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SVG negotiating EU visa waiver
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July 12, 2011
A visa waiver for Vincentian citizens travelling to the European Union (EU) may become a reality by September this year, should ongoing negotiations p...
Second criminal High Court opens in SVG
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July 12, 2011
The high volume of criminal cases currently being heard in this country’s High Court has prompted the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ...
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July 8, 2011
Since 2007, the Regional Integration and Diaspora Unit (RIDU) has being working assiduously to strengthen relations with the Diaspora.{{more}} A numbe...
Pope, Henry win $1,000 from Digicel
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July 8, 2011
Delano Pope and Ezekiel Henry topped up their Digicel phones with EC$15 credit and as a result earned themselves EC$1000 in cash, money both men say w...
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July 8, 2011
Disciplinary charges have been laid against the policeman, who, on June 24, 2011, was involved in a fracas at Heritage Square.{{more}} Commissioner of...
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July 8, 2011
As a result of operation on Wednesday June 29, 2011where 24 taped packages of cannabis, weighing 1,370 lbs were seized by the Police Drug Squad at Bro...
PM Gonsalves on vacation
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July 8, 2011
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has said that he will be taking some time off for the first time in many, many years.{{more}} His vacation was to ha...
Caribbean Civil Society honours Rose
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July 8, 2011
Veteran Vincentian social activist and journalist, Renwick Rose, has been honoured by his colleagues in the civil society movement in the Caribbean.{{...
Rose elected chair of CPDC
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July 8, 2011
Renwick Rose of the Windward Islands Farmers Association (WINFA) has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean (NGO) Policy Develo...
LIME making a big  difference to Vincy Mas
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July 8, 2011
Super Platinum sponsor for Vincy Mas LIME must take credit for its contribution in making the Vincy Mas 2011 “The Hottest Carnival in the Caribbeanâ...
RSPCA: Don’t carr your sheep on stage!
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July 8, 2011
Sheep have featured not only in the 2011 Carnival in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but also in Barbados, where calypsonian Shane “Stiffy” Atkins...
Queeley dominates Miss Carival 2k11
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July 8, 2011
She came, she saw, and Miss St Kitts and Nevis Iantavian Queeley most definitely conquered her competition at this year’s First Citizen’s Miss Car...
Animal destroys King Fabulous’ Cave
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July 8, 2011
After three years of being prevented from wearing the Soca Monarch crown, Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper snatched back the title he had won on six previo...
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July 8, 2011
The six pan sides scheduled to take part in the Steel and Glitter show, on Thursday, June 30, showed up at the Victoria Park only to pack up their stu...
3rd straight win for Sion Hill Euphonium
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July 8, 2011
“We come to get on” was their name of their song. And that’s exactly what the National Lotteries Authority Sion Hill Euphonium did on Sunday, Ju...
Fanatics sweep J’Ouvert awards
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July 8, 2011
For the umpteenth year, J’Ouvert Fanatics made an almost clean sweep of the awards at stake in 2011 J’Ouvert competition.{{more}} Their band, “W...
Former Ambassador – My votes were endorsed
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July 8, 2011
A former ambassador of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations has responded to statements made in a confidential United States embassy c...
Food City closes, new supermarket coming
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July 8, 2011
The supermarket Food City has been closed and will be replaced by Consolidated Foods Limited out of St Lucia.{{more}} Sir Louis Straker, Chairman of N...
Father of four dies in chopping incident
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July 8, 2011
The communities of Simon, Adelphi and Biabou are reeling in shock following what many in those areas consider the senseless killing of one of their ow...
Blondie Bird retains Band of the Year title
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July 8, 2011
Guinness/ Y. De. Lima / Hitz FM 103.7 Blondie Bird and Friends have experienced victory yet again, retaining their Band of the Year title for Mardi Gr...
PM: Let her keep her zero
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July 8, 2011
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has stated that a telephone call he made to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education was not in an effo...
New calypso king a popular choice
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July 8, 2011
He has now etched his name amongst this country’s elite in the Calypso business.{{more}} Maxwell ‘Tajoe’ Francis, with an astounding performance...
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July 1, 2011
As Vincentians get ready for the most anticipated weekend of Vincy Mas, a new concept has been added to the weekend of festivities.{{more}} The newly ...
New dynamic leaders head  Toastmasters Club
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July 1, 2011
The world of Toastmasters welcomed a group of Dynamic Leaders with open arms last weekend, with the charter and induction ceremony of the nation’s f...
‘Recka’ is LIME Ragga/Soca Champion
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July 1, 2011
Recardo “Recka” Wilson is the LIME Ragga/Soca champion. Last Friday, June 24, Recka, with his song for this year “If Ah Rude Ah Rude”, found t...