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Digicel gets GSM licence in Bonaire
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May 12, 2006
Digicel Group last week confirmed it had acquired a GSM licence in Bonaire in its continued expansion of a pan Caribbean GSM network. Digicel acquired...
Teachers unveil school projects
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Teachers unveil school projects
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May 12, 2006
A number of teachers here are ensuring that their students have improved conditions under which to learn. Five of them unveiled projects last Wednesda...
New look for SVGBC
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New look for SVGBC
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May 12, 2006
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation (SVGBC) has announced the winner of its logo competition. On Saturday, May 6, 2006 the com...
Children rewarded for reading
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Children rewarded for reading
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May 12, 2006
Children at the Calliaqua Anglican School have an extra reason to sharpen their reading skills. Besides improving their academic standard, students ca...
Read-a-thon at Calliaqua
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Read-a-thon at Calliaqua
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May 12, 2006
If you have books or other reading material at your disposal, and you are not sure what to do with them, you can donate them to the Calliaqua Anglican...
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Common Entrance exams early
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May 12, 2006
The 2006 Common Entrance Examination in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be held on Friday, June 2. Grade 6 students from primary schools throughou...
School raided by ticks
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School raided by ticks
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May 12, 2006
Students at the J.P. Eustace Memorial School were given four unexpected days off recently. The students and teachers were out of the classroom last we...
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Operation Mop Up for Literacy Crusade
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May 12, 2006
Activities that will take the National Literacy Crusade to another level will be executed during the month of May. The plans are being termed “Opera...
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Digicel launches in Haiti
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May 12, 2006
Digicel last week launched operations in Haiti with a wide range of customer focused services aimed at revolutionising the local telecommunications ma...
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PAWI cleans up SVG communities
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May 12, 2006
The Fisheries Complex, the playing field and main bus stop in Calliaqua were all given facelifts by the youth ministry group of the Hill Top Tabernacl...
C&W is Platinum sponsor for Vincy Mas 2006
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C&W is Platinum sponsor for Vincy Mas 2006
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May 12, 2006
At a press conference held in conjunction with the Carnival Development Committee (CDC), Cable & Wireless and the Ministry of Tourism, the announcemen...
NCB donates computers to groups
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NCB donates computers to groups
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May 12, 2006
On Friday, May 5, 2006 the National Commercial Bank (SVG) Ltd. donated four computers to three educational institutions and a youth group in SVG – t...
Ambassador presents credentials
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Ambassador presents credentials
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May 12, 2006
Her Excellency Ambassador Olga Chamero Trias, the first resident ambassador of Cuba to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, presented credentials to His Ex...
Sandy Bay woman hits Lotto jackpot
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Sandy Bay woman hits Lotto jackpot
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May 12, 2006
History was made last Friday, April 28, 2006, when Sellin Henry was the first person north of the dry river to win the National Lotteries Authority Lo...
New task force to tackle urban development
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New task force to tackle urban development
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May 12, 2006
Minister of Urban Development, Culture and Electoral matters, Hon. Rene Baptiste, has made it abundantly clear she will continue to do her best to see...
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Vincentian facing rape charge in US
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May 12, 2006
Edgerton Philip Medford faces extradition to the United States to answer federal charges that he raped a 15-year-old girl while he worked on the cruis...
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Exploring for oil in SVG?
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May 12, 2006
"There is a firm" interested in exploring St. Vincent and the Grenadines' maritime resources for oil and natural gas. This was confirmed by Prime Mini...
30 Town Board staffers to go home
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30 Town Board staffers to go home
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May 12, 2006
Some 30 members of staff of the Kingstown Town Board (KTB) will soon be handed their pink slips as measures are put in place to rescue the financially...
11 people found dead in boat off Barbados
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11 people found dead in boat off Barbados
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May 5, 2006
POLICE FORENSIC EXPERTS were this week trying to determine how 11 people, believed to come from an African country, perished at sea. The badly decompo...
Sol expands in SVG
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Sol expands in SVG
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May 5, 2006
Sol Group, the Caribbean's largest independent oil company, will be looking to expand its production in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In less than t...
Nokia brings cheer to Canouan Schools
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Nokia brings cheer to Canouan Schools
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May 5, 2006
5.MAY.06 The students and staff of the Canouan Government School, Love and Care Pre-school, and Canouan Pre-school are more than excited about the rec...
VINSA has new executive
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VINSA has new executive
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May 5, 2006
A new executive has been elected to serve the Vincentian Student Association (VINSA) in Jamaica for the upcoming academic year 2006-2007. The election...
Library assistants  attend workshop
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Library assistants attend workshop
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May 5, 2006
Revealing that students and teachers who have good libraries perform better, library consultant Dr. Cherrell Robinson has commended the training of li...
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IICA hosts five-day workshop
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May 5, 2006
Last Tuesday, May 2, 2006 saw the commencement of a five-day workshop organized by the Inter- American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)...
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Women have new option
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May 5, 2006
Women in St. Vincent and the Grenadines now have a new contraceptive option. The female condom will be available to women through the National Family ...
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SVG records two more murders
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May 5, 2006
The number of murders here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the year 2006 climbed by two over the past week. The newest victims succumbed within ...
C&W opens new bMobile retail store
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C&W opens new bMobile retail store
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May 5, 2006
Cable & Wireless is aiming to dominate the mobile market in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This intention was highlighted by Daryl Jackson, the compa...
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PM announces bio-diesel plan
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May 5, 2006
If things work out between Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Vincentian moto...
SVG names Malaysian Consul
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SVG names Malaysian Consul
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May 5, 2006
Efforts to strengthen the relations between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Malaysia have been taken to a higher level. Datuk Vinod Sekar, a distin...
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Malaysia PM reiterates willingness to assist SVG
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May 5, 2006
Plans for the construction of an international airport at Argyle on the east coast of mainland St. Vincent are progressing. Relocation of residents an...
Clare Valley school gets Water House project
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Clare Valley school gets Water House project
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May 5, 2006
The question of healthy living was a recurring theme in the rural fishing and agricultural village of Clare Valley last Wednesday. Through the vision ...
Badawi visit opens SVG links to business Asia
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Badawi visit opens SVG links to business Asia
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May 5, 2006
Persons with interest in business now have new opportunities to broaden their horizons. They can do so by taking advantage of Malaysian Prime Minister...
St. John’s RC church annointed by Bishop
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St. John’s RC church annointed by Bishop
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April 28, 2006
The smoke of sweet smelling incense filled the church, anointing oil was poured on the altar, the choir bellowed songs of praise and people of all wal...
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Dr. Slater: Protect Ozone
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April 28, 2006
Referring to the Caribbean region as a small link in the chain of environmental management, Health and Environment Minister Dr. Douglas Slater reminde...
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ILO Senior Specialist addresses workshop
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April 28, 2006
Senior Specialist on Industrial Relations and Labour Administration, for the Subregional office for the Caribbean, International Labour Organisation (...
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Customs Officers – the nation’s pulse
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April 28, 2006
The next time general elections are called here, you need not conduct a poll to have an idea who is going to win. Just ask a Customs Officer. That's t...
PM: Don’t get into corrupt practices
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PM: Don’t get into corrupt practices
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April 28, 2006
Customs officers here have been warned not to get into corrupt practices. That advice came from Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves last Monday morning...
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Customs broom sweeping cleaner
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April 28, 2006
There is the old adage: "New broom sweeps clean, but the old ones know the corners." But Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has come up with a new twi...
John stresses more training for Customs Officers
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John stresses more training for Customs Officers
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April 28, 2006
Grenville John, Comptroller of Customs and Excise is firm in his belief that training is "crucial to the development of a professional Customs and Exc...
Teachers urged to upgrade skills
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Teachers urged to upgrade skills
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April 28, 2006
The more skills you have, the more employable you become, this is the view of co-ordinator of the St. Vincent Technical Vocational, Education and Trai...
Speaker aggrieved over comments by Cummings
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Speaker aggrieved over comments by Cummings
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April 28, 2006
Hendrick Alexander, this country's Speaker of the House was fired up last Tuesday. He was not pleased with statements attributed to opposition Senator...
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SVG wants clear maritime boundaries
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April 28, 2006
A call has been made for St. Vincent and the Grenadines to sort out its maritime boundaries with all its neighbours. The suggestion came from Prime Mi...
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Baptiste says field wide open for future female head of Government
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April 28, 2006
A woman may be at the helm of this country's government in the future. That’s the view of Minister of Urban Development, Labour, Culture, and Electo...
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St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
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St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
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May 13, 2025
TRINIDAD ANDTOBAGO has clinched victory over Jamaica in the inaugural International Reparation Debate, hosted by the Centre for Reparations Research a...
District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
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District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
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May 13, 2025
DISTRICT STAIRS SVG Ltd., a company with operations in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Canada, has demonstrated its commitment to corporate social ...
Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
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Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
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May 13, 2025
A NEW PROGRAMME in which the government is targetting youth volunteerism across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was launched on Monday, May 12, 2...
Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
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Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
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May 13, 2025
A 45YEAR OLD man who has been convicted 46 times, is awaiting sentencing after he confessed to six more offences, including stealing a transformer and...
Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
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Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
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May 13, 2025
MINISTER OFTRANSPORT and Works, Montgomery Daniel, has praised the “excellent work” being done by the Electrical Inspectorate Unit, but expressed conc...

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