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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...
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March 23, 2007
Vegetable farmers from Buccament to Chateaubelair gathered at the Golden Grove Learning Resource centre in Chateaubelair to discuss the formation of a...
Students urged to ‘Get Caught Reading’
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March 23, 2007
The pupils of two local primary schools now have additional material to assist in their literacy programmes. On Monday, the Petersville School and the...
IHS launches its Young Leaders programme
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March 23, 2007
In front of a very energetic student body, guest speaker, Saboto Caesar called on the Young Leaders of the Intermediate High School to make wise choic...
First tertiary Youth Cooperative launched
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March 23, 2007
From her days at the St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School, all the way through the Girls’ High School, Menerva Jones has been involved in the General ...
From Murderer to Pastor
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March 23, 2007
Never in a million years did David Chang, a man with 36 convictions to his name ever thought that he would become a preacher or even a Christian. At t...
Nurses off to train in Atlanta
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March 23, 2007
Two nurses that are currently stationed at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital left the state this week for Atlanta for six weeks where they will work w...
Sean Sutherland live
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March 23, 2007
On April 4th 2007, 8pm at the Peace Memorial Hall, patrons will be treated to “Truly Classic” performances. Sean Sutherland, one of St. Vincent’...
Level playing field in the British Military
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March 23, 2007
The playing field is level in the British Military - soldiers coming from St Vincent and the Grenadines and other Caribbean countries cannot claim dis...
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March 23, 2007
At a cost of over half a million dollars, this country now has a newly refurbished Bureau of Standards building at Campden Park to evaluate, test and ...
Troumaca man electrocuted in Bequia
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March 23, 2007
Imagine your dinner being interrupted by a telephone call to say your son is dead. Lestelle Laborde of Troumaca is still trying to come to grips with ...
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March 23, 2007
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves stated that by the year 2011, 72 educational institutions would be operational in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. A...
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March 23, 2007
Phase Two of the National Society of Persons with disAbilities Skills Training Programme has been funded by the SVG Social Investment Fund, and not fr...