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January 5, 2007
FirstCaribbean International Bank Limited has appointed three new directors to its board following CIBC’s acquisition of 599.4 million shares held b...
Vincentians show Christmas spirit
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January 5, 2007
The Salvation Army appealed for money last month and Vincentians responded with their dollars. "The giving was tremendous this year, the people came o...
Child killed by falling concrete blocks
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January 5, 2007
Like most Vincentians the Christmas season was a joyous time for the Ashton family of South Rivers and the New Year was to be a period of great expect...
New campaign to clean up stray dogs
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January 5, 2007
BOW WOW! If you love your dogs keep them restrained or fenced in! The days of menacing, prowling, half-starved, mangy, or scavenging dogs roaming the ...
Businesses make killing this Christmas
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January 5, 2007
PICKED BARE Vincentians shelled out a handsome sum on Christmas shopping, and some business operators in Kingstown believed that at a glance, this yea...
Florida donates to Nursing School
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January 5, 2007
The St Vincent School of Nursing has received a New Years gift from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Association in Florida (SVGAF). It comprised of ...
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January 5, 2007
by Lord Anthony Gifford 05.JAN.07 The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has handed down its first decision in the human rights field, in the case of At...
Walters urges NBC staff to build station
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January 5, 2007
A sharp tongue-lashing was the gift that Information Minister Selmon Walters brought to the recently held National Broadcasting Corporation's (NBC) di...
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January 5, 2007
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has become Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from January 1 for the next six months. St Vincent and the ...
2006 – YEAR IN REVIEW – APRIL – AUGUST
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January 5, 2007
APRIL • More than half of Grade 2 students at the CW Prescod Primary were found to be unable to read at their class level in a recently conducted Na...
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December 22, 2006
The cost of living rose slightly in November compared to the previous month but while the overall picture is miniscule there were some hefty increases...
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December 22, 2006
ANTIGUA – Police are investigating an incident which has left a minor and her guardian seriously traumatised. Reports reaching the SUN indicate that...
Cannabis chocolate bar trio convicted
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December 22, 2006
ENGLAND - Three people have been found guilty of supplying thousands of cannabis-laced chocolate bars to multiple sclerosis sufferers for pain relief....
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December 22, 2006
by Shunice Butcher How can someone raise a child without the proper knowledge and encouragement from their friends and families? This is the question ...
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December 22, 2006
Consultations for a revision to the National Economic and Social Development Plan for St Vincent and the Grenadines will start on January 22, 2007. Pr...
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December 22, 2006
by Shunice Butcher How can someone raise a child without the proper knowledge and encouragement from their friends and families? This is the question ...
Harold Hoyte says goodbye to Nation
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December 22, 2006
Barbadian media doyen, Harold Hoyte, has bid farewell to his colleagues at the Nation Newspaper which he and a handful of eager Barbadians started in ...
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December 22, 2006
Even before applications for CARICOM visas for next year's Cricket World Cup opened last Friday, the visa website registered tens of thousands of hits...
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December 22, 2006
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said it is an outrage for some shipping agencies to be charging Vincentians a fee of $25 for issuing a delivery note...
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December 22, 2006
The super information highway put the public beheading of Stacy Wilson in the fast lane and within hours the news and graphic photos circulated the ea...
Gibson to offer higher wages to tradesmen
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December 22, 2006
Michael Gibson will offer higher salaries if he has to woo local tradesmen down to Union Island to construct the modern Union Island Secondary School....
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December 22, 2006
Digicel has made the Christmas season better for three disadvantaged families in the North Leeward community by giving them food hampers. Hiring the b...
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December 22, 2006
Cable & Wireless, official sponsor of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, has not only been providing telecommunication services to clients but at this fe...
Financial assistance coming for orphans
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December 22, 2006
It seems that the holiday season brings out the spirit of generosity in everyone and the staff of RBTT Bank has not been left out. On Tuesday December...
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December 22, 2006
Four listed securities traded for the week ending December 15 on the Eastern Caribbean Securities Market: 17,000 shares of Bank of Nevis traded at $5....
Heavy rain causes flash flooding
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December 22, 2006
Ten people were left homeless, the airport was temporarily closed, traffic was slowed to a crawl and many people were inconvenienced following nearly ...
Plane search continues
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December 22, 2006
by Adrian Codogan The search for SVG Air Aero Commander 500, J8 VAX continued on the northwestern side of the mainland. On Sunday December 3rd a searc...
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December 22, 2006
The SVG Green Party has condemned what it called the "cold-blooded, brutal, wicked and senseless killing" of Stacy Williams at the Leeward bus termina...
Teenager drowns in Bequia
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December 22, 2006
What was supposed to be a day of fun ended in tragedy when 19-year-old Kashique Morgan of Campden Park drowned at Lower Bay Bequia on Saturday, Decemb...
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December 22, 2006
Arnhim Eustace is motionless and lacks the vision to build a post colonial economy. This was the evaluation of Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, when...
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December 22, 2006
Job creation is the theme of the 2007 budget and Minister of Finance Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves believes that all six budgets that he has prese...
New Secondary school for Union
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December 22, 2006
The $9.5 million contract for the construction of a secondary school in Union Island has been signed and Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves regards it ...
We need our own justice system
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December 22, 2006
“We cannot continue to be dependent on the United Kingdom to have final advocacy of our justice. That just cannot be right!” So says veteran lawye...
Getting to know each other through culture
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December 22, 2006
by Vonnie Roudette The CYAM hosted arts festival “And So I Came to Know” that took place over three weekends in December culminated with a perform...
Husband’s heroic effort saves wife
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December 22, 2006
Two bandits tried to spoil Christmas for a 77-year-old couple but one left with an unexpected “bounty” - a chop with a cutlass! James and Joyce Mc...