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Digicel Promoting ‘Better Life’ in SVG
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November 28, 2008
28.NOV.08 The bigger better telecommunications network, Digicel, took over Heritage Square in Kingstown on Friday, November 14th, entertaining Vincent...
Opposition Leader’s daughter called to Bar
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November 28, 2008
She deliberately did not take one of the most obvious career routes, but Maia Eustace still ended up in a profession which she considers part of an el...
SVG pays final respects to Joel Huggins
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November 28, 2008
Almost every pew at the St George’s Cathedral in Kingstown was filled to capacity last Saturday, November 22, as mourners turned out in their number...
Joe reaping success with chicken farm
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November 28, 2008
When Arthur Medford purchased the old Bonadie poultry farm in Clare Valley, he probably never envisioned that 12 years later he would still be supplyi...
Dr. Ferguson: PNP victory better for region
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November 28, 2008
The thrust towards deeper regional integration with more purposeful involvement from Jamaica will be more easily attainable if the People’s National...
Peter David: Stay with the people!
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November 28, 2008
If the government stays connected to the people, it will continue to be popular and should emerge victorious when the next general election is called....
Fancy women receive award for creativity
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November 28, 2008
The women of the Fancy Community Help Group (FCHG) were on Wednesday morning presented with a certificate of award and a medal of honour for their cre...
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November 28, 2008
A Chateaubelair sailor claims that he was slapped around by a police officer at the Central Police Station when he tried to make a report about a thre...
Increased salaries for November paypackets
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November 28, 2008
Government has ignored the outcry of two major public unions and has implemented the reclassification exercise in full.{{more}} As he laid the estimat...
SVG represented in regional Spelling-bee
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November 21, 2008
Although she didn’t place at the top of the recently held Regional Spelling Bee competition in Grenada, ten year-old Shaniqua Laborde of Rose Bank s...
Mijé Junior models to  take to the catwalk
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November 21, 2008
The Cruise Terminal will come alive on Sunday 30th November from 4:30pm as the Mijé Junior Models take the Catwalk to strut their stuff in “A gift ...
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November 21, 2008
The “No more Victims” convention hosted by Faith Word Ministries has been hailed a success. The convention, which was held at the Arnos Vale netba...
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November 21, 2008
“Keep your comments to yourself.” That was the stern advice given to Parnell Campbell Q.C., the Chairman of the Constitutional Review Steering Com...
Nine Mornings gets a big Lotto jump start
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November 21, 2008
This year’s Nine Mornings activities are expected to kick-off with added flare. To mark the 10th anniversary since the return of the unique Vincenti...
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 ...