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The fuel surcharge rate applicable to electricity bills for October 2026 is 86.71 cents per kWh despite an EC$798,591 subsidy, VINLEC announced on Tuesday.

The school cannot replace the home.

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By Guevara Leacock On A View from the Outside this week, we turn our attention to the killing of 17-year-old Tafari Browne and again to violence among young people in...

By *Jomo Thomas As promised, here are some of my ideas (most people may consider them half-baked or outrageous) for making our country better.

A 23-year-old man against whom murder and attempted murder charges brought in January were later withdrawn was shot dead early Friday during an attempted burglary at a commercial cannabis facility,...

Prime Minister Godwin Friday says St.

By Kenrick Quashie When we consider the leadership of the Royal St.

By Jada Chambers Two St.

PORTIMÃO, PORTUGAL — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines proudly marked a historic milestone this month as visually impaired sailor Lorna Bacchus, crewed by Scarlett Hadley, represented the nation for the...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Foreign Investment and Diaspora Affairs has announced that Consul General Roderick Mc Kree and Deputy Consul General Laverne Phillips-Bramble officially assumed their respective...

By Jada Chambers Jean Slater, the 72-year-old aunt of acting Director of the Agency for Public Information (API) Nadia Slater has died.

Taiwan’s 115th National Day Celebrations in Kingstown on Thursday became a show of solidarity with St.

Guided by a message in a dream from her late father, a Barrouallie woman has turned a free play into an EC$524,000 Super 6 jackpot.

Most schools across St.

Twenty-nine people from nine families have vacated their homes and are seeking shelter elsewhere after a tropical wave caused widespread floods and landslides across St.

More charges are expected to be brought against a mother-daughter duo who were slapped with six and 98 counts respectively on charges of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception and...

Several houses in Buccament Bay were flooded out, yet again, after heavy rains overnight on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. iWitness News’ Amandel Chance reports.

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The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that assessment and clean-up efforts are ongoing at health facilities across St.

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Several houses were damaged, and flooding and landslides were reported across St.

By Guevara Leacock On A View from the Outside this week, we turn our attention to the fuel surcharge on electricity bills, with the view being that replacing it with...

Election petitioner Luke Browne says he does not think it is fair for the public to suggest that the Unity Labour Party (ULP) candidates would not have brought the dual citizenship election petitioners if the New Democratic Party (NDP) had lost the Novemb…

A South Leeward woman and her mother are slated to appear in court on Monday to face corruption and other charges over their alleged use of money allocated to a...

Prime Minister Godwin Friday called on Vincentians to support one another throughout the year, as he addressed a flag-raising ceremony marking the start of celebrations for the country’s 47th anniversary...

Minister of Youth, Sports, Culture and the Creative Industries Kaschaka Cupid on Thursday urged Vincentians to make cooperation and service to their communities a year-round commitment as he launched the...

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By Jada Chambers As the historic constitutional election petition nears its final stages, Prime Minister Godwin Friday has described the legal challenges brought by candidates for the opposition Unity Labour...

Cruise calls to St.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dwight Fitzgerald Bramble has declined to state whether he would renounce his Canadian citizenship if the High Court rules against him, stating he that he will not...

Omarian Dennie, president of the St.

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by Kenrick Quashie The conversations are happening.

Prime Minister Godwin Friday says the government is working on a comprehensive response to the shooting in Green Hill that left four people dead and four injured, combining immediate security...

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Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dwayne Bailey’s stint as the acting Prisons chief will end soon and he will return to the constabulary to head police operations.

Vincentian pastor, educator and social researcher Elsworth Neale graduated on Saturday with a Doctor of Social Leadership, his second doctorate, marking another significant milestone in a journey that began in...

Prime Minister Godwin Friday and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dwight Fitzgerald Bramble took the witness stand on Tuesday, facing cross-examination over their dual Vincentian-Canadian citizenship as the high-stakes election petition...

Five men, including one on bail for manslaughter and another who was shot multiple times in separate incidents, have been denied bail on separate gun charges, resulting from police operations...

The Everything Vincy Expo Plus will not take place this year, Invest SVG announced on Monday, saying that the pause will provide an opportunity to review the event.