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Lucky winner gets $500  in groceries
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August 31, 2010
Groceries Galore Monthly Food Carry-Away for August, 2010, was presented to Susan James of Campden Park. James received the winning voucher for $500 w...
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August 31, 2010
The Tobago Cays Marine Park (TCMP) Summer Programme has been a hit with students.{{more}} The programme hosted from August 16-20 for students of Union...
Meet the new head of the SVG Salvation Army
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August 31, 2010
Expect more than food and clothing from Major Pierre Antoine. The new head of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Salvation Army said that he wants to ...
Rotary provides books for women’s prison
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August 31, 2010
The book capacity of the women’s prison library increased by approximately 240, with a donation of books from the Rotary Club of St. Vincent and the...
Community watch at Sharpes alive and well
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August 31, 2010
Commissioner of Police Keith Miller has expressed that he is not disillusioned by the shooting deaths that took place during the first year of the est...
Advice from an inmate
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August 31, 2010
Grantley Bramble knows a thing or two about prison and he is warning persons, young men especially, to stay away. “Are you going to leave your freed...
WIN FA launches Value Chain Cluster programme
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August 31, 2010
Farmers and agro-processors in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are among those expected to benefit from a project being implemented by the Windward Isl...
State to compensate Kingsley John’s family
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August 31, 2010
The government will compensate the family of Constable Kingsley John, 27, the Special Services Unit (SSU) officer killed inside the Biabou Police Stat...
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August 31, 2010
The “feud” between the Special Services Unit (SSU) and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Police Force is a “figment of Senator ...
ULP rally turns Park Hill red
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August 31, 2010
The fire burning under the political stew in the run up to general elections was turned up a notch at the Unity Labour Party’s rally in Park Hill, l...
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August 31, 2010
Yesterday, Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves was expected to send a letter to fellow heads of state in the region with the aim of highlighting what he...
Rally for Peace
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August 31, 2010
In celebration of their first anniversary, the Concerned Residents of Redemption Sharpes and its Environs (CRRSE) in conjunction with the Royal St Vin...
Aunt Jobe’s coming bigger and better
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August 31, 2010
Expect more than a supermarket when the new Aunt Jobe’s opens its doors in a few weeks’ time.{{more}} So says Manager Luke Boyea, who indicated th...
South Rivers man dies in brutal chopping
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August 31, 2010
The residents of South Rivers are trying to come to grips with the chopping death of Ian Williams, a 54-year-old farmer of that community.{{more}} Ian...
Starlift joins Methodist Sunday worship
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August 27, 2010
Worshippers at the Arnos Vale Methodist Church on Sunday, 22 August, 2010, claim that they had a fellowship experience that will remain with them for ...
Action group gives house a facelift
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August 27, 2010
CAGs (Community Action Groups) took to the community of Belmont on Thursday, August 19, 2010, to beautify the home of Mae John. CAGs had constructed t...
Digicel/Scotia giving back
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August 27, 2010
South Rivers resident Patrick Arrington has benefitted from the corporate combination of Digicel and the local branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scot...
Army’s new Head calls for churches to unite
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August 27, 2010
The newly appointed head of the Salvation Army in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has called for unity among the churches in the nation.{{more}} Major ...
St. Vincent gets two Taiwanese voluteers
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August 27, 2010
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sir Louis Straker, met with the two new Taiwanese volunteers earlier this week. The volunteers were accompanied by the Ch...
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August 27, 2010
Nominations are being invited from the general public for businesses they believe to be top in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} These favored c...
‘A Future for Me in the  Fishing Industry’
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August 27, 2010
Sixty-five students, aged 13 - 18, from 24 secondary schools and 35 communities have graduated from the Fisheries Summer Programme.{{more}} The closin...
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August 27, 2010
A host of Vincentian entertainers will be on show this Labour Day weekend in New York.{{more}} Vincy Soca Extravaganza, which takes place on Saturday,...
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August 27, 2010
Some members of the local teachers’ union are wondering if the political ambitions of their president, Elvis Charles, accounted for “the dormancyâ...
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August 27, 2010
The Mathematics Lecturers at the A’Level division of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College are of the view that percentages alone as ...
Vincentian attends Global Scholars Conference
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August 27, 2010
Kimberley Cambridge was elated when she was chosen to attend the first ever Global Scholars and Leaders Conference in Singapore.{{more}} Chosen from o...
Union Island Secondary improves pass rate
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August 27, 2010
The Union Island Secondary School is in the league of several local schools that have recorded a significant increase in their pass rates at the CXC C...
A milestone for the MVAA
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August 27, 2010
The Mountain View Academic Academy (MVAA) achieved a milestone in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) this year, when Suenette Scott ...
100 per cent passes in nine subjects for SJCM
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August 27, 2010
The St. Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua is among the schools here whose students have returned outstanding performances in the 2010 Caribbean Secondary E...
IPD students pleased with their performance
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August 27, 2010
The students of the Institute of Professional Development are pleased. Despite their personal obstacles and challenges, the four young women who wrote...
Grammar School to query CSEC results
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August 27, 2010
The St. Vincent Grammar School is trying to find out from the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) if all of the 15 students who wrote the Home Economi...
SJCK CSEC pass rate  continues to increase
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August 27, 2010
Deputy Principal of the St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown has expressed her pleasure in the performance of the latest batch of students completing the ...
GHS achieves 95% passes in  CSEC
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August 27, 2010
The Girls’ High School has maintained its record of returning the country’s most outstanding performance in the Caribbean Secondary Education Cert...