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Miss SVG Contestants: In their own words
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Miss SVG Contestants: In their own words
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May 18, 2007
The Miss SVG Pageant is just two weeks away and Searchlight got close and personal with the eight contestants during an interview at Young Island Reso...
Gas prices up
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Gas prices up
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May 18, 2007
Vincentians began paying more at the pumps from last Monday, May 14, following the announcement by Acting Prime Minister Sir Louis Straker of a $1.75 ...
PM hobbles to VAT office
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PM hobbles to VAT office
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May 18, 2007
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has declared war against business houses that are caught exploiting the Value Added Tax (VAT) system but Chamber of...
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PM wants courts to be tough on gun crime
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May 18, 2007
Magistrates are being encouraged to be firm and consistent when sentencing persons found guilty of firearm offences.{{more}} The call was made on Tues...
Ambassador Cheng donates computer to SJCM
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Ambassador Cheng donates computer to SJCM
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May 11, 2007
On May 7, Ambassador of the Republic of China Jack Cheng handed over a brand new computer with 19” monitor and printer, and a digital camera to St. ...
Twenty retired health workers honoured
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Twenty retired health workers honoured
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May 11, 2007
More than 20 retired nurses, nursing assistants and community health aides were honoured earlier this week for their contribution to the health care s...
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Taiwan bidding for membership of WHO
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May 11, 2007
An application to the World Health Organization (WHO), signed by Taiwanese President Chen Shu-Bian has made clear his country’s desire to attain mem...
Visual artist to show in Jamaica
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Visual artist to show in Jamaica
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May 11, 2007
Local Visual Artist Cecile Comblen has chalked up yet another notch on her already impressive resumé. The Belgium born artist, along with Jamaican Er...
Cubans find their roots in Vincyland
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Cubans find their roots in Vincyland
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May 11, 2007
Sixty years after their grandfather went to Cuba to work in the sugar industry , 24-year-old Rony Robinson and his 21-year-old brother Denny came to S...
Baptiste: It’s time to give back to Cuba
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Baptiste: It’s time to give back to Cuba
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May 11, 2007
Obviously ecstatic about her recent trip to Cuba, Culture Minister Rene Baptiste said that it was time for Vincentians to “give back to Cuba.” Whi...
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500 CCE students to choose secondary school
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May 11, 2007
In an effort to keep the students who are writing the Common Entrance Examination motivated to work, the Ministry of Education will allow the students...
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Look out for me!
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May 11, 2007
If u think last year’s road march contribution was big, wait until you hear what joint winner James ‘Jamesy P’ Morgan has in store for 2007. Spe...
Brisbane: I told the gospel truth
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Brisbane: I told the gospel truth
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May 11, 2007
After sitting through the entire testimony of his former friend and boss at the National Commercial Bank (NCB), former general manager of the bank W. ...
Joachim rolls with punches on Day 2
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Joachim rolls with punches on Day 2
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May 11, 2007
A two-and-a-half year break may have been somewhat beneficial to the memory of former chairman of the National Commercial Bank Richard Joachim, who te...
St. Hill Mini Mart hit again
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St. Hill Mini Mart hit again
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May 11, 2007
What had up to that point been a normal, peaceful day unexpectedly turned violent for the staff of the St. Hill Mini Mart at Campden Park when they we...
Contractor robbed of licensed gun, $30,000
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Contractor robbed of licensed gun, $30,000
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May 11, 2007
After a contractor was robbed of his licensed firearm and approximately $30,000 in broad daylight last Friday, Deputy Commissioner of Police Lenroy Br...
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Senator Leacock in hot water?
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May 11, 2007
The saga of election ballot box which had been discovered on March 31 downstairs the building which formerly housed the government printery continues....
Wool pulled over Japanese eyes
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Wool pulled over Japanese eyes
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 THOUSANDS of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles. Flocks of...
5-day-old baby badly burnt in hospital
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5-day-old baby badly burnt in hospital
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ­ A baby just five hours old received severe burns from a hot water bottle in a hospital incubator.{{more}} On Tuesday n...
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42,000 Caricom visas issued by end of April
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 THE INTRODUCTION of the Common CARICOM Special Visa has assisted countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in averting efforts at human ...
New mom Camille ready for PNM fight
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New mom Camille ready for PNM fight
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis, who at the age of 46 gave birth to twin daughters some three mo...
Intellectual Property Office hosts workshop
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Intellectual Property Office hosts workshop
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May 4, 2007
THE COMMERCE and Intellectual Property Office observed World Intellectual Property Day last week Thursday April 26th. In commemoration of the day, the...
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Supporting Junior and Demi De Roache
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May 4, 2007
Junior and Demi DeRoache are two young clubites of the Union Island Young Help Striders 4H Club, who were part of Camp Aware #3. Junior, 10 years of a...
Bad Feelings sails away with first place
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Bad Feelings sails away with first place
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May 4, 2007
THE CREW OF the sailing boat "Bad Feelings" must have had `good feelings' as they dominated the two days of sailing and the three races which they won...
Good month for fishermen despite adversities
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Good month for fishermen despite adversities
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May 4, 2007
ALTHOUGH MANY local fishermen may not have access to modern fishing equipment to enable them to stay out to sea for long periods, the past few months ...
Chateau family counting their blessings
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Chateau family counting their blessings
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May 4, 2007
A PLAN Village, Chateaubelair family is still traumatized after a window pane in their living room was broken by gunshots. The incident occurred in th...
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No private beaches in SVG – ­ Minister
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May 4, 2007
MINISTER OF TOURISM Glen Beache has made it clear that all beaches in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are public facilities, and access should be freel...
Beache questions timing of protest
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Beache questions timing of protest
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May 4, 2007
A CLEARLY UPSET Glen Beache conveyed his disgust with the members of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) who organized a protest at the Kingstow...
C&W launches new directory
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C&W launches new directory
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May 4, 2007
WHEN YOU ARE paralyzed from your neck down it is hard to find many things to get excited about, but former West Indies speedster Winston Davis has bee...
HNLMS Urania visits SVG
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HNLMS Urania visits SVG
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May 4, 2007
HNLMS URANIA visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines this week as part of a transatlantic journey called "Atlantic Breeze 2007". The boat is a 77' Stee...
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Nurses have fun at Sharpes Playing Field
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May 4, 2007
ALTHOUGH dubbed VAT Day, Tuesday was nothing but a Fun day at the Sharpes Playing Field for the nurses and caregivers of the Chateaubelair district. T...