Layou News Today

The National Public Library, Archives and Documentation Services (NPLADS) is this week celebrating Library Week from May 6-11 under the theme: Ready, Set, Library! Ready, Set, Library! highlights the role of libraries as partners in every stage of your journey, from start all the way to the finish line, as well as providing an inclusive and supportive community where everyone belongs, a release from the Ministry of Education states. During...

The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in collaboration with the SimplyHelp Foundation handed over sporting equipment, toys, shoes and clothing items to the Ministry of National Mobilisation, at a brief ceremony held at the Girls Guide Headquarters in Kingstown Park on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Ambassador of the Republic of China On Taiwan,Fiona Fan, thanked the Foundation for its initiative in helping...

Kings and Queens, Presidents and World leaders visit and leave lasting memories. On her way to SVG, de sister of the late Queen Elizabeth II, went ashore and had ah swim on Tony Gibbons beach in Bequia; de beach was renamed Princess Margaret Beach. Ah still seeing de African President being driven at de back of ah jeep way ever he went waving ah big White handkerchief. Hugo Chavez was not...

The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), is granting holders of illegal firearms and ammunition a 92-day grace period as of today, to surrender these items without being prosecuted. Over the past two years, crimes involving the use of illegally possessed firearms and ammunition have been plaguing St Vincent and the Grenadines with two homicide records being broken in consecutive years. Law enforcement and officers of the...

GERMINE DOUGLAS better known as GRANNY and CHICK of Layou died on Thursday January 25th at the age of 78. The funeral takes place on Sunday March 10th at the Grace and Truth Campsite, Layou.  The viewing takes place from 11:00 am.  The service begins at noon.  Burial will be at the Layou Cemetery.

A 29 year old food vendor of Layou was granted bail when he appeared in court charged for allegedly wounding an Auxiliary Police Officer. Daniel Patrick appeared at the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court on January 31, and pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted bail in the sum of EC$3000.00 with one surety and was ordered by the court to not have any contact with the virtual complainant. Patrick …

Fifty-three members from six Police Youth Clubs on mainland St Vincent convened their first symposium last Saturday, February 4, during which they addressed a range of diverse issues. Hosted by the Stubbs and Diamond Police Youth Clubs, the youngsters touched on such topics as teenage sexuality, savings and money management, the Rights of a Child, achieving excellence in academic and skills-based studies and employment, youth’s role in reducing crime and …

A passenger who was in omnibus H5666 when it overturned in Happy Hill, Layou has said that the accident was not a result of speeding.

Divisional Commander of the Southwestern Division of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF), Assistant Superintendent Nigel Butcher, has called on the residents of Layou “to resist the acts of crime and violence, to embrace love, peace and unity, and to work in partnership with the police to deal with this vexing problem.”

Acting Commissioner of Police, Enville Williams has been outlining the content of gun amnesty legislation to residents at a town hall meeting at Layou where he also urged for cooperation to rid this country of illegal weapons.