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January 29, 2010
The Commission of Inquiry into the Ottley Hall Marina Project has been extended to July 31, 2010.{{more}} Since the commencement of the Commission of ...
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January 29, 2010
Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has said that not enough emphasis has been placed on bananas in the 2010 Estimates. “Although I recognize that bana...
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January 29, 2010
The extension of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College Division of Arts, Sciences, and General Studies this year will allow the institu...
Soroptimists donate to Haiti
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January 29, 2010
Soroptimist International of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has made a contribution to the Haiti relief effort.{{more}} The group dispatched two bar...
Eustace calls on PM to clear air
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January 29, 2010
The financial image of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been hurt by the allegations of wrong doings concerning a US $1 million transaction at the s...
Argyle Petroglyphs to be preserved
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January 29, 2010
Work on the relocation of the petroglyphs at Argyle is expected to begin soon, with the assistance of the Government of Egypt.{{more}} At a press conf...
SVG loses its first ever policewoman
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January 29, 2010
The first woman to join the ranks of the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force was laid to rest on Tuesday, January 26, 2010.{{more}} In a ...
Digicel rewards more loyal customers
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January 29, 2010
“Simply unbeatable.” Those two words were used to describe Digicel by Kesslon Wilson (one of Digicel’s customers) last Wednesday as Digicel’s ...
Vincentians come out to support Haiti
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January 29, 2010
Some gave. Some had already given. Some will give. All agreed it could have been us. The thousands of persons who squeezed into Unity Square on Bay St...
Murray’s Village fire
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January 29, 2010
Police are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a house at Murray’s Village, leaving one elderly man homeless.{{more}} The wooden abode ...
Grenadines $1 Port user fee discontinued
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January 29, 2010
With immediate effect, persons travelling to the Grenadines will no longer have to pay the $1 user fee introduced two and a half years ago.{{more}} La...
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January 29, 2010
“All the big budget talk is a bag of nonsense!” Leader of the Opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) Arnhim Eustace has described the 2010 budget p...
PM hopes new initiatives will boost economy
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January 29, 2010
Seemingly undaunted by the economic challenges the country faces, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves hopes to stimulate the economy in 2010 with a set...
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January 22, 2010
A 15 year-old girl from Ottley Hall is the latest person to be shot in St Vincent.{{more}} Police told SEARCHLIGHT that Kanasha Browne was shot in her...
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January 22, 2010
Digicel announced on Monday that the Digicel network is now functioning well in Port-au-Prince with more and more customers connecting to it and being...
Fancy man wins LIME’s $50,000
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January 22, 2010
For 51-year-old Garfield Toussaint, the New Year rolled in with new cheer from LIME as the telecommunications company announced him as the lucky winne...
West St. George to get new school
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January 22, 2010
Students of the West St. George Secondary School will occupy a new school building by September 2011. This was announced at the contract signing cerem...
Archaeologists learn more of SVG history
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January 22, 2010
Archaeologists have found evidence of relations between the Amerindians who resided here and European colonizers.{{more}} A team from the Archaeologic...
Salvation Army  organizing flights
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January 22, 2010
The local branch of the Salvation Army will be teaming up with regional airline LIAT to transport items donated by Vincentians to Haiti.{{more}} This ...
President of JCI returns
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January 22, 2010
Sharlene Wyllie, President of JCI St. Vincent, recently returned to state following a visit to the 90th US Jaycees Leadership Academy.{{more}} Describ...
Vincentian man dies in road accident
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January 22, 2010
22.Jan.10 A Vincentian man who had been living in Brooklyn for the past 13 years, died on the spot in the wee hours of Sunday morning after the vehicl...
Beache: Take care of tourism sites
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January 22, 2010
Minister of Tourism Glen Beache is reminding persons to take care of the newly developed Tourism sites. Beache made comments at a brief ceremony held ...
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January 22, 2010
More Vincentians are reaching out to the victims of the earthquake which shook Haiti last week. This time, the contribution has come from the Street T...
Sea Freight Agencies celebrates third year
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January 22, 2010
Sea Freight Agencies is celebrating its third anniversary in this county, and according to David Ross, Executive Vice-President, the company will cont...
Rose Bank is best village
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January 22, 2010
The community of Rose Bank is now EC $75,000 better off after being judged the Vincy Homecoming 2009 Best Village. The community’s winnings will, ho...
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January 22, 2010
A man who hails from a village in South Central Windward is seeking justice for his 14-year-old daughter who has allegedly been impregnated by an olde...
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January 22, 2010
St.Vincent and the Grenadines has been rated a top tourism destination by several prestigious organizations specialized in rating countries.{{more}} T...
Taiwan assists in production of compost
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January 22, 2010
Taiwanese Ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Leo Lee has given the assurance that his country will continue to cooperate with the Ministry o...