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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...
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December 15, 2006
The Government of St Vincent & the Grenadines has successfully floated a 91-day treasury bill on the Regional Government Securities Market. The Easter...
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December 15, 2006
The right to appeal High Court sentences will be one of the crucial issues to be dealt with in what promises to be a busy time for Parliament next yea...
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December 15, 2006
Calling the ULP administration wicked and irresponsible, Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace laid into the budget, zooming into St Vincent and the Grenad...
Horne: Change kinder, gentler approach
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December 15, 2006
Former New Democratic Party (NDP) representative John Horne has called on newly re-elected President of the political party, Arnhim Eustace, to change...
Eustace: The buck stops here
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December 15, 2006
The attendance at the New Democratic Party, NDP convention did not have the customary overly packed hall of yellow t-shirts on Sunday, December 10. An...
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December 15, 2006
Arnhim Ulric Eustace has again been re-elected as President of the New Democratic Party, NDP at the 30th annual convention which was held on Sunday, D...
PM wants all hands on deck
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December 15, 2006
ULP ministers who find their jobs too taxing should simply find something else to do! That was the straight talk from Political Leader, Prime Minister...
Unity Labour Party remembers Glenn
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December 15, 2006
GlenN Jackson's death was still tugging at the hearts of Unity Labour Party (ULP) supporters and leaders when they met for their 13th annual conventio...
Kaneesha loses special friend
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December 15, 2006
"Why Stacey?" That is the question many residents of Vermont are asking as they try to come to come to grips with the gruesome death of Stacey Wilson ...
‘He kept saying Stacy was his wife’
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December 15, 2006
When Stacy Wilson said, "Mommy I going now" not in a million years would have Emelia Nanton thought that would be the last time she would hear or see ...
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December 8, 2006
Francis "Prickle" Williams will stand trial for the murder of Glenn Jackson in the High Court. After more than 30 witnesses and heated debate from bot...
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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...