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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 ...
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June 26, 2009
In an attempt to give Fathers’ Day as much prominence as Mothers’ Day, the Gender Affairs Division of the Ministry of National Mobilisation held a...
Lucky Father’s Day winners get prizes
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June 26, 2009
Digicel, PakYa, and Magna, teamed up for Father’s Day and as a result, five lucky persons were rewarded with prizes. Last Tuesday at the Digicel’s...
Clico donates items to hospital
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June 26, 2009
As part of its celebrations for Customer Appreciation Week, CLICO’s Sports and Social Club donated several useful items to the Paediatric Ward of th...
Mijé models set for Carnival Catwalk
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June 26, 2009
When Carnival Catwalk is staged on Sunday, June 28th, 2009, at the Cruise Ship terminal, there will be a star-studded cast of designers who have showc...
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June 26, 2009
A new farmers group dubbed “the Marriaqua Farmers Association” was formed on Tuesday 23rd June, at the Dumbarton Agricultural Station.{{more}} The...
Kenesha Foster is Valedictorian at GHS
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 by Omesha Spence The prize is worth the pain. This was the message reiterated to the 162 graduates of the 2008-2009 class of the St. Vincen...
Primary school opens at Fair Hall
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June 26, 2009
“When this government builds anything, it builds quality products for the people. We wouldn’t have it any other way”. That’s the boast of a pr...
Caesar named point man for ASLP
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June 26, 2009
The Alternative Sustainable Livelihood Project (ASLP) that will soon be launched will have a point man - Minister Saboto Caesar.{{more}} At a press co...
Vandals wreak havoc at Library
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June 26, 2009
Vandals hit the Kingstown Public Library for yet another time over the last weekend, but this time, they caused the library to have to close its doors...
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June 19, 2009
An Eastern Caribbean (EC) amalgamated bank, with a combined deposit base of over $6 billion, is the direction in which the indigenous banks of the Eas...
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June 19, 2009
At the opening ceremony of the thirty-first annual general meeting of the SVG Teachers’ Corporative Credit Union (SVGTCCU), it was revealed that the...
Two more win with Digicel
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June 19, 2009
Loyal Digicel customers Andrew Fraser and Jackie Marques are the lucky winners of two raffles recently held by Digicel’s Flagship store The Cell.{{m...
Digicel presents 10 with $1,000
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June 19, 2009
It wasn’t payday last Monday, but 10 of Digicel’s lucky customers left the company’s Corporate Offices on Bay Street with EC$1000 in their pocke...
Early Childhood Centres introduced
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June 19, 2009
Continuing the Government’s thrust into the area of Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Centres will be implemented in several primary school...
Volunteers to bring in medical aid
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June 19, 2009
Thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment, supplies, and health care will be delivered free of charge to the people of St. Vincent and the Grena...
Groups trained in Finance Management
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June 19, 2009
Member groups of the National Economic Development Council (NESDEC) will be exposed to Finance Management training at a one day workshop hosted by NES...