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Ottley Hall gets playing field funds
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October 26, 2007
Thanks to a $100,000 contribution from the Social Investment Fund (SIF), the community of Ottley Hall will be getting the playing field that they have...
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October 26, 2007
26.OCT.07 While calls have been made to the Grenadines during the last two weeks, the 2007/08 cruise ship season begins in earnest today, Friday, Octo...
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October 26, 2007
Up to press time on Wednesday, police were still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Vincent Matthews, a 38-year-old of Buddy Gut...
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October 26, 2007
LIAT (1974) Ltd. and Caribbean Star Airlines, Ltd. on Tuesday finalised and executed the agreement for LIAT to purchase the assets of Caribbean Star A...
Will Jestyn bring home the bacon for SVG?
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October 26, 2007
26.OCT.07 Telecommunications company Digicel continues to bring great entertainment through the Digicel Rising Stars show.{{more}} By next week only t...
Digicel makes stop in Spring Village
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October 26, 2007
26.OCT.07 Telecommunications company Digicel continues to improve it’s coverage to the Vincentian public. Last Friday October 19 the improvement of ...
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October 26, 2007
26.OCT.07 Minister of Tourism Glen Beache and Director of Tourism Vida Bernard attended the 30th Annual Caribbean Tourism Conference and Trade Exhibit...
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October 26, 2007
26.OCT.07 The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) is inviting submissions from stakeholders and the general public towards the enhancement of the o...
Niara Fraser admitted to bar
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October 26, 2007
Just a few days after six lawyers were admitted to practice law here, another daughter of this soil was admitted to the local bar on Tuesday at the Hi...
Going Places Travel awards top employees
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October 26, 2007
26.OCT.07 Going Places Travel has announced that three employees were awarded for outstanding service during their Annual General Meeting last month. ...
Special training coming for top cops
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October 26, 2007
This country’s police chief is wary about the pending retirement of several senior police officers, and efforts are being put in place to ensure tho...
CSME delegation from Barbados to visit SVG
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October 26, 2007
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade will host a delegation from the Barbados-based Unit of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy - CSM...
Robertson happy with Moko fight
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October 26, 2007
The Chief Agricultural Officer says that his ministry needs to speed up the replanting process, but he is satisfied with the way the fight against Mok...
Leaky roof at hospital puts surgeries on hold
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October 26, 2007
A leaky operating theatre impaired the progress of the Vision Now programme, and put 300 persons on hold for surgeries.{{more}} The surgeries finally ...
Ruthland Vale man wins Lottery prize
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October 19, 2007
Kenrick Robinson, a resident of Ruthland Vale, is $174,000 richer after winning the National Lottery Jackpot.{{more}} The 64-year-old resident said th...
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October 19, 2007
A two-year survey on sexual behaviour among youth in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has concluded that despite the knowledge and information circulati...
Keys donate Cdn$2000 to Faith Temple preschool
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October 19, 2007
The Faith Temple pre-school is Cdn $2000 better off, following a donation from the school’s founders, Canadian missionaries Jack and Daisy Keys.{{mo...
Stewart is FCIB Unsung Hero
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October 19, 2007
She never thought a day like this would come, but Yolande Stewart has been named this year’s First Caribbean International Bank’s St Vincent and t...
US donates books to Public Library
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October 19, 2007
On Wednesday, October 17, the United States Embassy donated two boxes of books to the Kingstown Public Library.{{more}} Speaking at the handing over o...
PAWI celebrates 40 years
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October 19, 2007
The speeches and addresses were short and sweet, but the messages, along with the sounds and songs of praise and worship offered by the congregation g...
PAWI hosts awards and dinner
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October 19, 2007
As part of the celebration of its 40 years of existence, the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies (SVG) held its anniversary awards dinner last F...
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October 19, 2007
President of the SVG Credit Union League Reuben John is calling for credit unions in this country to merge in order to compete on the global market.{{...
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October 19, 2007
The National AIDS Secretariat is strengthening and enhancing its capacity to conduct Rapid HIV Testing in the country.{{more}} To this end, NAS began ...
Splectron kidnapped, beaten by 3 persons
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October 19, 2007
Popular television host and videographer Regis Splectron claims that he was kidnapped for close to half-an-hour last Saturday, in what he claims is pa...
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October 19, 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sir Louis Straker, will lead a delegation to Cuba next week to attend a meeting of the sixth session of the Cuba-St. Vinc...