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Four-year-old drowns at Cumberland Bay
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Four-year-old drowns at Cumberland Bay
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July 24, 2009
Four-year-old Arica Samuel has become the latest person to die by drowning here. The girl, who was in St. Vincent on vacation with her mother from Can...
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Pioneers in Nation-building re-published
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July 17, 2009
KINGS-SVG Publishers has announced the republication of “Pioneers in Nation-building in a Caribbean Mini-State” by Sir Rupert John with a new Fore...
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Logos coming to SVG
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July 17, 2009
With more than 350 people onboard from 45 different nationalities, Logos Hope, the largest floating book fair has just left Ireland and for the first ...
CARICOM seminar on treaty law ends today
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CARICOM seminar on treaty law ends today
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July 17, 2009
A three-day seminar on treaty law and practice for CARICOM member states is expected to conclude here today.{{more}} Starting on Wednesday, July 15th,...
Lotto winners receive cheques
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Lotto winners receive cheques
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July 17, 2009
With no immediate plans for their winnings, the three winners of the National Lotteries Authority’s (NLA) Lotto Carnival Giveaway, graciously accept...
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Students to benefit from UWI, CXC MOU
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July 17, 2009
The University of the West Indies School of Education at the Mona Campus and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) have signed a Memorandum of Unde...
Registration for new ID cards begins
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Registration for new ID cards begins
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July 17, 2009
Come this November, the majority of persons eighteen years and older in St. Vincent and the Grenadines should be registered owners of the new national...
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Youth attend three-day workshop
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July 17, 2009
In order to change the society we live in, youths must lead others by setting examples. This was the message given by Reverend Kirk Spencer as he addr...
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Business students trained in e-Commerce
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July 17, 2009
Twenty business students from the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, who are into their second week of ICT/ e- business training course...
Ottley Hall family shaken by lightning bolt
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Ottley Hall family shaken by lightning bolt
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July 17, 2009
An Ottley Hall family is counting its lucky stars after escaping unscathed from a lightning bolt that struck their house roof and sent a surge of elec...
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VAT on Demand Charge suspended
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July 17, 2009
The application of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on the Electricity Demand Charge has been “officially halted” until further notice.{{more}} A release...
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SVGTCU has a new President
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July 17, 2009
Cheryl Evans is now the President of the SVG Teachers’ Credit Union Ltd. Evans, a Lecturer at the SVG Technical College, was elected by her colleagu...
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Young designer ready for GenX Fashion Show
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July 17, 2009
Vincentian youth are about to get a well-deserved platform through which they can positively express their creativity and achieve the level of exposur...
Sales figures up for Lotteries Authority
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Sales figures up for Lotteries Authority
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July 17, 2009
With just about two weeks to go in its financial year, the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) is on the verge of surpassing last year’s record-break...
Soroptomists host day camp
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Soroptomists host day camp
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July 17, 2009
Close to 30 students between the ages of 12 and 15 years old are expected to conclude a packed one-week day camp today, which was hosted by Soroptomis...
Locals join call to free Cuban Five
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Locals join call to free Cuban Five
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July 17, 2009
by Omesha Spence 17.JULY.09 Vincentians are being called upon to join the fight to free the Cuban Five. In an effort to spread the story about the “...
Ambassadors meet with students
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Ambassadors meet with students
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July 17, 2009
As the summer holidays continue, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade is doing its part to encourage Vincentian youths to refrain from ...
Taiwan says yes to youth programme
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Taiwan says yes to youth programme
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July 17, 2009
Earlier this week the Government of St.Vincent and the Grenadines received two cheques totalling US$743,992.26 from the Republic of China on Taiwan fo...
PM Gonsalves resting
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PM Gonsalves resting
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July 17, 2009
After travelling extensively during the last month, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is now suffering from fatigue.{{more}} This was revealed by Mik...
Let the DPP do it, says Thomas
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Let the DPP do it, says Thomas
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July 17, 2009
Prominent lawyer Jomo Thomas has indicated that he will wait until he brings civil charges to prosecute the case against four police officers who have...
Bethel students urged to dream large
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Bethel students urged to dream large
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July 10, 2009
The 2009 graduating class of the Campden Park Secondary School has been urged to “think big, think large, dream large!”{{more}} Family, friends an...
Thirty-four graduate from PBSS
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Thirty-four graduate from PBSS
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July 10, 2009
Under the theme “Making the best of now,” The Petit Bordel Secondary School (PBSS) held its 31st annual graduation ceremony at the New Testament C...
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Exciting Summer with prizes planned by LIME
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July 10, 2009
LIME customers can look forward to a bumper summer season loaded with prizes and giveaways, courtesy of the Caribbean’s leading full-service telecom...
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Farmers meet to discuss Constitution bill
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July 10, 2009
Representatives from farmers groups stretching from Chateaubelair on the north-west coast to Overland in the north-east, on Wednesday July 8, engaged ...
Ballah walks away with $20,000 ‘Mad Money’
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Ballah walks away with $20,000 ‘Mad Money’
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July 10, 2009
When Judith Hull Ballah picked the number eight ball for Digicel’s “Mad Money” promotions, she knew it had to mean something special and indeed ...
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