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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....
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 ...
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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
UWI offering Arthur Lewis awards
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January 19, 2007
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill Campus is pleased to again announce the Arthur Lewis Award for study at the Cave Hill Campus. A maxi...
Stage set for Bequia Music Fest
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January 19, 2007
Everything is in place for the Bequia Tourism Association’s 4th Annual Bequia Music Fest which kicks off on Thursday January 25th 2007 at the Frangi...
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 Cable & Wireless on Wednesday announced the introduction of a new promotional unlimited local calling plan for fixed lines. The new plan all...
SVG Philatelic Bureau downsizing
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January 19, 2007
by Adrian Codogan 19.JAN.07 Come March 31, four workers at the St Vincent Philatelic Bureau will either have to find new jobs or join the long unemplo...
WINFA exploring new marketing possibilities
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January 19, 2007
The Windward Islands Farmers’ Association (WINFA), will in 2007, place emphasis on the exploration of investment possibilities in the area of agro-p...
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January 19, 2007
A name change and face-lift are in the works for the capital city's entertainment hub. For the period of March 2nd to 10th, Heritage Square will be tu...
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January 19, 2007
The St Vincent and the Grenadines National Trust has big plans in store for this year and already things are beginning to shape up nicely. The Trustâ€...
£6000 for scholarship grant fund
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January 19, 2007
Sixty-three students from across St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financial assistance for their education from a scholarship grant fund i...
NDP not satisfied SVG ready for VAT
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January 19, 2007
Head of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Unit Alma Dougan is satisfied that everything is going according to plan for the implementation of the VAT. In an in...
Reflecting on a father’s love
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January 19, 2007
At about 10:40am last Sunday the daughters of Lucien “Saluche” Small received the call that every child dreads that their father had passed away. ...
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January 19, 2007
HIS surname was Small, but Lucien “Saluche “ Small, was an entertainer who was able to give everyone he came across a big laugh. He died of a mass...
Bad luck following Vincent family
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January 19, 2007
It appears that a string of bad luck is following the Vincent family of Layou. Last Friday night Artelus Vincent lost his life after three days on the...
SVG Green Party calls for fresh elections
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January 19, 2007
Leader of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party Ivan O'Neal is calling on Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and his government to apologise ...
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 AUSTRALIA - A common parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researc...
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 GERMANY - From the Turkish Airline workers who sacrificed a camel at Istanbul airport to celebrate a job well done to the German who invente...
Caribbean Steel International rocks Italy
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 The Caribbean Steel International Orchestra better known as CSI became the first steel band to appear at the Ethnic Meeting of Music and Art...
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January 12, 2007
by Darryl Heeralal 12.JAN.07 TRINIDAD - Tota Harricharan had a choice of remaining imprisoned or escape and risk getting lost and endangering himself ...
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January 12, 2007
by Adrian Codogan 12.JAN.07 Vincentian students with talent in the Visual Arts may be in for some bucks if they enter the annual Florida-Caribbean Cru...
Matthias is president of West Indies Jaycees
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January 12, 2007
Fifteen years ago, it was curiosity which led Gary Matthias to join the St Vincent Jaycees and today he has been elected to the prestigious post of Pr...
Youngsters caring for the environment
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January 12, 2007
The children of the Mustique Primary School and Messellia School continue to learn how to care for their environment through their special environment...
‘Sweet Boy’ still batting at 100
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January 12, 2007
His back is arched, and limbs weakened by years of hard work, but a self confessed former "sweet-boy" was just glad that God had spared his life to se...