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Keandra Stay awarded 2024 Philbert Chambers Memorial Scholarship as 84 receive Police Scholarships
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Keandra Stay awarded 2024 Philbert Chambers Memorial Scholarship as 84 receive Police Scholarships
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August 9, 2024
AT THE AGE OF 11, Keandra Stay successfully secured a spot on the Under- 16 National Netball team, earning recognition as the youngest player in the C...
Shafiqua makes SVG proud with 4th in Olympics 800m
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Shafiqua makes SVG proud with 4th in Olympics 800m
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August 6, 2024
Vincentian athlete, Shafiqua Maloney proved that she is the fourth best Women’s 800m runner in the world at present when she finished just outside the...
Vincentians support Shafiqua’s  history-making run at 2024 Olympics
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Vincentians support Shafiqua’s history-making run at 2024 Olympics
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August 6, 2024
by Christina Smith August 5, at 3:45 p.m, Kingstown came to a standstill as Vincentians put work and errands on pause to support the country’s first a...
Two die from Covid in SVG
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Two die from Covid in SVG
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August 6, 2024
PRIME MINISTER, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has cautioned the nation about an upsurge in COVID-19 cases which resulted in two recent deaths. St Vincent and the...
Resident pleased with Murray’s Village arrests
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Resident pleased with Murray’s Village arrests
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August 6, 2024
A RESIDENT OF Murray’s Village says that persons living in the East Kingstown community are pleased about a recent arrest, and a conviction, stemming ...
Shafiqua sets new 800m national record in Paris Olympics debut
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Shafiqua sets new 800m national record in Paris Olympics debut
Christina 
August 2, 2024
Shafiqua Maloney made her Olympic debut today, August 2, running in Heat 5 of the 800 m. She placed third in her heat running a time of 1:58.23 and se...
Thirteen  get  scholarships to study in Cuba
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Thirteen get scholarships to study in Cuba
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August 2, 2024
Thirteen Vincentians will leave the State later this month for Cuba on scholarships to study in various institutions of higher learning in that Spanis...
Youth granted bail in  attempted robbery,  now on murder charge
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Youth granted bail in attempted robbery, now on murder charge
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August 2, 2024
A man who was recently granted bail in connection with an attempted burglary in South Rivers, has now been charged with murder, attempted murder, woun...
Town Board workers to receive outstanding payment
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Town Board workers to receive outstanding payment
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August 2, 2024
A meeting between wage earners at the Kingstown Town Board on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, should bring some satisfaction to this category of workers who h...
Dr Marselena Melville overcomes biggest challenge to excel at Medical School
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Dr Marselena Melville overcomes biggest challenge to excel at Medical School
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August 2, 2024
by Jada Chambers “A real tear jerker moment” occurred for a young Vincentian woman when words of praise and acclamation were bestowed upon her as she ...
Erika’s Yachts optimistic despite destruction in the Southern Grenadines
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Erika’s Yachts optimistic despite destruction in the Southern Grenadines
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August 1, 2024
Erika’s Yacht Agents has decided to relocate its operations to Bequia for the upcoming season given the destruction which has occurred on Union Island...
Customers to receive estimated bills for July due to hurricane impact
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Customers to receive estimated bills for July due to hurricane impact
Christina 
July 30, 2024
St Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) wishes to advise all customers that due to the challenges posed by Hurricane Beryl, electricity billi...
Gov’t finding it ‘difficult’ to fill Psychiatrist post – Health Minister
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Gov’t finding it ‘difficult’ to fill Psychiatrist post – Health Minister
Christina 
July 29, 2024
The Ministry of Health is seeking to fill five vacancies at the Mental Health Centre, including the post of a Consultant Psychiatrist, which has been ...
Radio Announcer, Fisherman charged for wounding and assaulting each other
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Radio Announcer, Fisherman charged for wounding and assaulting each other
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July 26, 2024
A POPULAR disc jockey/radio announcer was charged for shooting a fisherman in his hip, left hand and right leg with a gun. That same fisherman was lat...
Klymate gunning for Nevis Soca Monarch crown
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Klymate gunning for Nevis Soca Monarch crown
Christina 
July 29, 2024
Vincentian Soca artiste, James ‘Klymate’ Ashton has landed a top spot in the finals of the Nevis Soca Monarch competition and he has set his mind on b...
Argyle man shot dead in McKie’s Hill
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Argyle man shot dead in McKie’s Hill
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July 26, 2024
A MINOR CAR CRASH in the Kingstown area interrupted the plans of Argyle resident, Romario Bynoe on Tuesday afternoon, July 23, 2024. He is reported to...
Venezuela holds presidential elections on Sunday
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Venezuela holds presidential elections on Sunday
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July 26, 2024
by Lyf Compton If one were to go by the pictures painted by the Western media of Venezuela, you would expect to be bombarded by beggars on the streets...
SVG grab 12 medals at Karate World Cup
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SVG grab 12 medals at Karate World Cup
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July 26, 2024
THE 18-MEMBER St Vincent and the Grenadines team to the 2024 International Karate Daigaku (IKD) World Cup, returned with 12 medals. Held at the Guyana...
One jailed, two others charged as police seize more illegal firearms and ammo
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One jailed, two others charged as police seize more illegal firearms and ammo
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July 26, 2024
THE Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has made a recent seizure of three illegal firearms and 36 rounds of ammunition as they ...
Four Vincentians among more than 500 Observers for Venezuela Presidential Elections Sunday
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Four Vincentians among more than 500 Observers for Venezuela Presidential Elections Sunday
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July 26, 2024
More than 500 election observers, including four from St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), have travelled to Venezuela ahead of presidential elections...
SVG Brewery lays out its support for sports, culture and community upliftment
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SVG Brewery lays out its support for sports, culture and community upliftment
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July 25, 2024
The management of St. Vincent Brewery Limited has laid out their " track record of sponsorship" and support of sports, culture and community upliftmen...
Man killed, woman injured in McKies Hill shooting
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Man killed, woman injured in McKies Hill shooting
Christina 
July 24, 2024
A shooting incident which occurred in the McKies Hill area has left one man dead and a woman nursing multiple gunshot wounds. The deceased has been id...
Six wounded in Paul’s Avenue shooting
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Six wounded in Paul’s Avenue shooting
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July 23, 2024
LAST FRIDAY July 19, 2024, exactly one year after five men were shot and killed on Upper Bay Street, Harbour Club, persons were reminded of the incide...
Opposition Southern Grenadines MP emotional as he supports Supplementary Estimates
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Opposition Southern Grenadines MP emotional as he supports Supplementary Estimates
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July 23, 2024
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT for the Southern Grenadines, Terrence Ollivierre had to struggle to contain his emotions when he spoke in Parliament last week. I...
Paul’s Avenue gunshot survivor says the police should return
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Paul’s Avenue gunshot survivor says the police should return
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July 23, 2024
A RESIDENT of Paul’s Avenue, one of the survivors of a midnight shooting that took place last Friday, July 19,2024, is asking the authorities to bring...
Bail denied for five accused in attempted robbery at South Rivers
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Bail denied for five accused in attempted robbery at South Rivers
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July 23, 2024
A LAWYER has argued that five prisoners who were charged in relation to a robbery in South Rivers, should be released on bail, as placing them on rema...
Four men and one woman remanded on attempted robbery, murder, and firearm charges
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Four men and one woman remanded on attempted robbery, murder, and firearm charges
Forrest 
July 20, 2024
Four men and one woman were remanded in custody today, after being charged in relation to the attempted burglary of the General Employees Cooperative ...
Two women among six held in GECCU attempted robbery
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Two women among six held in GECCU attempted robbery
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July 19, 2024
A BRAZEN ROBBERY attempt was thwarted around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 by Georgetown police officers and residents of South Rivers when the rob...
Climate injustice is akin to slavery and the injustices of slavery – PM Skerrit
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Climate injustice is akin to slavery and the injustices of slavery – PM Skerrit
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July 19, 2024
Climate injustice is akin to slavery and the injustices of slavery says Prime Minister of Dominica, Rosevelt Skerrit as he and other sub-regional Head...
South Rivers residents thought female robber was ‘just another customer’
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South Rivers residents thought female robber was ‘just another customer’
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July 19, 2024
WHEN South Rivers residents saw one of the women, who is now in police custody, walking into the General Employee’s Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU) b...
Please don’t abandon senior family members in shelters PM Gonsalves
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Please don’t abandon senior family members in shelters PM Gonsalves
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July 19, 2024
PERSONS WHO may have elderly relatives in shelters because of the destruction of their homes by Hurricane Beryl are being asked not to abandon them in...
Well known Park Hill surveyor dies
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Well known Park Hill surveyor dies
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July 19, 2024
THE SUDDEN DEATH of a well known surveyor sent shock waves throughout the community of Park Hill on Thursday evening, July 18, 2024. SEARCHLIGHT under...
Six in custody after attempted robbery at GECCU
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Six in custody after attempted robbery at GECCU
Christina 
July 17, 2024
Police say six individuals are in custody following an attempted armed robbery at the South Rivers branch of the GECCU (General Employees Corporate Cr...
Two friends shot and killed in Pole Yard
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Two friends shot and killed in Pole Yard
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July 16, 2024
Seventeen-year-old Jason St. Rose had a mentality to succeed and would have amounted to something in life if he had been given the chance. The St. Vin...
PM announces changes in ministerial portfolios
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PM announces changes in ministerial portfolios
Christina 
July 16, 2024
An announcement was made today, July 16, by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves that a number of changes will be to ministerial portfolios. He spoke dur...
Elderly gun shot victim says SVG is a crime country
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Elderly gun shot victim says SVG is a crime country
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July 16, 2024
Sixty-three year-old retired security guard, Sylvanus Matthias said he was involved in security work for 14 years, but had never seen the type of viol...
PM to go to parliament with a EC$140m supplementary budget
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PM to go to parliament with a EC$140m supplementary budget
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July 16, 2024
by Eldonte Samuel Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has a “great burden” on his shoulders as he seeks to lead the restoration and recovery efforts in ...
Barrouallie couple afraid to return home after boulder smashes bedroom
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Barrouallie couple afraid to return home after boulder smashes bedroom
Christina 
July 14, 2024
A Barrouallie couple have decided to relocate from the home they shared for five decades after a boulder smashed into the house, causing significant d...
God is good, despite destruction says Pastor
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God is good, despite destruction says Pastor
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July 16, 2024
Pastor at the Kingstown Baptist Church, Dr Cecil Richards, has declared faith in the goodness and faithfulness of God despite the destruction caused b...
Student and vendor killed in shooting at Pole Yard
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Student and vendor killed in shooting at Pole Yard
Clare 
July 14, 2024
A secondary school student and a vendor were killed, and a third male wounded, on Saturday night in the West St George community of Pole Yard. Dead fr...
Relatives asked to help with identification of hurricane victims – Police
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Relatives asked to help with identification of hurricane victims – Police
Christina 
July 14, 2024
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), have put out a notice asking the relatives of deceased persons currently at the mortuar...
Southern Grenadines transportation reduced as Jaden Sun, Gem Star 2 out of service
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Southern Grenadines transportation reduced as Jaden Sun, Gem Star 2 out of service
Christina 
July 13, 2024
Transportation to the Southern Grenadines by boat has been reduced as two vessels, the Jaden Sun Fast Ferry and Gem Star 2, have both notified the pub...
Problem Child rules the road with ‘Carnival Jumbie’
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Problem Child rules the road with ‘Carnival Jumbie’
eldonte03@gmail.com 
July 12, 2024
“Carnival Jumbie”, a song done by Shertz “Problem Child” James has won the 2024 Road March crown. Problem Child’s “Carnival Jumbie”, in keeping with t...
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...
Island Journeys: Rebuilding home and hope after Hurricane Beryl, Uriel Thomas’ Story
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Island Journeys: Rebuilding home and hope after Hurricane Beryl, Uriel Thomas’ Story
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
When Hurricane Beryl tore into Union Island in 2024, it didn’t just flatten homes it upended lives, reshaped communities, and served as another harsh ...

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