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National building code implemented in SVG
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October 4, 2011
On Saturday, October 1, 2011, St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the first of the OECS countries to formally implement the national building code a...
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October 4, 2011
Prime Minister and Political Leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has revealed that the eradication of the marijuana plant was n...
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October 4, 2011
by Trudy Arthur Tue, Oct 4. 2011 Members of the Vincentian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, VSPCA, were invited to the Rotary Club me...
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October 4, 2011
Telecommunications provider LIME has launched EDGE (Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution), as the company continues its preparation to launch 4G soon.{{mor...
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October 4, 2011
No one has been arrested in connection with the killing and apparent rape of an elderly widow, Marion John of Fitz Hughes.{{more}} On Sunday, Septembe...
8-year-old badly beaten by relative
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October 4, 2011
Aull Browne is appealing to a relative of his to leave his family alone.{{more}} Last Friday, Browne told Searchlight that the relative of his is resp...
Dr. Francis Alexis: AG’s vote not invalid
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October 4, 2011
The opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) intends to seek a ruling of the Court in relation to the legality of Attorney General Judith Jones-Morgan ha...
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September 30, 2011
Karibcable, the only telecommunication provider of cable television, fibre optic Internet and fixed line phone service in St. Vincent and the Grenadin...
City and Guilds to reopen in SVG
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September 30, 2011
Following two decades absence from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, City and Guilds, a UK based vocational organisation is making efforts to reopen its...
Police get equipment
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September 30, 2011
Investigating crime on the world wide web is now less complicated, following a donation of high tech equipment to the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadi...
4 JEMS off to Indonesia with chaperones
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September 30, 2011
Four youth and two adult chaperones are representing JEMS Progressive Community Organization at the 2011 TUNZA International Children and Youth Confer...
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September 30, 2011
A number of persons, including young children, were left smiling last Saturday as the Aeropost and Digicel road made its second stop in the community ...
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September 30, 2011
As of October 1, 2011, the Fixed to Mobile rate for LIME customers will be reduced from 49 cents per min to 40 cents per min (VAT exclusive), in keepi...
Paul Keens Douglas hosted by Rotary Club
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September 30, 2011
This past weekend saw patrons in St. Vincent benefitting from the humour and motivational speaking of Comedian Paul Keens Douglas during a series of e...
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September 30, 2011
Stakeholders in the banana industry are optimistic that the arrival of 5,000 gallons of Spraytex will be a ray of hope for the battered banana industr...
Rene Baptiste heads Girl Guides Association
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September 30, 2011
Rene Baptiste has been elected President of the Girl Guides Association of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} Baptiste, a former Minister of Gove...
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September 30, 2011
Agriculture Minister Montgomery Daniel has been called on to step down from that post because of a conflict of interest.{{more}} The call was made by ...
Dr Nicholls elected to fellowship of RCOG
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September 30, 2011
Dr. Camille Nicholls has been elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).{{more}} Her election took place i...
Woman claims she is getting death threats
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September 30, 2011
A 67-year-old female of Green Hill is living in fear following death threats from her neighbour.{{more}} Roberta Samuel, commonly known as ‘Tiny’,...