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Acting Commissioner of Police Enville Williams speaking at a media briefing in Kingstown on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.

‘We have a problem,’ police chief says as homicide count reaches 47

“We have a problem”. That was the admission of the new police chief as he met with the media on Monday for the first time since taking up the post…

6 Nov 2023 9:49PM

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Precious Williams, left, and Keisha Small were among the 42 homicide victims in 2022.

Detectives ordered to take fresh look at Precious, Keisha murder cases

6 Nov 2023 9:29PM

Tambu Patrick was shot and killed in Layou on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo: Searchlight.vc)

Two people in custody over murder in Layou

6 Nov 2023 9:18PM

Mitchel Israel uses a portfolio to hide his face after he was sentenced to 38 years in prison for murder on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. He is seen at left in an 2020 Searchlight photo.

Court opts against life sentence for man who murdered Cuban wife

6 Nov 2023 1:59PM

Tambu Patrick, seen at left in a Searchlight photo, was gunned down outside this house, which he attempted to reach for refuge when he was attacked in Layou Sunday night, Nov. 5, 2023.

Man gunned down even as he sought refuge in nearby home

5 Nov 2023 11:07PM

Homicide victims Maurice Primus, left, and Zack McIntosh.

2 more homicides take count in St. Vincent to 46

St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded two homicides Friday night with the deaths of two men in unrelated incidents. The deaths of Maurice Primus, of Fair Hall, and Zack McIntosh,…

4 Nov 2023 9:00PM

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Cop’s son, national footballer under investigation for illegal gun

3 Nov 2023 7:38AM

Deshawn Slater, seen here in an Aug. 2, 2016 IWN photo was shot and killed on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.

Murder victim had ‘narrow escape’ from gunmen weeks earlier

31 Oct 2023 5:35PM

Opposition Senator Shevern Lewis-John, left, and lawyer, Jemalie John, challenged in court the decision of the government to restrict parking in the Courthouse yard.

Court dismisses case against restrictions on parking in Courthouse yard

31 Oct 2023 5:22PM

Superintendent of Police Joel James, left, and his brother Winston James in a montage of photos taken outside Kingstown Magistrate's Court on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

Man bonded after brother arrests him for swearing

30 Oct 2023 8:05PM

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