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CDC gets SUV from Taiwan
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May 4, 2007
THE CARNIVAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CDC) has once again been the recipient of the generosity from the Republic of China on Taiwan, this time, Ambass...
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May 4, 2007
AFTER TEN YEARS OF SERVICE in enhancing the Carnival experience, leading J'ouvert band RJR, has decided against a J'ouvert production for Vincy Mas 20...
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May 4, 2007
A 13-WEEK PROGRAMME on "Effective Teaching for Meaningful Learning" by Senior Qualified Assistant Teacher at the C.W. Prescod School, Maureen Brackin ...
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May 4, 2007
A NUMBER of organizations here have condemned the recent upsurge in violence which has taken place over the last few weeks. In press releases, the Nat...
DaSilva leads protest at Electoral Office
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May 4, 2007
"THEY DON'T BOTHER ME, I am not moved." That was the calm response of Supervisor of Elections, Rodney Adams while political activist Frank Da Silva le...
Police call for more regional assistance
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May 4, 2007
GREATER regional cooperating is needed to combat the threats that have bombarded the law enforcement agencies in these modern times. This was the view...
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May 4, 2007
ARE TERRORISTS only persons who carry out crimes against Americans? That's the question posed by Cuban Ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ol...
TRADE BLOCK
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May 4, 2007
THE MARIJUANA TRADE between St Vincent and the Grenadines and Barbados remains one of the most worrisome issues that the Regional Security System (RSS...
VAT in SVG changing the face of taxation
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May 4, 2007
TODAY IS DAY FOUR since the introduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the government hopes the tax will "chang...
Police: No attempt to arrest Senator
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May 4, 2007
WHILE MEMBERS of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) were bracing for the arrest of Senator Daniel Cummings last Monday, Superintendent of Polic...
Financial analysis was flawed says Glasgow
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May 4, 2007
THIRTEEN YEARS AGO Accountant Brian Glasgow was employed with the auditing firm Coopers and Lybrand, which had a mandate to prepare a management audit...
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May 4, 2007
HERE IS A LIST of revelations uncovered at the resumption of the Ottley Hall Enquiry on Wednesday: The feasibility study prepared by a Monaco firm for...
Stewart: My role in entire project was minor
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May 4, 2007
THE MAN who caused the virtual shut down of the Ashton, Union Island Marina Project claimed that his role in the entire Ottley Hall Marina project was...
Two testify as Ottley Hall Inquiry resumes
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May 4, 2007
AFTER A THREE-MONTH BREAK, the Ottley Hall Project Commission of Inquiry finally resumed on Wednesday, with testimony from two key witnesses who were ...
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April 27, 2007
27.APR.07 NEW YORK (AP) — OMG! Thirteen-year-old Morgan Pozgar, of Claysburg, Pennsylvania, was crowned LG National Texting champion on Saturday aft...
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April 27, 2007
27.APR.07 An early-morning German bank customer had a bit of a shock when he found a horse in line at the automatic teller machine in front of him. It...
Clare Valley school caring for Mother Earth
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April 27, 2007
On Monday, 23, students and staff of the Clare Valley Government School spent the day celebrating and caring for Mother Earth as a part of an educatio...
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April 27, 2007
A 35-acre of plot of land is expected to be developed into a National Park at Rabacca in the not too distance future. In an effort to move this effort...
VINSA elects new executive
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April 27, 2007
A new executive has been elected to serve the Vincentian Student Association at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus for the academic y...
SVG Cadet Force launches Marine unit
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April 27, 2007
As the moral standards of society continue to be eroded by negative influences bombarding the nation’s youths, organizations like the Cadet Force wi...
Committee to free the Cuban five launched
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April 27, 2007
A number of local lawmakers and other citizens here have officially come together in solidarity with Cuba, to advocate the release of five Cuban citiz...
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April 27, 2007
A social contract has been drafted following a series of consultations between the National Economical Social Development Council (NESDEC) and the pub...
Ex-cop heads in new direction
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April 27, 2007
by Nelson A. King in New York 27.APR.07 When Emrey Jack-Alexander was a police officer in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, he lived the “good life”...
BSS under new Management
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April 27, 2007
The students, teachers and parents of the Barrouallie Secondary School (BSS) said goodbye to Principal Glasley Lewis on Monday. Lewis, who served as P...
Adams questions how Leacock got documents
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April 27, 2007
While Senator St Claire Leacock is calling for his head, Supervisor of Elections, Rodney Adams is unperturbed stating that he is confident that his ch...
Senator Leacock cries foul
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April 27, 2007
Opposition Senator St Claire Leacock believes that the ballots from the last General Elections are being used in a conspiracy to victimize certain per...
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April 27, 2007
“Wake up, Hurricane Ralph, our economy is unraveling!” This was the chant of Opposition leader Arhnim Eustace at a press conference last Tuesday w...
CDC: Carnival plans going smoothly
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April 27, 2007
Another ‘gala’ affair is scheduled to take place here in a matter of days. This time it’s in capital Kingstown, where the organizers expect to e...
SVG gets AED machines
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April 27, 2007
The president of the Medical Association, Dr. Rosalind Ambrose believes that the gift of nine Automated External Defibrillators (AED) machines by the ...
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April 27, 2007
27.APR.07 MARCH 2007 During the month of March, 2007, the Consumer Price Index registered a 0.9 percent decrease over the previous month. The “All I...
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April 27, 2007
The May 1st introduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system will lead to greater hardship for the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines. This is th...
NDF presents awards to entrepreneurs
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April 27, 2007
Entrepreneurs in this country have been advised not to depend on political favours from government for their businesses to survive; this counsel comes...
Officials look at sustainable tourism
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April 27, 2007
“New Tourism” is tourism that is sustainable, environmentally and socially responsible and mutually beneficial to visitors and host countries, say...