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Police undergo training for World Cup 2007
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October 6, 2006
With only five months to go until the ICC Cricket World cup bowls its way into the Caribbean, close protection security is the priority for local poli...
A tale of two public transport system
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October 6, 2006
In the wake of the turbulence created by striking members of the National Omni Buses Association (NOBA), some here felt that St Vincent and the Grenad...
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October 6, 2006
The 124th anniversary of the Argyle protests will be marked with a cultural rally at the P’Tani Resort tomorrow from 6:30 p.m. One hundred and twent...
Sam: Teachers must be more sensitized to CSME
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October 6, 2006
President of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers' Union (SVGTU) Otto Sam is of the opinion that teachers need to be better sensitized about the...
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October 6, 2006
Myrtle Jack, who just less than eight years ago was charged for administering corporal punishment on a male student, believes that was the genesis of ...
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October 6, 2006
A lawsuit against the government for negligence in the death of Patrice Bascombe has been stalled. Attorney Bayliss Frederick of Fredericks Attorneys ...
Calliaqua police moving to new building
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October 6, 2006
Two weeks after scurrying out of their rodent infested station officers at the Calliaqua Police Station are expected to move into a spanking new and a...
VAT Consultant: Get facts straight!
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October 6, 2006
Radio talk shows have been cautioned not to propagate incorrect information as regards the Value Added Tax (VAT). VAT Consultant, Michal Andrews, spea...
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September 29, 2006
BARBADOS (Nation News) - FROM NOVEMBER 1, anyone who wants to get an American immigrant visa will need access to a computer. There will be a global ch...
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September 29, 2006
The National Insurance Services (NIS), would be partnering with a number of businesses to host this year’s Pensioner’s Appreciation Day on Monday ...
Schools compete for public speaking title
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September 29, 2006
Bequia, yesterday, was host to the opening of this year's Cable & Wireless sponsored Lion's Club Public Speaking competition. Today Friday, schools in...
New computer system at NIS
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September 29, 2006
Deputy Chairman of the National Insurance Services (NIS), Elroy John said the NIS has embarked on a data clean up programme to better inform the polic...
Miss SVG makes good on promise
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September 29, 2006
Sion Hill Government School has received a portable stereo CD and cassette recorder system compliments of Courts St Vincent Ltd and the reigning Miss ...
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September 29, 2006
The staff of the Magistracy will receive a reward for faithfully working through very trying times brought on by the July 21 fire that gutted the buil...
Sir Louis ready to call it a day
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September 29, 2006
Deputy Prime Minister Sir Louis Straker has announced his intention to quit active politics and this was a main talking point at the opening of the wa...
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September 29, 2006
Property owners at Argyle are concerned over a discrepancy in the valuation of their properties as they relocate for construction of the Argyle Intern...
Glasgow challenges IADC
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September 29, 2006
Chairman of the Argyle Property Owners Association, Carl Glasgow, is challenging the competence of the committee hired to take charge of preparations ...
10 students named for Malaysian scholarships
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September 29, 2006
Adrian Da Silva is proud as a peacock that he is one of the inaugural 10 to be awarded the Malaysian scholarships but he is even more excited about wh...
’Ole George still set to butcher record Books
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September 22, 2006
NOEL BUTCHER is out of the race due to an injury he sustained, but Earl ‘Ole George’ Daniel was still walking strong under daytime temperatures of...
Taiwan signs agriculture agreement with SVG
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September 22, 2006
Taiwan and St Vincent signed its 12th Agricultural Technical Agreement this week strengthening the industry. The collaboration since 1982 has resulted...
From illiteracy to university
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September 22, 2006
Persons taking advantage of the Adult Literacy Crusade have an extra incentive. The first one who passes enough subjects at the Caribbean Examination ...
Port preparing for the storm
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September 22, 2006
There is the popular saying 'any port for a storm.' That's for ships in the ocean when bad weather is looming. The St Vincent and the Grenadines Port ...
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September 22, 2006
Political activist and radio talk show host, Edwardo Lynch, has lost his appeal before the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal in a defamation case brou...
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September 22, 2006
The family of the two Florida teenagers who were allegedly raped on May 30, at La Soufriere is still very much committed to the process of justice and...
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September 22, 2006
A man bearing a name similar to a former Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago caused a big uproar last Saturday at the ET Joshua airport and it too...
Eustace concerned over deaths of SVG youths
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September 22, 2006
Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace has expressed deep concern over the number of deaths among young people in the country. Eustace who was speaking at t...
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September 22, 2006
BARBADOS - The Caribbean Association of Small & Medium Enterprises Inc. (CASME) has launched Critical PathwaysTM its export preparedness programme for...
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September 22, 2006
Digicel is pitching a deal to their prepaid St Vincent customers to switch over to post paid accounts by offering low rates on selected cell phones fo...
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September 22, 2006
AUGUST 2006 The Consumer Price Index for the month of August 2006 showed a decrease of 0.3, percent over July 2006. The All Items Index was 111.8 perc...
Postal Corp introduces debit card service
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September 22, 2006
More money will be injected into the Vincentian economy through the introduction of Postcash, its CEO Jeff Pressman projects. “The less you pay for ...