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Gender Affairs wants better deal for women
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August 3, 2007
Assessing the work done over the year and making plans for the way forward, the 2007 National Conference on Women was held at the Peace Memorial Hall ...
Senator calls on women to liberate themselves
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August 3, 2007
A plea has been made by Senator Rochelle Forde for women to liberate themselves from abusive relationships. Senator Forde, who was addressing the gath...
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August 3, 2007
The line up of events to commemorate Emancipation Month sees a number of new additions to the calendar this year. At a press conference held by the Mi...
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August 3, 2007
The body of an unidentified man was found floating in the waters off Richmond beach last week Thursday night. The corpse, described as that of a fair ...
Francis dismisses ballot tampering claim
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August 3, 2007
Senator Julian Francis says that his now infamous statement in parliament, where he suggested that he had knowledge of the number of Syrian votes he g...
Club Cove goes up in smoke
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August 3, 2007
Nothing is more powerful than a mother’s instinct! Just ask Shania Farrell who snatched her one-year-old son Prince and jumped over her banister whe...
‘It’s not over until it’s over!’
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July 27, 2007
These were the words of hope repeated during the three nights of deliverance meetings held July 15th -17th at the New Life Ministries Church in North ...
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July 27, 2007
The Ministry of Education Bridging programme for 2007 got on the way on Monday July 16. First launched in 2005, the programme seeks to help children w...
Calliaqua honours outstanding residents
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July 27, 2007
Political rivalry took a back seat on Friday, July 13th, when the parliamentary representative for East St George Clayton Burgin presented a plaque of...
SVG, Turkey sign visa abolition agreement
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July 27, 2007
St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of Turkey have formally established a mutual visa abolition agreement.{{more}} The Agreement on the Mu...
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July 27, 2007
The British Government is introducing biometric data collection as part of a world-wide biometric identification process, designed to protect an indiv...
NAS to move ‘From Research To Action’
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July 27, 2007
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is now in an even better position to plan and programme strategically for HIV/AIDS. This is due to the findings of a Be...
Bishop Rivas appointed Coajutor in St. Lucia
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July 27, 2007
The Most Rev. Robert Rivas O.P., Bishop of Kingstown has been appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Castries by Pope Benedict XVI. This was announced o...
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July 27, 2007
Digicel, fast-growing telecommunications company in the Caribbean and new entrant to the Central American market, announced on Tuesday that it continu...
Ryan ends stint in force
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July 27, 2007
The Police top brass is looking for a man to head the highly critical Special Services Unit (SSU) following the retirement of Superintendent Norris Ry...
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July 27, 2007
Disc Jockeys around St Vincent and the Grenadines, who think they have got the skills to make it big, will have a chance to showcase their talent on t...
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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...