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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...
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February 22, 2008
Cuba’s Ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines says that her country’s socialist political system is not a deterrent to the exploration of bu...
Brent Bailey is Chief Engineer
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February 22, 2008
Thirty-seven year-old Brent Bailey is today completing his first week on the job as this country’s Chief Engineer. Bailey, who has been an engineer ...
George tells Government ‘don’t meddle!’
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February 22, 2008
Government has been warned not to meddle, as the business sector of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Cuba seek to foster a relationship.{{more}} The ...
Force loses officer
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February 22, 2008
The wounds that were slowly beginning to heal for the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force after losing one of their colleagues about a mo...
PM: I forgive those who trespass against me
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February 22, 2008
Breaking the ice at a meeting with Vincentian students at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies on Valentine’s night, February 14, Pr...
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February 22, 2008
by Hawkins Nanton in Jamaica 22.FEB.08 Regarded as the last true regional integrationist among Caribbean Leaders in his era, Prime Minister Dr. Hon.Ra...
WINFA takes part in international forum
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February 15, 2008
15.FEB.08 WINFA Coordinator Renwick Rose is among more than 70 leaders from farmers organizations from around the globe participating in two important...
ECCB makes donation to schools
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February 15, 2008
On Friday 8th February 2008 at a brief ceremony, the ECCB made two presentations to a primary school and a secondary school.{{more}} Under the Primary...
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February 15, 2008
The National AIDS Secretariat has launched a series of educational and awareness sessions in schools throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The se...
Ambris marks 100 birthday
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February 15, 2008
Catherine Agatha Ambris, a resident of Biabou, is this country’s most recent centenarian. She reached that milestone on February 12, 2008. She is a ...
Sponsors sure up Gospel Fest 2008
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February 15, 2008
After heaping praise on its organizing committee, Minister of Culture René Baptiste formally opened the month-long Digicel sponsored National Gospel ...
Office attendant needs surgery
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February 15, 2008
Elizabeth Hazell has been employed at the Magistrate’s Court in Kingstown for the past 32 years. For all those years she has been a world of help to...
Jackson earns IFSA  scholarship
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February 15, 2008
15.FEB.08 JEREMY JONATHAN JACKSON has been awarded the International Financial Services Authority (IFSA) 10th Anniversary Scholarship.{{more}} Jackson...
WIBDECO  ready to help with leaf spot
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February 15, 2008
The outbreak of leaf spot disease in this country should only affect the banana industry for a few weeks, says a Windward Island Banana Development an...