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Bishop’s College Kingstown launches Interact Club
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Bishop’s College Kingstown launches Interact Club
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January 26, 2007
Students at the Bishop's College Kingstown are urged to become members of the Interact Club at their school, as they will have "serious fun" and will ...
Lions Club South hosts project for diabetics
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Lions Club South hosts project for diabetics
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January 26, 2007
From next week, some diabetic residents of Enhams will get the opportunity to educate themselves more on how they can control their diabetes and recei...
NCB announces ‘wrap-it-up’ Christmas Loan winners
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NCB announces ‘wrap-it-up’ Christmas Loan winners
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 Denroy Lett of Chateaubelair and Gilford Adams of Barrouallie are the two lucky winners in the National Commercial Bank’s (NCB) “Wrap-it...
Students preparing for Venezuela
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Students preparing for Venezuela
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January 26, 2007
Singing, drama and exotic Latin dancing will be part of 25 Vincentian students’ induction into Venezuelan life. They are getting ready to pick up th...
Singer Lynx: We like it so
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Singer Lynx: We like it so
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January 26, 2007
The official programme for Vincy Mas 2007 is five months away, but Singer Lynx Mas band is already bringing its presentation to the public. The band l...
Support coming for Lady of Guadalupe Home
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Support coming for Lady of Guadalupe Home
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January 26, 2007
For the first half of 2007 Image Modelling Agency has decided to put their focus and energies into charitable organisations and will be joining forces...
Officials sworn-in at Government House
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Officials sworn-in at Government House
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January 26, 2007
Six persons representing the Public and Police Service Commissions were Sworn-in by His Excellency Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor-General, at Gove...
NEMO getting better prepared for disaster
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NEMO getting better prepared for disaster
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January 26, 2007
"Prevention is better than cure!" This is the old maxim, and bearing this in mind, members of the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) are gett...
Chateaubelair SDA suffers fire damage
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Chateaubelair SDA suffers fire damage
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January 26, 2007
Quick action by residents of Plan Village saved the Chateaubelair Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) building from being burnt to the ground last Satu...
CPU training course
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CPU training course
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January 26, 2007
Respect and sensitivity were the watch words when 16 media workers attended a one week Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) seminar on “Social Responsibil...
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LIAT, Caribbean Star air fares to go up
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January 26, 2007
by Patricia Campbell 26.JAN.07 Chief Executive Officer of LIAT Mark Darby has indicated that the average fares of flights operated by Caribbean Star a...
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Widespread blackout as power plant fails
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January 26, 2007
Though it usually takes one hour or less to restore power outages, this was not so last week Thursday evening as many members of the general public ha...
200th anniversary of slave trade abolition
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200th anniversary of slave trade abolition
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January 26, 2007
“Moving humanity across the ocean - creating history and a new civilization.” That’s the theme of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of ...
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Vincentians need to be more liberated
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January 26, 2007
Member of the National Committee for Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade, Renwick Rose is of the view that Vince...
Protesters picket Karib CableRelatives of accident victims want their due
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Protesters picket Karib CableRelatives of accident victims want their due
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January 26, 2007
About 20 persons vented their frustration at what they believe to be injustice being meted out to them when they protested outside the offices of Kari...
PM: No child will be left behind
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PM: No child will be left behind
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January 26, 2007
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has stated that no child or teacher will be left behind in the in the attainment of education under the Unity Labour...
‘Timmy’ school has new home
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‘Timmy’ school has new home
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January 26, 2007
The school popularly known as "Timmy" School has a new home. After many years of learning and teaching in a crammed, hot, uncomfortable school, the 44...
PM to dig up truth in cemetery controversyOUTRAGED!
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PM to dig up truth in cemetery controversyOUTRAGED!
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January 26, 2007
The Prime Minister was outraged, the Director of Public Prosecution is concerned, and the Ministry of Social Development has launched an investigation...
Banks in St Vincent should invest more
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Banks in St Vincent should invest more
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January 26, 2007
The banks in St Vincent and the Grenadines have too much money and need to invest more - This is the view of renowned Vincentian economist, Dr Wendell...
Better internet services coming soon
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Better internet services coming soon
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 St. Vincent and the Grenadines along with the rest of the Eastern Caribbean states are expected to benefit from the landing of a fibre optic...
Economics of Airport Development“The state of negotiations and progress with relocating homeowners”
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Economics of Airport Development“The state of negotiations and progress with relocating homeowners”
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 One of the most cited challenges of the construction of the Argyle International Airport is the purchasing of properties on the earmarked si...
Excess forces WIBDECO to leave back bananas
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Excess forces WIBDECO to leave back bananas
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January 26, 2007
WIBDECO announced last week that during the first two weeks of January 2007, they were forced to leave back a total of 22,300 cartons of bananas that ...
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Antigua and Barbuda loses FIU Director
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 Alec Vanderpoole, Director of Antigua and Barbuda's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) (called the Office of National Drug Control Policy - O...
Bomb scare at FCIB
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Bomb scare at FCIB
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January 26, 2007
The normal Friday hustle and bustle at the First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB) was rudely interrupted after word got around that someone had cal...
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EXEMPT SUPPLIES
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 A supply listed in one of the items below is an exempt supply in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act. 1. Financial services 2. internati...
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zero rated supplies
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 The following supplies are zero-rated in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act. 1. Export of goods and other supplies of goods for consump...
VAT Unit: We are on course
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VAT Unit: We are on course
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 Members of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Implementation Unit have indicated that they will be ready for the introduction of the system on May 1....
ECCU region should exploit 2007 Cricket World Cup
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ECCU region should exploit 2007 Cricket World Cup
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central bank Sir K. Dwight Venner, is calling on the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and the region as a ...
One of the highest growth rates in recent times
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One of the highest growth rates in recent times
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Sir Dwight Venner has said that 2006 was a year in which the Eastern Caribbean Currenc...
Lecturer: SVG could look to medical marijuana
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Lecturer: SVG could look to medical marijuana
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January 26, 2007
Medical marijuana could be one of the new industries capitalized on by St Vincent and the Grenadines, according to Claremont Kirton, senior economics ...
Former Roy’s Inn Hotel re-opens under new name
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Former Roy’s Inn Hotel re-opens under new name
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January 26, 2007
The hotel formerly known as Roy's Inn and before that Camelot Inn is once again under new management. The 20 room hotel situated at Kingstown Park, no...
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Eustace warns that he may not follow ‘2020’ plan
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January 26, 2007
Vision 2020 is a plan of significant importance in Dr Ralph Gonsalves' mind but Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has warned that if his party assumes ...
Government embarks on Vision 2020
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Government embarks on Vision 2020
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January 26, 2007
Work on the National Development Plan, which has been termed by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves as "Vision 2020", has begun. At the launch of discus...
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Chinese man’s body parts found in mail
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 A man and woman have been detained in China on suspicion of murdering a man and posting his body parts to three different cities. Last week ...
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Nigerian preacher sentenced to hang
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 A Nigerian high court has sentenced a Lagos preacher to death by hanging for setting fire to members of his congregation, killing one woman....
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13-year-old Jamaican boy on murder charge
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 A 13-year-old Jamaican boy who is accused of murdering his five-year-old neighbour by giving him a deadly brew of the weed killer gramoxone ...
Saddam Hussein’s top aides hanged
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Saddam Hussein’s top aides hanged
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 Two of Saddam Hussein's key aides have been hanged in Baghdad, two weeks after the chaotic execution of the former Iraqi president. There we...
$200,000 reward for Trinidad fugitive wanted in US murders
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$200,000 reward for Trinidad fugitive wanted in US murders
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 TRINIDAD and TOBAGO – Rewards totalling more than $200,000 have been offered for a Trinidadian man wanted in connection with two murders i...
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Wounded ‘Springman’ dies at hospital
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January 19, 2007
Up to news time the police were conducting investigations into what might have caused the death of a 39-year-old labourer of Spring Village. According...
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Taj wins Math competition
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January 19, 2007
“Our students must be confident that they can succeed at math and our teachers must be able to communicate that confidence to the students,” said ...
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Lift blockade against Cuba
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January 19, 2007
Deputy Prime Minister Sir Louis Straker has called for the blockade against Cuba to be lifted. Straker made this plea at an event held at the Peace Me...
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UWI to hold open session in SVG
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 Representatives from Admissions and the different faculties of the campuses of the University of the West Indies will be in St. Vincent and ...
Three Vincentians honoured in New York
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Three Vincentians honoured in New York
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January 19, 2007
by Nelson King in New York 19.JAN.07 Three Outstanding Vincentians were honoured over the Christmas holidays by the New York Consulate General at its ...
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St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
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St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
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May 13, 2025
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO has clinched victory over Jamaica in the inaugural International Reparation Debate, hosted by the Centre for Reparations Research ...
District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
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District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
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May 13, 2025
DISTRICT STAIRS SVG Ltd., a company with operations in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Canada, has demonstrated its commitment to corporate social ...
Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
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Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
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May 13, 2025
A NEW PROGRAMME in which the government is targetting youth volunteerism across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was launched on Monday, May 12, 2...
Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
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Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
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May 13, 2025
A 45 YEAR OLD man who has been convicted 46 times, is awaiting sentencing after he confessed to six more offences, including stealing a transformer an...
Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
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Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
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May 13, 2025
MINISTER OFTRANSPORT and Works, Montgomery Daniel, has praised the “excellent work” being done by the Electrical Inspectorate Unit, but expressed conc...

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