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May 22, 2009
Senior Civil Servant guilty of stealing
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May 15, 2009
A Senior Civil Servant has been given three months to repay money she stole from the government. If she does not pay, she faces a prison term of six m...
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May 15, 2009
A 15-year-old student from North Central Windward was at press time facing rape charges.{{more}} SEARCHLIGHT understands that the young man is expecte...
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May 15, 2009
Director of Family Services Cammie Matthews is calling on young women here to be more careful about where they go and with whom they associate.{{more}...
Prison authorities seize 60 phones in prison
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May 15, 2009
Prison authorities have seized 60 cellular phones and six pounds of marijuana over the last two months, Prison Chief Eric Rodriguez says.{{more}} When...
‘Coalition of the Willing’ list gets longer
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May 8, 2009
Count them! The “Coalition of the willing” or the “Compact of the Committed” - whatever the catch phrase, for the US$200 Argyle International ...
Extradition hearing adjourned until Tuesday
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May 8, 2009
The three Vincentian men facing possible extradition to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) will have to wait a little longer to find out if they will be...
Police  hit ‘Pops’ in sting  operation
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April 30, 2009
A local businessman believes that his friendship with a man currently facing extradition charges may have led to him being the target of a police stin...
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April 30, 2009
The St Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC) has repaired the equipment which was damaged at the Girls’ High School as a result of electrical proble...
Tortola wants three to answer drug charges
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April 30, 2009
Three Vincentian men are being sought by law enforcement authorities in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands, to answer charges of involvement in the i...
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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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...
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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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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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...
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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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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...
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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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March 27, 2009
Kingstown Central Market vendors turn out to hear plans for the Market from Minister Julian Francis and other Ministry officials.
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...
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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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...