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Fast Ferry service set  to sail off in October
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September 18, 2009
The region’s new fast ferry service is expected to be operating at 90 per cent capacity within three months. BEDY Oceanlines, operator of the new se...
Vincentians remember victim of 9/11 attack
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September 18, 2009
The eighth annual memorial service for the lone Vincentian killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States was held last Frid...
Lawyers advised to put others before self
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September 18, 2009
Lawyers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines were reminded this week that their first professional duty is service to other.{{more}} Priest at St. Matthe...
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September 18, 2009
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is finding it difficult to forgive those who were convicted for killing his friend, former Prime Minister of Grenad...
Electoral Office ready for the vote
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September 18, 2009
We will be ready! That was the assurance of Supervisor of Elections Sylvia Findlay-Scrubb, as she updated SEARCHLIGHT on the preparations of the Elect...
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September 18, 2009
No matter how much he is criticised, Sir James Mitchell does not intend to change his opinion about the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).{{more}} “I...
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September 11, 2009
Businesses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will soon be recognized for excellence in their respective industries. These businesses will be honored i...
10 customers take Digicel’s EC$1,000
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September 11, 2009
Smiles and gratitude were the order of the afternoon last Friday when 10 persons walked out of Digicel’s Corporate Offices on James Street, each EC$...
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September 11, 2009
When the history of this country is written, full telecommunications service provider LIME will be remembered for the invaluable contribution made in ...
SVGSIF conducts capacity building workshops
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September 11, 2009
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Social Investment Fund (SVGSIF) will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops during the month of Septemb...
Trinidad and Tobago posse enjoys SVG visit
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September 11, 2009
The eco-tourism product in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was given two thumbs up by a group of Trinidad and Tobago adventurists who visited recently ...
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September 11, 2009
Terrance Charlemagne of St. Lucia has been elected Chairman of the Eastern Caribbean Co-operative Central Ltd (ECCCL).{{more}} Charlemange was elected...
Exhibition features sugar factory days
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September 11, 2009
Vincentians now have an opportunity to experience a bit of our industrial past; an exhibition featuring sketches of the old Argyle sugar factory was o...
Greenhouse gases inventory
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September 11, 2009
Various sectors of this country’s economy will be better able to document and report green house gases emissions here, following a training workshop...
New school for Dr. JP Eustace
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September 11, 2009
September 7, 2009, meant more than just the start of the new school year for students of the Dr JP Eustace Memorial Secondary School. It also meant a ...
Community College reveals strict rules
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September 11, 2009
Students attending the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies who are irregular in att...
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September 11, 2009
When Augustus Belgrave arrived in the United States on May 3rd, 2009, recruited by a human resource company to work on oilrigs, he believed that a luc...
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September 11, 2009
Unemployment in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is likely to increase from its current rate of 20 per cent because the majority of job seekers are inad...
LAP releases new products to market
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September 11, 2009
Over the past two months the Lauders Agro Processors Inc (LAP) has been introducing some of its products to the Vincentian market, with the most recen...
ECCU designs regional economic strategy
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September 11, 2009
The region’s coordinated response to the global and economic crisis and the OECS Economic Union moved closer to implementation when representatives ...
US Embassy workshop
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September 11, 2009
More than two dozen regional journalists now have a much better understanding of the work done by the United States Embassy for the Eastern Caribbean ...
‘Tuff’ on road to recovery after attack
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September 11, 2009
Although disappointed about losing an eye in a cutlass attack almost one month ago, Kingstown Park resident Michael ‘Tuff’ Pierre is grateful that...