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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 ...
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...