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LIAT receives fourth ATR-72 aircraft
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September 17, 2013
The fourth ATR-72 to be acquired by LIAT in its re-fleeting exercise arrived at the V.C. Bird International Airport in Antigua at 2:50 p.m Sunday.{{mo...
100 days to 100th celebration of Nine Mornings
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September 17, 2013
One of this country’s largest and most anticipated festivals will celebrate its 100th anniversary in December.{{more}} The countdown of 100 days to ...
SVG receives 25,000 banana plants from Israel
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September 17, 2013
The first batch of banana plants from Rohan Meristem Incorporated in Israel were received last week.{{more}} A release from the Ministry of Agricultur...
SVG told of horrible enslavement, genocide
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September 17, 2013
Vincentians were, on Sunday, given an up close and personal look at slavery in St Vincent and the Grenadines, when the case for reparations for the en...
All smiles for four  lucky Digicel customers
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September 13, 2013
Digicel gave four of its customers something to smile about last Friday, September 6, as all four walked away from Digicel’s flagship store, The Cel...
Some charges against police officers dismissed
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September 13, 2013
The trial of Police officers Sergeant Julius Morgan and Constable Orlando Collins came to a close on Monday, at the Serious Offences Court, after five...
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September 13, 2013
The issue of cultivating marijuana for the purpose of medical use is one that Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is prepared to take political blows fo...
Lawyer – Sandy wants apology from police
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September 13, 2013
Dwaine “Tall Man” Sandy says since his name and photograph appeared on a wanted poster published by the police, his life has taken a turn for the ...
Ex-husband – I did not kill Velorne!
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September 13, 2013
James Francis, ex-husband of the late Velorne Samuel, says he is innocent of any wrongdoing, and that he had nothing to do with the death of the mothe...
PM returns today after visit to Guyana
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September 10, 2013
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is expected to return to the State today, after a two-day visit to Guyana and to the CARICOM Secretariat in that nat...
Bunny Wailer to headline at conference opening
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September 10, 2013
Jamaican reggae legend Bunny Wailer is slated to headline the opening of the regional reparations conference, set to take place at the Victoria Park t...
Shipwreck causes oil spill off  Edinboro coast
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September 10, 2013
Students of the Dr J.P. Eustace Memorial Secondary School returned to their classrooms today, after having been sent home last Friday, because of noxi...
PM gets first-hand look at Belmont landslide
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September 10, 2013
Government officials are still weighing options for the construction of a new Belmont main road, but whichever option is chosen, they estimate that be...