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June 8, 2007
Trimmingham’s ‘Green Gold’ hit by Moko disease As acre by acre of his green gold is ravished by the Moko disease, Owen Trimmingham is wondering ...
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June 1, 2007
When Politicians and investors put development and profits before environmental and social sustainability, there can be no other result than mayhem. T...
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June 1, 2007
Cable & Wireless International (CWI), the world’s pre-eminent telecoms provider for small to medium markets, today announced a 44% increase in mobil...
Courts Comedy challenge showcases tomorrow
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June 1, 2007
Furniture and appliance giant Courts is adding comedy to its already extensive line of products. The Courts Comedy Challenge -”The Road to Stardomâ€...
Findlay-Innocent graduates Summa Cum Laude
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June 1, 2007
On Saturday 19th May, Michele Findlay-Innocent graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0 GPA from Johnson and Wales University (Miami, Florida) with a Bach...
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June 1, 2007
The key speakers at last week Thursday’s consultation on violence in schools painted a disturbing picture of what the education system may become, i...
Ministry hosts session on school violence
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June 1, 2007
A packed Peace Memorial Hall was the venue for the much anticipated consultation on violence in schools, especially following a series of high profile...
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June 1, 2007
Describing the move to collect repatriation as the “New War”, Minister of Culture René Baptiste has said that a more unified strategy is necessar...
PM has vision of ABC connection
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June 1, 2007
Lashing out against imperialism and neo-colonialism, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves insists that the Caribbean must look out for its interests desp...
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June 1, 2007
Any private airline that seeks to rival LIAT will fail - just like the others that have attempted such a move over the years. This was the bold predic...
Venezuelan vessel seized in Chateaubelair
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June 1, 2007
Residents of the northwestern town of Chateaubelair were rudely awakened from their early morning sleep on Wednesday by gunshots. Residents said that ...
PM: Invest in larger vessels
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June 1, 2007
The fishing industry accounts for $27 million per year or two per-cent of this country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but Prime Minister Dr Ralph G...
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June 1, 2007
Achievers Toastmasters SVG celebrated their First Anniversary on becoming a Chartered Club on May 5th. That date was also significant in that two memb...
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June 1, 2007
The Value Added Tax Unit has issued the Return and Payment Guide. According to Gwenneth Martin, Senior Assistant Comptroller in the VAT Unit, this Gui...
Vincentians may see cheaper internet rates
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June 1, 2007
Thursday 17 May was World Telecommunications Day and Vincentians may soon have something to celebrate in the form of cheaper Internet rates. {{more}} ...
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June 1, 2007
Four children and their mother have been found hanged in their mobile home in the US state of Texas, police said. A relative found the bodies of a 23-...
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June 1, 2007
A bathtub made of gold, worth 120m yen ($1m; £500,000), has disappeared from a Japanese resort hotel in circumstances that remain unclear, police sai...
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June 1, 2007
UNITED STATES – US officials have begun a worldwide search for people who may have come into contact with a man infected with a drug-resistant form ...
From death row to freedom – Earl Pratt
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June 1, 2007
JAMAICA – More than a decade after the United Kingdom Judicial Committee of the Privy Council recommended that his death sentence should be commuted...
SVG Coast Guard: Brains, Brawn and Beauty
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June 1, 2007
Twenty years ago, women in certain branches of our armed services was unheard of, but today there are women in the Special Services Unit (SSU), Rapid ...
School gathers to mourn ‘Bebe’
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June 1, 2007
Just one day after the shooting of nine-year-old Kimberly Shallow and her six-year-old sister Rosanna, members of the Sandy Bay community, along with ...
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June 1, 2007
Minister of Labour René Baptiste and the new Director of the Workers Institute for Research and Education Joseph ‘Burns’ Bonadie attended the 6th...
Vincentian shot to death in Trinidad
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June 1, 2007
On Page 1 of our last edition – May 25, 2007 – we tried to bring you the complete story about the tragic death of Michael King but somehow the Pri...
Villagers want help for neighbour
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June 1, 2007
Three weeks after fire destroyed a wooden structure at Dickson √illage owned by 64-year-old labourer Thomas Thorne, concerned villagers are calling on...
Men claim ‘Jump-up’ set them on fire
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June 1, 2007
Rohan Clarke a 51-year-old man of Chauncey is going about his daily life in much pain and discomfort after he was set on fire in the wee hours of last...