest man in connection with online robbery ring
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July 27, 2021
POLICE BELIEVE they have made inroads into an online robbery ring after the arrest of a 24-year-old Calvary Hill man. The man, identified as Jeffery “...
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Get vaccinated, take COVID-19 test or stay home without pay
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July 27, 2021
Antigua: All front-line government workers will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine, or get tested for the virus every two weeks at their own expe...
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District constables charged following ganja seizure at remand centre
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July 27, 2021
Jamaica: Two district constables were arrested and charged on Saturday following the seizure of a quantity of ganja during a joint police operation at...
Eight new COVID19 cases reported in SVG
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Eight new COVID19 cases reported in SVG
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July 25, 2021
Eight new COVID19 positive cases were reported from 281 cases processed on Friday July 23 , 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 2.8 per cent, a re...
Jeff Bezos donates $100 million WCK founder
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Jeff Bezos donates $100 million WCK founder
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July 23, 2021
Chef Jose Andres, the founder of World Central Kitchen which earlier this year provided 8000 meals a day to Vincentians in the aftermath of the volcan...
Former Chief Minister of Montserrat imprisoned for 15 years
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Former Chief Minister of Montserrat imprisoned for 15 years
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July 23, 2021
BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – The High Court Monday sentenced former Chief Minister, David Brandt, to 15 years in prison after he had earlier been found g...
OECS developing strategy to support environmental management
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OECS developing strategy to support environmental management
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July 23, 2021
The OECS Commission is developing a strategy to enhance engagement of civil society and private sector across the Eastern Caribbean in environmental m...
Thousands benefit  from Freemasons Lodges donations
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Thousands benefit from Freemasons Lodges donations
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July 23, 2021
The District Grand Lodge of Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (DGLBEC) has made an initial donation of US $5,000.00 towards the volcano relief effort...
Four Climate Justice Projects open to Caribbean youths
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Four Climate Justice Projects open to Caribbean youths
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July 23, 2021
The Caribbean Climate Justice Project, managed by SOLORICON, in partnership with the Caribbean Regional Youth Council (CRYC), has launched four exciti...
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BACOL files legal action at CCJ seeking compensation for BAICO policyholders
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July 23, 2021
British American Insurance Company Limited and Colonial Life Insurance Company Limited Policy Holders Group (BACOL) will host a virtual Media Conferen...
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VINSAVE extends gratitude
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July 23, 2021
The St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Save the Children Fund (VINSAVE) is the recipient of gifts from Private and Public Day Care service through th...
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World Youth Skills Day celebrated
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July 23, 2021
The United Nations marks July 15 as World Youth Skills Day to celebrate the value of providing youths with adequate skills for employment, decent work...
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Singapore schoolboy charged with murder
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July 23, 2021
A 16-year-old schoolboy in Singapore was charged with murdering a fellow student, in a case that shocked the country. Police officers called into a hi...
NTRC’s 2021 MyApp Summer Program to be held in Canouan and Spring
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NTRC’s 2021 MyApp Summer Program to be held in Canouan and Spring
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July 20, 2021
THE NATIONAL Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) will host its sixth annual summer coding and application development initiative known as ...
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Rotary club of St Vincent celebrates Rotary’s founding
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July 20, 2021
THE ROTARY CLUB of St Vincent will celebrate its 50th anniversary on August 5, 2021, under the Theme: Rotary 50th: Responding to the dynamics of a cha...
Former St Lucia PM quits ruling party weeks before elections
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Former St Lucia PM quits ruling party weeks before elections
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July 20, 2021
FORMER PRIME MINISTER of St Lucia, Stephenson King, has addressed claims by Prime Minister Allen Chastanet that he betrayed the people of Saint Lucia ...
Judge rules against DPP Gaspard in judicial review case
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Judge rules against DPP Gaspard in judicial review case
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July 20, 2021
A HIGH COURT judge has held there has been unreasonable delay by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to file the indictment of a man who wanted ...
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US Coast Guard crew seizes US$15 million in cocaine
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July 20, 2021
SAN JUAN – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the cutter Joseph Tezanos has offloaded nearly US$15 million in seized cocaine and transferr...
The Global Reparations Movement: the greatest political tide of the 21st Century
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The Global Reparations Movement: the greatest political tide of the 21st Century
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July 20, 2021
Statement by the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) THE CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) welcomes recent developments in the movement for repara...
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National Firearms Association to stage shooting competition
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July 20, 2021
TO CELEBRATE THE Emancipation Day weekend the National Firearms Association (NFA) is hosting at the Arnos Vale range a series of competitions with cas...
Police seeking help locating wanted Barrouallie fisherman
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Police seeking help locating wanted Barrouallie fisherman
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July 16, 2021
THE ROYAL Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) said it is carrying out investigations into several reports of possession of unlicens...
Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime reporter dies after shooting
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Peter R de Vries: Dutch crime reporter dies after shooting
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July 16, 2021
THE PROMINENT Dutch crime reporter Peter R de Vries, who was shot and seriously wounded in central Amsterdam has died. “Peter fought to the end, but w...
Nine new COVID19 positive cases reported
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Nine new COVID19 positive cases reported
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July 16, 2021
Nine (9) new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from138 samples processed on Tuesday July 13, 2021, resulting in a positivity rate of 6.5%. Twenty ...
SVG Relief Inc donates to the police
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SVG Relief Inc donates to the police
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July 16, 2021
THE ROYAL St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has once again received a generous donation of two high-performance water pumps, gas ju...
SVG police receive digital training in their fight against human trafficking
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SVG police receive digital training in their fight against human trafficking
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July 16, 2021
ON THURSDAY JULY 8, 2021, the Criminal Justice Reform project funded by the Governments of the United States of America and the United Kingdom, handed...
Lego tells gun maker to stop producing ‘toy-like’ Glock19
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Lego tells gun maker to stop producing ‘toy-like’ Glock19
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July 16, 2021
A US GUN MAKER has caused controversy by selling a kit that makes a real Glock pistol look like a children’s Lego toy. Lego has sent Utahbased company...
Raychard stings in the GECCU spelling bee competition
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Raychard stings in the GECCU spelling bee competition
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July 16, 2021
RAYCHARD ARRINDELL from the Kingstown Anglican School emerged winner in the inaugural Ladder Foundation SVG GECCU Spelling Bee Competition held on Wed...
Park Hill Evangelical celebrates anniversary in service to the community
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Park Hill Evangelical celebrates anniversary in service to the community
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July 16, 2021
THE PARK Hill Evangelical Church (PHEC), a member of the Evangelical Church of the West Indies (ECWI), was founded in Park Hill in early 1958. This mo...
Soroptimist International elects new executive
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Soroptimist International elects new executive
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July 16, 2021
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) recently held its 34th Annual General Meeting via Zoom, and the following persons we...
Young man killed in highway smash-up
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Young man killed in highway smash-up
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July 13, 2021
BARBADOS - Samantha Somersall saw a photograph on social media of the mangled car which her fiancé drove. But she did not want to believe that Mark An...
Fifteen fishermen heading to Jamaica presumed dead at sea
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Fifteen fishermen heading to Jamaica presumed dead at sea
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July 13, 2021
FIFTEEN HONDURAN fishermen who were on their way to Jamaica for the lobster fishing season are presumed dead after their boat went missing at sea. The...
Curfew back on in Barbados
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Curfew back on in Barbados
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July 13, 2021
BARBADOS – Facing a significant spike in COVID-19 cases all last week, Government yesterday reintroduced a daily 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew with effect ...
Introduced mammals threatening biodiversity in uninhabited Grenadine islands
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Introduced mammals threatening biodiversity in uninhabited Grenadine islands
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July 13, 2021
A TEAM OF local field researchers and technicians has concluded surveys to assess the diversity of species found on remote, uninhabited islands of the...
SVGCA Inc receives World Pediatric Project donation
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SVGCA Inc receives World Pediatric Project donation
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July 13, 2021
THE ST VINCENT and the Grenadines Cricket Association Inc. last Tuesday, was the recipient of items from the World Pediatric Project. As such, the SVG...
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Parents ‘ecstatic’ after baby approved for £1.7m drug in Britain
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July 13, 2021
LONDON – A baby with a fatal condition has had his parents’ request for treatment using the world’s most expensive drug approved by the NHS after a ca...
SVG retains ranking in “trafficking in persons” report
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SVG retains ranking in “trafficking in persons” report
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July 9, 2021
FOR THE FIFTH consecutive year, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has maintained its Tier 2 ranking in the United States Annual Trafficking in Pers...
Statement by Heads of Government of the CARICOM on assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise
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Statement by Heads of Government of the CARICOM on assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise
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July 9, 2021
THE HEADS OF Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in a Special Emergency Session on Wednesday, 7 July, in the wake of the assassination...
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
A man, who was conducting business inside the offices of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was shot and killed, allegedly by an on- duty s...
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Diocese of the Windward Islands has extended condolences on the passing of Dean emeritus, Ulric Smith, who died on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at the M...
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has commended the public for allowing VincyMas 2025 to transpire “without any major inc...
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
VincyMas is no longer a seasonal event says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), Rodney Small. “…we at the CDC...
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
EL DORADO Starlift Steel Orchestra has now won the Senior Panorama compe- tition 26 times, and while some people may say that’s a lot, band captain Ro...

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