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October 2, 2009
Any employer who directly or indirectly refuses to grant employees reasonable time to vote in the November 25 Referendum could face a a six-month jail...
Eustace: Straight to court
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October 2, 2009
“You are going straight to court…I don’t care who you are.” This is the warning of Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace to anyone in the present a...
New water-based paints
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September 25, 2009
Oil paints will be a thing of the past in the next five to 10 years. This is the prediction of Christopher DeAllie, Managing Director of Sissons Paint...
Lime Blackberry revolution
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September 25, 2009
With every revolution a change is promised. And at the end of every revolution there is some type of celebration.{{more}} The BlackBerry Revolution, t...
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September 25, 2009
The Pan Against Crime Programme of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force resumes this weekend with the staging of a concert this Sunda...
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September 25, 2009
Delinquent students who have failed to honour their commitment to the state by repaying their university loans will be stoutly pursued by the governme...
GHS to mark 100 Years
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September 25, 2009
Excitement is building around the planning of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Girls’ High School, and all past students are being ...
Gloria John-McKnee retires
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September 25, 2009
Soon-to-be retiree Gloria John-McKnee is one outstanding teacher who has earned herself rare affection and admiration from her peers and members of th...
Three Taiwanese  volunteers arrive
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September 25, 2009
Three new Taiwanese volunteers have arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On September 16, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sir Louis Straker met with...
Victim of lightning strike recovering slowly
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September 25, 2009
As Patrick Stephen “Bennie” Gibson recovers in hospital, an appeal is being made to the general public to assist with efforts to defray his medica...
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September 25, 2009
The remaining portion of Alex Jack’s wall at Ratho Mill will be torn down and rebuilt. The plans to reconstruct the wall were disclosed by Prime Min...
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September 25, 2009
The women of St Vincent and the Grenadines are being afforded an unusual opportunity to receive what is being described by the organizers as ‘the Ul...
Rodney back in SVG with father’s kidney
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September 25, 2009
He has endured several years of pain, discomfort and dialysis treatments. Now that he has resumed life as a normal teenage boy, Rodney King’s mother...
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September 25, 2009
Employees of the St. Vincent Electricity Services Ltd. (VINLEC) have been urged to be more proactive than reactive. The advice has come from Environme...
PM, Court officials tour new Belle Isle prison
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September 25, 2009
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says the EC$12 million Belle Isle Correctional Facility slated to open by the end of October will be called a hotel...
‘H1N1 increase no reason to panic’
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September 25, 2009
An increase in the number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is no reason for persons to swarm he...
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September 25, 2009
Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves has taken a snipe at veteran politician Sir James Mitchell for statements he made one week ago when he re-entered th...
New ballot boxes for referendum
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September 25, 2009
When Vincentians go the polls in two months time to decide whether or not to adopt the proposed constitution or keep the old one, their YES or NO answ...
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September 18, 2009
The organizer of the Scriptural Search - Secondary School Bible Quiz (SSBQ) has announced the awards for its 2nd Anniversary in November.{{more}} Joel...
Prospect man collects Digicel cheque for $5,000
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September 18, 2009
18.SEP.09 It’s not often persons get money handed to them just like that, but that’s exactly what happened to Emmanuel Cuffy, thanks to Digicel.{{...
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September 18, 2009
Justice Adrian Saunders will be the guest speaker when the local chapter of Partners of the Americas holds its first annual general meeting since its ...
Union Island Secondary gets new building
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September 18, 2009
Like most young people returning to school after the summer holidays, the students of the Union Island Secondary School were excited about their first...
Browne wins essay competition
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September 18, 2009
Shaquille Browne intends to put his new HP netbook to good use. Browne, a fifteen-year-old fourth form student of the Thomas Saunders Secondary School...
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September 18, 2009
FirstCaribbean International Bank has made the first contribution to the rebuilding fund for the St. Jude’s Hospital in St. Lucia, which was severel...
Lime appoints new company heads
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September 18, 2009
LIME, the Caribbean’s full-service telecoms provider, has appointed Milton Brady as Chief Commercial Officer and David Crawford as Chief Operating O...
SVG Tourism Authority hosts mini trade show
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September 18, 2009
More than 20 stakeholders in this country’s tourism industry were host to tour operators from the United Kingdom (UK) and this country’s UK Market...
Casson Hill accidents raising concern
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September 18, 2009
The head of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force Traffic Department is expressing concern about the number of motor vehicular acciden...