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SVGA hosts party
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March 5, 2010
THE ST. VINCENT and the Grenadines Association (SVGA) in Reading UK hosted their ever popular annual “Members, Family Friends Party” at the MAPP C...
Creese – Beware of terrorist links
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March 5, 2010
St. Vincent and the Grenadines may not be on any watch list for terrorist activities, but financial institutions here are still being encouraged to be...
Play inspired by Obama’s speech
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March 5, 2010
A historic and memorable speech which addresses issues of race, social status and discrimination, was performed in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last...
JCI donates to Haiti
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March 5, 2010
JCI St.Vincent (St.Vincent Jaycees Inc.) presented a cheque for $1,000 to the SVG Red Cross Society on February 3, 2010. This donation will assist in ...
The Helping Hands Center continues to expand
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March 5, 2010
On Tuesday, March 2 the school officially opened its latest addition, a playground.{{more}} Annis John, coordinator at the facility expressed her grat...
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March 5, 2010
Vincentian radio was taken to a new level last week with the participation of Cross Country Radio in an international radio show in Nashville, Tenness...
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March 5, 2010
A 54 year-old woman of Caratal, charged with cocaine possession admitted to Senior Magistrate Sonya Young that she was going to sell the drug to “ma...
Chamber of Commerce holds clinic
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March 5, 2010
Several financial institutions here are better equipped to safeguard their interest against money laundering and terrorist activities.{{more}} An anti...
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March 5, 2010
Patrick Lovelace will face the hangman’s noose for the murder of Lokisha Nanton.{{more}} Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle on Friday, February 26, 2010, ...
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March 5, 2010
Three youngsters were expected to re-appear at the Kingstown Magistrates Court today on burglary charges.{{more}} Innis Hector, 25, Jeffery Cuffy, 21,...
NDP rejects change in number of seats
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March 5, 2010
The New Democratic Party (NDP) is remaining resolute on a decision to reject a Bill to change the number of constituencies from 15 to 17.{{more}} “T...
Twenty-six graduate from Cycle Nine Project
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February 26, 2010
TWENTY-SIX young adults embarked on a new chapter in their lives after graduating from the ninth cycle of the Marion House Youth Assistance Project on...
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February 26, 2010
The Sands Seventh-day Adventist Men’s Christian Fellowship (Sands SDA MCF) have organised another Spiritual/Cultural Fundraising event which will ta...
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February 26, 2010
The International Financial Services Authority (IFSA) has described the action taken by France to ‘blacklist’ certain countries, including St. Vin...
Digicel rewards resellers
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February 26, 2010
BEING ASSOCIATED with Digicel has its rewards. On Tuesday, in a continued effort to give something back to their resellers, the telecommunications pro...
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February 26, 2010
THE Windward Islands Farmers’ Association (WINFA) expresses its full support for the organisation of FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT 2010 in the United Kingdom ...
Red Cross: More land needed for Haitians
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February 26, 2010
MORE LAND must urgently be made available as close as possible to the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, so that people who want to leave the improvised...
Red Cross receives more for Haiti
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February 26, 2010
The earthquake which struck Haiti on January 12 remains on the minds of Vincentians.{{more}} Earlier this week, the management and staff of the Agricu...
Youth Business Trust gets office equipment
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February 26, 2010
Fifty thousand dollars worth of office equipment has been donated to the newly formed St. Vincent and the Grenadines Youth Business Trust (SVGYBT).{{m...
Five get Commissioner’s Award
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February 26, 2010
Kemmesha Brereton of the Belair Brownie Pack and Chelsea Haslam of the Windsor Brownie Pack were the outstanding performers in this year’s Brownie P...
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February 26, 2010
A one day exhibition at the Troumaca Secondary School this week gave students a glance of what their future as part of this country’s work force cou...
Bacchus elected President of CTAWU
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February 26, 2010
Revising the constitution of the Commercial Technical and Allied Workers Union (CTAWU) is just one of the things Cheryl Bacchus has planned for her te...
Salvation Army receives donation
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February 26, 2010
Adams Bros. Eng. Ltd, the leading supplier of Wrought Iron Gates, Railings and Burglar Bars, has donated several burglar bars to the Salvation Army, w...
SVG signs financing agreement
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February 26, 2010
THE Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has ramped up its efforts to promote efficiency, quality and transparency in the public service throu...
Bible goes around the world
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February 26, 2010
The ‘Follow the Bible’ initiative has arrived in St Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} Pastor Dermoth Baptiste of the Seventh Day Adventist Churc...
Pompey laid to rest
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February 26, 2010
Throngs of Spiritual Baptists from all over the country converged in the north Windward village of Overland earlier this week to bid farewell to a sta...
Hotel Association relaunches site
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February 26, 2010
The revamped website of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Hotel and Tourism Association (SVGHTA) is expected to play its part in boosting the tourism...