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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 UNITED STATES –A South Carolina mother has had her 12-year-old son arrested for opening his Christmas presents early. The boy was taken in...
Caribbean Star, LIAT merger talks progressing
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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 The issue of union representation for staff has not been resolved, but competitors LIAT and Caribbean Star are reporting progress in their m...
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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 The St Vincent and the Grenadines Cuba Students Association (VICSA) has elected a new executive headed by fourth year International Sports S...
SVG marks World AIDS Day
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December 8, 2006
While some health officials may advise that condoms are one of the surest ways to prevent HIV and AIDS, Dr Lennox Adams did not support this. "The saf...
Taiwan donates to Salvation Army
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December 8, 2006
It was a morning well spent for the Taiwanese Ambassador Jack Yu- Cheng as he took a visit through the Salvation Army building before contributing $1,...
Dr. Antrobus: Church has a lot to answer for
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December 8, 2006
The Church has a lot to answer for, because they are a powerful institution perpetuating "the myth" that women are supposed to be passive, submissive ...
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December 8, 2006
Vincentian banana farmers will receive a windfall for Christmas. The Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company Limited (WIBDECO) has a...
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December 8, 2006
There's going to be a quarter-million-dollar bash next year as St Vincent and the Grenadines commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the Atla...
Students, teachers back in classrooms
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December 8, 2006
Students at the Dr J P Eustace Memorial High School Annex are back in the classroom after weeks of industrial action, negotiations and uncertainty. Th...
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December 8, 2006
Visa-free travel between Cuba and St Vincent and the Grenadines is to be suspended for four months next year. The visa abolition programme which St Vi...
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December 8, 2006
Amnesty International said there are currently 72 prisoners of conscience in Cuba, 60 of whom are from the March 2003 crackdown and although during 20...
WINFA presents paper to CARICOM, EPA
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December 8, 2006
The Windward Island Farmers Association (WINFA) has presented an advocacy paper to Secretary General of Caricom Edwin Carrington and regional negotiat...
Parental support: The key to success
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December 8, 2006
Parental support seemed to have been one of the key players in the success of the outstanding students in this year’s Caribbean Examinations Council...
Cruise Ship Complex vendors back in business
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December 8, 2006
Vendors at the Cruise Ship Complex are smiling now that the Port Authority has listened to their pleas and reduced the fee to sell on its compound. "I...
No mad rush for barrels this year
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December 8, 2006
It's 16 days before Christmas and during this season those overseas would send barrels and parcels for their family and friends just in time for the h...
NDP to settle leadership question this Sunday
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December 8, 2006
They are planning to celebrate the party's 30th anniversary but this Sunday's convention will also see the New Democratic Party (NDP) attempt to put t...
ULP in party mood for annual convention
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December 8, 2006
Celebration will be the order of the day for the Unity Labour Party (ULP) when they meet for their annual convention this Sunday, but General Secretar...
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December 8, 2006
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union (PSU) has taken issue with statements by the Director of Airports which its says led to a perce...
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December 8, 2006
One hundred and fifty new positions will be added to the public sector, increasing the government's wages and salaries bill by $15 million. As he laid...
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December 8, 2006
St Vincent and the Grenadines owes $1.06 billion and Opposition leader, Arnhim Eustace is concerned that "our debt is growing". He referred to the Int...
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December 8, 2006
A search and rescue agreement is soon to be signed between Venezuela and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said that he wa...
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December 8, 2006
Government expects to spend just over $630 million in the 2007 fiscal year - up by 8.45 per cent or just over $49 million from this year. In the Estim...
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December 8, 2006
The days of high cost for cell phone calls are numbered. Minister of Telecommunications Dr Jerrol Thompson said that a study to be released next week ...
Traffic police clamp down on illegal parking
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December 8, 2006
"We have finished talking, the time for action is now!" That's the warning being sounded by Inspector Richard Browne of the Traffic Branch as his men ...
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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 Cable & Wireless opened its new state-of-the-art Business Centre and launched its online bill payment service at its main office at Halifax ...
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December 8, 2006
Director of Public Prosecution Colin Williams has appealed the ruling in the Sedition case against Ordan Graham. He is asking the Eastern Caribbean Co...
Consul to Canada, deputy relieved of duties
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December 8, 2006
by Junior Jarvis Dec.08.06 A fall-out between two top officials at the St Vincent and the Grenadines Consulate in Toronto has left the mission headles...
Formula One Ferrari heats up
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December 1, 2006
Dec.1.06 THE WINNING FORMULA! It was a day to remember - an event never to forget. It happened Sunday as the Ferrari team brought its Formula 1 car to...
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December 1, 2006
Dec.1.06 British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called slavery "profoundly shameful" and has expressed "deep sorrow" for Britain's role in it. Writing ...
First black F1 driver from Grenadian stock
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December 1, 2006
Dec.1.06 BRITAIN: The first black driver named to race in Formula One next season has a Caribbean background. Twenty-one year Lewis Hamilton of Britai...
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December 1, 2006
Dec.1.06 If churches discriminate against AIDS victims then they will go underground and live a lie, pretending everything is alright at best. At wors...
CWC 2007 will test local capability
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December 1, 2006
With St Vincent and the Grenadines tightening up on banking regulations, money launderers are now attempting to use legitimate businesses to wash dirt...
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December 1, 2006
“Give generously!” was the call and the public did just that as uniformed groups marched through Kingstown appealing for funds for needy children....
2,500 Vincentians working on cruiseships
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December 1, 2006
Outlining that most trade and economic activities in the region were done through shipping, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made a call for the ...