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The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) wishes to advise the general public that it is an offence to produce, make available, distribute, procure, possess or obtain child pornography through a computer system or on a computer data storage medium under the Cybercrime Act 2016. In light of this, the RSVGPF is encouraging persons to desist from sharing or storing and to delete the pornographic video of a child that is presently being circulated via various mediums. This is very damaging to the child and can affect her in the future. Failure to comply with this order…

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by JP Schwmon #SituationUpdates A video blatantly showing a grown man instructing a preschooler to perform fellatio on him has gone viral across St. Vincent and the Grenadines. One Royal SVG Police Force source confirmed to Asbert News Network that the alleged pedophile is currently in police custody after the pornographic material was brought to their attention. The man pictured is said to be the four-year-old child’s father. Although the child’s face is not entirely visible, the man’s voice is heard throughout the almost 90 seconds recording of an apparent video call with another female. “Is one ah de best…

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by JP Schwmon #SituationUpdates Yaphatoo Poyer – the beloved 43 years old reggae artiste who hails from Murray’s Village – was on Monday cleared as a person of interest in an incident that resulted in the violent death of his 35 years old cousin Leon ‘Turtle” Lee. According to reports local police picked up Yaphatoo in connection with the incident which, they claimed, occurred on Monday December 27 about 7:15 am. Speaking exclusively with Asbert News Network on Monday the Concrete Jungle singer/songwriter explained the chain of events, as he understood them, that led to his cousin’s untimely demise. “I…

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An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident that occurred along the Lowmans Leeward public road which left one man currently warded at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in a reportedly stable condition with multiple gunshot wounds about his body. According to reports, on Wednesday, December 29, 2021, at about 7:30 am the virtual complainant was driving along the Lowmans Lwd public road in motor vehicle P9070, a Suzuki jeep owned by him. While driving along the said public road, some unknown person(s) reportedly shot at the said motor vehicle injuring him in the process. The V/C reportedly drove…

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(CMC) Four years after St. Vincent and the Grenadines government outlined six options for pension reform, the issue is, again, being brought on the front burner as this category of spending continues to burn a hole in the government coffers. The government has estimated pension payouts in 2022 at EC$60.3 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) and Finance Minister, Camillo Gonsalves, told the Estimates to debate this month that these outlays are unsustainable. He said that the government will revisit the issue of pension reform. However, pension reform is an issue that could result in some political fallout. Former prime minister,…

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Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines – Hayden Billingy has won a prestigious Award of Merit from The Best Shorts Film Competition. The award was given for Hayden Billingy’s exciting Music Video/Short film Shout It Out, which payed homage to culture of the Kalinago and Garifuna people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Shout It Out is the latest single by Hayden Billingy that echoes hope in difficult situations, with its catchy hook “God’s got that”. The music video/short film featured exceptional glimpses into a Kalinago tribe, whose Chief’s young daughter was impaled by the arrow of a rival tribe while…

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The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment was informed on December 27, 2021 by CARPHA of the COVID-19 sequencing results of positive samples collected from patients in St..Vincent and the Grenadines on December 18, 2021, received at the CARPHA lab on December 24, 2021 and sent to the COVID19 IMPACT Project lab on December 24, 2021. The COVID19IMPACT project lab reported on December 27, 2021 to CARPHA that the Omicron variant ofconcern (VOC) – B.1.1.529 was detected in one sample. This fully vaccinated adult is a travelerfrom the USA who had a negative COVID19 test result and was subjected…

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ANN has received reports of a stabbing incident in Murray’s Village which has caused the death of a young man. According to reports, a popular local reggae artiste, his brother and his cousin got into an altercation, where they allegedly stabbed the cousin to death. We would update further

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MET OFFICE – Mostly fair conditions are forecast across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines due to a relatively dry atmosphere. Two surface troughs are approaching the Northern Windwards. Instability associated with these troughs will increase the chance of a few light to moderate isolated showers across SVG around Monday night into Tuesday morning, and Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Winds will blow predominantly from east (E) backing to east northeast (ENE) at approximately 20km/h-30km/h. Sea conditions should be slight to moderate over the next few days with swells peaking at 1.0m on the western coasts and 2.0m on the eastern…

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