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Taiwan downplays fears of SVG Diplomatic
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December 5, 2025
AIWAN HAS PLAYED DOWN concerns that St Vincent and the Grenadines might switch diplomatic recognition to Beijing, insisting ties with its Caribbean al...
Police investigating fatal road accident
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December 5, 2025
THE POLICE SAY they are investigating a fatal motor vehicle incident which occurred along the Brighton public road on Friday, November 28, 2025 in whi...
CED to roll out Business Clinic in Barrouallie
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December 5, 2025
THE CENTRE FOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Inc. (CED) will host the first in a series of Business Clinics under its Unlocking Opportunities Through Climate...
New Government receives counsel from Pastor Brent
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December 5, 2025
WITH THE GENERAL ELECTIONS season over in St Vincent and the Grenadines, and a new prime minister now in office, one religious leader here is calling for a post-election paradigm shift in the way of life in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). This c...
Homicide in Layou again
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December 5, 2025
LAYOU IS IN THE NEWS in relation to homicide again, and this time around it was a female from the area that lost her life when a gunman struck. On Friday, November 28, 2025, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Mitah Patterson, a 34-year-old farmer of Texier ...
All hands ondeck-Dr Friday
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December 2, 2025
PRIME MINISTER of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Dr. Godwin Friday, says his New Democratic Party (NDP) administration is open to suggestions from people who may have better ideas than what his team may put forward, or has already put forward. T...
New Cabinet to ‘get their marching orders’ today
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December 2, 2025
THE NEW CABINET of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is expected to be sworn in today at 5:00 p.m. during a ceremony at the Arnos Vale Sports Complex. Speaking yesterday, December 1,2025 on the ground floor of the administrative complex on Bay Stre...
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Taiwan downplays fears of SVG Diplomatic
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December 5, 2025
AIWAN HAS PLAYED DOWN concerns that St Vincent and the Grenadines might switch diplomatic recognition to Beijing, insisting ties with its Caribbean al...
VAT free day later this month, says new PM
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December 2, 2025
VINCENTIANS will have one day this month when they will not pay Value Added Tax (VAT) on their purchases. This was announced on Monday, December 1, 20...
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New Champions to be crowned in SVGCC Netball
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December 5, 2025
A NEW WINNER will emerge when the 2025 ECGC/ Island Sipz Water/ SVG Community College Invitational competition concludes today, Friday December 5, at ...
From the Courts
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November 28, 2025
A TEENAGER, who used another person’s vehicle without permission and was bonded in the sum of $900, is now imprisoned for four months for stealing fro...
From the Courts, News
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November 28, 2025
THE Chateaubelair Magistrate’s Court will, on January 14, 2026, hear from a minor who is charged with possession of an offensive weapon, and two count...
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November 28, 2025
A RICHMOND/SION HILL MAN was fined over $8,000 for illegally possessing and trafficking cannabis. Kafele Andrews, along with two other men, appeared a...