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SVG Eye Centre and Blue Hibiscus Optical Celebrate World Sight Day
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SVG Eye Centre and Blue Hibiscus Optical Celebrate World Sight Day
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October 10, 2020
WORLD SIGHT Day (WSD) is observed annually on the second Thursday in the month of October. WSD is a global event meant to draw attention on blindness ...
This Month in the Security Council – September 2020
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This Month in the Security Council – September 2020
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October 2, 2020
The work of the Security Council was conducted remotely during September due to the COVID-19 pandemic and our delegation continued to work closely in ...
Double Prejudice – Racial and Sexual Injustice
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Double Prejudice – Racial and Sexual Injustice
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September 29, 2020
by Renwick Rose Caster Semenya is a 29-year old South African athlete, excelling in the middle-distance races, 800 and 1500 metres. Competing at this ...
Salute to Lennox Bowman
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Salute to Lennox Bowman
‘Credit Union Titan Takes A Bow’
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September 29, 2020
by Bro. Junior O. Simmons Former President SVG Police Cooperative Credit Union The name Lennox Bowman is synonymous with the Credit Union Movement loc...
A Salute to Lennox A. Bowman
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A Salute to Lennox A. Bowman
Farewell to a Chief Executive Officer
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September 25, 2020
by Danny-Lee Francis “The best leaders, when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, will hear the people say we have done this ourselves” – L...
Lennox Bowman  retires from GECCU
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Lennox Bowman retires from GECCU
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September 25, 2020
by Melvin R. Edwards, Former Chair/Presidente, World Council of Credit Unions September 16, 2020 Shortly after being elected to the CCCU Board of Dire...
Youlou Radio Movement assists member with house repairs
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Youlou Radio Movement assists member with house repairs
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August 21, 2020
Water is one of the most useful elements on this planet, but it can also be one of the most destructive forces in the form of floods, tsunamis or torr...
Back to school tips for Parents and teachers in the age of covid-19
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Back to school tips for Parents and teachers in the age of covid-19
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August 21, 2020
by Dr Jose Davy Infectious Disease Specialist If you are like me, and I am sure you are, you are probably surprised to be living a pandemic. Nonethele...
Covid 19 preparedness tips for parents and guardians
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Covid 19 preparedness tips for parents and guardians
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August 21, 2020
Ensure that your child / ward does not have any signs of illness, like a sore throat, cough, flu like symptoms each morning. If your child exhibits an...
Tips for students
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Tips for students
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August 21, 2020
Have fun while learning and be creative. Get involved in extracurricular activities such as sports, music or art. Make friends and be kind to all of y...
Back to school tips for parents
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Back to school tips for parents
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August 21, 2020
Establish a sleep schedule for your child / ward at least one week before the first day of school. This will aid in getting their bodies accustomed to...
How to choose a mask for your child
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How to choose a mask for your child
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August 21, 2020
Should fit snugly but comfortably against the side of the face. Should cover the nose and mouth completely. Can be secured with ties at the back of th...
Dental Tips for heading back to school
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Dental Tips for heading back to school
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August 21, 2020
1. Brush your teeth at least twice a day, using a fluoride toothpaste. Brush after breakfast and last thing at nights. 2. Floss your teeth everyday. F...
Vincentian doctor helping  to revolutionize surgery  for cancer patients
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Vincentian doctor helping to revolutionize surgery for cancer patients
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August 7, 2020
by Katherine Renton By being among the first doctors in Missouri to perform a complex Whipple procedure robotically and laparoscopically, Vincentian D...
‘I am a happy woman without regrets’  – Jestina Charles
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‘I am a happy woman without regrets’ – Jestina Charles
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July 24, 2020
by Katherine Renton Jestina Charles OBE, a force of nature who has dedicated her life to helping others, and who was declared the Regional Unsung Hero...
A Digital Revolution to tackle the effects of Covid-19, fight poverty in Rural Areas
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A Digital Revolution to tackle the effects of Covid-19, fight poverty in Rural Areas
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July 7, 2020
by Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Sixteen million family farmers live and work i...
Making #DigitalCaribbean a Reality
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Making #DigitalCaribbean a Reality
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June 30, 2020
by Tahseen Sayed Digital technologies - the internet and other tools to collect and share information digitally - are spreading rapidly. The share of ...
Amateur Radio  Operator passes on
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Amateur Radio Operator passes on
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June 30, 2020
By Donald A. De Riggs I write to salute a fallen soldier … Amateur Radio operator, avid table tennis player, driver instructor, Large-Haul Trucker … b...
Preparing for the  Hurricane Season in  the midst of a pandemic
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Preparing for the Hurricane Season in the midst of a pandemic
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June 19, 2020
by Michelle Forbes Director of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) We have started the hurricane season while the world is facing a ...
COREAS INSURANCE HURRICANE DIASTER PREPARENESS TIPS
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COREAS INSURANCE HURRICANE DIASTER PREPARENESS TIPS
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June 19, 2020
While you cannot control when or where a hurricane will hit the best way to minimize potential damage to life and property is to be prepared. 1. Make ...
Building To Code Can Save Your Life…And Your Money
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Building To Code Can Save Your Life…And Your Money
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June 19, 2020
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is a multi-island state with a tropical climate, where January to May is mostly dry and June to December mostly...
Building climate Resilient homes in an era of climatic uncertainty in the Caribbean
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Building climate Resilient homes in an era of climatic uncertainty in the Caribbean
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June 19, 2020
by Daniel Campbell Director / Civil Engineer Caribbean Engineering and Design Consultants Ltd (CEDCO) The multi-island Caribbean nation Saint Vincent ...
Take steps to protect your businesses
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Take steps to protect your businesses
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June 19, 2020
n Check up on employees, suppliers and vendors as step toward resuming regular business operations. n Create an emergency business response and contin...
Key reminders to save lives in the event of a storm
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Key reminders to save lives in the event of a storm
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June 19, 2020
n Avoid loose or dangling power lines and report them to VINLEC. n Close and board up windows and glass sliding doors. n Create family WhatsApp group ...
WPP delivers Hope and Care packages to needy
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WPP delivers Hope and Care packages to needy
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June 19, 2020
The World Pediatric Project has launched WPP COVID-19 Aid, an initiative that would help at least 200 families with “Hope and Care Packages” that cont...
Young Vincentian Artist Dreams Big
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Young Vincentian Artist Dreams Big
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June 16, 2020
by Vakeesha John Romain David, a young, Vincentian man, expresses his passions, skills and outlook on education using the words of Martin Luther King ...
Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis
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Marcus, Martin, and Minneapolis
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June 9, 2020
The following statement is issued by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, President of Universities Caribbean, and Chairman of th...
Songwriting is Big Business
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Songwriting is Big Business
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June 9, 2020
by Richard Macleish In the business of music, a songwriter composes the lyrics and or melody/music of a song. A producer may write and publish the mus...
This Month in the Security Council – May 2020
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This Month in the Security Council – May 2020
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May 29, 2020
(H.E. I Rhonda King delivering a statement at an event commemorating 75 Years from the End of the Second World War on European Soil) For the month of ...
The Coronavirus and the tourism season ahead
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The Coronavirus and the tourism season ahead
Planning for an uncertain future
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May 19, 2020
by Joel Providence Almost everything that we do today is guided by considerations for the possible impact of the Corona virus. The leaders of our coun...
Cedric Mills – The Man
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Cedric Mills – The Man
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May 15, 2020
by Kenneth ‘Vibrating Scakes’Alleyne A FRIEND, a buddy, a one time business partner and a lover of music who also owned the famous Ever Ready Funeral ...
Mills revolutionized the funeral home business
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Mills revolutionized the funeral home business
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May 15, 2020
About 60 years ago, with a dream, EC$8 in his pocket and a will to succeed, young Cedric Mills set out to start a business to sustain himself. That bu...
Vincentian nurses  celebrate International Nurses Day
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Vincentian nurses celebrate International Nurses Day
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May 15, 2020
By Sister Beverly Liverpool, Dean The Division of Nursing Education, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College joins with the rest of the world...
Nurses on the frontline
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Nurses on the frontline
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May 15, 2020
The SVG Retired Nurses Association salutes the nurses in St. Vincent & the Grenadines and around the world who are on the frontlines of the battle aga...
Mills revolutionised funeral home business
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Mills revolutionised funeral home business
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May 8, 2020
Cedric Mills, the entrepreneur who can be described as having revolutionized the funeral home business in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), died on...
Carnivals Worldwide: Victims of COVID-19
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Carnivals Worldwide: Victims of COVID-19
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May 8, 2020
Trinidad and Tobago can consider itself to be lucky in being able to stage its 2020 Carnival thereby relieving pent-up stresses and strains while earn...
Global health  security – A call for Taiwan’s inclusion
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Global health security – A call for Taiwan’s inclusion
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May 5, 2020
Dr. Chen Shih-chung Minister of Health and Welfare - Republic of China (Taiwan) The threat of emerging infectious diseases to global health and the ec...
This Month in the Security Council – April 2020
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This Month in the Security Council – April 2020
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April 30, 2020
For the month of April, 2020, the work of the Security Council was conducted remotely via the United Nations’ Video-Teleconferencing (VTC) system. Des...
We can all shine’ [like a diamond]
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We can all shine’ [like a diamond]
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April 24, 2020
The reverberating chorus, ‘shine bright like a diamond’ from Rihanna’s 2012 single, ‘Diamonds’, can easily be the common theme that runs through the r...
Managing your Online Classroom
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Managing your Online Classroom
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April 24, 2020
It is the year 2020, the year the sci-fi movies of the 80s predicted that life as we knew it would change - and here we are! As a Caribbean Educator, ...
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Jennifer
Jennifer
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April 24, 2020
by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall Robinson Of the girls in our age group, in the village, I found myself often at the home of Miss Emma, taken ...
Autism and Developmental Disabilities in the time of Covid-19
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Autism and Developmental Disabilities in the time of Covid-19
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April 21, 2020
St Vincent and the Grenadines has a wide cross-section of vulnerable populations that are now trying to grapple with the realities of Covid-19 and its...
The Monkey Band, Boozi Back  and the Bois Bois Man
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The Monkey Band, Boozi Back and the Bois Bois Man
From the series Almonds and Sunday Dresses
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April 17, 2020
by: Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall Robinson Carnival Monday was both a much looked forward to, and a much feared day. It was old Mas’, and stra...
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Five out of Ten  for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
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Five out of Ten for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
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June 27, 2025
In any school setting, a score of five out of ten would be considered below average but for the Sugar Mill Academy, who copped five out of the top ten...
Hard work pays off for Korey
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Hard work pays off for Korey
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June 27, 2025
(Korey Micah Lavia, Lowman’s Leeward Anglican School) While Kenroy has been away providing for his family as a seaman, his wife Venola, who works as a...
Adrina places first for girls overall in CPEA
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Adrina places first for girls overall in CPEA
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June 27, 2025
(Adrina Ledger, Sugar Mill Academy ) Aspiring lawyer with a green thumb, Adrina Ledger, has emerged as the top girl in the country. She told SEARCHLIG...
Make your weak subjects become strong and your strong subjects … Mason
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Make your weak subjects become strong and your strong subjects … Mason
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June 27, 2025
(Mason Rayshaud Williams, New Grounds Primary School) When Mason Rayshaud Williams, a student of the New Grounds Primary School, learnt about his resu...
Raffique scores  100  percent  in Science
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Raffique scores 100 percent in Science
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June 27, 2025
(Raffique Latchman, Sion Hill Government School ) Science and Mathematics lover, Raffique Latchman, can brag of being the only student in St Vincent a...

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