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Vincy Students decide to remain in Mexico
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Vincy Students decide to remain in Mexico
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April 30, 2009
The 51 Vincentian students who are studying in Mexico are seemingly prepared to ride out the swine flu outbreak and will not rush back home, the gover...
Thomas wins sports award
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Thomas wins sports award
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April 24, 2009
For the second consecutive year, SEARCHLIGHT’s Rohan Thomas has won the award for being the most outstanding Sports Journalist.{{more}} Thomas was g...
Electrical problems cost GHS thousands in equipment
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Electrical problems cost GHS thousands in equipment
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April 24, 2009
The Girls’ High School has lost thousands of dollars worth of equipment, including 40 computers, monitors and air-conditioning units, as a result of...
Container falls on Port worker
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Container falls on Port worker
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April 24, 2009
by Omesha Spence 24.APR.09 Warren Bishop is indeed lucky to be alive, after a forty foot container fell on him, causing injuries to his shoulder and l...
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DPP: Two men not getting special treatment
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April 24, 2009
by Kirby Jackson & Kenara Woods 24.APR.09 As questions swirl as to why two men who were allegedly found naked in a jeep by police on Monday, April 20t...
Mother says she didn’t start fight
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Mother says she didn’t start fight
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April 17, 2009
She is ashamed that she fought in the presence of her son and other children, but Tiffany Smith, the parent who last month came to blows with her sonâ...
Owia village lands first class fisheries centre
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Owia village lands first class fisheries centre
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April 17, 2009
The energy that emanated from Owia last Tuesday, April 14, was palpable. Scores of people converged on the small fishing village for the opening of th...
Police charge nine for sex with minor
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Police charge nine for sex with minor
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April 17, 2009
The atmosphere outside the Kingstown Magistrates Court erupted with boisterous chatter on Tuesday, April 14, as nine Barrouallie men between the ages ...
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Buttercup fruit not strange after all
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April 9, 2009
What a Redemption Sharpes resident thought may have been a “perfect marriage” between his breadnut tree and a buttercup plant turns out to be noth...
Miguel takes fresh guard for Marriaqua
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Miguel takes fresh guard for Marriaqua
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April 9, 2009
“I will be contesting! The people have asked me to continue.” These were the words of Girlyn Miguel, the Unity Labour Party’s (ULP) incumbent Pa...
Parents support Lowman’s Anglican in 11-Plus camp
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Parents support Lowman’s Anglican in 11-Plus camp
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April 9, 2009
An educational camp spearheaded by Headteacher of the Lowmans Windward Anglican School, Otto Sam, wrapped up yesterday.{{more}} Sam told SEARCHLIGHT t...
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Man shot three times in leg by cop at Hospital
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April 9, 2009
A man who had earlier assaulted a visitor to these shores was shot three times by police at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital last Saturday.{{more}} A...
Hospital Director says petrol  station poses serious threat to Milton Cato Memorial Hospital
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Hospital Director says petrol station poses serious threat to Milton Cato Memorial Hospital
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April 9, 2009
The petrol station next door to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) would be promptly relocated if Hospital Administrator Fitz Jones could have h...
hybrid
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hybrid
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April 3, 2009
The hybrid Breadnut-looking fruit growing from a branch of a Buttercup tree which is planted next to a breadnut tree.
Sharpes man creates new hybrid fruit
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Sharpes man creates new hybrid fruit
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April 3, 2009
by Samantha Campbell 03.APR.09 A Redemption Sharpes man may have inadvertently created a new species of fruit when he planted a Buttercup flowering tr...
Coast Guard intercepts boat on high seas
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Coast Guard intercepts boat on high seas
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April 3, 2009
Officers of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard earlier this week, in the space of two days, intercepted two Trinidadian fishing boats, who...
Looted
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Looted
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April 3, 2009
Special Services Unit officers assist in returning pieces of expensive furniture and other looted items that they and Premium Security Firm successful...
Millennium Bank’s sister company feels backlash
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Millennium Bank’s sister company feels backlash
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April 3, 2009
Former workers of Tommy and Nelson Legacy Place, sister company of the embattled Millennium Bank, spent the last weekend and the earlier part of this ...
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SEC moves on Millennium Bank
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March 27, 2009
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order against Millennium Bank, alleging that the bank decei...
Market Vendor
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Market Vendor
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March 27, 2009
Kingstown Central Market vendors turn out to hear plans for the Market from Minister Julian Francis and other Ministry officials.
Minister Francis promises to fix Kingstown Central Market
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Minister Francis promises to fix Kingstown Central Market
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March 27, 2009
by Jamila Soso-vincent 27.MAR.09 Although the Kingstown Central Market will be the hub of much activity over the Easter weekend, it will not be open t...
Gruesome murder
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Gruesome murder
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March 27, 2009
Residents of Dubois came out in their numbers as word of the beheading spread. They wanted it to be known that the alleged killer was not from their c...
Man chops off ‘friend’s’ head, dumps it in drain
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Man chops off ‘friend’s’ head, dumps it in drain
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March 27, 2009
The two men were supposed to be friends. It is, therefore, baffling what could have caused one to cut off the other’s head and walk calmly away.{{mo...
Vendors
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Vendors
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March 20, 2009
Kingstown Central Market Manager Johnny Jones making a point to a vendor.
Vendors ordered from front of market
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Vendors ordered from front of market
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March 20, 2009
A confrontation was avoided last Wednesday, March 18th, outside the Kingstown Central Market. Vendors plying their trade at the Grenville Street entra...
Police spokesperson claims officer was forced to shoot
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Police spokesperson claims officer was forced to shoot
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March 20, 2009
Was the shooting of a Bequia woman on the morning of Saturday, March 14th, by a police officer a wanton act or was the police officer acting lawfully ...
Opposition to fight  new constitution
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Opposition to fight new constitution
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March 20, 2009
The process leading up to the historic referendum on a new constitution in November this year will not be all smooth sailing.{{more}} Prime Minister D...
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Attorneys accuse each other of unethical behaviour
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March 20, 2009
A matter involving two senior attorneys here is threatening to unfold into a protracted legal battle laced with accusations and counter accusations.{{...
Man told don’t pull down pants  in public
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Man told don’t pull down pants in public
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March 13, 2009
Michael DeRiggs’ act of exposing his private parts in public has cost him two months of freedom. {{more}} Chief Magistrate Sonya Young sentenced the...
Youth charged for killing of student
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Youth charged for killing of student
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March 13, 2009
Police have arrested and charged 21-year-old Ashburton resident, Romano Hunte (left) in connection with the murder of 14-year-old student, David Glenn...
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Parent, teacher clash over child’s detention
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March 13, 2009
Charges of assault and damage to property will be slapped on a woman who had a run-in with her child’s teacher last week.{{more}} According to infor...
Larry Bascombe to be laid to rest Sunday
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Larry Bascombe to be laid to rest Sunday
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March 13, 2009
The Marriaqua Valley is expected to play host to thousands this weekend, as Vincentians journey to Mesopotamia to bid farewell to a Nation Builder.{{m...
LIAT makes inaugural trip to Canouan
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LIAT makes inaugural trip to Canouan
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March 13, 2009
by Jamila Soso-Vincent 13.MAR.09 Canouan had much to celebrate on Tuesday, March 10th, as it officially welcomed the inaugural LIAT flight to that Gre...
Lucky break for police attacker
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Lucky break for police attacker
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March 6, 2009
There will be no jail time for the 21-year-old man who threatened two police officers with a cutlass and had a laundry list of traffic offences.{{more...
PM Gonsalves opens new account at Bank of Antigua
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PM Gonsalves opens new account at Bank of Antigua
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March 6, 2009
by Jamila Soso-Vincent in Antigua 06.MAR.09 Stating that banking is about trust and confidence, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves backed up his words...
Two die on boat run to Barbados
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Two die on boat run to Barbados
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March 6, 2009
by Omesha Spence 06.MAR.09 Selma Layne should have been celebrating her son’s birthday on Wednesday, March 4. Instead, she is preparing to get his b...
Schoolboy stabbed to death in Belair
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Schoolboy stabbed to death in Belair
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March 6, 2009
Curious onlookers crowd the Belair Health Centre to get a glimpse of schoolboy David Glenn’s body as it is removed following his fatal stabbing.
Marcus DeFreitas on fraud charge
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Marcus DeFreitas on fraud charge
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February 27, 2009
Local Businessman Marcus DeFreitas was last Thursday, February 19, 2009, released on $10,000 bail, after being brought before the Serious Offences Cou...
Belair man doused with gasoline, set afire
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Belair man doused with gasoline, set afire
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February 27, 2009
Irvin James didn’t get a chance to finish cooking his rice and chicken at around 2:30 pm on Monday, February 23.{{more}} Instead, the 28-year-old Be...
ECAIC now runs Bank of Antigua
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ECAIC now runs Bank of Antigua
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February 27, 2009
Jamila Soso-Vincent27.FEB.09 Following mass panic withdrawals by depositors of the Bank of Antigua (BOA), induced by civil fraud charges brought again...
Sharpes Tragedy
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Sharpes Tragedy
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February 27, 2009
A Firefighter douses the house of Leroy “Jerry” Williams (inset, right) in an effort to retrieve the bodies of three-year-old Kayla Sutherland and...
Mother charged in fiery deaths of toddlers
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Mother charged in fiery deaths of toddlers
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February 27, 2009
“She is a wicked woman... They didn’t deserve such a death and we want justice.”{{more}} These were just some of the sentiments expressed by fum...
Peters: Any Eustace-led NDP will lose the coming Elections!
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Peters: Any Eustace-led NDP will lose the coming Elections!
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February 20, 2009
“If Arnhim Eustace leads the party into the next Elections, the NDP will lose.”{{more}} That is the declaration of Jonathan Peters, former Trade M...
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Contribution of Indians to SVG applauded
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Contribution of Indians to SVG applauded
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June 6, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has applauded the contributions made to St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) by the Indian community here, noting t...
Coroner’s Inquest concluded into Death of Vincentian-born lass in the UK
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Coroner’s Inquest concluded into Death of Vincentian-born lass in the UK
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June 6, 2025
A Coroner’s Inquest in the United Kingdom (UK) has found that Vincentian, Judea “Bossgyal Judi” Cordice, who died by suicide was 22 weeks pregnant. Ea...
Man who cried to go to jail, gets his desire
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Man who cried to go to jail, gets his desire
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June 6, 2025
A 45 year old man with 33 convictions has told a Senior Magistrate that he does not want his foreign-based father to see him in prison when he returns...
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Rockies labourer charged with Criminal Assault
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June 6, 2025
A 35-year-old labourer of Rockies, charged with the offence of criminal assault, has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation, and had his m...
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800 added to Beryl income support list
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June 6, 2025
Government is continuing paying out income support to people who were made vulnerable due to the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 1, 2024. Speaking ...

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