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Rotary Club hosts Interact Leadership Retreat
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January 30, 2026
THE ROTARY CLUB of St. Vincent said it hosted a successful Interact Leadership Retreat on Saturday, January 24, 2026 at the UWI Global Campus in Kings...
Eco-Youth Ventures Project Launched in SVG
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January 30, 2026
THE ECO-YOUTH VENTURES Project was officially launched in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG),on Tuesday, January, 27 2027,marking a significant step ...
Ginger thief receives three-part sentence
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January 30, 2026
A REDEMPTION SHARPES MAN was jailed, given a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay compensation for stealing $800 worth of ginger. Glenroy Holder ...
Tire shine thief jailed for eight months
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January 30, 2026
A MAN FROMWALVAROO with over 20 convictions, was sentenced to prison for eight months after stealing two tins of tire shine from Coreas. Peter Da Souz...
Opposition Members sworn in
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January 30, 2026
THE THREE MEMBERS of the Opposition, who took their oaths at the sitting yesterday, January 29, 2026 of the House of Assembly, were welcomed to parlia...
ICE facility restored in Petite Martinique
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January 30, 2026
A SOLAR-POWERED ice facility in Petite Martinique, damaged by Hurricane Beryl, has been fully restored, reinstating a critical lifeline for the island...
Georgetown School for children with special needs marks 40 years
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January 30, 2026
THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION has extended hearty congratulations to the School for Children with Special Needs in Georgetown on the attainment of its 40th anniversary. This congratulations came through Senior Education Officer (SEO), Elizabeth Austin, a...
Gov’t to pay bonuses by January30
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January 27, 2026
THE DR. GODWIN FRIDAY administration will be making bonus payments to an estimated 12,000 public workers, and that money will be paid by Friday, January 30, 2026. And, while many people are calling the salary bonus “a cost to government” Dr. Friday s...
Opposition Leader writes to Speaker on questions she deems inadmissible
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January 27, 2026
LEADER OFTHE OPPOSITION Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has written to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Ronnia Durham-Balcombe, concerning her ruling of the inadmissibility of three questions submitted by the opposition for oral answers from the government ...
Workers frustrating resumption of Covid-dismissed workers, says PM
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January 27, 2026
SOME GOVERNMENT workers are making it hard for people who were fired under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate to return to work, and this is unacceptable, Prime Minister Dr. Godwin Friday has said. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, January 23, 2026...
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Ginger thief receives three-part sentence
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January 30, 2026
A REDEMPTION SHARPES MAN was jailed, given a suspended sentence and was ordered to pay compensation for stealing $800 worth of ginger. Glenroy Holder ...
Tire shine thief jailed for eight months
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January 30, 2026
A MAN FROMWALVAROO with over 20 convictions, was sentenced to prison for eight months after stealing two tins of tire shine from Coreas. Peter Da Souz...
Opposition Members sworn in
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January 30, 2026
THE THREE MEMBERS of the Opposition, who took their oaths at the sitting yesterday, January 29, 2026 of the House of Assembly, were welcomed to parlia...
Sports
VSPL kicks off tonight
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January 30, 2026
FOOTBALL FANS AND lovers of sports will for the next six months be exposed to the best that St Vincent and the Grenadines has to offer, with the stagi...
High Performance takes charge at Relay Fest
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January 30, 2026
WITH 11 GOLD MEDALS under their belt, athletes from the High Performance Club left the Diamond Track Facility last Saturday, January 24, as the top un...
Windwards Women break losing Cricket jinx
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January 30, 2026
AFTER LOSING ALL Their matches in the Cricket West Indies Women’s T/20 Blaze, the Windwards broke their six match string of defeats to comprehensively...
From the Courts
Dauphine resident accused of theft
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January 9, 2026
A 44-year-old woman of Dauphine has been accused of theft and will appear in court to answer the charge. The police said in a release that on January,...
Murder-accused to be back in court February 2
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January 6, 2026
A MAN WHO is alleged to have killed his nephew during an argument is expected back at the Serious Offences Court for his second court appearance on Fe...
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December 29, 2025
December 23, 2025- Kingstown: On December 22, 2025, police arrested and charged Bernard Smith, a 63-year-old Resident of Kingstown with the offence of...