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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 ...
SVG Police Band ready for Christmas
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December 1, 2006
‘TIS THE season to be jolly and the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Band is tuning up to make it feel a lot like Christmas. Starting at G...
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December 1, 2006
Three months after closing Roy's Inn in Kingstown Park, LeRoy Lewis is back in business. On December 1, he throws open the doors to St Vincent and the...
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December 1, 2006
A big thank you have gone out to the officials, neighbouring countries, friends, and the general public who helped in the search for the AVG Air plane...
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December 1, 2006
Criminals could soon be given the opportunity to turn over new leaves - their past indiscretions thrown into the sea of forgetfulness. This is because...
Prince hoping for drop in teenage pregnancies
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December 1, 2006
The average church going parent in St Vincent and the Grenadines will 'blow their top' if they were to find out that their beautiful 16-year old daugh...
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December 1, 2006
For many years there have been lectures on the dangers of unprotected sex but for many it was not a message for them but intended for someone else. La...
House of Hope: not just for HIV
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December 1, 2006
Governor General, Sir Frederick Ballantyne, while asserting that there is definitely a need for the hospice proposed by the House of Hope Society, has...
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December 1, 2006
St Vincent and the Grenadines and Japan have signed a US$4.7 million agreement for the construction of a fishing complex in the rural village of Owia....
Vincentian students excel in Mexico
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December 1, 2006
Vincentian students studying in Mexico are reported to be performing well. This country’s Ambassador to Washington DC Ellsworth I. A. John who recen...
Lucky winner number two
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December 1, 2006
Sonia Ince of Sharpesdale is the second recipient of $1000 in the “Digicel is the Key to your $150,000 Fortune” competition. On Thursday November ...
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December 1, 2006
Former West Indian wicket keeper, Michael Findlay believes that the Parents in Literacy (PIL) programme launched by the Calliaqua Anglican Primary sch...
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December 1, 2006
The International Financial Services Agency (IFSA) needs another $9,000 for its scholarship fund before it can start inviting applications for study i...
C&W launches new promotion
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December 1, 2006
Cable & Wireless is launching today a massive Christmas campaign it said was designed to bring a “Smile” to its customers. “I do believe we have...
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November 24, 2006
ST LUCIA - As Saint Lucians are preparing to go to the polls on December 11, another member of the ruling Saint Lucia Labour (SLP) has appeared on the...
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November 24, 2006
TRINIDAD - POLICE on Tobago have been called in to investigate a pornography ring said to be run by a group of students. The students, some of whom ar...
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November 24, 2006
by JULIE WILSON and ANTOINETTE CONNELL BARBADOS - HIGH-TECH DNA INVESTIGATIONS used for the first time here condemned a man yesterday in a murder that...
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November 24, 2006
Nov.24.06 Vincentians at home and abroad are being invited to participate in the National Sports Council (NSC) Awards Design Competition. Held in asso...