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McKinnon: Aid needed to push development
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February 16, 2007
St Vincent and the Grenadines is going to be dependent on aid programmes for a long time yet; there must however be a continued push towards developme...
Jagdeo not moving on Starbroek issue
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February 16, 2007
Guyana's President remains unmovable; his government's decision to pull advertisements from the daily Stabroek News was a business decision and not ev...
Skerrit: I worked hard to be where I am today
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February 16, 2007
How a person grew up is no excuse for failure, with hard work he can achieve anything he sets his mind to. It sounds like one of those lines that you ...
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February 9, 2007
9.FEB.07 JAMAICA - The Home Circuit Court on Friday again reduced the bail terms awarded to Donovan Jones, the former church deacon who, along with tw...
US Astronaut charged with attempted murder
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February 9, 2007
9.FEB.07 ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) – Astronaut Lisa Nowak Tuesday was ordered released on an additional $10,000 bond for an attempted murder charge inv...
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February 9, 2007
9.FEB.07 GRENADA – The Government of Grenada on Tuesday issued another apology to the Government and people of the Peoples Republic of China for an...
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February 9, 2007
A huge Tsunami struck Barbados last Friday and today many are thanking God for the experience. Tackling Sin Ultimately Needs A Mighty Intercessor (TSU...
Biabou Anglican Church rededicated
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February 9, 2007
When Reverend Junior Ballantyne took over St Matthew’s Anglican Church at Biabou in 2002, he set out on a five-year strategic plan to help move the ...
GHS Young Leaders host ‘Drug Free’ rally
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February 9, 2007
While most students were in the classrooms doing their schoolwork, the students of the Girls’ High School were busy getting their groove on with som...
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February 9, 2007
Cable & Wireless is calling for a better deal for consumers across the Caribbean, as it campaigns to cut the cost of calls from landlines to mobile ph...
C&W announces ‘Tickets for Cricket’ winners
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February 9, 2007
Cable & Wireless, official sponsors of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 held their “Tickets for Cricket” Christmas promotion draw where two lucky Cable ...
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February 9, 2007
The Ministry of National Mobilization is hoping that persons in the private sector will come on board to bring the National Crisis Centre for battered...
Ministry of Heath hosts HIV/AIDS workshop
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February 9, 2007
The increase in the number of staff members at the Ministry of Health and the Environment has positively impacted the functional monitoring and evalua...
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February 9, 2007
Government departments continue to owe General Equipment Services Corporation (GESCO) for fuel and instead of paying the arrears, most of the ministri...
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February 9, 2007
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has secured 52 more scholarships from the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for Vincentian student...
Building a modern competitive economy
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February 9, 2007
Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves, a champion of regional integration, warned students of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus that the...
Big plans in works for Great Head Bay
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February 9, 2007
Cleaning Great Head Bay on the Arnos Vale coast is a waste of time unless the rest of the nation practices cleanliness and avoids dumping their garbag...
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February 9, 2007
Some 500 persons will receive pipe borne water with a price tag of $290,000 by year's end. The Potable Water Project is just one of the projects that ...
Let there be light!
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February 9, 2007
Persons who are offered energy saving light bulbs are being asked to co-operate with the Cuban Social Workers that would be installing them. This plea...
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February 9, 2007
Acting Executive Director of the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute Patricia Aquing is calling for St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the region...
An emotional night for Bernard John
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February 9, 2007
A broad cross section of the SVG community in Toronto attended an exciting and emotional show of appreciation for outgoing Consul General Bernard John...
Chief Agricultural Officer bids farewell
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February 9, 2007
Chief Agricultural Officer Philmore Isaacs has been at the helm of the agricultural department in St Vincent and the Grenadines since 1992. He began h...
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February 9, 2007
9.FEB.07 The Penniston Educational Sports and Cultural Organisation (PESCO) has completed its calendar of events for the year and has announced that t...
Ottley Hall Inquiry put back again
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February 9, 2007
After waiting almost three years for its resumption, Vincentians will have to wait another five weeks for the continuation of the Ottley Hall Inquiry....
Teacher shot, woman raped
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February 9, 2007
President of the Teacher's Union Otto Sam has described the shooting of 38-year old Park Hill Government School teacher, Colin Haywood as "senseless a...
Funeral Home angry over ‘dead’ battle
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February 9, 2007
The Everready Funeral Home has had enough of the public taking advantage of them and they are putting a foot down and doing something about it. Member...
Blue Waters nightclub lounge collapses
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February 9, 2007
Despite the collapse of the lounge section of Blue Waters nightclub, revelers turned out to get their party grooves on at the popular North Leeward ve...
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February 9, 2007
The Ministry of Health wants to know if legal action is going to be taken against either Environmental Health Officer Michael Bacchus or the ministry ...
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February 9, 2007
PAY UP! Pay up or face the full weight of the law, is what delinquent shop operators are being told by the Kingstown Town Board (KTB). Letters informi...
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 In response to the outbreak of violence in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, there will be a series of prayer sessions for the nation commencin...
Digicel hands over LG Chocolate Phones
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 Five lucky persons have won LG Chocolate phones in Digicel’s latest texting promotion. The five winners of the sleek and stylish LG Chocola...
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – A 25-year-old man was killed instantly when the car in which he was travelling in collided with another while returni...
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) – Perky is one tough bird. The ring-neck duck survived being shot and spending two days in a hunter's refrigerato...
Another Jamaican soldier dies in Iraq
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 JAMAICA – The United States war on terror has claimed another Jamaican. Army sergeant Gregroy Wright, 28, father of a three-year-old girl, ...
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 BRITAIN – The Church of England has backed the Catholic Church in its bid to be exempt from laws on adoption by gay couples. Catholic leade...