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Leacock reveals plans for Central Kingstown
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Leacock reveals plans for Central Kingstown
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October 1, 2010
Senator St.Clair Leacock of the New Democratic Party (NDP) has rolled out his plans for the Central Kingstown Constituency.{{more}} Leacock, who will ...
Watch your comments, warns Beache
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Watch your comments, warns Beache
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October 1, 2010
Minister of Tourism Glen Beache is sending out a warning to persons who talk negatively about St. Vincent and the Grenadines - especially to foreigner...
Baptiste defends Dr. Ambrose on CT Scan
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Baptiste defends Dr. Ambrose on CT Scan
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October 1, 2010
René Baptiste, parliamentary representative for West Kingstown, has come out in defence of the decision to place a government-funded piece of medical...
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More scholarships for SVG
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October 1, 2010
More scholarships will be coming St.Vincent and the Grenadines’ way soon. On Monday, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said that while he was at th...
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SVG gets more funds to fight Black Sigatoka
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September 28, 2010
This country is expected to receive a further EC$300,000 for the fight against the Black Sigatoka disease.{{more}} The additional funds will come from...
SVG commended by CSME Unit
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SVG commended by CSME Unit
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September 28, 2010
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been commended for conducting a series of meetings and workshops on various aspects of the Caribbean Single Market ...
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Man was asked to leave – TradeWinds Manager
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September 28, 2010
Carlton Ollivierre, the man who was injured at a beach party in Bequia on Sunday, September 19, had been advised to leave the beach after an initial a...
Cop called to the Bar
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Cop called to the Bar
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September 28, 2010
Friends and well-wishers poured out congratulations to police officer, Collin John, last week as he added another accolade to his name. The Station Se...
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US Consul to pay visit
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September 28, 2010
A Consular Officer from the U.S. Embassy in Barbados will visit Saint Vincent from October 4-5, 2010 to provide American Citizen Services, and to acce...
Digicel makes donation to Toastmasters Club
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Digicel makes donation to Toastmasters Club
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September 28, 2010
Telecommunications company, Digicel, showed once again that it is committed to community development when Marketing Executive Justin John handed over ...
Drug study of MCMH presented
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Drug study of MCMH presented
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September 28, 2010
A study has been carried out at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) to evaluate antimicrobial drug utilization to improve patient safety, preserv...
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Fire Chief defends his department
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September 28, 2010
The head of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Fire Department, Assistant Superintendent of Police, (ASP) Isaiah Browne, says that he is satisfie...
Vincentian to be honoured in UK
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Vincentian to be honoured in UK
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September 28, 2010
Outstanding Vincentian nursing educator, health administrator, researcher, organizational leader and community activist Dr. Kathleen Patricia Israel w...
Water quality project tackles four communities
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Water quality project tackles four communities
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September 28, 2010
Four communities here will each receive US$20,000 in a project aimed at protecting their watershed and coastal areas, with the ultimate objective of p...
28,000 laptops from Portugal for schools
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28,000 laptops from Portugal for schools
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September 28, 2010
Portugal will be donating over 28,000 Intel Classmate laptop computers to St.Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} Yesterday, Monday, September 27, Prim...
Primary schools get donation from ‘Foreign’
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Primary schools get donation from ‘Foreign’
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September 28, 2010
While most businesses complain of drop in sales, local businessman Quincy ‘Foreign’ Lewis still sees it fit to help out the nation’s youths.{{mo...
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Rotary delivers medical supplies to MCMH
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September 28, 2010
Officials at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) and members of the Rotary Club of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, are hoping that a recent donat...
Fife brings hope to Ottley Hall
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Fife brings hope to Ottley Hall
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September 28, 2010
Unity Labour Party (ULP) parliamentary hopeful for the West Kingstown constituency, Senator Michelle Fife, has made a plea for her potential constitue...
WIBDECO to preserve the quality of bananas
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WIBDECO to preserve the quality of bananas
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September 28, 2010
The possibility that a number of banana farmers may soon be out of work, is a reality that some may have to face, when a new structure is put in place...
Basia talk show to premier on SVGTV Saturday
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Basia talk show to premier on SVGTV Saturday
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September 28, 2010
Basia - the Caribbean’s number one talk show comes to SVGTV.{{more}} It began airing in Trinidad and Tobago just over a year ago and now it’s comi...
Eustace saddened by move to sell NCB
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Eustace saddened by move to sell NCB
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September 28, 2010
Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace is saddened by the move to privatize the National Commercial Bank (NCB) - an institution he calls one of St.Vincent a...
Dinky Balcombe takes off his running shoes
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Dinky Balcombe takes off his running shoes
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September 28, 2010
Cameron ‘Dinky’ Balcombe, who had been named as the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) candidate for the North Central Windward (NCW) constituency has...
In the bag
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In the bag
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September 24, 2010
Over 40 large bags of trash and debris were collected from the Stubbs Bay on Saturday 18, 2010, just one of the beaches cleaned as a part of the Ocean...
Keeping turtles safe
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Keeping turtles safe
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September 24, 2010
The Tobago Cays Marine Park has just taken part in an international training workshop convened by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network ...
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Cain: Aircraft search called off
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September 24, 2010
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard has officially called off the search for the SVG Air aircraft which went missing on August 5.{{more}} Co...
LIAT resumes Canouan flights
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LIAT resumes Canouan flights
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September 24, 2010
Regional airline LIAT announced the resumption of flights to and from Canouan on Wednesday, September 22.{{more}} The Company suspended services to th...
Courts tempting with Sweet Deals
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Courts tempting with Sweet Deals
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September 24, 2010
Customers of both Courts St. Vincent Ltd. and Digicel can look forward to sweet deals for the next seven weeks as both companies collaborate in the fi...
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Lawyer says she defended Primus
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September 24, 2010
Lawyer Kay Bacchus-Browne has clarified that she did not represent Chief Surveyor Adolphus Olliverre, first defendant in a high court case involving t...
Customers win with Digicel, Aunt Jobes
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Customers win with Digicel, Aunt Jobes
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September 24, 2010
The rules may have changed a bit and the venue was a different one, yet the game remained the same as Digicel held its third installment of the Digice...