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SDA Church gives blankets to NEMO
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November 5, 2010
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has donated 200 blankets to the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) for the use of those individuals wh...
Digicel donates to Sandy Bay residents
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November 5, 2010
Vincentians are slowly but surely getting their lives back together after the passage of Hurricane Tomas, and Digicel is making sure that they play a ...
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November 5, 2010
In the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas, which has caused tragic deaths, damaged homes, schools, and businesses, displaced Vincentian families, and severe...
Head Start  Pre-school hosts Food Exhibition
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November 5, 2010
Students at the Head Start Pre School at Villa demonstrated their patriotism last week by wearing the national colours of green, yellow and blue.{{mor...
Walker, Webb top of Music awardees
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November 5, 2010
Chezaul Walker and Tillal Webb have received special recognition by the local music association for their performances in recent examinations administ...
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November 5, 2010
The Kingstown Co-operative Credit Union Limited (KCCU) is preparing to stage the 2010 edition of its annual Primary School Quiz, which will bring toge...
Big helping hand for Helping Hands Centre
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November 5, 2010
Helping Hands Centre in Montrose, Kingstown, recently received a generous donation of equipment from the Alma Jean Henry Charitable Trust based in the...
Parents told: Get on board!
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November 5, 2010
Parents of the Calliaqua Anglican School are being urged to get on board and involved in the spiritual, moral and educational development of their chi...
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November 5, 2010
The finals of the Leo Club of St. Vincent annual primary schools’ Literacy Competition will take place tomorrow, Saturday, November 6.{{more}} The c...
Vincentians in Taiwan celebrate Independence
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November 5, 2010
by Kenton X. Chance 05.NOV.10 Students and other citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in Taiwan celebrated their nation’s anniversary of...
VINLEC  gets power back to 90%
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November 5, 2010
As of Wednesday, November 3, power was restored to 90 per cent of customers of St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) after the electricity...
Sinson – Employees need somewhere to relax
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November 5, 2010
A Vincentian manager employed with the Canouan Resorts Development (CRD) Ltd. has sought to clear the air about a sign that is posted in Canouan at th...
Passing out parade
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November 5, 2010
A senior member of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross Society says that persons participating in parades should be prepared for the activity...
Man falls from roof during hurricane
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November 5, 2010
As Errol Joslyn continues to nurse his injuries at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH), his relatives are seeking assistance to enable him to rec...
Police: ‘No one can exclude us’
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November 5, 2010
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force has jurisdiction everywhere in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, including the Canouan resort.{{mo...
Hurricane Tomas’s pathway of destruction
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November 2, 2010
Hurricane Tomas, which hovered for over eight hours over St. Vincent and the Grenadines, unleashing fury and destruction, began life last week as Inve...
Steele: “LIME services remained up”
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November 2, 2010
Apart from interruptions suffered due to commercial power outages, telecommunications provider LIME said that their services remained up during Hurric...
“Our network was sturdy” says Polius
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November 2, 2010
Sonia Polius, Country Manager of mobile network service provider Digicel, says that her company had weathered the storm, by remaining available during...
“I only save an orange tree” says farmer
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November 2, 2010
The banana industry was dealt a further devastating blow with the passing of Hurricane Tomas, leaving some banana farmers to ponder on the sector’s ...
Billingy: I lost everything
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November 2, 2010
The stinging effect of Hurricane Tomas is still being felt by many Vincentians across the nation.{{more}} One such person is Nester Billingy. Billingy...
Billingy ponders her next move
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November 2, 2010
Business owner, Nina Billingy is now pondering her next move after the passage of Hurricane Tomas left her business in ruins.{{more}} Billingy, who ha...
Roof Shifted
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November 2, 2010
Although they did not lose the roof of their house, Audrey Miller and Eustace Francois were still moved by the might of Hurricane Tomas.{{more}} The c...
1,194 housed in emergency shelters
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November 2, 2010
While life may be slowly returning to normal for some, it may be some time yet before the residents on the northern tip of the island may be able to d...
Jessop counts her blessings after Tomas
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November 2, 2010
As Vincentians continue to count their blessings and assess the damage done following the passage of Hurricane Tomas, a mother of two is more than gra...
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November 2, 2010
All primary and secondary schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are expected to remain closed for the remainder of the week.{{more}} A release fro...
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November 2, 2010
St. Vincent and the Grenadines will receive a payout of US$1.1 million from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) as a result of d...
NEMO, BRAGSA officials had hands full
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November 2, 2010
The headquarters of the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) was a hive of activity over the past four days.{{more}} Key officials of var...
PM Gonsalves defends NEMO
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November 2, 2010
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has defended the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) against claims that they did not give the public enough ti...
Edwards’ home  totally destroyed
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November 2, 2010
Margaret Edwards was in her house braving Hurricane Thomas when her house started collapsing around her.{{more}} “The first thing off was the door,â...
Burgess moving on after Tomas
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November 2, 2010
Fitzroy Burgess is just one of the hundreds of Vincentians whose houses were damaged during the passage of Hurricane Tomas last weekend.{{more}} When ...
Cuffy grateful to be alive
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November 2, 2010
Nanette Cuffy is thanking God that although she was left homeless in the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas, she still has life.{{more}} Cuffy, like many ot...
Wind runs ship aground
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November 2, 2010
The six seamen onboard the MV Stingray got the ride of their life of Saturday night, during the passage of Hurricane Tomas.{{more}} At about 6:00 p.m....