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July 27, 2007
Vincentians and visitors have just under a year to prepare for the next edition of Vincy Mas. Minister of Culture Rene Baptiste announced the dates fo...
Carnival winners get prizes
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July 27, 2007
The overcast weather did not deter persons in the carnival community from tuning out in their hundreds to the cruise ship terminal for the prize givin...
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July 27, 2007
Minister of Social Development, Mike Browne has said that over the next month his ministry will be looking at ways in which they can step up their gam...
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July 27, 2007
The Carnival Development Corporation has announced that Miss St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2007 Melissa Yorke, will represent this country in the 46t...
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July 27, 2007
Image Modelling Agency is opening its doors to the public for the second year in a row as it seeks to constantly reinvent itself to keep up with the e...
JP Eustace students hold their own ball
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July 27, 2007
Fast on the heels of a report in another section of the media about calls by teachers of the Dr J.P. Eustace Secondary School for the removal of princ...
Horne cracks up Grenada
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July 27, 2007
Maurice “The Aquarian Born” Horne is the 2007 Courts OECS Just for Laughs Comedy Champion. Horne out joked his four competitors at the Grenada Tra...
‘Labour conditions in the region great’
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July 27, 2007
Solicitor to a three-day workshop for labour inspectors held last week in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samuel Goolsarran, said that this region has...
SVG looks to Canada for airport aid
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July 27, 2007
St Vincent and the Grenadines has petitioned Canada for assistance in the construction of the international airport and leadership training, Prime Min...
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July 27, 2007
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said that he believes that the Government will have to get involved in building a top quality recording studio here...
‘Former administration missed the boat’
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July 27, 2007
A move towards a Modern Competitive Post Colonial Economy could have been made by the former administration, as early as 17 years ago, as the European...
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July 27, 2007
According to data provided by three year private market research conducted by The West Spot throughout St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and St L...
Holiday Dream returns
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July 27, 2007
Local stake holders in the Cruise Tourism Industry were smiling all the way to the bank when Spanish Cruise liner Holiday Dream docked at Port Kingsto...
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July 27, 2007
By Maxwell Haywood 27.JUL.07 It has been two weeks since carnival ended. From all accounts, people enjoyed the celebrations more than they did in rece...
Port Authority opens food court
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July 27, 2007
A new addition to the Cruise Ship terminal was officially opened on Tuesday, and the Port Authority has appealed to the general public to support the ...
Straker: The law that governs money
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July 27, 2007
Money Talks... and it’s time to listen. So says Barbadian Leroy Straker, author of the book ‘Money Talks... listen’. A motivational speaker for ...
Labour inspectors in training
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July 20, 2007
Labour inspectors from eight countries yesterday wrapped up a workshop to enhance their knowledge on international labour standards.{{more}} The three...
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July 20, 2007
One-hundred and fifty Secondary school students from five schools will learn about the role and operations of the local electricity company, St. Vince...
Bringing hope to students
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July 20, 2007
Fifty three students from the Calder Ridge area have had part of their material needs for the new school term met, thanks to the benevolence of HOPE.{...
Lucky 7 does it for Lotto Sprinter winner
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July 20, 2007
Seven is the perfect number and for Karen Davis, she won the perfect prize on July 7, 2007. Davis is the winner of a Toyota Sprinter motorcar complime...
Richmond Vale student drowns at Trinity Falls
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July 20, 2007
After months of training and preparation to do humanitarian work in Malawi in southeastern Africa, Garfield Ballantyne’s life came to a tragic end l...
Lady luck smiles on Patrick Benn
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July 20, 2007
Lady Luck made an appearance on an unlikely day; Patrick Benn hit the Lotto jackpot on Friday, July 13.{{more}} Benn, looking rather nonchalant for th...
Caribbean couples to meet in SVG
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July 20, 2007
Nearly 300 Caribbean members of the Couples For Christ movement (CFC) will converge on St Vincent and the Grenadines later this month. They will be at...
Art graduates show at College
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July 20, 2007
When engrained in young people, the negative mindset that one cannot earn a living from the creative arts, is according to art teacher at the St Vince...
‘Problem Child’ donates cash to charity
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July 20, 2007
Road March king, Shertz “Problem Child” James has donated some of his winnings from the road march to charity.{{more}} The School for Children wit...
Kisha Sutherland is student of the year
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July 20, 2007
On Thursday July 5th, 2007, the Georgetown Secondary School held its annual graduation ceremony and saw 120 students graduate from 5th form. Among the...
Scholarship awardees presented with cheques
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July 20, 2007
Four former primary school students on Monday received cheques from Cable and Wireless, as part of the company’s ongoing scholarship awards programm...
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July 20, 2007
Less than two months after increasing the speed on its Internet service, telecommunications giant Cable & Wireless has come up with yet another offer ...
GEMS lights up St. George’s Cathedral
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July 20, 2007
Psalms 150 says you should praise the Lord with the sound of the trumpet, the high sounding cymbals, the psaltery, the harp and the trumpet, but on a ...
‘More intelligence gathering needed’
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July 20, 2007
Police should spend less time on rough-house tactics and concentrate more on the gathering of intelligence in the fight against crime, says a Jamaican...