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December 21, 2007
This country’s Prime Minister says that he feels personally hurt by what took place with LIAT on Wednesday, when a sickout by 24 flight attendants g...
City View Hotel re-opens in Antigua
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December 21, 2007
In Antigua The owner is known as a disciplined, dedicated, driven businessman. The Minister of Tourism says that customer service is the key to the se...
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December 21, 2007
Women who apply to the Army are usually more motivated than their male counterparts; perhaps driven by a desire to show that they belong, and are capa...
EU and CARIFORUM sign full EPA agreement
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December 21, 2007
The first comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was initialled on 16 December, 2007, between the European Union and CARIFORUM, one of the regio...
Nine Mornings Festival off to great start
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December 21, 2007
The will and passion of the members of the Nine Mornings’ committee has paid off. In addressing a bumper crowd gathered in town for the first mornin...
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December 21, 2007
He made a list, checked it twice; and Dr Ralph Gonsalves has determined that the Opposition’s concerns about the economy are unfounded, and simply n...
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December 21, 2007
07.DEC.07 IT WILL COST Vincentians US$131 to apply for a United States visa from next year. And, as before, whether you got the visa or not, this fee ...
Drugs go up in smoke
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December 21, 2007
As illegal drugs with a street value of more than EC $13 million went up in plumes of tire and gasoline fueled smoke on Tuesday, Commissioner of Polic...
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December 21, 2007
The Prime Minister was in his element as he lashed out at the Opposition when he wrapped up the 2008 budget debate in Parliament on Monday. One catch:...
Officials warn: Beware of what you are buying
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December 21, 2007
Officials of the Ministry of Trade and the Bureau of Standards are urging consumers to be more vigilant and aware of products being stored, sold or di...
Masked men rob yacht in Chateaubelair Harbour
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December 21, 2007
Four Germans aboard a sailing yacht had a sailor’s worst nightmare when masked men boarded their vessel, brandishing cutlasses and demanding money.{...
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December 14, 2007
14.DEC.07 Club Calabash comes alive this Sunday night when the finals of the Annual Inter-house Karaoke competition 2007 will be staged at 8 p.m.{{mor...
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December 14, 2007
Two young men of Walvaroo were at press time still hospitalized nursing chop wounds to their heads and backs, following an incident that took place la...
Ambassador Cheng brings hope to needy
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December 14, 2007
Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan Jack Cheng made visits to two humanitarian organizations recently. He visited the House of Hope Society ...
Cool Riderz Cycle Club working with Police
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December 14, 2007
14.DEC.07 On Saturday, December 8, 2007, Police Officers at the Biabou Police Station benefited from health assessments conducted by members of the Co...
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December 14, 2007
Nineteen of this country’s premier tourism sites are to receive a facelift, thanks to a five million Euro tourism development project, slated to con...
Toastmasters inducted
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December 14, 2007
The admission of a record nine new Toastmasters between the months of August and September this year has earned this country’s local chapter the muc...
Call for parents to attend workshop
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December 14, 2007
Unless the parents of many ill disciplined, underachieving students are reached and are given the support they desperately need, a few hundred potenti...
Carnival in Christmas for Digicel Nelson Bloc
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December 14, 2007
While thousands of Vincentians were occupied with the hustle and bustle of Sunday Christmas shopping, members of the Digicel Nelson Bloc mas band were...
St. Lucian is new CXC Registrar
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December 14, 2007
14.DEC.07 Dr Didacus Jules, a St Lucian national, will take up the post of Registrar - Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on April 2, 2008.{{more}} ...
Teachers upgrade skills at workshops
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December 14, 2007
Vincentian parents can expect better academic performances from their children in the New Year, thanks to an initiative of the Ministry of Education.{...
Striders awards gift vouchers to elderly
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December 14, 2007
14.DEC.07 Every year the Striders Cultural and Social Organization awards gift vouchers to elderly persons, and for two women of Enhams, who have alre...
SVGCC looking to bigger things in the future
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December 14, 2007
The Division of Technical and Vocational Education of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) Technical Vocational division is es...
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December 14, 2007
More than 1,200 more Vincentians now know their HIV status. The miles-stone was reached when residents of Georgetown brought a fitting climax to the N...
Minister: Tourism is everybody’s business
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December 14, 2007
The responsibility to ensure that Tourism is of the best quality does not rest solely on the shoulders of the Ministry of Tourism.{{more}} This is acc...
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December 14, 2007
Vincentians had to wait an extra day to find out what Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves had in his 2008 budget, after a sore throat caused him to post...
PM going ‘face to face’ with public
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December 14, 2007
A new programme dubbed “Face To Face With Ralph” will soon be launched by the government. This was disclosed by Political Leader of the Unity Labo...
Opposition Leader clapping for NIS move
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December 14, 2007
“I am not playing politics on it; it is too important a matter.” This was Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace as he discussed government’s planned ...
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December 14, 2007
There is no doubt what Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace is most concerned about: $1.162 billion, which represents this country’s national debt, as o...