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June 22, 2007
More than 60 young journalists from three OECS territories have returned to their news rooms with enhanced skills which should enable them to function...
Bomb scare puts NCB on pause
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June 22, 2007
Operations came to a halt at the Kingstown branches of the National Commercial Bank (NBC), after a bomb threat was phoned in. The call came through th...
Youth shot, killed in Georgetown
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June 22, 2007
Nineteen-year-old Odinga Collins was asleep on the living room floor of his grandmother’s house in Mount Bentick, Georgetown, when he received a cal...
Bring your laugh and come!
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June 15, 2007
On Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 the Peace Memorial Hall will erupt with laughter and entertainment at the finals of Courts Comedy Challenge. Who will rei...
KBC celebrates 30 years of growth
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June 15, 2007
What stemmed from one man’s answered prayers continues to flourish, as the Kingstown Baptist Church (KBC) celebrates its 30th anniversary. Rev. Don ...
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June 15, 2007
The partnership which has been established between the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force and Holland College in Prince Edward Island, ...
GHS makes it four in a row
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June 15, 2007
The Girls’ High School has copped the RBBT Young Leaders Award of Distinction for an astounding fourth consecutive time, beating nine other schools ...
BROWNE IS 103
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June 15, 2007
by Vanesta Murphy 15.JUN.07 “I live with Jesus, that is how I live so long” were the words uttered by Millicent Browne on her 103rd birthday 7th J...
Keisal Peters is the new president of VINSA
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June 15, 2007
Celebrating our past, embracing our future; VINSA 25 years and counting. This was the theme under which the new executive of the Vincentian Studentsâ€...
NYC Council honours Nelson King
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June 15, 2007
In commemorating Caribbean American Heritage Month in the United States, New York City Council, on June 7, honoured Searchlight United States Correspo...
Erica heads Regional Hot Pepper Association
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June 15, 2007
by Karen Palmer 15.JUN.07 Erica McIntosh continues to turn up the heat by being named head of the Regional Hot Pepper Association. The local businessw...
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June 15, 2007
Marlon Stevenson has been elected president of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Small Business Association. At the inaugural meeting of the associat...
Students protest over ‘no graduation’
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June 15, 2007
Some final year students of the Dr JP Eustace Secondary School held a protest on Wednesday against the school’s decision not to have a graduation ce...
CBN cashes in on auditorium
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June 15, 2007
The reclamation of this country’s history and culture has begun and the National Lotteries Authority’s (NLA) construction of an EC$1.5 million aud...
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June 15, 2007
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has given the assurance that the list of zero-rated items will be increased over time as his government continually ...
NIS hosts Social Security meet
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June 15, 2007
Directors of social security from 15 CARICOM territories gathered here this week, to discuss the issues and challenges facing social security in the r...
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June 15, 2007
Dr Gonsalves’ security detail is too big for a Prime Minister of a small state like St Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} This is the view of Oppos...
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June 15, 2007
The burning sensation of strong rum will be back in two week’s time so strong rum connoisseurs can relax after the close to five months of scarcity ...
Nine Vincentians to show off Vincy Flavours
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June 15, 2007
A team of nine chefs and bartenders will leave the state tomorrow Saturday, June 16th to represent this country in the Caribbean Hotel Association’s...
Another small protest at Grenadines Terminal
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June 15, 2007
A small but spirited protest broke out at the Kingstown Ferry Terminal following the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) protest march in Kingstown last Fr...
Three tie at top in Mathematics
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June 15, 2007
She isn’t sure about what she wants to be in the future, but right now Angelina Questelles is just enjoying being tied with Antonio Robertson and Ev...
Hard work pays off for Kemar Simmons
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June 15, 2007
Even though he is, at present, uncertain about his future career path, Kemar Simmons certainly has a bright future before him. The 11-year-old Troumac...
Two on top in General Paper
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June 15, 2007
Ten-year-old Alrice Simmons is one of the happiest children on the Grenadine island of Bequia right now. On Monday, although she did not place among t...
Kasaini misses out on computer
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June 15, 2007
Kasaini Culzac comes off as one confident 11-year-old who knows what he wants and exactly how he is going to get it.{{more}} Had he attained the first...
De-Yonte a natural
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June 15, 2007
She never studied at home for exams, but still, she managed to place eight overall and sixth for girls in this year’s common entrance exams. It is q...
Cherrianne wants to be a veterinarian
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June 15, 2007
Cherrianne Davis a student of the Kingstown Prep School placed 6th overall in the recent Common Entrance Examinations. Speaking with the SEARCHLIGHT a...
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June 15, 2007
The St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School has once again proved that they are not to be taken likely when it comes to academics. This year, 12-year-old J...
Anson wants to become a mechanical engineer
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June 15, 2007
As he posed for pictures with the air of a young man who is confident, full of life and bountiful energy, there was no doubt that Anson Latchman was o...
Soleil makes PM, wife proud
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June 15, 2007
Soleil Gonsalves comes across as a confident and together young lady. She is well spoken and also very smart, after all she did place 4th overall with...
Lafeisha thanks brother for help
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June 15, 2007
“I was overwhelmed.” That was how 12-year-old Lafeisha Hadley of the Georgetown Government School described how she felt when she found out that s...
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 Concerns over the growing social decay of the Vincentian society have grabbed the attention of the executive of the St. Vincent and the Gre...