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Journalists suffer in heat
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July 27, 2010
Media workers at Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves’ press conference last Tuesday had to contend with a hot Cabinet Room because of air conditionin...
I did not refuse to go to court! – PM
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July 27, 2010
by Kenton X Chance Tue, Jul 27, 2010 There is a disparity between his non-appearance in court to answer the rape allegation that had been brought agai...
Chief: Resurgence of Cocoa as a commodity
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July 27, 2010
Cocoa could be the next cash crop for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) as the country seeks to diversify its agricultural sector in the face of a ...
Gunmen hold up Banfield Shell Service Station
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July 27, 2010
It’s far from business as usual for employees of the Banfield’s Shell Service Station on Grenville Street, Kingstown this week, after a brazen hol...
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July 27, 2010
The Ministry of Agriculture has identified a need to be able to trace locally produced crops back to the farms from which they were harvested.{{more}}...
Young females retreat for purity
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July 27, 2010
The women of the Diamond Evangelical Church women’s ministry believe that sexual and spiritual purity are necessary to become women of virtue and wi...
Police Summer Camp grooming young musicians
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July 27, 2010
When the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Summer programme concludes, 50 children {{more}} between the ages of 9-15 will be better musicians...
Teaching is fun for Peace Corps Volunteer
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July 27, 2010
The jovial personalities of the many students that she engages with keeps Ericha Sappington motivated.{{more}} The Peace Corps Volunteer has no childr...
Camille Wyllie moving up
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July 23, 2010
On June 10, Camille Wyllie graduated John Abbott College with an average of 88 in Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention.{{more}} Because of her im...
Digicel rewards more customers
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July 23, 2010
Over 500 persons have each collected EC$1000 through Digicel’s Loyalty programme, bringing the amount of money given away to customers so far to ove...
Taiwanese Youth Ambassadors visit Bequia
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July 23, 2010
The Taiwan Youth Ambassadors presently on a visit to this country spent Sunday, July 18, in Bequia appreciating the beauty of the island and learning ...
Browne, Gonsalves journey to Libya
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July 23, 2010
National scholar Luke Browne, the Unity Labour Party’s East Kingstown candidate in the next general elections, will join Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Go...
‘I am strong and I am not  giving up!’
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July 23, 2010
Following a recent appeal for financial assistance to help treat a disease that has affected both his kidneys, Trevor Figueira has received donations ...
Woman loses all to early morning blaze
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July 23, 2010
Sharon Robertson, a mother of three, is devastated following the destruction of her home by an early morning fire.{{more}} All of Robertson’s posses...
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July 23, 2010
The local economy declined by 1.1 per cent in 2009, even as there was an average contraction of 7.3 per cent across the eight-member Eastern Caribbean...
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July 23, 2010
The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) spokesperson on the British American Insurance Company (BAICO) debacle is sending a message to the new Kamla Per...
No alliance, says O’Neal
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July 23, 2010
Leader of the SVG Green Party, Ivan O’Neal, has made it unequivocally clear that his party does not have any intention of forming an alliance with t...
Eustace: Salary cut! PM: You first!
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July 23, 2010
The ball has been batted back into Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves’ half of the political court in relation to salary cuts for parliamentarians.{...
Vincie Group donates to six local clinics
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July 23, 2010
The donation of a quantity of medical supplies by the United Vincie Cultural Group of Brooklyn{{more}} (UVCG) has been lauded as an admirable gesture ...
PM: Government  buying computers for students
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July 23, 2010
Media workers on Tuesday got a glimpse of a laptop computer that the Dr. Ralph Gonsalves administration{{more}} is hoping to buy for every student at ...
Toastmasters elects new executive
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July 20, 2010
The Toastmasters Achievers Club has elected a new executive to run its affairs from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The elections were held on May 8, 2...
Greiggs holds disaster reduction drive
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July 20, 2010
The Greiggs Emergency Management Organization (GEMORG) in its continued drive towards education and awareness about disaster reduction, held a rally i...