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SVG Diplomat  to deliver  major lecture
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October 2, 2009
A Vincentian diplomat in Canada will deliver a major lecture in that country this month on the impact of West Indians on Canadian life.{{more}} Organi...
Digicel rewards winners
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October 2, 2009
02.OCT.09 LOYAL DIGICEL CUSTOMERS have been getting their pockets stuffed with free cash, thanks to the telecoms service provider.{{more}} Just last F...
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October 2, 2009
Furniture and Appliance giant Courts (St.Vincent) Ltd last Friday, September 25th, 2009, launched their first in the series of three Christmas Promoti...
Hams now better prepared for crises
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October 2, 2009
One of St. Vincent’s leading commercial banks and a national regulating agency have teamed up to ensure that a larger number of Vincentians are equi...
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October 2, 2009
Minister of Urban Development and Culture René Baptiste has warned students not to deface government property.{{more}} Baptiste, speaking at the offi...
SVG launches new tourism website
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October 2, 2009
The Ministry of Tourism’s “bright and vibrant” new website got the full approval of guests who witnessed its launch earlier this week.{{more}} T...
Searchlight begins special series
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October 2, 2009
Beginning this week, and continuing for the next 25 weeks, Searchlight will publish a series of photographs which are part of the R.M. Anderson collec...
Steele, LIME reach deal to extend CE contract
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October 2, 2009
Angus Steele is to stay on as LIME’s Chief Executive. LIME’s Corporate Communications Manager Fitz-Gerald Huggins on Wednesday confirmed that Stee...
RBTT Young Leaders 2009-2010 kicks off
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October 2, 2009
If the students of the St. Vincent Grammar School have their way, they will be celebrating their third straight win of the RBTT’s Young Leaders Prog...
Guyanese students on CSME mission in SVG
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October 2, 2009
Twenty five tertiary level students from Guyana are currently in St. Vincent gathering information on the country’s readiness for the CARICOM Single...
Argyle Cemetery moved to Peruvian Vale site
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October 2, 2009
Human remains at the Argyle Cemetery have been relocated to a new grave site at Peruvian Vale.{{more}} This exercise was done to facilitate the constr...
Graham is country chair of MDRT
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October 2, 2009
Harvey Wendell Graham, an agency manager with Clico International Life Insurance Limited, of Kingstown, has been named Million Dollar Round Table’s ...
Taiwan mission hosts Trade Fair
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October 2, 2009
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES’ food import bill now stands at a whopping $200 million. And Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, who made the disclos...
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October 2, 2009
The importance of saving and investment by individuals is being emphasised this month, which has been designated Financial Information Month 2009.{{mo...
Windsor celebrates 20 years
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October 2, 2009
In commemoration of 20 years of academic excellence, the Windsor Primary School held a week of activities.{{more}} To begin the week’s schedule, a c...
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October 2, 2009
LIME has strengthened its regional management team with two key appointments – a chief financial officer and a new executive vice president for the ...
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October 2, 2009
Maintaining the stability of the EC currency is one of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s (ECCB) main achievements as the Bank celebrates its 26th...
Blues Festival off till next year
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October 2, 2009
Fans of the increasingly popular St. Vincent and the Grenadines Blues and Rhythms Festival will have to wait at least six months before they get a tas...
Sandy Bay Scouts tour Soufriere
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October 2, 2009
The Sandy Bay Secondary School’s Scout Troop recently ventured out on their first event for the term. They hiked to La Soufriere on Saturday, Septem...
Dr. Oliver opens new school at Rose Cottage
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October 2, 2009
Discouragement serves as a stumbling block in the lives of many, but for people like Dr Alfred Oliver, it only serves to propel them towards their dre...
Vincentian designs best swimwear
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October 2, 2009
Vincentian designer Naudica “Pinky” Williams is making a name for herself on the regional fashion scene.{{more}} Williams designed the swimsuit th...
Six students awarded bursaries
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October 2, 2009
six university students have been awarded more than $15,000 by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Co-operative Credit Union Ltd.{{more}} T...
A life of fitness pays off
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October 2, 2009
For over 45 years, retiree Verrol Young has practiced healthy eating and regular exercise. On Saturday, September 12, Young demonstrated just how bene...
Prophet: tsunami coming
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October 2, 2009
Vincentians on mainland St. Vincent and on the Grenadine island of Bequia have been warned to prepare for a tsunami before the end of the year.{{more}...
Ambassador knocks G20 for hard economic stance
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October 2, 2009
Camillo M. Gonsalves, the Caribbean archipelago’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, told the sixth day of the Assembly’s high-level ...
Sandy Bay man beaten and robbed
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October 2, 2009
The vociferous shouts of a neighbour investigating the frenzied barking of her dogs may have saved the life of Sandy Bay farmer Kel Ballantyne.{{more}...
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October 2, 2009
A resident of Buccament had to be rushed to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on Wednesday with a severed hand.{{more}} Reports said Steve Isaacs and ...
Canouan residents clean up beaches on weekend
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October 2, 2009
Young and old abandoned their Saturday chores on September 19 on the Grenadine Island of Canouan to ensure that their homeland received a general clea...
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October 2, 2009
Three primary school teachers and a retired headeacher from St. Vincent have been recognised for outstanding work by the Caribbean Centre of Excellenc...
Technical College outfit with new computer lab
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October 2, 2009
Students of the SVG Community College’s Division of Technical and Vocational Education are now better equipped to pursue studies in Information Comm...
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October 2, 2009
The pace at which work is being done on the Argyle International Airport will pick up speed during the month of October, when the International Airpor...
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October 2, 2009
Rabbaca is expected to come alive this Sunday, October 4, 2009, as Vincentians come together for a National Family Gathering to be hosted by the Unity...