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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
Tourism bodies launched
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July 10, 2009
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA) and the National Parks Rivers and Beaches Authority (NPRBA) have officially been launched...
Fantastic Wednesdays at Rent and Drive
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July 10, 2009
As long as you own a vehicle, visiting Rent and Drive, the premiere automotive parts and accessories service store in St.Vincent and the Grenadines, i...
Taiwan donates to the SVGCC
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July 10, 2009
The Division of Technical and Vocational Education of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College now has a desktop computer for use in its a...
Early Childhood Education pays
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 Caribbean countries can benefit economically and socially by investing in Early Childhood Development. This was the message coming out of t...
Calliaqua students receive monetary gifts
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 On Thursday, July 2nd, 2009, six Grade 6 students of Calliaqua Anglican School were the happy recipients of grants totalling $3,000.{{more}...
Ex-policeman escapes death
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July 10, 2009
On Carnival Monday, an ex-police officer nearly lost his life for what he claims to be his attempt to calm an ongoing family squabble involving his co...
Crime going down the drain
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July 10, 2009
A beaming Commissioner of Police (COP) Keith Miller has declared the Carnival Master Plan of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force a g...
CAP programme launched for at risk kids
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July 10, 2009
The Ministry of National Mobilisation, in conjunction with the Ministries of Finance and Education, launched its yearly Children Against Poverty (CAP)...
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July 3, 2009
The Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Project of St.Vincent & the Grenadines (C-HLP Club SVG) now has a new executive. At the club’s Annual General Meetin...
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July 3, 2009
The challenges faced by the East Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) during the year 2008/2009 have underscored the critical importance of adequate supervis...
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July 3, 2009
A Consular Corps Association may soon be established in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This is one of the decisions taken at a meeting on Tuesday, Ju...
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July 3, 2009
There will be no change in the way communion is served at the Anglican churches in the Windward Islands amidst swine flu concerns.{{more}} “We have ...
Karib Cable donates to Owen Ralph
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July 3, 2009
Owen Ralph’s Junior Carnival presentation called Tropical Flowers received a cash injection from Karib Cable of $5000. Close to 100 young revellers ...