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93-year-old Bishop claims holy powers
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March 7, 2008
by Viclene Matthews 07.MAR.08 “Sardo, you done become a doctor,” Conrad Cleophas Sutherland was told by someone who noticed his curative powers. H...
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 The Rotary Club South, International Hospital for Children (IHC) and Ministry of Health partnership completed one of their biggest Clinics o...
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February 29, 2008
Cable & Wireless - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Limited announced this week the launch of its New Style Bill. According to Chief Financial Officer, ...
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 LIAT advised on Tuesday that there are disruptions to the airline’s service and it is working resolutely at solving the problems as quickl...
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 JANUARY 2008 During the month of January, 2008, the Consumer Price Index registered a 1.3 percent increase over the month of December 2007. ...
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February 29, 2008
Ancient African history comes alive this year again for Vincy Mas, when High Voltage Mas Band takes us back with their 2008 presentation ‘Myths and ...
Digicel rewards its top phone card resellers
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 Digicel, the fast growing mobile telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, has rewarded the top phone card re-sellers for 2007 with mone...
Carr is SVGS Junior school Reading champ
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February 29, 2008
The St. Vincent Grammar School has completed its Junior school (Forms 1, 2 and 3) Reading Competition. The competition, a major activity on the annual...
Lodge Village takes hats off to reading
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February 29, 2008
Whether it’s through story telling, science, songs or jingles, the students of the Lodge Village Government School made the point in their Reading E...
Dental assistant claims he was shot by police
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February 29, 2008
A 24-year-old dental assistant at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital is claiming that he was shot by police on February 16, 2008, and the bullet is sti...
ICT Programme Launched
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February 29, 2008
In the view of Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, “The European Union (EU) is arguably our most important strategic partnership for developmental as...
ULP launches its FM radio station
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February 29, 2008
Stepping to the speakers’ podium to the song ‘No One’ by pop singer Alicia Keys, and serenaded by the hundreds of supporters there to witness th...
NDP calls on church leaders to speak out
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February 29, 2008
Church leaders have been criticized over their handling of the rape allegations that have been levied against Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves by a f...
Pan Against Crime campaign gets going
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February 29, 2008
A preacher has warned against what he calls the littering of the mind, as he made the point that things like the movies watched and the music listened...
Bomb threat clears School of Nursing
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February 29, 2008
The routine sounds of shouts and orders from drill sergeants and recruits at the Old Montrose Police Station were interrupted earlier this week by the...
UNESCO sponsors Photovoltaic Project
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February 29, 2008
The Division of Technical and Vocational Education of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College has commissioned a UNESCO sponsored Photovo...
Judge rules alleged oral statement inadmissible
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February 29, 2008
Now that the case against Francis “Prickle” Williams has been discontinued, the question being asked is “Who killed Glenn Jackson?”{{more}} Wh...
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February 22, 2008
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Youth For Christ, Vermont Miracle Tabernacle, and the New Life Music Ministries will host their 7th Annual National...
CPO: Do away with stigmatization
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February 22, 2008
A top official at Her Majesty’s Prisons has called for the end to stigmatization against persons who have been behind the walls, after they leave th...
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February 22, 2008
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves received a vote of confidence this week, through a letter of support from The National Committee of St. Vincent and...
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February 22, 2008
The alarming increase in the incidence of cancer in the region will be the topic of discussion when the SVG Cancer Society hosts its Annual General Me...
Vincy models in international fashion show
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February 22, 2008
Despite the fears expressed by some of this country’s leading modeling agencies, two local models were recently given the opportunity by PIC Interna...
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February 22, 2008
Closer and stronger - this is the forecast for the relationship between Taiwan and St Vincent and the Grenadines, according to Prime Minister Dr Ralph...
Computer literacy training for inmates
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February 22, 2008
Twenty four inmates of Her Majesty’s Prisons are currently undergoing training in computer literacy, thanks to the works of Rotary Club of St. Vince...
Union Island Secondary School gets PA system
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 The Union Island Secondary School received a public address system - Monday, 18th February, 2008, courtesy the school’s P.T.A. The handove...
Students receive scholarship fund
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February 22, 2008
More than 60 students, most of them from secondary schools, converged at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conference room on Wednesday, where they rece...
KAS students raise their hats to Literacy
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February 22, 2008
Boasting performances worthy of raised hats, the Kingstown Anglican School Literacy Department held a Reading Extravaganza on Tuesday, as part of thei...
Reading is fun at Petersville
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February 22, 2008
by Viclene Matthews 22.FEB.08 Chanting “I love reading”, “reading is fun”, “hats off to reading”, students of the Petersville Primary Scho...
Leo Club donates to groups
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February 22, 2008
The Leo Club of St. Vincent made donations to four groups of individuals over the last weekend.{{more}} On Friday, February 15, 2008, a donation was m...
Taylor claims Gospel Fest reducing crime
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February 22, 2008
Although 2007 saw a record number of killings here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, there is agreement in some quarters that it could have been wors...
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 Participants at a workshop to be held here next week will discuss, among other things, the way forward for the current agricultural diversif...
Woman is NCB’s cruise winner
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February 22, 2008
Kathleen Telesford of Paul’s Avenue is the lucky winner in the National Commercial Bank’s (NCB) final draw for 2007.{{more}} All customers who qua...