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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...
GTM Insurance sets up branch office
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April 27, 2007
After fifty years operating here in St.Vincent and the Grenadines as an agency, the Guyana, Trinidad Mutual Insurance Company has expanded its activit...
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April 27, 2007
Vincentians and visitors alike who were not able to participate in the Easter weekend’s regattas in Bequia and Union Island are in for a treat, with...
Windward Island Bananas prices fall
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April 27, 2007
Last Friday another blow was dealt to banana farmers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and more so the Windward Islands, so says the Minister of Agric...
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April 27, 2007
Protest action is planned for today in opposition to the $1 user fee that was implemented last week for use of the new terminal building at the Grenad...
Twin sister feeling Williams’ pain
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April 27, 2007
When Juliet Williams got to the hospital and saw nurses dressing her brother’s hands she fell to the floor crying. The nurses were dressing chops wo...
Grave trouble at Kingstown Cemetery
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April 27, 2007
“Why would anyone want to trouble his grave?” those words were echoed by everyone in the vicinity of the Kingstown Cemetery last week Thursday mor...
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April 27, 2007
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves’ offensive against obesity has been put on hold since his successful orthopedic surgery in Cuba last Saturday, Apr...
Smart guy caught up in web of violence
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April 27, 2007
As the usual speculations and assumptions swirl around the tragic death of 24-year-old Muzart Laidlow, former school mates and friends are trying to f...
Nursing staff saddened by colleague’s death
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April 27, 2007
Kemlon Johnson-Quammie has been hailed as true nursing professional who was very dedicated and committed as a care giver. Kemlon’s partly decomposed...
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April 20, 2007
20.APR.07 Doctors have removed a bullet from the heart of a Vietnamese soldier 39 years after he was shot by US troops. Le Dinh Hung, 60, is said to b...
Shooter sends package to NBC
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April 20, 2007
20.APR.07 The student who shot dead at least 30 people at Virginia Tech sent a package to the US TV network NBC News on the day of the shootings, poli...
Guyana First couple decides to end marriage
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April 20, 2007
20.APR.07 Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo and First Lady Varshnie Jagdeo on Monday announced the end of their marriage. The first couple said they h...
NCB makes donation to Clare Valley School
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April 20, 2007
20.APR.07 The Clare Valley Government School is the latest recipient of the NCB’s Focus on Education”. On Thursday April 12th 2007, Lucian Allen, ...
Arrowroot harvesters  in North Windward
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April 20, 2007
Arrowroot farmers in the North Windward area now have one more reason to invest in the planting of arrowroot as three new pieces of machinery have bee...
Boyea: Platinum card holders still benefitted
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April 20, 2007
Even though Aunt Jobe’s Supermarket did not offer any reward programme for their customers between January and March this year, holders of their Pla...
May 6-12 is Nurses Week
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April 20, 2007
Nurses from all over St. Vincent and the Grenadines would come together to celebrate Nurses’ Week from the 6th - 12th May 2007, under the theme “P...
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April 20, 2007
Because life is an unfolding process of self-discovery, persons of all ages should grab hold of every opportunity they are afforded to learn something...