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July 14, 2017
The office of the Police Oversight Body (POB) is now located at the Ministry of National Security on the 4th floor of the Financial Complex, Bay Stree...
Vincy Mas 2017 a success – CDC Chair
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July 14, 2017
As the curtains close on the 40th celebration of “the hottest Carnival in the Caribbean”, chair of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) Rica...
Fya Empress back on top
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July 14, 2017
Lornette "Fya Empress" Nedd's performances of "Hope is Alive" and "Guilty" were enough to end Zamfir "Man Zangie" Adams' winning streak at the Calypso...
Starlift claims historic 22nd Panorama title
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July 14, 2017
Numbers are important to the Starlift Steel Orchestra and they keep racking them up in fine style. On Thursday, July 6, the orchestra, with the most w...
Green Hill man fatally shot
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July 14, 2017
The family of Kemmie Haynes, a Green Hill man who was fatally shot last Saturday, is still shocked as to the circumstances surrounding his death. Two ...
Brother of prominent lawyers found dead
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July 14, 2017
Karl Marks, the brother of prominent Vincentian lawyers Ronald Marks and Patricia Marks, was found dead at his Mesopotamia home on Wednesday. Police s...
Stop saying that I have AIDS – vendor
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July 7, 2017
Since the virus which causes AIDS was discovered in 1983, a stigma has been attached to the disease. So much so, in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG...
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July 7, 2017
by Camillo Gonsalves The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates is famously credited for cautioning that doctors must "first, do no harm” – a dictum ...
Rotary Club elects  second female president
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July 7, 2017
For only the second time in the history of the club, the Rotary Club of St Vincent has a female president. On Saturday, July 1, the Rotary Club of St ...
PM Gonsalves writes open letter to students
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July 7, 2017
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, in an open letter to the students of the nation, has advised them to make the most of the heavenly condition of you...
PM’s mother passes
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July 7, 2017
Theresa Francis, mother of Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, is dead. She died on Tuesday, July 4 at 9 p.m. at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in K...
FLOW rewards vendor
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July 7, 2017
Theckla Hull of Biabou can now use her landline from FLOW to call relatives overseas, free of cost for one month. Hull, who runs the Sit and Chat Bar ...
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July 7, 2017
Tonight, persons wanting to experience the best of the 40 years of Vincy Mas should journey to the Cruise Ship and Ferry Berth for Evo 4.0. Evo 4.0 is...
15 bands in Mardi Gras, 12 to battle
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July 7, 2017
Next Tuesday, July 11, fifteen Mas Bands will take part in Mardi Gras, but only 12 will compete for the Winston ‘Samo’ Samuel Band of the Year tit...
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July 7, 2017
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard service, in collaboration with the Bank of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sagicor Life Inc and Wind and ...
Fourteen awards for Iana
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July 4, 2017
In the SEARCHLIGHT edition of Friday, June 30, we incorrectly stated that Iana Ferguson received eight awards at the June 29, 2017 graduation ceremony...
CARICOM ON VENEZUELA:  UNITY, TWISTS AND TURNS
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July 4, 2017
BACKGROUND To grasp fully the unity, twists and turns of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on "the situation in Venezuela” at the Organisation of Am...