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$4 million deficit up to end of September
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November 11, 2014
While the country has recorded a deficit for the period up to the end of September, it is significantly less in comparison to the same period last yea...
Removal of death penalty has emboldened people to kill – PM
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Removal of death penalty has emboldened people to kill – PM
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November 11, 2014
High-level officials are taking necessary steps to address the spate of killings that have been taking place in this country. Over the weekend, St Vin...
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Burglars make off with over $20,000 in students’ CXC fees
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November 11, 2014
Burglars are said to have made off last week with over $20,000 from the Dr JP Eustace Memorial Secondary School.{{more}} According to a usually reliab...
Live, love and embrace nature
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Live, love and embrace nature
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November 11, 2014
Tue Nov 11, 2014 National Parks Authority is undertaking site improvement works to ensure tourist sites are better than ever for the upcoming tourist ...
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Buccament Bay Resort denies allegations of dumping human waste at sea
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November 11, 2014
An official for the Buccament Bay Resort has refuted allegations that the resort is involved in dumping human waste at sea. The allegations, made by a...
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Rotary Village Doctor Programme this Sunday in South Rivers
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November 7, 2014
The Rotary Club of St Vincent will be in South Rivers this Sunday, November 9, with their Rotary Village Doctor Programme. The doctors will be station...
Student nurses stage evacuation drill
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Student nurses stage evacuation drill
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November 7, 2014
Fri, Nov 7, 2014 Thursday, October 30, 2014 was a good day for Third Year student nurses, as they almost flawlessly conducted an orderly evacuation fr...
Botanic Gardens gift shop reopens
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Botanic Gardens gift shop reopens
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November 7, 2014
Three retirees have breathed new life into the St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens gift shop. The gift shop, which officially closed earlier...
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SVG celebrating November as Tourism Month
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November 7, 2014
The Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture has announced that November is being celebrated as Tourism Month, with a host of activities and events tak...
Fountain woman is grand prize winner in Courts Serta Mattress promotion
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Fountain woman is grand prize winner in Courts Serta Mattress promotion
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November 7, 2014
For Fay Ferguson, sleeping on a Serta Mattress from Courts St Vincent Limited never felt so good.{{more}} The Fountain resident was the grand prize-wi...
Courts surprises lucky customer with $8,000 cash prize
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Courts surprises lucky customer with $8,000 cash prize
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November 7, 2014
Kescia Robinson was so used to filling out promotional forms at Courts St Vincent Limited, that she thought that when she wrote her name on the last a...
Gonsalves working on improving his health, calls out local comedians
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Gonsalves working on improving his health, calls out local comedians
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November 7, 2014
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is hoping that his recent weight loss would “subtract” from the arsenal of mirth that local comedians have for u...
20 recruits being trained to operate new aircraft rescue, fire-fighting vehicles – PM
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20 recruits being trained to operate new aircraft rescue, fire-fighting vehicles – PM
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November 7, 2014
Twenty new recruits are being trained to operate the new aircraft rescue and fire-fighting vehicles which have been bought for the Argyle Internationa...
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Peace Memorial Hall gets UGLY this weekend
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November 7, 2014
Peace Memorial Hall is the springboard for theatrical productions in the annual Ministry of Culture and Bank of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Natio...
Vincentian professor selected to receive 2014 Excellence in Science and Technology Award
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Vincentian professor selected to receive 2014 Excellence in Science and Technology Award
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November 7, 2014
He is a 2014 Professor Laureate at Colorado State University. The Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) will honour Robert B France, Ph.D. as a notable...
Joe called to the Bar
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Joe called to the Bar
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November 7, 2014
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, Lloyd D Joe of Bonhomme Village was called to the Bar here in St Vincent and the Grenadines. He was presented to the B...
SVGHTA elects new board
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SVGHTA elects new board
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November 7, 2014
At its 2014 Biennial General Meeting which took place on Tuesday, November 4, at the Sunset Shores Hotel, the SVG Hotel and Tourism Association electe...
Digicel, SCORCH share information on cancer with general public
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Digicel, SCORCH share information on cancer with general public
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November 7, 2014
Last month was Cancer Awareness Month and saw, as usual, telecommunications company Digicel doing its part in the fight against the disease that affec...
Grieving family urges public to leave dead man’s past behind him
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Grieving family urges public to leave dead man’s past behind him
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November 7, 2014
Family members of Paul Spence, who was found dead in his Barrouallie home last Saturday, are asking the public to leave his past behind. In November 2...
Aircraft rescue and fire fighting vehicles placed in care of RSVGPF
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Aircraft rescue and fire fighting vehicles placed in care of RSVGPF
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November 7, 2014
The Argyle international airport has received its first set of operational equipment, with the official handover of three fire trucks this week.{{more...
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Scotiabank to close several branches in the Caribbean
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November 7, 2014
OTTAWA, Canada (CMC) – Canada’s Scotiabank has announced plans to shut or shrink 120 branches, largely in Mexico and the Caribbean, in a bid to sa...
Collapse of house largely due to ‘insufficient consideration’ of soils and geology – expert
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Collapse of house largely due to ‘insufficient consideration’ of soils and geology – expert
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November 7, 2014
Following the collapse of a house at the Clare Valley housing development about six weeks ago, a local geologist has indicated that the cause seems to...
Vincentians, Brazilians will be able to travel to respective countries without visas
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Vincentians, Brazilians will be able to travel to respective countries without visas
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November 7, 2014
With the recent reciprocal waiver of visas for nationals of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Brazil, officials are highlighting the opportunities to ...
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Cable & Wireless buys Columbus International
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November 7, 2014
LONDON (AFP) - British telecoms firm Cable & Wireless Communications, parent company of LIME, on Thursday agreed to buy Barbados-based peer Columbus I...
PM hints at early election
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PM hints at early election
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November 7, 2014
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has indicated that he may consider calling general elections sooner than expected. The Prime Minister, who on a numb...
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Payments to be made today to successful students in the 2014 external exams
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November 7, 2014
Students who were successful at the 2014 external examinations will from today receive an award of EC$500 each from the Ministry of Education.{{more}}...
PSU awards scholarships
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PSU awards scholarships
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October 31, 2014
Five students, who are children of members of the Public Service Union (PSU), have been awarded scholarships by the PSU, which will run for a five-yea...
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NTRC consultation on regulating rates of LIME’s services begins
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October 31, 2014
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) has commenced a public consultation on a proposed new Price Cap Plan to regulate certain ...
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Officials declare annual Layou Coconut Festival a success
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October 31, 2014
The Annual Layou Coconut Festival took place last Saturday October 25, 2014, under the theme “Revive Coconut, Restore Health”.{{more}} The event, ...
Reesa wins WE FM Civics Competition
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Reesa wins WE FM Civics Competition
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October 31, 2014
Reesa Douglas, a student of the St Mary’s RC School, is the winner of the WE FM 2014 inaugural Civics Competition. Reesa outdid two other finalists ...
LIME Customer Appreciation Week – huge success
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LIME Customer Appreciation Week – huge success
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October 31, 2014
Senior Marketing and Corporate Communications Executive of LIME, Nikala Williams, says that the recently concluded Customer Service Week was a huge su...
Coreas donates to Guadalupe Home for girls
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Coreas donates to Guadalupe Home for girls
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October 31, 2014
Coreas Hazells Inc has made a donation of $2,000 to the Guadalupe Home for girls. The cheque was handed over on Friday, October 17 to Salene Dopwell, ...
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35 years of bilateral relations between SVG and Republic of Korea
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October 31, 2014
On Tuesday October 28, 2014, one day after this nation celebrated its 35th anniversary of independence from Great Britain, St Vincent and the Grenadin...
Vincentians in  St Kitts-Nevis  celebrate SVG’s  35th anniversary of Independence
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Vincentians in St Kitts-Nevis celebrate SVG’s 35th anniversary of Independence
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October 31, 2014
The Vincentian community in St Kitts and Nevis came together over the weekend to celebrate their country’s 35th anniversary of Independence with a c...
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Vincentians to get duty-free concessions on barrels, boxes from November 17
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October 31, 2014
Duty free concessions on barrels and boxes entering St Vincent and the Grenadines during the Christmas season will begin on November 17.{{more}} This ...
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PM’s plans go into 2015
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October 31, 2014
A number of initiatives started in 2014 are going to be continued in the upcoming year, with more to be introduced by the Ralph Gonsalves led administ...
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2015 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation now open
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October 31, 2014
The United States Embassy to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS has announced the opening of the 2015 Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Prese...
Invest SVG, SVGCIC attend VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum
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Invest SVG, SVGCIC attend VIII Americas Competitiveness Forum
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October 31, 2014
Executive Director of Invest SVG Bernadette Ambrose-Black says that her organization is a firm believer that in order to turn a creative idea into an ...
Pear drink that killed Vincentian soldier contained cocaine concentration at least 20 times lethal level – Inquest
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Pear drink that killed Vincentian soldier contained cocaine concentration at least 20 times lethal level – Inquest
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October 31, 2014
Fri, Oct 31, 2014 The pear drink which killed Vincentian Joromie Lewis contained cocaine in a concentration at least 20 times the lethal level, an inq...
Health Minister reports to Parliament on chikungunya
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Health Minister reports to Parliament on chikungunya
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October 31, 2014
As at the end of August 2014, 920 cases of the chikungunya virus had been reported in St Vincent and the Grenadines. This was revealed by Minister of ...
Vincentians can now travel visa free to Brazil – Foreign Minister
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Vincentians can now travel visa free to Brazil – Foreign Minister
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October 31, 2014
Any Vincentian planning to travel to Brazil in the near future may do so without having to acquire a visa first. Last Friday, while speaking in the Ho...
Opposition boycott of House perverse, says Senator
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Opposition boycott of House perverse, says Senator
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October 31, 2014
None of the opposition members of Parliament showed up when the House of Assembly met last Friday, because of “certain negative developments in our ...
PM to launch ‘Ask the Prime Minister’ radio programme
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PM to launch ‘Ask the Prime Minister’ radio programme
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October 31, 2014
Citizens of St Vincent and the Grenadines will have the opportunity to have their issues addressed directly by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, once...
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OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
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OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
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August 14, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Development Cooperation Fund (DCF), has approved a US$125,000 project for the Centre for Enterp...
Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
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Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
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August 14, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) and Cable & Wireless St Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (Flow) officially signed a contra...
History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
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History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
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August 14, 2025
A document of our story, written by our own Vincentians, is how Minister of Culture, Carlos James, has described Volume One of the History of Saint Vi...
Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
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Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
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August 14, 2025
The exhibition and hand over ceremony for a bucket truck that marked the end-of-phase for the Enhancing Public Safety with Intelligent Video Analytics...
Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
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Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
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August 14, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF) said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal 603 Selman Bailey, who died on Satu...

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