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Guyanese-born Lawyer admitted to local Bar
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November 21, 2008
The Legal fraternity here was once again given a boost last Friday, November 14, when Guyanese-born Lawyer Alex Moore was admitted to practice as a ba...
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November 21, 2008
The Calder Seventh Day Adventist Church has taken a big step towards encouraging Vincentians to get involved in the care and support of persons with d...
Young Vincentian called to Bar
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November 21, 2008
Another young barrister has pledged to help raise the standard of the legal profession here. On Friday, November 7, 2008, at the High Court, Koezel Cr...
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November 21, 2008
For the fifth year in a row, LIME has successfully partnered with the Ministry of Culture (in association with the Ministry of Education) to present t...
Christmas LIME  for the picking
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November 21, 2008
It’s beginning to look a lot like a million dollar Christmas for LIME customers, as the newly rebranded telecommunications company last Friday launc...
Buccama Bay Resort Project back on track
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November 21, 2008
If work continues at the rate it is presently going, Vincentians will get a glimpse of what the completed Buccama Resort project will look like sooner...
Teachers: We will not be deterred
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November 21, 2008
Teachers here have given the assurance that in spite of the shortcomings in society they will not be deterred.{{more}} “We are not going to be deter...
GHS wins top prizes in essay competition
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November 21, 2008
The Girls’ High School (GHS) has set a record for itself. At a presentation ceremony held at the GHS on Monday, November 17, Eastern Caribbean Centr...
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November 21, 2008
Organizers of the weekly marches against the St. Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC) on Tuesday issued a statement that they have suspended protest ...
GHS donates to Helping Hands Centre
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November 21, 2008
Having raised over EC$5,000 through its Harvest fund-raising activities, the Girls’ High School donated half that amount to the Helping Hands Centre...
Minister: Moko under control
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November 21, 2008
THE Ministry of Agriculture is optimistic that the Moko disease is under control in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. That’s according to Minister of ...
Truckers  go back  to work
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November 21, 2008
Money talks! This adage has proven true in the impasse between C.O. Williams Construction Limited and the truckers employed with the company on the ne...
YAP benefits from Fairtrade donation
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November 21, 2008
The Youth Assistance Programme (YAP) has recently benefited from the generosity of the Fair Trade Organisation. In a handover that took place at the M...
Sion Hill marks ten years  of Lighting Up
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November 21, 2008
The pioneers of community lighting here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Sion Hill Community, will be celebrating ten years of lighting this yea...
GHS head issues challenge to HOH
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November 21, 2008
Headmistress of the Girls’ High School Andrea Bowman has issued a challenge to the House of Hope Society. Speaking at the Annual General Meeting of ...
SVG Cancer Society hosts banquet
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November 21, 2008
Life is about friendship and compassion. This is the message that Andrew Cummings, QC, left with patrons at the Annual Dinner hosted by the St.Vincent...
Bottlers makes  link with  St. Lucia Distillers
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November 21, 2008
Bottlers St Vincent Limited is now the official agent for St Lucia Distillers. The official link came earlier this month after much discussion between...
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November 21, 2008
What has been described as an “unfortunate bureaucratic mix up” by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves caused personnel at some service stations to ...
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November 21, 2008
There seems to be a problem brewing at the North Union Secondary School, which has seen over 20 students serving suspension since last week.{{more}} S...
Local Police upgrade fingerprint software
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November 21, 2008
A Taiwanese Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Delegation consisting of six ICT experts was in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from Novembe...
Shameka Cambridge wins essay competition
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November 21, 2008
Shameka Cambridge, of the St.Vincent Community College (SVCC), is the winner of the Caribbeanradio.FM and Foreign Brand Name Outlet Essay Competition....
Minister announces new plans for Kingstown
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November 21, 2008
A cleaned up and repainted Central Market and a newer, better Little Tokyo, with fewer rum shops are on the horizon as the Julian Francis led Ministry...
Huggins praised for contribution to VINLEC
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November 21, 2008
Joel Huggins has made an indelible mark on the St.Vincent Electricity Services Ltd. (VINLEC), says current CEO of the utility company, Thornley Myers,...
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November 14, 2008
14.NOV.08 The University of the West Indies Open Campus, SVG will, in conjunction with the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Christian Council, hold a Spe...
KPS wins Leo Club’s Reading competition
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November 14, 2008
Heather Lakhram, of the Kingstown Preparatory School, is the winner of the The Leo Club of St. Vincent’s Annual Reading Competition which came to it...
Heritage Youth Arts Festival ends
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November 14, 2008
Students and teachers throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines should now be better able to incorporate creative applications into the other subject ...
Xora wins BCCU Public Speaking competition
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November 14, 2008
The Barrouallie Co-operative Credit Union (BCCU) held its second annual primary schools’ public speaking competition recently as part of the celebra...
Mustique Company trains Caregivers at Vinsave
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November 14, 2008
Six persons will undergo training at the Vinsave Child Development Training Centre for employment with the Mustique Company as Early Childhood Caregiv...
Richardson Motors is top Shell performer
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November 14, 2008
Richardson Motors Service Station, located at Arnos Vale, outperformed other Shell Service Stations across the region in the recently concluded quarte...
Courts opens its first store in New York
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November 14, 2008
On Thursday, October 30, Courts officially opened the doors of its first North American store for business in the Caribbean immigrant-populated boroug...
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November 14, 2008
The International community recently voted overwhelmingly to end the 47-year-old trade embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States.{{more}} On Wednes...
Blackberry Flip joins the LIME
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November 14, 2008
LIME, the new Caribbean communications business recently launched by Cable & Wireless and Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced ...
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November 14, 2008
A call for government and the private sector to work together if there is to be sustainable development and poverty eradication here in St. Vincent an...
Vincy Homecoming launched with a bang
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November 14, 2008
With much fanfare, music and festivity, Vincy Homecoming 2009 was launched at Heritage Square last Sunday afternoon. Geared towards engaging the Diasp...
Digicel ready to make your wishes come true
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November 14, 2008
Digicel is making the upcoming New Year special for its customers, by affording them the opportunity to win attractive cash prizes amounting to as muc...
Birthday phone brings in $1000 for winner
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November 14, 2008
14.NOV.08 The Digicel handset 75-year-old Felton ‘Tolan’ Quashie received for his birthday has earned him EC$1000 compliments Digicel.{{more}} Qua...