Popular talk show host, Edwardo EG Lynch will be leaving the state for the United States, following unsuccessful eye surgery in Barbados. Lynch, who has been on air for more than ten years on the Newtimes programme championing the cause of the opposition party the NDP, has been unable to host the program since late last year, after suffering with his eyes. The Hon. Arhnim Eustace who is also the leader of the NDP on the party’s programme this morning... 

  Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper, the self-proclaimed SVG Soca King who recently reclaimed his title upon winning the 2011 Soca Monarch Competition during Vincy Mas, is ready to stamp his mark in Trinidad and Tobago. By claiming the title of Soca Monarch last year, ‘Fireman’ secured a berth in the 2012 International Soca Monarch final, slated for Friday 17th February. Coming under the marquee ‘Fantastic Friday’, the starting point of TnT’s... 

  KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Vincentians will this year begin paying 15 per cent more in property taxes while duties on beverages, tobacco, and vehicles will see “moderate increases”, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said yesterday while presenting his EC$793,911,053 budget for 2012. Gonsalves, in his five-and-a-half-hour speech announced a number of concessions as he said that the fiscal strategy in 2012 continues form last year: “focusing... 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said Wednesday that his visit to Palestine late last month should not be regarded as a refusal by his administration to develop relations with Israel. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is among several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that recognise the Palestinian Authority, and Gonsalves, who has just completed a 15-day trip to Bethlehem, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, said that... 

  St.VINCENT – Kingstown: Unconfirmed: St. Vincent recorded its first murder for 2012! A young lady was shot and killed in Ottley Hall. The story is still developing. We will keep you with the updates as they develop.  Read More →

The grandparents of Shanika Roberts are currently seeking the assistance of the general public in locating their granddaughter. Roberts, who goes by the alias “Shaney”, is a resident of Lauders and has been missing since Thursday December 29th 2011. According to reports, Shanika left her grandparents’ home to pay some bills in Kingstown, and is yet to return home since then. The missing girl is a fifth form student of the Thomas Saunders Secondary... 

St. Vincent and the Grenadines is among countries that will see a visit from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad his tour of Latin America in the second week of January. The Iranian President will first arrive in Venezuela to visit President Hugo Chavez and confer with him on matters of mutual interest. The president will then leave for Nicaragua where he would attend the swearing-in ceremony for Nicaraguan President Ariel Ortega following his... 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – A 23-year-old man who allegedly was thrown into boiling water with his hands bound last month has died. Well placed sources tell I-Witness News that Junior Lowman died at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) early New Year’s Day. He was reportedly thrown into a “copper” of boiling water with his hands tied, according to Internet reports. “Copper” refers to the large metal containers used to bake the... 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – This country has made the lists of two international media’s top travel destinations for 2012. St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is fifth among nine destinations on CNN’s “World’s top destinations for 2012” and third among 13 destinations listed by Travel+Leisure. The country is ranked behind England, the World of the Maya, Myanmar (also known as Burma), and Chicago, Illinois. The other destinations on the... 

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Tragedy has struck during the four-day Christmas holidays here. Reports indicate that a 14-year-old boy died on Monday, Boxing Day, when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident in La Croix, in the Mesopotamia Valley. According to information reaching I-Witness News, the boy was struck by a vehicle reportedly driven by a police officer. Vincentian students are on vacation until January and workers will return to their...