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Fireman, Skinny Fabulous cause eruption in Victoria Park
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Fireman, Skinny Fabulous cause eruption in Victoria Park
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July 11, 2025
The location of La Soufriere volcano changed temporarily over the carnival weekend, when performers Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper and Gamal ‘Skinny Fabulous...
No problem, James is King of the Road
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No problem, James is King of the Road
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
THE ‘BADDEST BOY’- Shertz ‘Problem Child’ James- is etching his name in the VincyMas history books, taking his fifth Road March title, and also claimi...
Bongo Prime is Ragga Soca King and second for Soca Monarch
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Bongo Prime is Ragga Soca King and second for Soca Monarch
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
Utamu ‘Bongo Prime’ Rose came with one goal in mind when he took the stage in Victoria Park last Saturday, July, 5, 2025, and that was to bag the Ragg...
Maddzart retains calypso crown
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Maddzart retains calypso crown
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
Reon 'Maddzart' Primus successfully defended his calypso crown at the Dimance Gras show last Sunday, July 6, 2025 beating off 11 contenders to retain ...
KCCU to reopen today following fatal shooting
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KCCU to reopen today following fatal shooting
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
Normal business operations at the main branch of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was interrupted on Wednesday, July, 9, 2025 when a fata...
Maddzart ready for Kaiso show-down
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Maddzart ready for Kaiso show-down
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Raeon “Maddzart” Primus believes he is in a strong place to retain his Kaiso crown at the ‘big yard’ in the Dimance Gras show on Sunday, July 6, 2025....
‘Lexie,’ Anika, and Zion triumph at Junior Calypso, Soca Monarch
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‘Lexie,’ Anika, and Zion triumph at Junior Calypso, Soca Monarch
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Princess Alexcia ‘Lexie’ Deshong from the Sandy Bay Secondary School has emerged as winner in the 2025 Junior Soca Monarch, while Aniek Stapleton of t...
Trinidad’s Energy Minister bristles at “monopoly money” remark by PM Gonsalves
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Trinidad’s Energy Minister bristles at “monopoly money” remark by PM Gonsalves
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has made it clear that it is unusual for him to respond to adverse comments from ministers. However, in the case o...
Hurricane Beryl Victims remembered in Southern Grenadines Ceremony
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Hurricane Beryl Victims remembered in Southern Grenadines Ceremony
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
The tears flowed uncontrollably last Tuesday, July 1, 2025 as loved ones of those who lost their lives during the passage of Hurricane Beryl on July 1...
PM questions what happened to the 7 absent CPEA students?
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PM questions what happened to the 7 absent CPEA students?
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
There are seven students who were among the 1689 registered to write thisyear’s Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) but who did not turn up to wr...
SVG Players takes Junior Band of the Year Title
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SVG Players takes Junior Band of the Year Title
Forrest 
July 1, 2025
SVG Players International mas band began competition in VincyMas 2025 on a winning note. Players copped the 2025 Junior Band of the Year title with it...
Make Math fun – teachers of CPEA top performers
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Make Math fun – teachers of CPEA top performers
Forrest 
July 1, 2025
Grade Six teachers, whose students recorded stellar performances in Mathematics and Science at the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA), have cred...
PM hails the fruits of the ‘Education Revolution’
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PM hails the fruits of the ‘Education Revolution’
Forrest 
July 1, 2025
The education revolution introduced by the Ralph Gonsalves-led administration following the win of his Unity Labour Party (ULP), in the 2001 general e...
Beryl Memorial today in Southern Grenadines
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Beryl Memorial today in Southern Grenadines
Forrest 
July 1, 2025
One year ago today, on July 1, 2024, Hurricane Beryl, a category five hurricane, struck St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and nearby islands, leavin...
Word to Graduating Math Teachers: Roll up your sleeves and Get to work
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Word to Graduating Math Teachers: Roll up your sleeves and Get to work
Forrest 
July 1, 2025
Educators in St Vincent and the Grenadines are being urged to do away with the approach of having students just blindly follow instructions in the tea...
Five out of Ten  for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
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Five out of Ten for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
Webmaster 
June 27, 2025
In any school setting, a score of five out of ten would be considered below average but for the Sugar Mill Academy, who copped five out of the top ten...
Sion Hill teacher did not live to celebrate school’s CPEA  accomplishment
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Sion Hill teacher did not live to celebrate school’s CPEA accomplishment
Webmaster 
June 27, 2025
When SEARCHLIGHT visited the Sion Hill Government School (SHGS) back in 2023 to interview their top student, Grade Six teacher, Ynolde Hutchinson pred...
Cousin rivalry sees Soy Toney placing 4th in CPEA
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Cousin rivalry sees Soy Toney placing 4th in CPEA
Webmaster 
June 27, 2025
Soy Maval Toney and Saj Cristophe Caesar made a $10 bet on who would perform better in the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment(CPEA). Though Soy lost th...
Minister of Finance: Government’s Policy on Holiday Inn has not changed
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Minister of Finance: Government’s Policy on Holiday Inn has not changed
Webmaster 
June 27, 2025
Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, has said that a statement about the sale of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel by the Director of Invest SVG, Glen ...
Revamp! uproot corruption from CBI says Allen Chastanet
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Revamp! uproot corruption from CBI says Allen Chastanet
Webmaster 
June 27, 2025
Evidence is showing that Citizenship by Investment (CBI), or Citizenship and Investment Programmes (CIP) in the region are being run by “bad actors”, ...
Educator, and model fall in love with SVG, looking to invest
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Educator, and model fall in love with SVG, looking to invest
Webmaster 
June 27, 2025
A saying goes, “if you build a great experience, customers tell each other about that, word of mouth is very powerful”. And word of mouth is exactly w...
Saj Caesar tops CPEA for 2025
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Saj Caesar tops CPEA for 2025
Webmaster 
June 24, 2025
The euphoria over the results of the 2025 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment took on new momentum yesterday, Monday, June 23, 2025 as teachers and stud...
Science whizz beats out mom’s expectations in CPEA exams
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Science whizz beats out mom’s expectations in CPEA exams
Webmaster 
June 24, 2025
Keisha Simon, mother of Raffique Latchman- a top performer in this year’s Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) examination- had set her sights on ...
From Bacchanal Bay to Victoria Park, Soca Monarch finalists named
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From Bacchanal Bay to Victoria Park, Soca Monarch finalists named
Webmaster 
June 24, 2025
The pool for the 2025 Soca Monarch has been narrowed down from 197 entries in both the ragga and soca competitions, to 44 semifinalists and now down t...
Incoming  Chairman  tables a laundry list of complaints at OECS meet
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Incoming Chairman tables a laundry list of complaints at OECS meet
Webmaster 
June 20, 2025
Incoming Chairman of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority and Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves has tabled a laundry list of...
Carnival bands governing body calls for sponsorship of bands
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Carnival bands governing body calls for sponsorship of bands
Webmaster 
June 20, 2025
Carnival Bands Incoprotated (CBI), the governing body for carnival costume bands in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is appealing to local business...
Young man steals from hand that housed him
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Young man steals from hand that housed him
Webmaster 
June 20, 2025
A tire technician whose employer gave a home for the last three years, and complained that he was not paid enough, received a suspended sentence and w...
US taking fresh aim at CBI Programmes?
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US taking fresh aim at CBI Programmes?
Webmaster 
June 20, 2025
The US State Department, in an assault on Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programmes, is said to have put together a new watch list of countries which...
Vincentian Conservation Biologist launches kids friendly book on the environment
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Vincentian Conservation Biologist launches kids friendly book on the environment
Webmaster 
June 20, 2025
World Environment Day, June 5, 2025 saw the launch of a kids-friendly book written by Conservation Biologist, Lystra Culsac, who said it was a dream r...
Biabou Waterways Clean-up ends King’s Baton Tour of SVG
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Biabou Waterways Clean-up ends King’s Baton Tour of SVG
Webmaster 
June 20, 2025
Activities in honour of the King’s Baton Tour of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) ended with a river/beach clean-up in Bridgetown, Biabou last Satu...
Another man charged in  Belmont triple homicide
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Another man charged in Belmont triple homicide
Webmaster 
June 17, 2025
Exactly one month after a triple homicide occurred in Belmont, a man of the same community has been charged in the shooting death of the three victims...
Police seize  illegal  rifle and  machine gun
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Police seize illegal rifle and machine gun
Webmaster 
June 17, 2025
As it continues to crack down on the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) said...
Police officer  recovering after ‘friendly fire’ shooting
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Police officer recovering after ‘friendly fire’ shooting
Webmaster 
June 17, 2025
A police officer, allegedly shot by a colleague in what it is being reported as a “friendly fire” incident, is recovering nicely according to Commissi...
From Studio shadows to Centre stage:  Stamina Smurf steps Forward
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From Studio shadows to Centre stage: Stamina Smurf steps Forward
Webmaster 
June 17, 2025
by Ari Shaw He’s been the magic behind many hits, but now, Stamina Smurf is stepping forward to make his own. With more than a decade spent shaping th...
PM Commends Public Servants for their “tremendous work” in SVG
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PM Commends Public Servants for their “tremendous work” in SVG
Webmaster 
June 17, 2025
Public servants in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) have received high commendation from Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves. “I know the public serv...
Gardener  receives first pre-fab house from Government
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Gardener receives first pre-fab house from Government
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
The government, through the Housing and Land Development Corporation (HLDC) has handed over its first pre-fabricated house to a resident of Dauphine a...
DJ’s wife discontinues evidence against him, matter discharged
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DJ’s wife discontinues evidence against him, matter discharged
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
A popular disc jockey, who allegedly attempted to murder his wife by inflicting cuts about her body, was discharged after his wife decided to offer no...
Snagg reflects as he makes way for Chevonne in Southern Grenadines
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Snagg reflects as he makes way for Chevonne in Southern Grenadines
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
“Today is a very special day, not only for the new candidate, but a special day for me because I have been waiting for this day for a very long time.”...
Fish worries aired at  Fisherman’s Day  Celebrations
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Fish worries aired at Fisherman’s Day Celebrations
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
While the annual Fisherman’s Day celebration brought with it much joy and excitement for fishers, data from the Ministry of Agriculture show a cause f...
Vincy Heat ends World Cup sojourn on a losing note
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Vincy Heat ends World Cup sojourn on a losing note
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Vincy Heat ended their rocky 2026 Concacaf World Cup campaign with a loss to Puerto Rico, last Tuesday, June 10, 2025, ...
More rooms needed for VincyMas 2025
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More rooms needed for VincyMas 2025
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
Minister of Tourism, Carlos James, has made a call for persons with unregistered accommodation to take steps to get tourism approved in order to bolst...
Justice Adrian Saunders, honoured to have served
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Justice Adrian Saunders, honoured to have served
Webmaster 
June 6, 2025
Outgoing president of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Vincentian, Justice Adrian Saunders, says it was an honour to have served the people of th...
PM Gonsalves Lauds Justice Adrian Saunders as ‘A man of Great Integrity’
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PM Gonsalves Lauds Justice Adrian Saunders as ‘A man of Great Integrity’
Webmaster 
June 6, 2025
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has highly praised Vincentian born Justice Adrian Saunders who will soon retire as President of the Caribbean Court ...
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
A man, who was conducting business inside the offices of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was shot and killed, allegedly by an on- duty s...
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Diocese of the Windward Islands has extended condolences on the passing of Dean emeritus, Ulric Smith, who died on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at the M...
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has commended the public for allowing VincyMas 2025 to transpire “without any major inc...
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
VincyMas is no longer a seasonal event says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), Rodney Small. “…we at the CDC...
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
EL DORADO Starlift Steel Orchestra has now won the Senior Panorama compe- tition 26 times, and while some people may say that’s a lot, band captain Ro...

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