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Labourer charged with ‘Drop Off’ killing
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October 24, 2008
Leslie Ashton, a labourer, of Largo Heights, was charged with the murder of Sean Clouden, of Edinboro, at the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday, Oct...
Queen’s Drive man dies after attack
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October 17, 2008
Relatives and friends of 27-year-old Rakesh Sutherland are still trying to come to grips with the young man’s death.{{more}} Vincentians awoke on Sa...
Student shuts down Secondary School
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October 17, 2008
What the teachers’ union this week failed to do, a fourth former did - shut down the St Clair Dacon Secondary School.{{more}} According to reports, ...
Teachers take action to Financial Complex
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October 17, 2008
If a meeting between government officials and representatives from the teachers and public service unions fails to satisfy the unions’ demands, indu...
STRIKE ON
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October 10, 2008
Schoolteachers here have indicated that they intend to take strike action indefinitely, beginning Monday, October 13th.{{more}} About 300 members of t...
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October 10, 2008
A 15-year-old Secondary School student was remanded in police custody after appearing at the Family Court for wounding his schoolmate.{{more}} Police ...
DeFreitas Holdings to get $4m payout
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October 10, 2008
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been ordered to pay De Freitas Investment Holdings Ltd. (DIHL) EC$4,140,000 in costs and compensa...
Man allegedly chopped to death over rum
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October 10, 2008
A friendship came to a deadly end on Tuesday, October 7, when two employees of a construction site at Diamond sustained cutlass wounds during an alter...
72-year-old Calliaqua man struck by vehicle
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October 3, 2008
On Wednesday, October 3, Calliaqua was plunged into sadness when news spread of the tragic death of James Seales, who was killed in an accident on the...
Family Court Head under threat
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September 26, 2008
Security around Colleen McDonald (inset), President of the Family Court, has been beefed up. This is as a result of recent threats made on her life.{{...
Woman crushed
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September 26, 2008
The flattened remains of Patricia Jack-Bowman’s Nissan Pulsar car as it was pulled out from the pile of debris. Jack-Bowman’s body was found trapp...
Young Vincy shot dead in Philadelphia
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September 19, 2008
A Philadelphia town is mourning the loss of a Vincentian national, who through his love and dedication to youths was making a world of difference.{{mo...
Policewoman sacks her four Lawyers
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September 19, 2008
“She is tired, traumatized. She wanted to get rid of it.” That’s the reason why the policewoman who on January 28, 2008, first filed sexual assa...
The wall came tumbling down
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Heavy overnight rain, which continued throughout Friday morning led to flooding and a number of landslides around mainland St. Vincent. Thi...
Girl rid of evil spirits  in city
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September 12, 2008
Was a demon-possessed young girl exorcised in Kingstown on Monday? Lenny Francois believes so.{{more}} The 54-year-old postal worker claims that with ...
Pembroke murder suspects appear in court
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September 12, 2008
Scores of curious onlookers converged outside the Serious Offences Court on Wednesday in the hope of getting a glimpse of four of the men charged with...
Minister Beache blasts HOT 97 FM
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September 12, 2008
Minister of Tourism Glen Beache is fed up of what he calls the blatant inaccuracies that FM radio station HOT 97 allows to be aired on its morning pro...
Government announces record 33 scholarships
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September 12, 2008
Jamila Soso-Vincent 12.SEPT.08 A record-breaking 33 scholarships, bursaries and awards at a cost of EC$7 million have been granted this year to studen...
Wooden house slips from foundation
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September 5, 2008
CLIFF HANGER Errol Caine peeped out of the window of his two bedroom wooden house just in time to see it slipping from its foundation.{{more}} Fearing...
Woman in protest against VINLEC
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September 5, 2008
If the Philistines had a management team similar to that of the St. Vincent Electricity Services Company (VINLEC), their great warrior Goliath would h...
Boy hurled 10 feet by snapped vehicle tow line
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September 5, 2008
LUCKY ESCAPE Death swiped at a Canouan boy last week - luckily, it missed. If he had fallen at a different angle, instead of recoverng in hospital and...
Ezron John is top
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August 29, 2008
In his opinion, he hasn’t put his best foot forward – yet. Ezron John emerged as the St. Vincent Grammar School’s top performer in the 2008 CSEC...
‘Dan’ found dead on Biabou beach
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August 22, 2008
by Viclene Matthews 22.AUG.08 The community of Biabou was abuzz with speculation on Friday, August 16, as news that a dead man had been found on the b...
KISS AND MAKE UP!
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August 22, 2008
Veteran community activist Andrew Simmons has called on Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace to unite the country a...
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August 22, 2008
A’ Level students throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines can rest easy now that their examination results have been released. As with the Caribbe...
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August 22, 2008
A young mother living in a West St George community was sexually assaulted recently, in what has been reported as being a case of mistaken identity.{{...
SVG women living in fear of serial rapist
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August 22, 2008
Women here are living in fear over the serial rapist said to be on the loose, but they are also taking steps to enhance their security.{{more}} As pol...
Carifesta contingent feted
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August 22, 2008
26.AUG.08 This country’s delegation to the tenth edition of CARIFESTA in Guyana, was hosted by a number of Vincentians residing and working in the S...
Passion for Vincy Fashion
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August 22, 2008
26.AUG.08 The wider Caribbean had a good look at the work of a number of Vincentian fashion designers, during one of the many fashion shows put on at ...