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Shaka’s Special Journey
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April 3, 2017
[Originally published August 6, 2010] Twenty one-year-old Shaka Bowman, who travelled to South Africa as part of an all expense paid prize trip from D...
Vincentian promoted to professor at The UWI
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March 24, 2017
Dr Joel Warrican has been promoted to the rank of professor within the Open Campus of the University of the West Indies, with retroactive effect from ...
Starlift is now 50
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March 10, 2017
The Starlift Steel Orchestra is celebrating its 50th anniversary under the theme ‘We 50!’ The celebrations were launched at a media conference on ...
UWI valedictorian applauds credit facilities
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February 28, 2017
Credit facilities, organizations and institutions like the disadvantaged student loan programme and the Mustique Charitable Trust (MCT), which provide...
Vincentian to launch AIA  pictorial booklet
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February 24, 2017
A pictorial booklet, entitled ‘I saw it through my lens,’ which depicts the 2007-2017 construction of the Argyle International Airport (AIA), is a...
Concerned citizens take action in Kingstown
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February 21, 2017
A citizens’ clean-up of Kingstown, the brainchild of St Vincent and the Grenadines’ consul general in Toronto Fitz Huggins, began last Sunday and ...
Mustique Charitable Trust supports literacy
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February 10, 2017
On Thursday, January 19, 2017 Lavinia Gunn, administration director of the Mustique Charitable Trust (MCT), cut ribbons to officially signal the openi...
NIS executive director gets emotional send-off
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January 17, 2017
Executive Director of the National Insurance Services (NIS) Reginald Thomas, who leaves that post at the end of the month, received an emotional send-...
Caribbean says farewell to Sir Dwight Venner
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January 6, 2017
CASTRIES, St Lucia, Jan 4, CMC – The Caribbean bade farewell to the longest serving Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight ...
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December 13, 2016
Soroptimist International of St Vincent and the Grenadines continues its effort to educate women and girls on the new law passed in St Vincent and the...
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October 14, 2016
There are two ways to face the future – one with anticipation, the other with apprehension. Which will yours be? The issue of retirement can create ...
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October 11, 2016
by Dr C Grant-Ledger Ophthalmologist World Sight Day is an annual affair that is celebrated on the second Thursday of October. It is held to increase ...
World Mental Health Day
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October 11, 2016
Minister of Health, Wellness and the Environment Luke Browne October 10, 2016 My fellow Vincentians: Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year i...
Auldine Bute Brown – BEAUTICIAN with a MISSION
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August 26, 2016
by Collette Jones– Chin “Dreams are realized when you take up one idea, make that idea your life – think of it, live on it, let the brain, muscl...
Reflections about St Vincent
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August 12, 2016
by Dr Richard A Byron-Cox In Part IV, I was troubled by the challenges of Hailu Teferi’s life. As he continued his narrative, I couldn’t be indiff...
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August 12, 2016
by Carla James Director, Financial Intelligence Unit The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is the designated body responsible for matters relating to ...