FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026
VOLUME 120, No. 04
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TWO MALES SHOT TO DEATH:
SPECIAL POLICE TEAM SET UP
Anil Greaves was pronounced dead at the scene. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING a fatal shooting that occurred late Friday night in the Georgie Gutter area of Belair. According to preliminary reports, officers responded to information that multiple gunshots were heard at a shop/bar in the area shortly before midnight on January 16. Upon arrival, police found 22year-old Anil Greaves, a vendor from Belair, suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical practitioner. Two other men, Quinn ‘Huncho’ Greaves, 23, son of radio personality Donnie Prince The shop/bar in Georgie Cutty, Belair, where the shooting took place.
Collins, and Shamar Bulze, 24, both also from Belair, were injured during the incident and taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital for treatment. Greaves later died from his injuries, while Bulze remains hospitalised in stable condition. An eye witness shared that there were at least nineteen to twenty persons in the shop/bar which had a designated area (in the back) for gambling, when the gunmen entered and opened fire. The gunmen, the eye witness said, seemed to know ‘who dey were looking for”. Post-mortem examinations are expected to be conducted at a later date as investigations continue. In a statement following the fatal shootings, the Royal SVG Police Force assured that “..the offenders will be rigorously pursued,” warned that “those responsible are not beyond reach, not beyond identification and accountability,” and committed to pursuing the investigation relentless, “as the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force applies every lawful
Jennings is a small settlement in Saint Mary Parish on the island of Antigua. It is located in the west of the island.
VINCY WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN ANTIGUA Quinn ‘Huncho’ Greaves succumbed to his wounds at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. measure available to identify those involved and bring them to justice.” In this regard, the statement said, “The Commissioner of Police Mr. Enville Williams has established a special investigative Continued on Page 3.
POLICE IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA are investigating what they said, preliminarily, was a suspected suicide of a 24-year-old woman from St Vincent and the Grenadines. The woman, whose named was given by sources in Antigua to be Makala Williams, was found unresponsive at a residence in Peas Alley, Jennings Village on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, when police responded to information regarding the residence. The woman’s live-in male partner was questioned as the police mounted their investigation. He is reported to have told the police that they had had an argument the night before. He said that he left for work and during the day made several attempts to contact her by phone, to remind her about a job interview she was scheduled to have that day. All attempts to contact her failed. According the Antigua Observer newspaper, the man returned home later that evening and found the woman unresponsive. She was subsequently pronounced dead by a medical doctor and the body was transported to a Funeral Home. Concern was expressed, following news of the suspected suicide, of the number of vulnerable young females in the country. (KH)