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Prophet to hold three-day conference in SVG
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April 8, 2016
Vincentians are being invited to what is promised to be a religious conference with a difference, hosted by St Lucian prophet Shorn Jules. The three-d...
Salt picking begins on Union Island
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April 8, 2016
Residents of Union Island were out in their numbers at Big Sands this week, participating in the traditional activity of salt picking. The salt is for...
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April 8, 2016
It’s now official – LIME is now the new Flow. The transformation from LIME St Vincent and the Grenadines to the new and refreshed Flow heralds the...
SVGTU honours long-serving teachers
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April 8, 2016
At its 19th biennial convention, held last Tuesday, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) honoured four teachers for their long-...
New SVGTU executive presented
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April 8, 2016
The SVG Teachers’ Union has presented its new executive, following two weeks of national elections, which pulled some 815 members to vote earlier th...
ECCB, OECS strengthening collaboration
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April 8, 2016
The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy N J Antoine and the director general of the OECS Commission, Dr Didacus Jules, alon...
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April 8, 2016
In conjunction with Dr Eric Audain, Liz Clayton, and the Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VSPCA), three US veterinarians a...
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April 8, 2016
Trained teachers who are also university graduates now have the opportunity to work in Taiwan as English teachers. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tr...
Lawyer says talk show host will not apologize
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April 8, 2016
The claim by candidate for the New Democratic Party (NDP) Benjamin ‘Ben’ Exeter that radio talk show host Dwight ‘Bing’ Joseph defamed him has...
Persons upset over painted wall at Sion Hill
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April 8, 2016
A number of persons have expressed dismay over the painting in white, by telecommunications company FLOW, of the stone wall that runs along both sides...
Firebug hits city again
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April 8, 2016
Fire-fighters have been commended for expeditiously combating a fire at the building that formerly housed the treasury department in the early hours o...
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April 8, 2016
A young woman is dead as a result of drowning. As we were about to go to press yesterday, SEARCHLIGHT received reports that Maria George, a 23-year-ol...
Bryan Adams founds preservation fund in SVG
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April 5, 2016
Environmental conservation in St Vincent and the Grenadines is set to receive a much needed boost with the launch of the SVG Preservation Fund (SVGPF)...
Vincentian launches lipstick line ‘Rici’
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April 5, 2016
Vincentian born Caricia Taylor hopes that the launch of her lipstick line ‘Rici’ would be well received by the public. The 24-year-old former resi...
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April 5, 2016
Teachers are expected to converge at Frenches House in capital Kingstown today, April 5, for the 19th biennial convention of the St Vincent and the Gr...
Thomas makes  presentation in Cuba
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April 5, 2016
The Embassy of St Vincent and the Grenadines in Havana, Cuba, recently hosted what has been described as a “magnificent presentation” by chair of ...
Belair fisherman bags 400-pound grouper
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April 5, 2016
When Belair resident Eustace ‘Santa’ Vincent went diving last Wednesday, never in his wildest imagination did he think he would catch a 400-pound ...