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New Salvation Army Majors ready for challenge
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August 11, 2006
Majors Henry and Paula King of The Salvation Army are the new Commanding Officers assigned to the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Corps. The Kings alon...
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August 11, 2006
GUYANA – A large band of gunmen stormed into the Kaieteur News printery at Eccles Tuesday night and executed five men after shooting wildly in Bagot...
Ambassador donates $1,000 to Miss SVG
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August 11, 2006
Taiwan's Ambassador to St Vincent and the Grenadines, Jack Cheng was so impressed with what he saw during carnival 2006, that he opted to raised the p...
Corporate community donate to charity
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August 11, 2006
Once again a group of businessmen has donated to charity. This is a commendable gesture as the complaint is often made that the corporate community do...
Digicel awards a valued customer
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August 11, 2006
Digicel wants their customers to feel unique and a supervisor with the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Sheffield Cottle of Chauncey, is now the proud ow...
Digicel to sponsor Fashion Caribbean
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August 11, 2006
Digicel has sponsored the 6th Annual Fashion Caribbean set for the weekend of September 1, to the tune of $15,000. In a short handing-over ceremony at...
Donna Young remembered at Memorial Mass
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August 11, 2006
Friends, family and well-wishers attended a Memorial Mass Service last week Thursday at the Catholic Cathedral to pay respects to the late Donna Maria...
RBTT records US $35m in after tax profit
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August 11, 2006
Peter J. July, Group Chairman, RBTT Financial Holdings Limited, announced that the Group has achieved another quarter of profitable growth. For the fi...
‘Get Entry Clearance before going to UK’
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August 11, 2006
Vincentian Nationals who wish to enter the United Kingdom for more than six months must apply for Entry Clearance before arrival. This was advised in ...
HMS Iron Duke visits St. Vincent
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August 11, 2006
Royal Navy Frigate HMS IRON DUKE arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday, August 8, for a two-day informal port visit during her tour of ...
Peter’s Hope expanding
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August 11, 2006
Next Tuesday, August 15 is expected to be another 'red-letter' for some Vincentians. Sixteen new homeowners will be handed the keys to newly construct...
Works completed on Layou waterfront
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August 11, 2006
Residents from the Central Leeward Town of Layou, and, indeed, anyone throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines would be pleased with a new developmen...
Special students complete summer programme
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August 11, 2006
The curtain finally came down on the National Society of Persons with Disabilities’ Summer Holiday Program for children with special needs last Frid...
Students benefit from Basil’s donation
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August 11, 2006
Basil Charles, Chairman on the Basil Charles Education Foundation is seeing to it that youngsters make use of their opportunities to advance. Last Sat...
Students asked to balance careers
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August 11, 2006
Edmond Jackson, President of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU), has urged his institution’s scholarship recipients to be balanced in the...
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August 11, 2006
Two ministries have pooled their resources and specialties to improve economic development and bring benefits to this country. The Ministry of Agricul...
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August 11, 2006
The Ministry of Education, in association with the OAS, on July 31, 2006, launched an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Workshop for app...
SVG establishes ties with Cyprus
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August 11, 2006
In a joint communique`, signed in New York on August 2, 2006, the two countries expressed willingness to develop and strengthen friendship and coopera...
Young Vincentian doing well in British Army
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August 11, 2006
Calberth Charles, son of Chiefton and Yvonne Charles of Enhams joined the British Army in 2000 and served in the Royal Signals. He did a tour of duty ...
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August 11, 2006
Investors have the opportunity to invest in the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent and the Grenadines monthly 91-day treasury bills as...
GHS holds Global Summit of past students
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August 11, 2006
A grand reunion to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girls’ High School (GHS) will be held in St. Vincent some time in 2011. This de...
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August 11, 2006
The 2006 NYC regional work/study camp ended last weekend at the Brighton Government School. The camp which forms part of the National Youth Council's ...
Nemo holds workshop for Shelter Managers
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August 11, 2006
Each year, the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) tries to establish a more effective Shelter Management system in the country. On Tues...
Sir Louis to quit politics
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August 11, 2006
Whenever the next general elections are called, there would be a new representative for Central Leeward. Present Parliamentarian Sir Louis Straker has...
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August 11, 2006
Gazzetted Officers of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force will hold a Retreat at the Anglican Pastoral Centre on August 10-11, 2006 ...
Dr. Lewis calls for a better deal for women
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August 11, 2006
Political Scientist, Dr. Vaughn Lewis, who once served as Prime Minister of St. Lucia and first Director General of the OECS Secretariat, in a lecture...
New Building Code to be enforced in 2007
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August 11, 2006
The Ministry of Housing, Informal Human Settlements, Land and Surveys and Physical Planning began an intense programme starting with the media on Mond...
Police to probe ‘Captain’ threat
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August 11, 2006
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is not taking lightly a threat made against him over a radio station here. And if the Prime Minister's orders are f...
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August 4, 2006
Chairman of the Pankaimas, Hugh Ragguette, has apologised for the late arrival of Mas bands at Victoria Park during last Mardi Gras activities. But he...
NCB assists Youlou Arts Foundation
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August 4, 2006
For the 5th year, the National Commercial Bank (SVG) Ltd. is assisting the YOULOU ARTS FOUNDATION to host its “Growing Young Artists” project in S...
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August 4, 2006
The St. John's Church Augmented Choir from Barbados will host a Sacred Concert at the St. George's Anglican Cathedral on Sunday, August 6, 2006 at 6 p...