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Police conduct 4-week training course
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June 23, 2006
The Special Services Unit (SSU) of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force conducted a four-week Pre-Basic Training Course from May 22 t...
Major Dwight Lewis honoured in Barbados
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June 23, 2006
The Barbados Cadet Corps honoured this country's Cadet Force Commandant Major Dwight Lewis at their annual awards ceremony at the prestigious Barbados...
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June 23, 2006
Digicel demonstrated the true meaning of being a good corporate citizen on Monday, June 19, when it donated two brand new HP computers to the St. Jose...
Groundbreaking retinal eye surgery
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June 23, 2006
Joseph Bissessar of Lowman's Hill, Camden Park became the first person to undergo both cataract and retinal optical surgeries here in St Vincent and t...
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June 23, 2006
A deliberate attempt to change this nation's political culture is clearly embedded within the recommendations drafted by the Constitutional Review Com...
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June 23, 2006
If anti-whaling countries and groups have their way, having the Barrouallie "black fish" delicacy for Saturday evening supper will be a thing of the p...
It’s OECS time, Let’s celebrate!
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June 23, 2006
Message from the Chairman of the OECS Authority Ecumenical Service Sunday, 18th June 2006 Fellow citizens of the OECS. Today, Sunday 18th 2006, we giv...
OECS celebrates 25th anniversary
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June 23, 2006
Twenty-five (25) years ago on June 18, 1981, the representatives of seven (7) states of the Windward and Leeward Islands, met in Basseterre, St. Kitts...
We FM rewards workers for hard work
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June 23, 2006
WE FM, a radio station that began operations in 1997, has rewarded a number of persons for their contribution to the progress of the entity. Among tho...
Youth gets all-clear to do exams at last
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June 23, 2006
There was a maze of confusion surrounding the status of Community College student Caldric David. Initial information reaching SEARCHLIGHT indicated th...
Mountain Top fighting for  St. Benedict’s
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June 23, 2006
Mountain Top Springs Ltd. has taken up the challenge to spearhead fundraising activities for the St. Benedict's Day Nursery and Infant Hospital. The h...
Over 2000 employed at Digicel in 20 markets
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June 23, 2006
Digicel announced on Tuesday that it is now an employer of more than 2,000 staff throughout its 20 markets of operation. In the past year Digicel has ...
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June 23, 2006
Logos II returns to St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the end of this month and will dock at the Cruise Ship Terminal in Kingstown from June 28 to Jul...
New Taxi Centre at Port
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June 23, 2006
The Taxi Drivers Association is now fully set towards making their organisation more reliable and well organized. On Thursday, June 8, at the Cruise s...
9-month pregnant woman shot, killed
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June 23, 2006
Vanessa Williams, a 23-year-old woman of Lower Questelles, was due to have a baby on Thursday, June 25. But she never lived to make the delivery. She ...
Taj Lee makes St. Mary’s proud again
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June 23, 2006
Taj Lee has carved out a name for himself. Whenever there is an art competition, you could bet that Taj Lee would take part. He has had a number of su...
Shackeil is the talk of Dickson
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June 23, 2006
Shackheil Simmons is the talk of the Dickson village. She placed fifth for girls and seventh overall in the recent Common Entrance examination. That p...
Brittney excited
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June 23, 2006
Brittney Drayton is "excited" over her performance at the recent Common Entrance examination. And she has every right to feel that way. She has brough...
Lodge Village in the Hall of Fame
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June 23, 2006
The Lodge Village Government School has established as itself the school to be reckoned with in the Primary School Leaving Examination. They set a sta...
Bequia boys lead the way in Grenadines
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June 23, 2006
Chezaul Walker of the Bequia Seventh Day Adventist Primary school is one of three pupils who gained the highest score nationwide in Mathematics in the...
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June 23, 2006
Telecommunications service provider Digicel is urging the public to be on the look out for their mobile service phone card sales persons on motorbikes...
Digicel launches brand in French WI.
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June 23, 2006
Digicel, the fastest growing mobile telecommunications company in the Caribbean on Friday marked the launch of its services in the French West Indies ...
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June 23, 2006
FirstCaribbean International Bank’s Capital Markets Unit announced on Monday developments, which the release claims will “further enhance the stre...
Trend Bank donates to hospital
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June 23, 2006
Trend Bank Ltd., one of the largest offshore banks in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with business in Brazil, donated some 16 standing fans and a sup...
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June 23, 2006
LIAT, the Caribbean airline, announced on Wednesday that it has appointed H&F Inc. a Guyanese-based firm as its General Sales Agent in Guyana. It, als...
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June 23, 2006
This country’s export figures have fallen at an alarming rate, and in an effort to strengthen this country’s export competitiveness, the National ...
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June 23, 2006
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has acknowledged government’s plans to introduce a value added tax (VAT) system by next year as a step in the ...