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March 30, 2007
St. Vincent & the Grenadines joined other countries in the Eastern Caribbean last week when the MAGNA programme was launched here in collaboraton with...
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March 30, 2007
30.MAR.07 While thousands of Vincentians were at the Rabacca celebrating the opening of the Yurumein/Taiwan bridge, some others were tuned to their ra...
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March 30, 2007
Over 40 farmers from the North Leeward area gathered at the Golden Grove Learning Resource Centre on Tuesday March 20 to look at measures to control a...
JEMS hosts Climate Change workshop
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March 30, 2007
On Monday, March 21 Caribbean youths from as far as Haiti in the north to Guyana and Suriname in the south gathered at the Layou Grace and Truth Camp ...
Spiritual Baptists install new Bishops
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March 30, 2007
It was as if the spirit of the African forefathers visited the St Elizabeth Spiritual Baptist Cathedral at Belmont for the consecration service of Bis...
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March 30, 2007
The Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission is advising minority shareholders of First Caribbean International Bank that they are entitled ...
PM joins Cuban bulb distribution team
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March 30, 2007
aPrime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves last Friday joined the team of Cuban Social Workers and their Vincentian assistants in the national bulb-changing ...
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March 30, 2007
The SVG Indian Heritage Foundation has announced that it will be holding its first Classical Indian Dance and Music Workshop which will be held at the...
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March 30, 2007
On Thursday, April 5, a rally will take place in Diamond Village to focus on slavery, the slave trade and the heritage of African Caribbean contributi...
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March 30, 2007
The Central Water and Sewage Authority (CWSA) wishes to inform the general public that it has now entered the final commissioning phase of the Windwar...
Son of former national footballer shot in NY
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March 30, 2007
by Nelson A. King in New York 30.MAR.07 The son of former national football player, Ainsley Duncan, was gunned down on a Brooklyn street on the night ...
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March 30, 2007
Eight simultaneous crusades from Chateaubelair and Sandy Bay in the north to Bequia in the south for six nights is no easy feat but the mega-event was...
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March 30, 2007
Leader and co-founder of the SVG Green Party, Ivan O'Neal has slammed the ruling Unity Labour Party, for its high spending on allowances in the 2007 b...
Radio announcer axed from WE FM
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March 30, 2007
The increase in the number of high profile domestic violence cases may have had some impact on the dismissal of a top radio announcer from his post la...
PM: ‘Just saying sorry is not enough’
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March 30, 2007
Not just seeking an apology but stressing the importance of acquiring justice in the form of compensation, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves believes ...
Indian Arrival Day Act passed
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March 30, 2007
June 1st will now be officially recognized in St. Vincent and the Grenadines as Indian Arrival Day. The Bill for an act to provide for official recogn...
Baptiste: ‘Slavery still exists today’
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March 30, 2007
Minister of Culture the Hon. Rene Baptiste is of the opinion that slavery still exists today. In her contribution to the debate in parliament last Mon...
House meets for historic session
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March 30, 2007
History was created on Monday, March 26 when Parliament met to debate a Resolution on the 200th Anniversary of the abolition of the Atlantic Slave Tra...
Barrett’s top speaker
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March 30, 2007
After taking first place in almost every category in every round she participated in, ten-year-old Kaela Barrett of the Georgetown Government School p...
Top Chef: Boys stand out in the kitchen
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March 30, 2007
Their baggy uniforms and tough guy pose would never hint that these guys are some of the top cooks in secondary schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadi...
Natasha, Troumaca bake up first place honours
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March 30, 2007
Her carrot nut Pineapple Cake won over the judges, earned her a cheque for one thousand dollars and put her school in first place of the 14th ECGC Hom...
SVG students rewarded for hard work
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March 30, 2007
More than 80 students who performed well at the 2006 Common Entrance and Caribbean Examinations Council /Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CX...
Students excel after remediation
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March 30, 2007
An innovation has been introduced by the Ministry of Education to recognise the achievements of students who did not pass the Common Entrance Examinat...
Aunt: Devil made him do it
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March 30, 2007
Don't let the devil take control, if things not working out, just walk away. This was the sound advice of the aunt of the San Souci man who "lost it" ...
A lot of people suffered
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March 30, 2007
Carmel Henry 67yrs - Georgetown When the water come down from the mountain it could be very rough, you had to stay a long time to cross the river unti...
Thousands witness opening of bridge
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March 30, 2007
The fireworks at the end of the proceedings were considered amazing. So too were the performances by the schools, the foreign acts, and local artistes...
Jack Cheng pleased with project
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March 30, 2007
Ambassador to the Republic of China on Taiwan Jack Cheng has praised Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves for having the vision to build the Yurumein/Tai...
Kerwyn Morris to be buried at Sea
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March 23, 2007
Former Chief Fisheries Officer Kerwyn Morris will be buried at sea today following a funeral service at the St. George’s Cathedral in Kingstown. Mor...
‘Chatoyer was an outstanding ruler’
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March 23, 2007
Members of the Garifuna Community and Vincentians on a whole have been urged to reflect the good qualities possessed by National Hero Joseph Chatoyer....
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March 23, 2007
23.MAR.07 TRINIDAD – Deonarine Maharaj, the landmark newspaper seller of Sangre Grande, has died at age 64. And after he died last week Tuesday, his...
Report: Woolmer death ‘suspicious’
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March 23, 2007
23.MAR.07 JAMAICA – A high-ranking police officer confirmed Wednesday that fresh evidence has surfaced, suggesting that Pakistan's cricket coach Bob...
Panday: ‘Sorry next time’
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March 23, 2007
23.MAR.07 TRINIDAD – As Trinidad's UNC celebrated Tuesday's court victory which lifted the yoke of a criminal conviction from around its leader's ne...
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March 23, 2007
23.MAR.07 NIGERIA – Secondary school pupils in north-eastern Nigeria have killed a teacher after apparently accusing her of desecrating the Koran, p...
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March 23, 2007
The Union Island Secondary School Young Leaders group launched its 2007 programme at the Mary Hutchinson Primary School, Union Island on Thursday, Mar...