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Lime makes major donation to St Jude Hospital
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November 6, 2009
06.NOV.09 LIME, the Caribbean’s only full-service telecoms provider, has come to the aid of the St Jude Hospital in St Lucia, which was partially de...
Educator gives back to Ministry
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November 6, 2009
Three primary schools here are now equipped with kits that should help their students with mathematics.{{more}} At a brief handover ceremony on Monday...
Alliance Francaise celebrating forty years
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November 6, 2009
The Alliance Francaise turns 40. And to celebrate, a list of activities is being scheduled beginning Monday, November 9.{{more}} Founded in 1969 by Le...
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November 6, 2009
Eleven persons were recognized as Community Icons by the Georgetown Festival Development Organisation (GFDO) and were awarded with plaques for their s...
Emmanuel Young Leaders confident
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November 6, 2009
A Young Leaders title has eluded the Emmanuel High School Mesopotamia. But things are set to change this year – so say those involved in the schoolâ...
SVG and Russia sign  consultations protocol
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November 6, 2009
St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Russian Federation on Monday, October 26, signed a Protocol of Intentions on Political Consultations between th...
Lynch awarded PH.D. in Biology
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November 6, 2009
Sylvester Lynch, a resident of Villa and a former Agricultural Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, successfully defended h...
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November 6, 2009
At an awards ceremony held Saturday, October 31, 2009, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Fairtrade Initiative, held at the Methodist Church Hall in ...
Spelling Bee winners
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November 6, 2009
Nine-year-old Ajay Miller is the winner of the 2009 Haliborange Seven Seas 11th Annual Spelling Bee competition.{{more}} The Kingstown Preparatory Sch...
Bigger plans in store for music awards
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November 6, 2009
Music, culture and the arts will get a boost next year as several plans are in the pipeline to develop the sector.{{more}} Minister of Culture René B...
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November 6, 2009
On Tuesday, the St. Benedicts Children Hospital received a monetary donation from ROK Entertainment, the entity that over the weekend gave the nation ...
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November 6, 2009
The Community Nursing Service within the Ministry of Health and the Environment, in collaboration with the National Diabetic and Hypertensive Associat...
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November 6, 2009
On Sunday, November 7th, 2009, seven Garifuna communities will hold their first ever Community Gathering. Participating at the Gathering will be repre...
Lowmans Wd school donates to villagers
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November 6, 2009
Eight elderly persons in the Lauders, Hadley’s Village and Lowmans communities were on the receiving end of food packages, donated by students of th...
Belle Isle Prison officially opens
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November 6, 2009
Most prisoners housed at the cramped and dilapidated prison in Kingstown will be transferred to the new Belle Isle Correctional Facility before yearâ€...
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November 6, 2009
A Trinidad pastor who has conducted services in St.Vincent and the Grenadines is on remand in Trinidad after six sex charges were laid against him.{{m...
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November 6, 2009
The plan to close 34 rural post offices across the state has taken effect.{{more}} An official from the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Postal Corporati...
Progress slow but sure
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November 6, 2009
“This is not a show we are making; these are serious matters when dealing with people’s lives and livelihoods.” The words of René Baptiste, Min...
Unsung hero passes on
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November 6, 2009
This country has lost another one of its outstanding citizens. Clarence Keizer, former Manager of Geest Industries, died at his home at New Montrose o...
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November 6, 2009
Louise Mitchell-Joseph is unable to say right now whether she would enter the political arena, but like her father Sir James Mitchell, she considers h...
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October 30, 2009
During the past three months, over 23,000 persons registered to have new National Identity Cards.{{more}} Rene Baptiste, Minister of Electoral Matters...
Diaspora group drafts framework of action
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October 30, 2009
A call for cohesiveness between political parties was made by committees representing the Diaspora, in a draft Framework of Action prepared for discus...
LIME a major sponsor of 2010 carifta Games
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October 30, 2009
30.OCT.09 LIME, the Caribbean’s premier telecommunications company, last week announced a sponsorship package for the staging of the 2010 CARIFTA Ga...
Top Awards for CSEC
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October 30, 2009
For the fourth consecutive year, a student of Queen’s College, Guyana, is the Most Outstanding Candidate Overall in the Region in the Caribbean Seco...
Grammar School to benefit from gifts
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October 30, 2009
Five hundred books, two trophies and one plaque were handed over to the St. Vincent Grammar School last Friday, a gesture of those who have benefitted...
Nation builder to be laid to rest Monday
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October 30, 2009
One of this country’s foremost nation builders will be laid to rest on Monday. Festus Augustus Toney, a man who enjoyed an extraordinary career in t...
UWI holds 2009 Horticultural Exhibition
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October 30, 2009
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus was transformed into a Garden of Eden last weekend as the Horticultural Society held its 2009 Hort...