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Darfur Awareness Campaign in SVG
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April 13, 2007
More than 400,000 Africans have died in the Darfur region of Sudan since February 2003. Over 2.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes. ...
Shopping frenzy! Pre VAT sale, everything must go
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Shopping frenzy! Pre VAT sale, everything must go
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April 13, 2007
While many local stores are in the process of getting rid of their old stock before Value Added Tax (VAT) is implemented on May 1, at least one busine...
Mystik Vibrations launches music video
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Mystik Vibrations launches music video
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April 13, 2007
Vincentians and visitors partaking in the annual Bequia Easter Regatta had one other reason to cheer on the weekend. Bequia boys Enos ‘Raluv’ Peni...
National action group hosts 2-day workshop
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National action group hosts 2-day workshop
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April 13, 2007
Following a two-day consultation workshop last week, a national action programme has been developed to address issues related to land degradation in S...
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ECCB hosts Savings and Investment Course
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April 13, 2007
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is teaming up with financial and academic partners to host a Savings and Investment Course scheduled to comm...
Principal and senior teachers expect their Bachelor of Arts Degree
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Principal and senior teachers expect their Bachelor of Arts Degree
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April 13, 2007
At the end of their two-year workshop, over 40 primary school principals and teachers in the junior forms of secondary schools are expected to have a ...
4H Movement elects new executive
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4H Movement elects new executive
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April 13, 2007
The National 4H Movement held its Annual General Meeting on the 7th March 2007 at the Youth Affairs Conference Room, where a new executive was elected...
Bethel students ready for the world of work
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Bethel students ready for the world of work
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April 13, 2007
It was a career day indeed for the fifth form students of the Bethel High School as they showed up at school all elegantly dressed and looking as if t...
Group in for Indian dance workshop
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Group in for Indian dance workshop
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April 13, 2007
It has not yet been a year since they were established, and already, members of the Indian Heritage Foundation can boast of having achieved a great de...
Troumaca School wins Spelling B Competition
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Troumaca School wins Spelling B Competition
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April 13, 2007
After navigating through words like 'embezzle', 'sequins', 'apocalypse' and 'lingerie' and an almost perfect score, the Troumaca Government School too...
Deputy Chief Education Officer says spelling neglected
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Deputy Chief Education Officer says spelling neglected
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April 13, 2007
Deputy Chief Education Officer, Luis deShong fears that spelling is being neglected, and has suggested that it should be part of the daily routine of ...
MVAA wins History competition
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MVAA wins History competition
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April 13, 2007
The Mountain View Adventist Academy took first place in the Community College Heritage Club Local History Competition which was held last Wednesday at...
Insurance salesman finds life in British Army
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Insurance salesman finds life in British Army
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April 13, 2007
Six years ago an insurance salesman gave up his desk job in search of adventure and new worlds, he found it in the British Army. Today Sergeant Calber...
Students return from Camp in Venezuela
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Students return from Camp in Venezuela
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April 13, 2007
Thirty-two fourth form students of the Girls' High School returned home on Saturday after a week-long camp in Venezuela, where they sharpened their Sp...
Humanitarian Group honours exemplary contributors
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Humanitarian Group honours exemplary contributors
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April 13, 2007
by Nelson A. King in New York 13.APR.07 The Brooklyn-based St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Humanitarian Organization has honoured two nationals for ...
Female sailor battles in Bequia Regatta
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Female sailor battles in Bequia Regatta
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April 13, 2007
Being a sailor is a rough and tumble job, so when people observed petite 5ft 5-inch Florida born Jaqui De Meric as part of the crew of the yacht 'Clou...
Ship ahoy!
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Ship ahoy!
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April 13, 2007
The waters around the tiny Grenadine Island of Bequia were awash with boats of all sizes over the Easter weekend, as the Bequia Sailing Club’s 26th ...
Fire leaves Vermont woman homeless
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Fire leaves Vermont woman homeless
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April 13, 2007
From the ashes of mourning a 29-year-old domestic has to pick up the pieces and try again - having watched all that she worked for burnt to the ground...
CTAWU head calls for boycott of Food City
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CTAWU head calls for boycott of Food City
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April 13, 2007
If the leadership of the Commercial Technical and Allied Workers Union (CTAWU) has their way, an all out boycott of Food City Supermarket and National...
Workers strike at Peters Hope
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Workers strike at Peters Hope
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April 13, 2007
Three weeks after the groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of a new secondary school at Peters Hope, workers at the site went on strike. Citi...
Frenchman dies after Soufriere hike
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Frenchman dies after Soufriere hike
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April 13, 2007
Olivier D'Ovout a 55-year-old French national died as a result of a heart attack after hiking to La Soufriere on Sunday.{{more}} D'Ovout and his frien...
Wanted men now in custody
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Wanted men now in custody
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April 13, 2007
The three Trinidadian fugitives who were believed to be hiding out in St Vincent are now in police custody, in Trinidad. A massive manhunt was mounted...
Victoria Village man shot
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Victoria Village man shot
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April 13, 2007
Reynold “Spragga” Shallow is now a patient at the male surgical ward of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) after being shot. The shooting oc...
Walvarou man stabbed to death
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Walvarou man stabbed to death
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April 13, 2007
The mentally ill father of four who died two Wednesdays ago after receiving a stab wound to his chest, wasn't a violent man but rather very helpful an...
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Landlords discuss crime situation
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April 13, 2007
Facing the possibility of a pull out by the Kingstown Medical College because of security concerns, the landlords of the medical students have come to...
St. Vincent could lose Kingstown Medical College
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St. Vincent could lose Kingstown Medical College
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April 13, 2007
An estimated $22-million-per-year rug may soon be pulled from under the economy of St Vincent and the Grenadines; that is, if the doors of the Kingsto...
Parris thankful, happy to be alive
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Parris thankful, happy to be alive
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April 13, 2007
As the visitors, well wishers and messages from around the country and overseas poured into the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, Zaccheus Parris was usi...
EC$360 million drugs destroyed at Rabacca
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EC$360 million drugs destroyed at Rabacca
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April 13, 2007
From sealed cans labeled orange juice, milk and pet food to suitcase handles and even a wedding dress, drug traffickers found ingenious ways to concea...
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Schoolboys ordered to study on bail or go to jail
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 JAMAICA – THE FIVE Kingston Technical High School students who appeared on assault charges in the Kingston Family Court last week had bett...
Rastafarians embrace first beauty queen
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Rastafarians embrace first beauty queen
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 Jamaica – Rastafarians have enthusiastically embraced the crowning of the first Rastafarian Miss Jamaica Universe 2007, Zahra Redwood, in ...
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Woman in police lock-up with gun in underwear
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 JAMAICA – Camesha Blake, the 26-year-old Greater Portmore, Jamaica resident who was found in a police lock-up with a gun hidden in her pan...
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Trini-born teacher on sex charges in NY
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 NEW YORK – 27-year-old Trinidadian-born Catholic High School teacher was on Thursday slapped with charges of statutory rape of a student a...
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$250,000 bail for man accused of killing priest
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April 5, 2007
by Paul Henry Observer staff reporter 05.APR.07 JAMAICA – Prince Vale, the 22-year-old man accused of murdering St Jude's Anglican Church priest, Fa...
Vincentian Students Association in Trinidad elects new executive
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Vincentian Students Association in Trinidad elects new executive
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April 5, 2007
The Vincentian Students Association (VINSA) St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago elected a new executive on Sunday 18th of March, 2007. The execu...
Nelson block holds Carnival @ Large
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Nelson block holds Carnival @ Large
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April 5, 2007
Come this Easter Monday, the Bishop’s College School grounds will be transformed into carnival heaven as Digicel Nelson Block would be holding their...
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CDC announces finalists for the Junior Calypso / Soca Competition
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April 5, 2007
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) has announced the finalists in the Junior Calypso / Soca Competition 2007 scheduled for Tuesday 3rd July, 2...
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Cubans review disaster risk management
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April 5, 2007
A delegation from the Civil Defense Ministry in Cuba visited this country to evaluate the national system for disaster management and make recommendat...
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Cable & Wireless undergoes business name change
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April 5, 2007
From April 1, 2007 Cable & Wireless West Indies Limited (CWWI) began trading under the new name of Cable & Wireless St. Vincent and the Grenadines Lim...
Hannaway is new head at Cable & Wireless
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Hannaway is new head at Cable & Wireless
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April 5, 2007
At the start of their new financial year, Cable & Wireless not only had change of business name, but also a new man at their helm. Effective April 1. ...
Community College boys in bloody clash
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Community College boys in bloody clash
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April 5, 2007
Blood flowed at the Community College last Monday when an altercation landed two students at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. Olton Ottley of Belair...
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President Bush to meet with regional Heads
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April 5, 2007
United States President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet with the fifteen Heads of State/Government and Foreign Minist...
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Forde slams NDP over education
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April 5, 2007
Lone female Senator Rochelle Forde of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) Government has slammed the New Democratic Party (NDP) for what she described as fai...
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SVG National Trust holds annual general meeting
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April 5, 2007
On Thursday, March 29, the St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) National Trust held its first annual general meeting (AGM) since its return to Non Gove...
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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‘Shooting him? Why would that be an option?’ Gloster’s sister questions
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July 11, 2025
A man, who was conducting business inside the offices of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) was shot and killed, allegedly by an on- duty s...
Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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Windwards Diocese remembers Dean Smith’s passion for winning souls, and his hospitality
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July 11, 2025
The Diocese of the Windward Islands has extended condolences on the passing of Dean emeritus, Ulric Smith, who died on Saturday, July 5, 2025 at the M...
RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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RSVGPF commends Public, Stakeholders for ‘exemplary conduct’ at VincyMas 2025
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July 11, 2025
The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) has commended the public for allowing VincyMas 2025 to transpire “without any major inc...
CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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CDC already planning for VincyMas 2026, says CEO Rodney Small
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July 11, 2025
VincyMas is no longer a seasonal event says Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Carnival Development Corporation (CDC), Rodney Small. “…we at the CDC...
Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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Starlift wins 26th Senior Panorama competition
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July 11, 2025
EL DORADO Starlift Steel Orchestra has now won the Senior Panorama compe- tition 26 times, and while some people may say that’s a lot, band captain Ro...

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