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28 lucky customers to Lime with Beyonce
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February 12, 2010
Twenty-eight LIME mobile customers will be counted among the thousands of fans and music lovers expected to witness Beyonce in concert on February 18 ...
GHS celebrations to start with torch relay
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February 12, 2010
Plans are proceeding apace for the yearlong celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary the Girls’ High School, which will begin on Friday, May 7, 20...
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February 12, 2010
St. Vincent Electricity Services Ltd (VINLEC) has advised that the Fuel Surcharge rate applicable on February bills is 38.08 cents per unit. This figu...
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Professor Rex Nettleford’s body has been cremated in the United States, and the ashes are to be transported to Jamaica for an official fun...
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February 12, 2010
SVG can expect big things from the Exalt Him Worship Ministry this year. The forty member group is on a mission to spread the word of God across the i...
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February 12, 2010
Police say that there were still no leads in the shooting of 23-year-old Dwayne Davy of Green Hill which occurred at Green Hill on Saturday, February ...
Vincentians feel spirit of motherland
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February 12, 2010
Extraordinary! This is Edroy “Ras John” John’s perspective on Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves’ leadership skills. John, a businessman, and ...
Ecomomic outlook for SVG optimistic – CMMB
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February 12, 2010
The economic outlook for St. Vincent and the Grenadines is somewhat optimistic compared to a number of its Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) nei...
Special Needs School gets printer
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February 12, 2010
The School for Children with Special Needs will now be able to carry out some of its daily functions more effectively ,thanks to generosity of the Mus...
Don’t play politics!
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February 12, 2010
Minister of Tourism Glen Beache has issued to a stern warning to community groups managing a number of the newly developed Tourism Sites: “I do not ...
Silky: Toyota owners have nothing to fear
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February 12, 2010
Toyota motorcar owners here have nothing to fear, with the current automobile recall taking place around the world. Bertille ‘Silky’ Dasilva, prop...
New computer for New Prospect
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February 12, 2010
New Prospect Government School gets computer from the Office of the Prime Minister. The New Prospect Government School on Tuesday took ownership of a ...
Sylvia Sutherland on the budget
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February 12, 2010
The 2010 National Budget has “come with a little bit more than” what Vincentians “can afford”. This is the position of Sylvia Sutherland, one ...
Tourism commercials to hit TV screens soon
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February 12, 2010
Three of six commercials about the local tourism industry are to hit television screens here soon. At a Ministry of Tourism press conference held on W...
NCB donates US$20,000 to Haiti
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February 12, 2010
The National Commercial Bank (SVG)Ltd. (NCB) has made a donation of US$20,000 to the SVG Red Cross Society towards the HAITI DISASTER FUND, following ...
Entrance fees definite for tourism sites
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February 12, 2010
Regardless OF what the survey says, entrance fees will be instituted at a number of the newly developed tourism sites around St. Vincent and the Grena...
Inadequate equipment for babies
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February 12, 2010
The inadequacy of the neonatal equipment at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) was just one of the issues tackled at the recently held 14th Annu...
What if Dr. King, Malcolm X met?
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February 12, 2010
If the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met, what would they have said to each other? This was the undertaking of Jeff Stetson, playwright...
LIME calls out Digicel
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February 12, 2010
Angus Steele, General Manager of telecommunications provider LIME, has called on their mobile competitor Digicel to reduce its mobile rates to on-net ...
Carnival 2010 launched
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February 12, 2010
A fresh batch of Vincy Mas view cards, along with a brand new poster, heralded the beginning of what stakeholders hope to be one of the best carnival ...
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February 12, 2010
Some of the promotional strategies enlisted by other countries selling their carnival product were initiated here.{{more}} Minister of Culture Rene Ba...
Frederick Beache celebrates 105th birthday
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February 12, 2010
Frederick ‘Daddy Pal’ Beache of Campden Park celebrated his 105th birthday on Tuesday in fine style. Beache, originally from Greiggs, had a merry ...
Man found dead on Sandy Bay beach
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February 12, 2010
Clive Lavia prepared a scrumptious meal for his family before leaving home for the last time. Now, they are the ones preparing for his funeral.{{more}...
Police blunder saves man!
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February 12, 2010
A POLICE BLUNDER has resulted in a no-case submission being upheld. Randolph Medford did not even look over his shoulder when he exited the High Court...
PMC welcomes conviction
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February 12, 2010
The People’s Movement for Change (PMC) welcomes the conviction of police officers Kasankie Quow, Osrick James and Hadley Ballantyne for the assault ...
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February 12, 2010
Vincentian students desirous of pursuing studies in medicine and the natural sciences will be provided the opportunity to do so in Libya.{{more}} This...
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February 5, 2010
Vincentians are being encouraged to rediscover their African heritage and to develop a deeper consciousness as the nation observes Black History Month...
CIC gives thoughts on budget
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February 5, 2010
The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CIC) is concerned that the 2010 Budget “did not present Government’s position on certain key issues” likel...
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February 5, 2010
05.FEB.10 Major progress has been made in restoring the Digicel network in Haiti. With more than twice the number of cell sites of its nearest competi...
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February 5, 2010
JEMS Progressive Community Organization will sponsor a two-part business development workshop on Saturday, February 13, and Saturday, February 20. The...
Reverend Victor H. Job to retire
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February 5, 2010
The Rev. Victor H. Job will retire from the active ministry of the Methodist Church in the South Caribbean District at the end of the church’s year,...
Parents urged to work with school officials
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February 5, 2010
The Campden Park Secondary School (CPSS) has taken up the challenge of implementing a programme designed to educate parents about their parental respo...
SVG Medical Association goes global
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February 5, 2010
The SVG Medical Association has again achieved international notice, with the publication of their Breast Cancer Awareness Human Umbrella Pink Ribbon ...
Helping Hands Centre gets a helping hand
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February 5, 2010
Four students of the Helping Hands Centre for the disabled have been awarded one-year scholarships, thanks to the Mustique Charitable Trust.{{more}} O...