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October 8, 2021
Having been recently added to the list of “frontline workers” for whom a COVID19 vaccine is a requirement, teachers are hitting back with three sugges...
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October 8, 2021
Teacher turnout for online teaching in St Vincent and the Grenadines was above 90 per cent at most schools on Wednesday, October 6, despite the decisi...
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October 8, 2021
A fully vaccinated 74-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19 has been discharged from the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH), after recoveri...
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October 8, 2021
The St Vincent Electricity Services Ltd (VINLEC) building was closed to the public yesterday, October 7, after a “user of the building” tested positiv...
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October 5, 2021
A veteran radio announcer, a Minister of the Gospel, a mother, a grandmother and a woman known to all as being full of life; lost her battle with COVI...
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October 5, 2021
The Argyle International Airport (AIA), will this month see three international flights landing on the same day for the first time, even as local heal...
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October 5, 2021
Work-crews are working late into the night to complete the widening of the roadway leading to the decommissioned E.T. Joshua airport where temporary b...
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October 5, 2021
ON MONDAY, SCORES of persons were seen standing outside the Kingstown Health Clinic to undergo PCR testing, several of them told SEARCHLIGHT. One pers...
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October 1, 2021
Schools across St Vincent and the Grenadines will open virtually on October 4, due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. A blended approach is likely to be a...
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October 1, 2021
Seven full seven-year scholarships have been awarded to students for the first time ever in the history of the Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation (NK...
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October 1, 2021
Several questions were left unanswered in the House of Assembly yesterday, September 30 as Parliamentarians on the Opposition benches in the House ref...
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October 1, 2021
When persons living in the Red Zone began to evacuate on April 08, just ahead of the start of explosive eruptions of the soufriere volcano, they took ...
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September 28, 2021
Members of the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago were yesterday morning nearing completion of 27 pre-fabricated houses at Orange...
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September 28, 2021
Ten students from the Layou Government School are this year’s recipients of gift vouchers from the Becket Benefit Organisation — a reward for being su...
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Lab workers being threatened – CMO
September 24, 2021
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Simone Keizer-Beache has requested of Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, to address security issues for her staff...
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September 24, 2021
The death of Nolan “Smokie” Wilkinson, a South Rivers man employed on a farm in Canada has brought to six, the number of farm workers who have died in...
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September 24, 2021
Last weekend, a vigorous thrust by the Ministry of Health to increase the vaccination rate among the local population seems to have paid some dividend...
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September 24, 2021
A 20-year-old woman from a Windward community said she is fearful for her life after allegedly fighting off an attack by a former lover in her home du...
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September 24, 2021
The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal accident which occurred along the Colonarie public road on Wednesday Septe...
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September 21, 2021
Businesses that have been stationed along a river in Arnos Vale for decades are set to be demolished, possibly as early as today, after having been gi...
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September 21, 2021
Education authorities are exploring several instruction formats for the reopening of schools in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) as the proposed da...
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September 21, 2021
Churches on Canouan in the Southern Grenadines have had to make adjustments to weekly worship in the wake of a spike in COVID19 cases on the island ab...
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September 21, 2021
Whereas some members may express hesitancy to take a COVID19 vaccine, it is unlikely that any member of the Association of Evangelical Churches of St ...
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Pastor rejects Covid protocols
September 17, 2021
A church leader who was warned by police on Tuesday about his continued violation of the Covid19 protocols for religious gatherings said he is prepare...
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September 17, 2021
Less than 24 hours after her lawyers publicly predicted that the charge of wounding the Prime Minister would be withdrawn against Annamay Lewis, the p...
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September 17, 2021
Preparation work for the long awaited refurbishment of the Bequia Community High School has finally started with the construction of a temporary schoo...
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September 17, 2021
The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH)is already feeling the strain of the spike in COVID19 cases and the authorities there have been forced to make...
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Veteran calypsonian says court appearance a temporary inconvenience
September 14, 2021
TWO MEN CHARGED with engaging in an illegal protest appeared in the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court last Friday where they pleaded not guilty. One of the...
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September 14, 2021
The leadership of the Public Service Union (PSU) said they are willing to continue the fight to have a recent amendment to the Public Health Act repea...
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September 14, 2021
THE BABY MAMAS team has struck again – this time by throwing a small, intimate baby shower and distributing a wide range of items for 60 new and expec...
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Union head under fire
September 10, 2021
Blame has been cast on the president of the Public Service Union, Elroy Boucher, who is said to have been the one to call the police after an individu...
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September 10, 2021
Having been given the all clear to leave the emergency shelters, residents of Owia have found that trying to settle back into their homes has turned u...
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September 10, 2021
While the Public Service Union (PSU) believes that the withdrawal of essential services over the last four day was “moderately successful”, the health...
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September 3, 2021
Committed, determined and disciplined are three adjectives that come to mind when Danville Toney thinks of his son, Isaiah Toney, who is one of this c...
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September 3, 2021
One of this country’s top performers in the CPEA examinations has plans of becoming a professional chef in the future. Richard James, a student of the...
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September 3, 2021
While Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is hopeful that a majority of nurses will not heed the call to go on strike next week, the government is takin...
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September 3, 2021
With three Delta variant cases of COVID19 confirmed, local health authorities are preparing for possible community spread of the variant said to be mo...
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August 31, 2021
Taxi driver Jumo Grant is thankful to be alive today after part of the roof of his vehicle was crushed in a landslide during heavy rains last week. On...
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August 31, 2021
This country will continue to be impacted by COVID19 regardless of whether there is a change of government in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). For...
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August 31, 2021
The court will announce today, August 31, whether the prison officer charged with conspiring to bring about the escape from prison of accused murderer...
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August 27, 2021
With seemingly all of their options exhausted, the Public Service Union (PSU) and nurses of this country have decided to take industrial action and wi...
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August 27, 2021
It is unlikely that the industrial action planned for September will have any impact in altering the government’s decision to mandate vaccines for fro...
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August 27, 2021
By Robertson Henry A father of three who has lived through three floods at his Sandy Bay home, is ready to relocate. Flick Hoyte told SEARCHLIGHT that...
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December 23, 2025
by JADA CHAMBERS AN 85-YEAR-OLD RILL HILL resident who has competed in the Best Lit House competition for almost two decades, is preparing to compete ...
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December 23, 2025
OPPOSITION LEADER Dr. Ralph Gonsalves’ current security arrangement may be a main issue in the veteran politician not attending the first sitting of t...
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December 23, 2025
THREE LAWYERS WILL make up the opposition in Parliament when the legislative body meets after today, December, 23 2025. Yesterday, Monday, December 22...
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December 23, 2025
ABOUT 1,000 PERSONS from 50 countries who participated in ‘The Assembly of the Peoples for the Sovereignty and Peace of Our America’ have denounced US...
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December 23, 2025
OPPOSITION LEADER, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, delivered a Christmas message to the nation via Facebook on December 22, 2025 extending season’s greetings and...
