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CED conducts Management workshop
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July 4, 2008
Supervisors are now better able to carry out their varying roles. This is after a two-day workshop held at the Knowledge Institute in Kingstown. The w...
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July 4, 2008
04.JULY.08 Members of the Youth Advocacy Movement (YAM) are expected to benefit from a joint partnership between the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Pl...
Grammar School celebrations to move up a gear
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July 4, 2008
With less than three months to go before the official celebration of the 100th anniversary of the St.Vincent Grammar School, this country’s premier ...
Tough love for Fitzhughes siblings
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July 4, 2008
To raise successful children is no easy feat, but to raise successful children in a community riddled with drugs, alcohol abuse and idleness is highly...
Against the Odds
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July 4, 2008
‘Sometimes I only attended school one to two days a week’ Looking up to heaven and shaking her head satisfactorily, Camille Haynes walked up the a...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 The Ministry of Tourism announced on Wednesday that Storm Halbich of the Windsor Primary School has been named St. Vincent & the Grenadines...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 The children of St. Vincent & The Grenadines as well as the wider Caribbean are taking the spotlight this week and the coming week. Central...
US$12,000 for Fancy Youth Path
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 Come July, the Fancy chapter of the Youth Poverty Alleviation through Tourism and Heritage (Youth Path) will be better able to carry out th...
Odini Heads to Guyana for Shabeau Style
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June 27, 2008
On June 27, an eight-member team comprising Face of Shabeau winner Image Modelling Agency’s Odini Sutherland, a film crew and members of the Carib V...
Insurance companies recognized
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June 27, 2008
Close to 20 of this country’s insurance companies received their certificates of registration as members of the rejuvenated Insurance Association of...
Mas to honour fallen soldiers
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June 27, 2008
Come 2009, competitors in the King and Individual of the Band categories will be competing for titles named after local mas legends. At Wednesday’s ...
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June 27, 2008
The Minister responsible for Labour is also concerned that the new wages order could lead to unemployment as some businesses lean towards cost cutting...
New executive at VINSA Cave Hill
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 In April 2008, Vincentians at the Cave Hill Campus of the UWI elected eight young persons to the Executive of the St Vincent and the Grenad...
Kishawn wins Bible quiz
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 A third form student of the St. Vincent Grammar School has emerged as the winner of the Scriptural Search Secondary School Bible Quiz (SSBQ...
Hospital gets new Paediatric Critical Unit
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June 27, 2008
The commissioning of an 8-bed Paediatric Critical Care Unit at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital last Friday, June 20, signaled another crucial step i...
Sponsors hand over cheques to CDC
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June 27, 2008
As the countdown to the Hottest Carnival in the Caribbean continues, some of the contributors to the country’s largest cultural festival came throug...
16 more Vincentians graduate in Cuba
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 Sixteen Cuban-trained Vincentian professionals are looking forward to putting their newly acquired skills at the disposal of their country ...
Equipment rolls to Argyle
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June 27, 2008
Reiterating that he is by no means perfect, Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves, in an emphatic mood, reminded Vincentians that he was chosen by God to ...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 Vincentians and visitors alike are being urged by the National Commission on Crime Prevention (NCCP) to take due care during the Carnival s...
Taiwan hosts Trade Fair in SVG
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June 27, 2008
St.Vincent and the Grenadines’ lack of a well established private sector is a hindrance to the country’s economic pursuits. Acting Prime Minister ...
COP: Mobile Unit was not effective
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June 27, 2008
Just about one year after it was placed in Paul’s Avenue, following a series of shootings in the area, the Police Mobile Unit that was placed in the...
‘Birdman’ is Courts Comedy champion
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June 27, 2008
Being a stand up comedian is arguably one of the most difficult jobs in the world. However, the six comedians battling for supremacy in the Courts Org...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 Digicel Red Dawn, that’s the name of this year’s RJR Promotion for J’Ouvert. According to Jerry Howard, one of the managers of RJR Pr...
Young cricketers bank on Scotia and Digicel
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 From June 21-22 at the Grammar School Playing Field, Digicel and Scotia Bank teamed up on to give youngsters a fun games day called the “...
Digicel welcomes cricketers
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 In a show of hospitality, members of Digicel St.Vincent were on hand last Saturday and Sunday to welcome the West Indies and Australia Cric...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 DHL Express launched a new campaign recently to drive growth for DHL Import Express Worldwide, a door-to-door import service solution aimed...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 Today, Friday, June 27th is International HIV Testing Day. St. Vincent and the Grenadines will join with the rest of the world by putting o...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 There are just three more days before nominations for this year’s FirstCaribbean Unsung Heroes Programme close. First introduced in 2003,...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 The fund established by the High Commission for St Vincent and the Grenadines, London, which raises funds for Vincentian School Children in...
Twelve-year-old boy drowns at Rose Bank
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June 27, 2008
Identical twins share a special bond, so it’s beyond imagination how 12-year-old Kenroy “Biggie” Grant feels about his twin brother’s death. K...
C&W assists Moesha with medical funds
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 This country’s only Full Service Telecommunication Provider, Cable & Wireless, on Friday, 13th, donated the sum of $1,000 to Marilyn Thom...
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June 27, 2008
27.JUNE.08 The National Society of Persons with disAbilities (NSPD) is celebrating its Twenty-first Anniversary in the month of June 2008 with a progr...