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NIS pays tribute to pensioners
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October 23, 2015
Just short of two weeks before the celebration of our nation’s 36th anniversary of Independence, the National Insurance Services (NIS) paid tribute ...
Attorney credits accomplishments to her mother
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October 23, 2015
“Look, mommy, we are here!” At her admission to the Bar of the OECS to practise as a lawyer and solicitor, Ashelle Morgan paid tribute to her moth...
School shares memories of  fallen student
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October 23, 2015
Nine-year-old Cunjah Browne, whose life ended in a vehicular accident last Monday, has been described by his teachers as a helpful, playful and active...
Antiguan student tops CSEC awards
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October 20, 2015
For the first time, a student from a school in Antigua and Barbuda has won the Regional Top Award for the Most Outstanding Candidate Overall in the Ca...
CID awards past and present members
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October 20, 2015
The Criminal Investigations Department has recognized some of its past and present members for their services. At its recent annual social, under the ...
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October 20, 2015
A new Board of directors has been elected to run the affairs of the Marriaqua United Friendly Society (Bunpan) for the next two years. At the Annual G...
‘Girlyn Miguel failed her constituents’
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October 20, 2015
The parliamentary representative for Marriaqua has come under scathing criticism for the way in which she has represented the constituency. Advira Ben...
Bowman promises NDP will fix banana industry
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October 20, 2015
“We are going to put back the farmers in their lands; we are going to give back the farmers their independence!” This was the assertion of Curtis ...
NDP knows ULP is going to win – Prince
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October 20, 2015
Former head of the Agency for Public Information (API) Jimmy Prince, who will replace Minister of Education Girlyn Miguel as the Unity Labour Party (U...
Stolen vault recovered with contents intact
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October 20, 2015
The vault stolen from the Chateaubelair Post Office over a week and a half ago has been recovered. Police confirmed to SEARCHLIGHT that the vault was ...
Mentally ill man stabbed to death
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October 20, 2015
Dexter Weekes, a 49-year-old mentally challenged man, was stabbed and killed last Saturday, October 17. A police report said that Weekes was stabbed a...
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October 20, 2015
The various unions that represent public sector workers in St Vincent and the Grenadines will meet with Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves today. The m...
Government plans to eradicate hunger in SVG
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October 20, 2015
There are still 5,000 Vincentians who are categorized as vulnerable, because they don’t have enough food. So said Minister of Agriculture Saboto Cae...
Pan lovers to be  treated to free concert
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October 16, 2015
An ‘Island Pride Concert’, the first of two to be held by the Youlou Pan Movement, will be held this Sunday at the South Rivers Methodist School, ...
SVG Ex-Police Association donates to Dominica
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October 16, 2015
Another Vincentian organization has come to the assistance of Dominica following the passage of Tropical Storm Erika. Yesterday, the St Vincent and th...
First female Superintendent of Police retires
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October 16, 2015
Stenelia Francis, the first female to attain the rank of Superintendent of Police (SOP) in the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, has p...
Eustace, collect your pension, go – Luke
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October 16, 2015
The Unity Labour Party (ULP) candidate for East Kingstown, senator Luke Browne, says constituency incumbent Arnhim Eustace should resign ahead of the ...
Scakes captured sentiments of time
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October 16, 2015
by Colin King One of the most memorable events arising out of St Vincent and the Grenadines Independence in 1979 was the release of a special song fro...
NDP will not abandon agriculture – Ferdinand
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October 16, 2015
The only way out of the “financial mess” that St Vincent and the Grenadines has found itself in is through the rehabilitation of the agricultural ...
Williams is longest serving teacher at PVS
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October 16, 2015
Anita Williams is the longest serving teacher at the Petersville Primary School, having been there for some 42 years. “As long as God gives me healt...
Small keeping the arts alive in SVG
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October 16, 2015
Students and persons involved in the arts in St Vincent and the Grenadines have been given first-hand advice on how to successfully pursue their craft...