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PM: Over $10m available to pay private sector
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November 19, 2010
Over $10 million has been made available to reduce the amount of money owed by the Government to the private sector here.{{more}} The disclosure was m...
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November 19, 2010
The process of enacting the Status of Children Bill of 2010 into law was further delayed at last Tuesday’s sitting of the House.{{more}} The Bill, w...
Basil to assist Early childhood Centres
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November 19, 2010
More than ten early childhood education centres are to benefit from the assistance of the Basil Charles Educational Foundation. The announcement was m...
Taiwan signs ICT pact  with SVG
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November 19, 2010
An agreement to strengthen co-operation in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was signed between the Governments of the Republ...
Union not associated with any Party – SVGTU
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November 19, 2010
The heads of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) have declared that the Union is not and will not be associated with any politic...
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November 16, 2010
One vital source of employment and remittance for Vincentians may soon diminish.{{more}} Last week, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ann...
NCB staff to form Toastmasters’ club
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November 16, 2010
The staff at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) is about to form a Toastmasters’ club.{{more}} To this end, a Toastmasters’ club demonstration mee...
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November 16, 2010
Family Programme Coordinator in the Ministry of Health, Sister Naomi Prince, is thanking the UNFPA, the United Nations Fund for Population Activities,...
NIS hosts Fun Day for Bequia senior citizens
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November 16, 2010
The guitar man, the feisty girl and the charmer were just some of the personalities that sprung to life as senior citizens of Bequia danced to the mus...
PM responds to critics
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November 16, 2010
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has responded to critics that have accused him of “begging” for monetary assistance in the wake of the passage ...
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November 16, 2010
Banker and agriculturalist Norville Abraham, is the first President of Vincyklus Inc. Abraham is being supported in his new position by Vice-President...
Daniel: Aid coming soon for farmers
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November 16, 2010
Officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries say that every effort is being made to have farmers back on their feet as soon as pos...
US relief arrives in St. Vincent
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November 16, 2010
On Saturday, November 13, a “Denton” shipment valued at approximately US$69,000 of donated humanitarian supplies, arrived in St. Vincent via a U.S...
Letten appeals for help for Joslyn
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November 16, 2010
As Errol Joslyn struggles to regain fitness at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH), his common-law wife, Odette Letten, is appealing to the publi...
Body found in Kingstown
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November 16, 2010
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force has ruled out foul play in the death of a man whose body was found in a drain last Friday aftern...
No irregularities, say candidates
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November 16, 2010
Two Unity Labour Party (ULP) candidates are refuting claims that there are irregularities in the manner in which relief supplies are being handed out ...
Gonsalves makes case for re-election
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November 16, 2010
Solid programmes and policies, backed by a mixture of experienced and young candidates, guided by a sound leader were advocated by Prime Minister Dr. ...
Browne’s rolls out  high quality products
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November 12, 2010
A high quality, locally manufactured product that is guaranteed to last, at an affordable price - that is the ‘Browne’s Manufacturing’ promise.{...
Courts donates to Hurricane relief efforts
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November 12, 2010
Furniture and Appliance store Courts on Monday, November 8, extended its support to victims of Hurricane Tomas by donating four cookers and three refr...
John donates to primary, secondary schools
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November 12, 2010
Junior John of Belle Vue (now pursuing his Phd in Computer Science in Atlanta, Georgia) has donated a quantity of school supplies and stationery to th...
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November 12, 2010
Editor of The News, Shelley Clarke, has written a letter of apology to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves in relation to “offending statements” pu...
Early Christmas for Digicel  customers
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November 12, 2010
Last Wednesday at the Aunt Jobe’s Supermarket in Stoney Ground, Naomi Prince, Roucha Caesar and Roslyn Decoteau (on behalf of her brother Bob Decote...
Ambassador Vidal of Cuba visits Searchlight
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November 12, 2010
His Excellency Pedro Antonio Rodriguez Vidal, Cuba’s new ambassador to St.Vincent and the Grenadines, paid a courtesy call to SEARCHLIGHT’s CEO an...