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Ministry seeks better relations with public
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April 5, 2011
Clayton Burgin, Minister of Housing, Informal Human Settlements, Physical Planning, Lands and Surveys, is continuing his efforts to create the conditi...
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April 5, 2011
The entrance of the Grenadines wharf has greatly improved with the reconstruction of a modern bathroom facility on the compound of the St. Vincent Dis...
Hard work brings success
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April 5, 2011
05.APR.11 by Philcol Jeffers Community and Public Outreach Officer, Youth Affairs Department Activities to mark International Year of the Youth (IYY) ...
SVG grabs two more tourism awards
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April 5, 2011
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has chalked up two more international tourism awards, and may be set for more in the near future.{{more}} Chief Executi...
SVG gets eleven new Peace Corps volunteers
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April 5, 2011
Yesterday, eleven new Peace Corps volunteers were sworn in to serve in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, during a swearing in ceremony at the Frenches H...
Vincentian gets 20 years in jail
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April 5, 2011
05.APR.11 Vincentian national Keon Edwards will spend the next 20 years of his life in prison.{{more}} Edwards, who has been living in the British Vir...
Mother charged with murder of her child
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April 5, 2011
Susan Garraway, a domestic of Fairbaine Pasture, was remanded in custody yesterday, on a charge of murder, which stems from the death of her daughter ...
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April 1, 2011
The Graduates Calypso Tent will be holding a General meeting at the Victoria Park on Saturday, April 2, 2011, at 3:00 pm, to finalise plans for its 20...
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April 1, 2011
Water is a fundamental resource that supports all life on the planet. Though two thirds (2/3) of the earth’s surface is covered by water, only 25 pe...
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April 1, 2011
Tomorrow, Saturday, April 2nd, a number of the nation’s young cricketers will begin training as part of the West Indies Cricket Board Youth Developm...
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April 1, 2011
The Housing and Lands Department Corporation (HLDC) is the recipient of $15,000, courtesy the Governor-General of St Vincent and the Grenadines Sir Fr...
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April 1, 2011
LIME “Christmas Pon De Remix” music video was a big winner for the 2011 Caribbean Advertising Federation ADDY Awards taking the Best of Online pri...
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April 1, 2011
Stakeholders in the tourism industry are being invited to upgrade and improve their skills, through free training to be offered by the St. Vincent and...
‘Observer’ wins calypso competition
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April 1, 2011
Thaddeus “Observer” Duncan winner of the Project Promotions Ltd. Senior Calypso Competition, collected his $5,000 for securing the first place in ...
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April 1, 2011
01.APR.11 The British High Commission is reminding all potential post-graduate students that British Chevening scholarships will be awarded for the ac...
Ivan O’Neal writes G-G for PAC chair
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April 1, 2011
Your Excellency, Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Section 76 of our 1979 constitution mandates there shall be a Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The duties o...
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April 1, 2011
Word coming from the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) is that all systems are ready to go for this year’s edition of Vincy Carnival.{{more}} D...
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April 1, 2011
Residents of the Arnos Vale Community known as Pole Yard will soon have some relief to their long-standing water woes. The village, which is an inform...
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April 1, 2011
A 70 year-old physically challenged man had a narrow escape after a fire completely destroyed a one-storey, three-bedroom house at Brighton on March 2...
1,014 cases of child abuse reported in 2010
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April 1, 2011
One thousand and fourteen cases of child abuse were reported to the Family Services Division in 2010.{{more}} The number of reported cases of child ab...
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April 1, 2011
Police investigations are continuing into a robbery at Paul’s Avenue on Tuesday, March 29.{{more}} Investigators say an office attendant of the SVG ...
NBC celebrates 25 years
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April 1, 2011
The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) celebrates 25 years of being a statutory body on July 1 this year.{{more}} On July 1, 1986, a Bill was pas...
Beache defends marketing decisions
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April 1, 2011
Glen Beache, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the St Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA), has responded to queries as to why this co...
Stephenson: Pay up your child support!
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April 1, 2011
Frederick Stephenson, Minister of Family Affairs, is calling on the Family Court to use all legal means to ensure that delinquent fathers pay their ch...
Deputy Prime Minister: No devil in vaccines
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April 1, 2011
The devil is not in vaccines given to children here. This is the message that is being driven home to parents, says Girlyn Miguel, Deputy Prime Minist...
Vincentian woman dies in Barbados accident
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April 1, 2011
A distraught Alice Jordon, mother of Mavis Ward who died on the spot after being hit by a car along the Kirtons Main Road in Barbados in the early hou...
PSU Executive, members heading for clash
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April 1, 2011
The Executive of the Public Service Union (PSU) and its membership are heading for a showdown.{{more}} In a letter dated March 21, some financial memb...