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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...
Nation urged to unite, fight lawlessness
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June 1, 2007
With two more homicides accounted for on Wednesday, this country’s Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is speaking out on the spate of crimes and lawl...
Daughter: Mom tried to get a fresh start
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June 1, 2007
One of the women who was found dead in a Largo Height house last Wednesday, May 30 was desperately trying to escape a tumultuous relationship with a m...
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 President Fidel Castro says his health has improved after undergoing several intestinal operations. In an article, Castro says initial opera...
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 China says it is investigating reports that toothpaste contaminated with a potentially lethal chemical had been exported to Central America....
Grenada hosts 45th OECS Authority meet
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 Grenada is playing host to the 45th Meeting of the OECS Authority which began yesterday will come to an end today, Friday, May 25th. The Mee...
Single Domestic Space arrangement ends
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 The Single Domestic Space (SDS) which came into effect February 1st 2007, for the hosting of the Cricket World Cup 2007 games as well as the...
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 Sister Beverly Liverpool has been re-elected unopposed as President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Nurses’ Association for the 2007...
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 A new T-shirt band, known as “Vincy Foreign-Based,” will be launched tonight, May 25, at A & L Lounge in Brooklyn. The founding members ...
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 Ambassador Agustin Colombo Sierra, Under Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Tra...
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May 25, 2007
The Organization of American States (OAS) has adopted a resolution to “permanently lift the pause in the awarding of OAS scholarships,” thus pavin...
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May 25, 2007
The International Hospital for Children (IHC) in partnership with the Rotary Club of St. Vincent South has just concluded another successful medical t...
Bequia Mission- continuing to reach out
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May 25, 2007
The Bequia Mission continues to assist the people of Bequia in the areas of education and assistance to the elderly. Recently, 10 schools on the Islan...
Blue Angels watch over terminally ill
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May 25, 2007
A fashion show, a pan soloist, singing, dancing and prize draws, were all parts of the Blue Angels Personal Development Agency’s third annual tea pa...
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May 25, 2007
Persons wishing to travel to neighbouring Caribbean islands may soon have the option of a modern, fast, inter-island ferry. Following a meeting of CAR...
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May 25, 2007
In anticipation of the upcoming hurricane season, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) is heightening its public awareness programme ...
Searchlight story touches good samaritan
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May 25, 2007
WERE IT NOT for God’s grace, Verna Shallow could have been living life in abject poverty. She was therefore moved when she read the lead story in SE...
Spiritual Baptists celebrate freedom
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May 25, 2007
Proudly marching in witness to their faith from the Peace Memorial Hall to Victoria Park, Spiritual Baptists celebrated their day under the theme “R...
Another Ex-Police Officer Ordained
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May 25, 2007
by Nelson King in New York 25.MAY.07 Following the footsteps of ex-police sergeant Emrey Jack-Alexander, another former member of the local constabula...
John: Conference high point  of tenure
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May 25, 2007
by Nelson A. King in New York 25.MAY.07 St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Ambassador to the United States, Ellsworth John, says the forthcoming Confer...
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 APRIL 2007 The Consumer Price Index for the month of April 2007 registered a 1.2 percent increase over the previous month. The All Items Ind...
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May 25, 2007
Employees at St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) will commemorate Safety Week from May 27 to June 2, 2007 under the theme “Sharing the...
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May 25, 2007
Concerned that guns and knives have now replaced fist fights in school, First Vice President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (...
NLA urges youths to take up fishing
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May 25, 2007
Young people who are interested in the fishing industry are being called upon to take up the profession, as there are a lot of job opportunities in th...
St. Lucian ‘Born Again’ gets saved
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May 25, 2007
LAST SUNDAY around 11:30 am the St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Coast Guard towed a St Lucian registered vessel into Chateaubelair Bay. The fibre ...