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October 31, 2008
As part of their independence celebrations, the students, staff and some parents of the Little Flower Pre-School paid a visit to the offices of this c...
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October 31, 2008
As the saga between the St. Vincent Electricity Services (VINLEC) and persons protesting the high cost of electricity continues, organizers of the wee...
Two Digicel customers top up and win $500
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October 31, 2008
31.OCT.08 The simple process of topping up a Digicel handset has earned two persons EC$500 cash from telecommunications provider Digicel.{{more}} Chan...
Customers welcomed to better life with Digicel
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October 31, 2008
Digicel rewards you for using their services. Want proof? Ask their “Welcome to the better life” campaign winners.{{more}} Last Tuesday, October 2...
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October 31, 2008
Plans are already being made for Independence celebrations next year. Word of this came from Minister of Culture René Baptiste as she addressed the S...
National Heritage Youth Arts Festival opens
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October 31, 2008
Students throughout St Vincent and the Grenadines are being given the opportunity to showcase their creative talents in the first National Heritage Yo...
PMC to hold ‘One Nation Festival’
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October 31, 2008
The need for Vincentians to realize how far we have reached as a nation over the past 30 years has caused the People’s Movement for Change (PMC) to ...
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October 31, 2008
The 19 fishermen who suffered damage from the passage of Hurricane Omar two weeks ago have been promised assistance from the Government.{{more}} Durin...
Guardsman marks five years in SVG
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October 31, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008, marked five years of operation for Guardsman SVG Limited in this country. To ring in this milestone, members of the company ...
Protecting religious rights of everyone
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October 31, 2008
The action taken by the Thusian Institute for Religious Liberty (TIRL) in a case involving a student of the St. Vincent Teachers’ College and her su...
Government bringing ‘No income’ housing
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October 31, 2008
Government is set to begin its latest housing project. Move over middle and low-income housing - here comes “no income” housing!{{more}} “There ...
Teachers Union, PSU call off strike action
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October 31, 2008
The impasse between government and two major trade unions here has taken a new twist.{{more}} For now, both the Public Service Union (PSU) and the St ...
Ceford Providence passes away at home
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October 31, 2008
The Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of Culture and the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) have joined to express their sympathy for the loss of o...
New Lawyer succeeds against the odds
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October 31, 2008
Speak about a woman with perseverance, class and resoluteness, and what you’re doing is describing Ayanna Ophelia Baptiste. The young woman, who too...
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October 24, 2008
He may be retired, but former Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell’s name is often still thrown into the political mix. It was no different last week i...
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October 24, 2008
A number of community groups, organizations and individuals are expected to gather this Saturday 25th October, from 10.00 am at the Cruise Ship Comple...
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October 24, 2008
The Community Heritage organization in Diamond Village began a new programme of public activity with a recent heritage hike into the mountain.{{more}}...
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October 24, 2008
The West St. George Secondary School held its inaugural World Food Day Harvest on October 16, 2008, at the school’s premises at Belair.{{more}} The ...
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October 24, 2008
The Division of Adult and Continuing Education (ACE) in the Ministry of Education, through its zonal offices, is currently having a series of communit...
New Peace Corps volunteers sworn in
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October 24, 2008
26 Peace Corps Volunteers are now working here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, following a special swearing in ceremony of thirteen newcomers on Mo...
GECCU launches Link 24 ATM card service
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October 24, 2008
In an effort to improve service delivery for their customers, the General Employees Co-operative Credit Union (GECCU) launched its GECCU Link 24 ATM c...
WINFA head blasts developed countries
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October 24, 2008
The leading developed countries and major international institutions have been accused of ‘hypocrisy’ and ‘not being serious’ about implementi...
Fourth annual College Career Exhibition ends
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October 24, 2008
The fourth annual College and Career Exhibition came to an end here on Thursday, October 16, at the Methodist Church Hall, in Kingstown.{{more}} The t...
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October 24, 2008
An Educational seminar on the world financial crisis, its effect on us, and lessons we can learn will be held here next week.{{more}} The workshop, wh...
PM endorses Obama
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October 24, 2008
Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves is endorsing Barack Obama for President of the United States.{{more}} “I will say this to our American brothers wh...
Customers continue protest against Vinlec
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October 24, 2008
This year’s annual Independence Day parade, which will showcase a number of uniformed military and non military institutions, smartly attired as the...
No building on Little Tokyo waterfront
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October 24, 2008
Vendors who plied their trade on the waterfront in the vicinity of Little Tokyo will not be allowed to rebuild the stalls that were destroyed by the s...
Vinlec holds safety week
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October 24, 2008
Seminars, exhibitions, drills and competitions were the focus last week, as the staff of the St. Vincent Electricity Company (VINLEC) observed their a...
Vincentians march for Breast Cancer Awareness
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October 24, 2008
Decked out in their bright pink caps, members of the Medical Association, Cancer Society, Soroptimist International and well wishers marched through t...
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October 24, 2008
With songs like ‘Why Worry’, ‘Lift up Your Hands and Praise the Lord’ and ‘Joy Cometh in the Morning’, as well as scripture verses which s...
No settlement in teachers’ dispute
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October 24, 2008
The dispute between the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU), the Public Service Union (PSU) and the government over the implementa...
PM says NIS on sound footing
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October 24, 2008
While the National Insurance Service (NIS) is on a sound footing, according to the latest actuarial report, Prime Minister Dr. Gonsalves is asking the...
Serah Jackson sweeps away competition
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October 24, 2008
Give Serah Jackson of the St Joseph Convent Marriaqua two thumps up! She swept away the five other contestants in the Cable & Wireless sponsored Lions...
Cinerama Theatres closed
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October 17, 2008
Cinerama Theatres has announced the closure of its cinema at White Chapel, Kingstown, as of Sunday, 12th October, 2008.{{more}} A statement from manag...