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Progressive Friends of SVG makes donations
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August 11, 2017
The Mental Health Rehabilitation Centre and the Lewis Punnett Home have each received donations of $1,292. The donations came from the Progressive Fri...
Edwards appointed chair of BOSVG
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August 11, 2017
Maurice Edwards, former director general of finance, has been appointed the new chair of the Bank of St Vincent and the Grenadines (BOSVG). During las...
Invasion of cattle big worry in Cane Garden
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August 11, 2017
Cane Garden residents are no longer willing to tolerate the invasion of their property by livestock left to run free in the neighbourhood. In recent t...
Allen to be laid to rest tomorrow
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August 11, 2017
Social activist Oscar Allen will be laid to rest tomorrow after a celebration of his life and times, tonight. A release from Allen’s family said thi...
Eight more students benefit from NKSF
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August 8, 2017
Since 2015, the Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation (NKSF), through fund-raising and generous donations, has been helping to ease the financial burden...
Students awarded scholarships  by FLOW
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August 8, 2017
FLOW continues to fulfil its corporate social responsibility. And, as a result, on Wednesday, August 2, representatives of FLOW, aided by a Ministry o...
Nothing is wrong with detours – Allen
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August 8, 2017
We have all asked ourselves if what we are doing is what we are destined to, either because we’re not happy, or because we are yearning for somethin...
Emancipation Day rally turns into tribute
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August 4, 2017
What was planned as an Emancipation Day rally to mark the end of slavery in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) turned into a night of rememberance fo...
CFPWA did not follow  correct procedure – PM
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August 4, 2017
In addition to issuing a factually inaccurate statement, the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations (CFPWA) did not follow correct proced...
13 trained to monitor, collect fisheries data
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August 4, 2017
Thirteen Vincentians have been trained as observers for the collection and completion of reliable fisheries data. During the closing ceremony of the t...
From Buccament Bay to Buckingham Palace
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August 4, 2017
Buccament Bay resident Moriba O’Garro has accepted a permanent position at Buckingham Palace in England, after serving in the hospitalities departme...
Two of three MCMH  anaesthesiologists ill
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August 4, 2017
Government seeking to fill temporary vacancies The Government is taking a four-pronged approach to finding anaesthesiologists to temporarily fill vaca...
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July 28, 2017
Effective July 12, Vincentians travelling to Taiwan for up to 30 days will not be required to obtain a visa. “Under the principle of reciprocity and...