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Top ten blood donors recognized
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June 12, 2009
The regular voluntary donations of blood by Vincentians did not go unnoticed by the staff at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Blood Bank, who recogn...
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June 12, 2009
While the world’s economic crisis has continued to have a negative impact on the fiscal situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister D...
Crisis/Trauma centre coming soon to SVG
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June 12, 2009
A Crisis/Trauma Centre will soon be established in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to shelter victims of domestic abuse and other related acts of viole...
Community receives trees from Jems
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June 12, 2009
In a two-part ceremony in Carapan on Friday, June 5, the Joyce Mapp Roberts household and the St. Clair Dacon Secondary School received the first of m...
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June 12, 2009
Maxine Browne has recently returned from an International three-week training course in the management of dance organisations and she is ready to put ...
NCB Social Club donates to hospital
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June 12, 2009
The frowns on the faces of several children at the Pediatric ward of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital were turned upside down last Saturday, June 6, ...
National Trust increases transparency
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June 12, 2009
In an attempt to increase the transparency of the organisation and encourage members of the public to join, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Nationa...
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June 12, 2009
Two senior citizens in the Calliaqua community, 87-year-old Aleatha Goodluck and 80-year-old Esterlita Bruce were visited recently by pupils of the Ca...
Digicel eases the squeeze for twenty
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June 12, 2009
Businesses are currently operating in a harsh economic climate, but Digicel is making sure that they do all in their power to help their customers cop...
Rosine Glasgow wins with Digicel
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June 12, 2009
Rosine Glasgow was planning to attend her first ever Wet Fete this year, and thanks to Digicel, she not only did that, but did it free of cost, and to...
Digicel rewards a Storm and Pearl
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June 12, 2009
Akeino Gurley had wanted a Blackberry Storm since it hit the market here. “I used to go to the store and look at it every chance I got,” he told D...
Fisherwoman, Junior Fisherman rewarded
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June 12, 2009
Digicel has made sure that both the Junior Fisherman of the Year and the Female Fisher of the Year will always be able to keep in touch when out fishi...
CED to launch comic book next Tuesday
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June 12, 2009
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc. (CED) Business Gateway Project will launch a comic book entitled “Launching into Entrepreneurship” next...
Bridal Exposition  a success – WOW
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June 12, 2009
After months of intensive preparation, WOW Creations managed to successfully stage St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ first bridal show on Sunday, June...
Volita Tucker – The dress that impressed
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June 12, 2009
The orange sheath that got the Best Evening Wear nod from the judges at the recently held Miss St Vincent and the Grenadines pageant was conceived and...
No coroner’s inquest for Suicide’s killing?
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 by Jamila Soso-Vincent When Kemasha ‘Suicide’ Alexander’s mother was informed that he had been slain by Police Officers on October 16...
Libya to open commercial bank
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June 12, 2009
Libya is set to open a commercial bank and an investment company, and will pump developmental aid into this and other Eastern Caribbean countries. As ...
Maths top scorer wants to be inventor
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June 12, 2009
Great things can be expected from Aaron Knights in the future. The Kingstown Government School student, who hopes to become an Inventor, tied for the ...
English is Raeisa’s favourite subject
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June 12, 2009
Raeisa’s favourite subject is English, so she wasn’t too surprised when she found out that she scored the highest mark in that subject in the 2009...
Rhea confident after Common Entrance Exam
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June 12, 2009
An action-packed summer is in store for 11-year-old Rhea Cain. A student of the Calliaqua Anglican School, Cain intends to include studying among the ...
Two bring pride to Georgetown
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June 12, 2009
Georgetown Government School has consistently earned spots in the top 10 category of the Common Entrance Examinations over the years, and this year wa...
Shalex grabs 8th place
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June 12, 2009
Shalex Bailey of the Cane End Government School is on top of the world after scoring the highest grade for General Paper in the Common Entrance Examin...
Delighted at 2nd overall
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June 12, 2009
Copping the coveted positions of first for girls and second overall in the Common Entrance Examination is no ordinary achievement. So it’s no surpri...
Walker is top shopper
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June 5, 2009
The next time Edmira Walker does shopping at CK Greaves Supermarket, it will be all at Digicel’s expense. The married mother of a seven-year-old son...
OAS lifts 47 year-old  suspension on Cuba
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June 5, 2009
A “historic wrong” was “righted” on Wednesday, June 3, 2009, when Foreign Ministers of the Organization of American States (OAS) voted to lift...
Top Honours
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June 5, 2009
Rozann De Freitas graduated Summa Cum Laude from Cleveland State University (CSU) on May 16th, 2009. She is the daughter of proud parents Marcus and S...
Port signs agreement
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June 5, 2009
On Monday, May 4, 2009, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority signed on to phase two of Grenadines Wharf Repair Project as part of its ongo...
Taiwan volunteers visit Special Needs school
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June 5, 2009
On May 28, four Taiwanese volunteers - Elsa CHANG, Smile CHIANG, Henry LAI and Shaoyi WANG, visited the School for the Children with Special Needs to ...
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June 5, 2009
Thirty persons are hoping to improve their supervisory skills at a seminar on “Supervisory Management Techniques for the Private and Public Sectorâ€...