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November 3, 2006
Digicel has introduced a new method for prepaid customers to receive credit on their phones. It is called WebFlex, a secure Internet-based method that...
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November 3, 2006
Opposition Senator Daniel Cummings believes that persons who entered into contracts before the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) system shou...
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November 3, 2006
Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves believes that innovative merchants will find ways to avoid paying double tax on items that remain in their hands at the...
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November 3, 2006
Effective November 1, all applicants for visitor visas (non-immigrant visas, or NIVs), including applicants at the US Embassy in Barbados, will be req...
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October 26, 2006
Three hundred and six students this year have benefited from over US$100,000 in scholarships compliments of the Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiw...
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October 26, 2006
Her Excellency Ambassador Olga Chamero Trias, the first resident Ambassador of Cuba to St Vincent and the Grenadines has described the United States o...
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October 26, 2006
A Bequia resident and her children have been placed on the super information highway thanks to the National Commercial Bank (NCB). Cathryn Ann James o...
G.H.S Annual Harvest and Thanksgiving 2006
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October 26, 2006
Students of the Girls’ High School demonstrated in a very tangible way their goodwill at the school’s annual harvest and thanksgiving ceremony las...
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October 26, 2006
The National Youth and Christian Education Board of the New Testament Church of God will be holding a Public Speaking Competition on the topic, "CSME ...
Questelles picks best friend for Digicel trip
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October 26, 2006
Best friends Deborah Questelles of Fountain and Deborah Haywood of Belair will enjoy a trip to enjoy the 10th World Dominica Creole Festival from Octo...
School of Nursing hosts 2-day show
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October 26, 2006
There continues to be a demand for nurses all over the world and the St Vincent and the Grenadines School of Nursing, SVGSN realises the importance of...
SVGTA hosting science fair again
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October 26, 2006
Hoping to get students excited in science again, the St Vincent and the Grenadines Science Teachers’ Association (SVGTA) will be hosting its annual ...
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October 26, 2006
With the police set to enforce recently enacted seatbelt legislation as early as next week, the majority of drivers are already buckling up. "The coop...
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October 26, 2006
There is definite link between the governments of Taiwan and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but Ambassador Jack Cheng is looking at the relationship ...
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October 26, 2006
Cultural Upliftment Fan Club is hosting Miss Independence 2006 tomorrow. Five contestants will be vying for the top spot at Spotlight Stadium, Georget...
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October 26, 2006
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has ignored the threats of further strike action by the National Mini Bus Association (NOBA) and gone ahead and set ...
Bishop Friday makes call to local media
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October 26, 2006
His Lordship Bishop Leopold Friday sounded a call for the local media to assume its responsibility in helping to deliver good governance to St. Vincen...
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October 26, 2006
The US$250 million CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) is expected to be up and running by July 2007. That is the word from Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalv...
National Trust gets US$15,000 boost
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October 26, 2006
If you witness ongoing renovations to the Old Library Building in Kingstown, the headquarters of the National Trust, it is as a result of the United S...
NO hope says opposition
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October 26, 2006
On the 27th anniversary of nationhood, as others laud the successes and progress of the young country, two political parties don’t see eye to eye wi...
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October 26, 2006
QUESTION: My car was hit by a 19-year-old driver. He was not the owner, but the owner's insurance refuses to pay because their policy excludes drivers...
Economics of Airport Development
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October 26, 2006
by Rudy Matthias After my previous article, "E.T. Joshua conversion, a gold mine for SVG", several persons engaged me in discussions on the subject. M...
C&W hosts 3-day
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October 26, 2006
If Cable & Wireless' Tech Fair 2006 was any barometer of the enhancing capability for local businesses then the sky's the limit to how technology can ...
Friendship Bay provides top level training
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October 26, 2006
The recruiting and training of staff at the Friendship Bay Resort Bequia has taken on a new dimension. Without a Hospitality Training Facility in St V...
No pollution transport solution
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October 26, 2006
In keeping with sustainable, environmentally-friendly concepts, Erika's Marine Services, in collaboration with Caribbean Pedicabs Inc., finally decide...
All is fair with Windwards bananas
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October 20, 2006
20.OCT.06 There is a future in the banana industry, and it has to do with the Fair Trade Organization. More than 80 per cent of Vincentian farmers are...
Holly Bynoe speaks with her camera
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October 20, 2006
From the camera lens to the walls of the Contemporary Young Artistes Movement, CYAM gallery at the Russell's shopping mall, Holly Bynoe seems to enthr...
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October 20, 2006
Thousands of Christians from over 20 countries celebrated Micah Sunday, October 15, participating in festivals, prayer services and exhibitions all ai...
‘Abused because I am mentally ill’
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October 20, 2006
Michelle Marks is from the area of Rose Place in the capital Kingstown. On casual observation, she appears normal. However she is encountering some pr...
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October 20, 2006
The leadership of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Union of Teachers is getting fed up with the teacher shortage plaguing the nation. President Otto ...
NCB launches Online Internet Banking system
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October 20, 2006
The delay of long lines to conduct business at the National Commercial Bank are expected to become shorter with the introduction of the NCB Online Int...
Clampdown on money laundering paying off
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October 20, 2006
A catamaran purchased with "dirty money" was recently seized and sold by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency and St Vincent and the Gren...
HIV Made Me Somebody
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October 20, 2006
Her name is Odinga Louie, she is 25 years old and HIV positive. Almost paradoxically, Odinga declares that the three years since she tested positive h...
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October 13, 2006
Three doctors and two pharmacists, from Cuba, will soon be supplementing the health workers in St Vincent and the Grenadines. One of the doctors will ...
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October 13, 2006
Two Vincentian teenagers will be representing this country at a major regional tourism contest in The Bahamas this month. They are Yahtibah Speedwell ...