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Hundreds attend SDA Health Fair
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July 3, 2009
While some Vincentians revelled last weekend, over 1,000 persons attended a health fair at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College at Vil...
SVGTU holds symposium
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July 3, 2009
In conjunction with Education International, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union held a two-day symposium on violence and other devia...
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July 3, 2009
Come this September, primary school students will be introduced to a new and practical approach to learning science. This practical learning will be t...
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July 3, 2009
The National Commercial Bank (NCB), in collaboration with the SVG Rotary Club, awarded twenty-six secondary school students from across the state with...
Rotary club holds hand over dinner
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July 3, 2009
The Rotary Club of St. Vincent held its handover ceremony under the patronage of Governor General Sir Frederick N. Ballantyne at the Government House ...
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July 3, 2009
Fourteen students are now the proud recipients of certification in the Bartending and Culinary Arts programme run by the Sunshine Training Centre.{{mo...
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July 3, 2009
The National Investment Promotions Inc (NIPI), in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and the SVG Hotel & Tourism Association (SVGHTA), has lau...
Grammar School  students graduate
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July 3, 2009
In an era of underperformance of males, 162 young men graduated from the St.Vincent Grammar School this week, offering hope that there is still time t...
Fishing vessel arrives
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July 3, 2009
If the fishing explosion that government and fishing authorities are hoping for materializes - a Union Island man is happy that he is at the forefront...
IML donates to Petit Bordel Secondary
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July 3, 2009
Interactive Media Limited (IML),publisher of Searchlight newspaper, continues to assist with the development of young Vincentians through its educatio...
Murdered man’s sister still afraid of Compay
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July 3, 2009
As long as Daniel “Compay” Dick Trimmingham is alive, the sister of the man he murdered six years ago will always be scared of him.{{more}} On her...
Police offer Scholarship to Myesha
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July 3, 2009
When eight-year-old Myesha Williams was knocked down by a police vehicle while on a pedestrian crossing, there was much public speculation as to what ...
‘Red Carpet’ cake laced with Marijuana
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July 3, 2009
All speculations have been put to rest. Marijuana was indeed an ingredient in the cake served at the recent graduation ball put on by graduates of the...
Evesham couple thankful to be alive
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July 3, 2009
Her husband Lester was coming to visit, so the ward attendants placed Ruby Davis outside the female surgical ward of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital...
Youlou still ‘Growing Young SVG Artists’
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June 26, 2009
The Youlou Arts Foundation, for yet another year, will sponsor the annual visual arts program, “Growing Young SVG Artists”. It will be the 9th yea...
It’s twice as nice for Calliaqua Anglican
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June 26, 2009
For the second straight year, a pupil of the Calliaqua Anglican School has won the Ministry of Health’s Primary Schools Public Speaking competition....
JP Eustace awards Arts and Craft students
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June 26, 2009
Over eighty students were awarded for their achievement in art and craft at the inaugural Dr. J.P. Eustace Memorial Secondary School Art and Craft Awa...
Addicted to Gideon James
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June 26, 2009
The “Who’s Who” of the local entertainment industry turned out in their numbers last Thursday to welcome the arrival of the second album from mu...
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 The National Investment Promotions Incorporated (NIPI) is encouraging investment in the fishing industry, hoping to realize the full potent...
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June 26, 2009
Patrons were treated to a delightful medley of poetry and paintings at the ‘Seen and Heard’ exhibition, which took place at the Embassy of the Bol...
ECE centres at nine schools
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June 26, 2009
In the next two to three months, up to eighty per cent of this country’s three to five-year-old population will have access to Early Childhood Educa...
Gomea family left homeless
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June 26, 2009
A Gomea man, two of his children, as well as two grand children, have been left homeless in controversial circumstances. Winston ‘Boney’ O’Brien...
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June 26, 2009
Elroy Boucher, General Secretary of the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union (PSU), is convinced the Government is pushing the trade uni...
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June 26, 2009
By October, the first phase of the US$19 million Lowman’s Bay Fuel facility project should be completed. Last Tuesday, the first pieces to be used i...
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June 26, 2009
All seems to be progressing as planned for the member states of the Eastern Caribbean Monetary Union (ECCU) to take over British American Insurance Co...
Roneika Boyd gets scholarship
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June 26, 2009
Eleven-year-old Roneika Boyd is the latest recipient of a five-year scholarship from the Union Island Association of Toronto. This is the seventh scho...
Police announce operation order for Carnival
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June 26, 2009
As Carnival 2009 quickly approaches its kick off, the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) took the opportunity to dispense advic...
Police still not charged
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June 26, 2009
Close to a month has passed since the Director of Public Prosecution(DPP) advised that charges be brought against the four police officers involved in...
Cops startled by explosion at station
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June 26, 2009
In order to allow them to write their end of year exams, the seven secondary school boys who detonated fireworks outside the Calliaqua Police station ...