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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...
Gyptian detained at Barbados airport
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December 22, 2006
BARBADOS – JAMAICAN REGGAE ARTISTE Gyptian was detained at Grantley Adams International Airport yesterday, but no one seems to be able to say why. T...
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December 15, 2006
by Ross Sheil - Jamaica Gleaner Dec.15.06 Two scientists presented research findings Tuesday showing that a pair of endemic Jamaican plants can help c...
Santa comes to town early this year
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December 15, 2006
Last Saturday Santa came to Government House bearing gifts and good cheers to preschoolers from as far as Chateaubelair and Sandy Bay. The Rotary Club...
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 Some 20 students now have a competitive edge when seeking employment in this country’s fisheries sector. The students were involved in a t...
Two more win Digicel fortune
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 This past week two more people were Digicel winners in its Christmas competition “Digicel is the Key to your $150,000 Fortune”. Zanny Th...
Dorcas Labby: 101 and going strong
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December 15, 2006
While she may no longer have any interest in celebrating Christmas, centenarian Dorcas Labby recalled Christmas in her earlier days as fun loving, as ...
‘Ole George’ launches Incredible 7 program
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December 15, 2006
With the crisis of the increase of violence in the school system, Earl ‘ole George’ Daniel is trying to put a stop to this as he launched the Incr...
Will VAT make my life more difficult?
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December 15, 2006
Will the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) make my life more difficult or will it be something that is beneficial to me? These are the quest...
Keir celebrates 25 years of service
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December 15, 2006
Twenty-five years is seen by many as a milestone achievement, a landmark, a goal reached. But to Sergeant Errol Keir it is just the genesis of greater...
Vincy Flavours 2006 a huge success
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December 15, 2006
by Adrian Codogan Dec.15.06 From firesides to gas stoves and traditional to international Kingstown awoke to the aroma of Vincy Flavours 2006. Amidst ...
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December 15, 2006
The Ministry of Health is warning Vincentians traveling to Jamaica to take precautions in order not to contract malaria. Such measures include avoidin...
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December 15, 2006
The Windward Island Farmers Association (WINFA) has welcomed the decision of the giant Sainsbury’s supermarket chain of Britain to convert its entir...
Girl Guides showing love for the elderly
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December 15, 2006
It seemed to be a pleasant day for the Girls’ High School Girl Guides Association as they journeyed all the way to Cane Grove Golden Years Activity ...
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December 15, 2006
The local Islamic community said that it is shocked and upset by the gruesome killing allegedly perpetrated by one of its followers named Abdul Rahim ...
Bajan men rescued off Chateaubelair
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December 15, 2006
After being adrift at sea for four days, two Barbadian men are very lucky to be alive. Henderson Drayton a 43 year old fisherman of Oistins and Hender...