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SVGBC launches its 2009 Christmas promo
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November 27, 2009
There is only one guaranteed way to win a prize in the 2009 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation Christmas Promotions.{{more}} And,...
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November 27, 2009
The British Virgin Islands will host the Regional Top Awards Presentation Ceremony and 41st meeting of the Caribbean Examinations Council on December ...
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November 27, 2009
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has extended the deadline for candidates to register for its May/June 2010 CAPE and CSEC examinations by two ...
Ateisha Graduates Valedictorian
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November 27, 2009
Only the second Vincentian to become valedictorian at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Ateisha Bishop is encouraging young people ...
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November 27, 2009
The Ministry of Tourism has commissioned another of its tourism products — the Layou Petroglyph Park, which was officially handed over on November 2...
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November 27, 2009
A senior civil servant wants to see parents place greater emphasis on the religious education of their children.{{more}} Permanent Secretary in the Mi...
Nine Mornings Festival to launch this Sunday
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November 27, 2009
Capital city Kingstown is expected to be a hive of activity this Sunday when the 2009 SVG Christmas/Nine Mornings Festival is officially launched in g...
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November 27, 2009
More than 4,900 persons are expected to find employment under the Buildings, Roads and General Services Authority’s (BRAGSA) road cleaning programme...
LIME winner picks up great bag of goodies
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November 27, 2009
The Christmas season is off to a fabulous start for four lucky LIME customers who won cash and other exciting prizes in the first prize draws of LIMEâ...
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November 27, 2009
HIGH Commissioner to Canada, H.E Brendon Browne, recently visited workers from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica and St. Kitts and Nevis who ar...
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November 27, 2009
ST. VINCENT and the Grenadines and Taiwan have signed a new memorandum of understanding on human resource development.{{more}} The agreement was signe...
IADC gets final batch of trucks from UK
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November 27, 2009
The final five of 12 trucks formerly owned by the British Army and bought by the International Airport Development Company (IADC) have arrived in the ...
Rawacou Recreational Park opens
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November 27, 2009
THE development of national parks and other recreational sites around the island was described as having a “most invaluable benefit to the people of...
PM – Stop beating up on my wife
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November 27, 2009
“If you are a man beat me up. Don’t beat up me woman!” That’s how Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves admonished Opposition Leader Arnhim Eusta...
‘No’ takes the cake!
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November 27, 2009
The results of the battle between the “yes” and “no” cakes are in! And the “nays” have it, beating the “yeas” soundly in both the cup ...
Pollster surprised by  size of Yes Vote defeat
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November 27, 2009
Political scientist and pollster Peter Wickham believes that yesterday’s rejection of a new constitution by Vincentians can be viewed as an indictme...
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November 27, 2009
The People’s Movement for Change (PMC) is reporting that Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves told them last week that if the referendum failed a new ...
Car rentals cash in
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November 27, 2009
Car rental services in St Vincent and the Grenadines appear to have cashed in big on Wednesday’s referendum, which saw tens of thousands of Vincenti...
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November 27, 2009
The fact that election laws were to be followed by voters in this week’s referendum seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.{{more}} In some areas, mainl...
Woman says presiding officer tore her ballot
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November 27, 2009
The Dorsetshire Hill polling station was the scene of a noisy dispute around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when Judy Gibson objected strongly to her ballot bein...
Voters defy weather to cast referendum ballots
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November 27, 2009
The uncertainty of the weather that threatened Wednesday’s vote on a new constitution was certainly no match for the persistence of persons determin...
I am not afraid to ‘Vote No’
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November 27, 2009
Last Saturday night’s turnout at Victoria Park for the No Vote campaign, was one of the party’s biggest.{{more}} Not only did the several speakers...
OAS: We  are happy
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November 27, 2009
The Organisation of American States has declared the conduct of this week’s referendum “free and fair”. OAS Chief of Mission Steven Griner said ...
No ULP loss
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November 27, 2009
Wednesday’s referendum loss was not a defeat of the Unity Labour Party (ULP). That’s the view of Director of Operations of the YES-Vote Committee ...
St. Joseph’s Convent kicks off drama festival
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November 20, 2009
The 2009 LIME Schools’ Drama Festival got off to quite a start with a short play from the St Joseph’s Convent Kingstown Drama group at the Peace M...
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November 20, 2009
A new not-for-profit entity has been established to provide support to young people aged 18- 35 through a system of mentorship and loan financing for ...
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November 20, 2009
Member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are to get expert help to measure the contribution of some of the newest indus...
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November 20, 2009
The Ministry of Trade and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce are to work more closely together as this country prepares to engage in upcoming trade ...