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Monique, Bomani share double honours
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July 30, 2004
Monique: From a Princess to a Queen Her calypso sobriquet is Princess Monique and she might have been appropriately referred to by that name up to two...
GECCUMED is designed to help you
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July 23, 2004
The General Employees Co-operative Credit Union Limited (GECCU) has a Group Insurance Program that is designed to provide valuable financial assistanc...
President’s Overview
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July 23, 2004
Forty years ago when Bertram Neehall, Ercelle Cummings, Clem Iton, Elijah Baynes, Ceford Providence, Milton Samuel, Vibert DeShong, Eardley Cato, Stan...
GECCU
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July 23, 2004
Famo sells everything
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July 16, 2004
Her name is Greek for “the moon personified”. She’s a one-woman army, a business dynamo and her hard work, determination and foresight are payin...
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July 16, 2004
Clico is not just about insurance. Students can benefit from Clico’s commitment to the region’s development through the University of the West Ind...
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July 16, 2004
Now that Clico has moved into its own home on Bay Street in capital city Kingstown, there are plans to provide other homes for other Vincentians. Chai...
Williams is branch head
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July 16, 2004
As Clico moves into a new era, Yvonne L. Williams, Branch Manager of Clico International General Insurance, hopes the organisation will gain the confi...
Phillips growing with Clico
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July 16, 2004
Sixteen years ago he started a career in the insurance industry as a sales agent at Colonial Life Insurance Company popularly called CLICO. Like the c...
Kirby heads Clico Life St. Vincent
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July 16, 2004
Laureene Thom-Kirby, FLMI,ACS,AIAA, Dip. Mgmt (UWI) Branch Manager, Clico International Life Insurance Limited Laureene Kirby, who is responsible for ...
The role of a life insurance agent
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July 16, 2004
by Lorena M. Best (Insurance and Financial Advisor) The insurance agent represents a trained group of professional persons operating within the financ...
Clico supports artists
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July 16, 2004
-1/2L+3/4¬dministration Manager of Clico International Life Laureene Kirby said that the company’s sponsorship of a recently concluded Art Exhibi...
Job challenging, rewarding – Graham
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July 16, 2004
For Harvey Graham, his 13-year stint in the insurance industry has been a rewarding but challenging one. Today he not only relishes the financial rewa...
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July 16, 2004
Colonial Life Insurance Company T’dad Limited entered the St. Vincent and the Grenadines market in 1949, operating in the early days out of the offi...
The role and function of the departments
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July 16, 2004
ACCOUNTS The Accounts Department is responsible for the safe guarding of the company’s assets to ensure that all monies received are properly accoun...
PM congratulates Clico
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July 16, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves lifted Vincentians’ consciousness as he gave an account of the nature and character of insurance business. Delive...
Clico traces long history with SVG
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July 16, 2004
The official opening of the Clico Financial Centre on Bay Street in Kingstown last Monday evening was also a celebration of the “long standing assoc...
Synopsis of Clico’s Chairman
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July 16, 2004
Mr. Leroy Parris is the Chairman of Clico Holdings B’dos Ltd., his most recent appointment bestowed on him in 2003. He joined Colonial Life in 1979 ...
The Clico story
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July 16, 2004
Opening Every institution or commercial venture starts with an idea. In this case the idea is CLICO - an Institution which was destined to crystallize...
Sargeant brothers build masterpiece
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July 9, 2004
A Caribbean national receiving the Queen’s admiration is rare. And for one’s work to be acknowledged by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II it must ind...
Sion Hill keeps Junior Pan title
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July 9, 2004
Junior Panorama Rivalry between steel orchestras has been the order of the day. Perhaps it is a legacy of the colonial days when residents took out fr...
Mardi Gras Kaleidoscope
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July 9, 2004
Fanfare for Dragons Cultural Organisation Next year, Dragons Cultural Organisation will mark forty years as a Mas Band. They have already chosen the t...
Javorne avoids hat-trick
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July 9, 2004
The Miss Carival contest started 1985 when Donna Young took the title for SVG. Two years later Roxanne Israel became the second Vincentian to take the...
Miss Carival crown goes to Guyana
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July 9, 2004
Though Miss Trinidad and Tobago Tanya Games won the majority of the categories, it was Miss Guyana Asha Pieters who amassed the most points to take th...
Princess Monique does double
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July 9, 2004
Monique Hector is establishing herself as a pillar of Vincentian calypso heritage. In only her third year on the calypso arena, ‘Princess Monique’...
Nelson Bloc lights up festival
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July 9, 2004
Digicel Nelson Bloc, reigning Band of the Year titleholders, have given some indication that they will be in the running this year to retain the honou...
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July 2, 2004
Coleus is a small herbaceous plant of multicoloured foliage. It thrives best in semi-shaded locations with about four hours of direct sun daily. The l...
The peg and the strength of the EC dollar
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July 2, 2004
The following article is submitted by the ECCB as part of the Financial and Economic Literacy Campaign currently taking place in the Eastern Caribbean...
A speciality at A & P Farms
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July 2, 2004
For over five years they have managed to maintain a reputation of producing the very finest in fresh poultry. In fact, that’s one of the reasons why...
Byron always leaves a true impression
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June 25, 2004
From shoreline to hilltop “True Impression Drapery” leaves a signature identity in our many dream houses, offices, hotel suites and yachts dotted ...
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June 18, 2004
A few weeks ago we published an article on home composting. Here is the promised follow-up article in which we will discuss community composting effor...
Half Million Dollar furniture
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June 18, 2004
By the end of this year residents of North Leeward will have a high quality, mass-producing furniture factory to boast about. According to proprietor ...
Dyer adds class to local furniture industry
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June 18, 2004
Ever imagined having your house furnished to fit your style and tastes or having your guests seated in your home with thoughts of complete luxury, ele...
Big Mama has soul food recipe
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June 11, 2004
She cooks soul food and boasts, “Anyone eating it would be instantly healed of any inner wounds they have”. That’s just one way to say, “It ta...
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June 4, 2004
By Joylyn Parris 13 years of Campden Park Student Can you believe young people these days? Me does always say them have bad ways. Me daughter 17 yo kn...
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June 4, 2004
When it comes to regattas in the Grenadines, be it Bequia, Canouan or Union Island there’s one boat that always stands out as it continues its winni...
McVane’s confidence makes him top fisherman
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June 4, 2004
Fisherman’s Day celebrations ended Whit Monday with the announcement of winners in all categories at the Calliaqua Playing Field. Monday’s ceremon...
Children get it Right
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June 4, 2004
Children in St. Vincent and the Grenadines have an avenue to display their artistic talents, assert their rights, and get rewards for their effort. Th...
Sophia takes Sailing Queen title
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June 4, 2004
Sophia Jack is the new Caribbean Sailing Queen. The 16-year-old lass of Stubbs, who represented St.Vincent in the Miss Caribbean Sailing Queen Pageant...