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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...
SVG launches Poverty Assessment exercise
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July 20, 2007
This country’s Prime Minister is not afraid of what the report from the Country Poverty Assessment programme would indicate. “Only on the foundati...
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July 20, 2007
Nurses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are calling on Government to pay them allowances which they say have been outstanding since October 2005. In ...
DaSilva: Was Adams’ contract renewed?
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July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 17 was day No. 52 of the picket being staged in front of the electoral office in an effort to remove Supervisor of Elections Rodney Adam...
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July 20, 2007
The United States Government has expressed their thanks to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and the local police for finding a missing American.{{mo...
Buccament Bay project going full steam ahead
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July 20, 2007
by Karen Palmer20.JUL.07 Have no fear, the Buccament Bay Beach Resort is coming along just fine - and with the people’s interest in mind, it seems. ...
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July 20, 2007
St Vincent and the Grenadines seems set to have a non-executive president as its Head of State when the new constitution is unveiled in 2009. Legislat...
Churaman makes Rotary history
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July 13, 2007
Chief Magistrate Simone Churaman made history recently when she became the first female president of a Rotary Club in St Vincent and the Grenadines.{{...
CEO: Cable & Wireless committed to Carnival
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July 13, 2007
Chief Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless Foster Hannaway, has declared his company’s commitment to the culture of St. Vincent and the Grenadines,...
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July 13, 2007
The name of the game is travel, and St.Vincent and the Grenadines is seemingly becoming a popular participant. Both ‘Islands’ and ‘Caribbean Tra...
Agard: Conference was long overdue
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July 13, 2007
“This conference has been a long time coming” said Nadine Agard, Business Facilitation Officer of the National Investment Promotions Inc. (NIPI), ...