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‘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 ...
Digicel store reopens
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November 20, 2009
After six weeks of repairs, the main Digicel outlet office on Halifax Street re-opened its doors to the public on Friday, November 13, 2009.{{more}} P...
Christmas goodies for lucky Digicel customers
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November 20, 2009
‘All I want for Christmas is...’ And for one lucky Digicel customer, that is what he or she will be saying as a result of Digicel’s end of year ...
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November 20, 2009
Forty students have signed up for and started the Vinsave Childcare and Development Training Courses at Levels 1 and 2 which began over the past month...
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November 20, 2009
The SVG Nine Mornings Committee has announced the launch of the 2009 SVG Christmas/Nine Mornings Festival.{{more}} This year, the festival will includ...
Christmas LIME tree filled with goodies
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November 20, 2009
Fresh on the heels of their Blackberry Revolution, telecommunications provider LIME is at it again.{{more}} This time, the company is busy with the la...
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November 20, 2009
We made a huge error in our “Images from our past” series last week. The photograph above, which was published on November 13, 2009, has nothing t...
FirstCaribbean adopts Special Needs School
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November 20, 2009
Students of the School for Children with Special Needs in Kingstown are the 2009 beneficiaries of FirstCaribbean’s ‘Adopt a Cause’ Programme. An...
Publishing label launched in SVG
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November 20, 2009
A new publishing label, SFI Books, was launched recently in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. A label of the independent publisher Strategy Forum Inc....
Garifuna host symposium
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November 20, 2009
20.NOV.09 “Research and Practice of the Garifuna Heritage and Culture as a Reflection of Caribbean Indigenous Experience” was the theme of the Gar...
CED, BIMAP to offer  management course
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November 20, 2009
Come January next year, Vincentians will have an opportunity to complete certificate courses through the Centre for Enterprise Development (CED).{{mor...
SVG YES Programme on showcase in Mexico
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November 20, 2009
The Youth Empowerment Service (YES) Programme of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was on showcase in Mexico from November 4 to 6, 2009, in Puerto Vallar...
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November 20, 2009
20.NOV.09 Fourteen residents from Park Hill are recipients of fourteen lots of land at Dondo Hole, subsidized by the government of St Vincent and the ...
SVG gets more cross country road cash
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November 20, 2009
20.NOV.09 As work on the Cross Country Road enters its third phase, the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines received a donation of US$744,000 ...
Methodist Pre-School celebrates 10 years
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November 20, 2009
In celebration of their 10th anniversary, the Kingstown Methodist Pre-School hosted a week of activities.{{more}} The vision of Reverend Cuthbert Edwa...