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Opposition Leader Dr Ralph Gonsalves says he intends to complain to CARICOM and the Commonwealth about Brenton Smith’s appointment as acting assistant commissioner of police, arguing that the move has brought partisan politics into the upper command of the national constabulary. Gonsalves, a former prime minister and minister of national security, used his Wednesday radio broadcast to mount his strongest attack yet on Smith’s rapid rise through the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force. The police force announced that Smith began acting as assistant commissioner on Monday, Aug. 17. Trevor “Buju” Bailey and Junior Simmons also took up…

Candace Gordon-Llewellyn, the sister of murdered Prophetess Roseclair Williams, is calling on police to ensure that every possible line of inquiry was examined after Williams’s widower announced his engagement less than four months after her killing. In a Facebook post attributed to Candace Gordon-Llewellyn, she said Pastor Leon Williams announced during a Sunday church service that he was engaged. Clipet News has verified the engagement announcement. Its timing, by itself, is not evidence that Pastor Williams or any other person was involved in Roseclair Williams’s death. Gordon-Llewellyn also made that distinction in her appeal. “I am not publicly stating that…

A man accused of raping a police officer is at the centre of a new incident in Arnos Vale after video circulating on social media appeared to show several men cutting his dreadlocks. The footage shows the man surrounded by several people as his dreadlocks are cut. At points, the interaction appears physical. However, the available footage does not establish whether he was being restrained or whether he consented to having his hair cut. The recording also does not show what happened immediately before the confrontation or what occurred after it ended. The development follows a serious allegation made against…

Trevor “Buju” Bailey will take over as acting Commissioner of Police on Monday as Police Commissioner Enville Williams begins an extended period of leave. Junior Simmons will serve as acting Deputy Commissioner, according to information reported by Cliplet News. The temporary changes are due to take effect on August 17. Williams is expected to be away for about 150 days. His absence comes as the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force faces continuing pressure over violent crime. The force has recorded 31 homicides so far this year, according to figures cited in the report. If killings continue at…

A Paul’s Avenue man has been charged with indecent assault following an alleged encounter with a 13-year-old girl in the community. The accused has been identified as Kingsley “Whiteman” Collis, a Vincentian known in the entertainment sector as a leader of the High Voltage Mas Band. The incident is alleged to have occurred after the girl was sent by her mother and grandmother to Miss Ferdy’s Shop in Paul’s Avenue. It is alleged that Collis stopped the girl as she was going about her errand. The girl reportedly greeted him “good morning,” and he returned the greeting before allegedly asking…

A Vincentian woman has been detained by UK authorities after arriving in the United Kingdom, amid allegations that a bag she was carrying contained cocaine. Her mother says the teenager may have been unknowingly used to transport the drug. Cliplet News understands that the woman travelled from St Vincent and the Grenadines to the UK on Friday, August 7, to meet her boyfriend, who is understood to reside in the United Kingdom. According to her mother, the teenager was instructed by her boyfriend, before leaving St Vincent, to collect a bag from another person. The mother believes the bag contained…

A Vincentian police officer has spoken out after a video showing him and another man in a sexual encounter began circulating on social media, alleging that he was raped and saying the encounter was not something he had experienced before. Cliplet News has seen the video, which appears to show the identities of both men, but the circumstances surrounding the encounter remain disputed. The police officer who said he had never had that kind of encounter in his life with the man, who he described as a Rastafarian, and alleged that what happened was against his wishes. Cliplet News has…

Prime Minister Godwin Friday’s political future is back under scrutiny as the High Court prepares to resume hearing the election petitions challenging his victory in the Northern Grenadines. The case returns on August 31 2026, with the petitions against Friday and Foreign Affairs Minister Dwight Fitzgerald Bramble entering another stage after three days of hearings in July. At stake is more than two parliamentary seats. The petitioners — unsuccessful ULP candidates Carlos Williams and Luke Browne — are challenging the eligibility of Friday and Bramble to contest the November 2025 general election, pointing to their Canadian citizenship and the constitutional…

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the fatal shooting of a man in Rockies on Thursday night, bringing St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ homicide count to 31 for the year. The deceased has been identified as Akeem Ferdinand, also known by the alias “Chaka Bom,” of Gurley Hill, Rockies. Preliminary reports indicate that Ferdinand was shot at approximately 8:30 p.m. at the residence where he lived. He was pronounced dead as a result of his injuries. Investigators have confirmed that Ferdinand had been released from His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) less than two weeks before the incident. Reports indicate he…

Police have charged a Dickson Village farmer with murder following the fatal shooting of a fellow resident last weekend. The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) said 33-year-old Rhyse Henry, a farmer of Dickson Village, was arrested and charged on Wednesday, Aug. 5, in connection with the death of Clydon Cato, a 35-year-old labourer from the same community. According to police, the charge relates to an incident in Dickson Village on Saturday, Aug. 1, during which Cato sustained fatal injuries. He died at the scene, prompting a homicide investigation. Henry has been charged with murder, contrary to…