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June 23, 2006
Consumer price index for May During the month of May, the Consumer Price Index increased by 1.0 percent. An inflation rate of 2.4 percent was also rec...
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June 16, 2006
WE FM, a radio station that came on stream in 1997, has rewarded a number of persons for their contribution to the progress of the entity. Among those...
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June 16, 2006
16.JUN.06 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) celebrates its 25th Anniversary since the signing of the Treaty of Basseterre in 1981. T...
Calliaqua School to reward top performer
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June 16, 2006
The principal and the best common entrance performer of the Calliaqua Anglican Primary School will both be given an all expense paid trip to Florida l...
Students get Rotary recognition
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June 16, 2006
The Rotary Club of St. Vincent recognized twenty-one outstanding fourth formers from throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday, June 1, 20...
New rates for C&W internet service
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June 16, 2006
Customers of Cable & Wireless Internet service will now receive more value for their money. Their Internet speed was doubled last Friday, as part of C...
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June 16, 2006
People who were divorced before they were converted to Christianity can now be remarried at Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies (PAWI) churches ...
NCB donates to Melody Makers
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June 16, 2006
30 young men and their Director of the NCB Richland Park Melody Makers on Friday June 9, 2006 were presented with 93 polo shirts in the colours of bot...
CPU meeting ends today
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June 16, 2006
The Caribbean Postal Union (CPU) will wrap up its 10th Annual Conference here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines today, Friday June 16. The conference,...
GECCU hosts training workshop for teachers
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June 16, 2006
Credit union giant, General Employees Co-operative Credit Union Ltd (GECCU), has initiated a schools' co-operative programme to instill discipline and...
Sandy Bay Secondary hosts Career Fair
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June 16, 2006
The students of the Sandy Bay Secondary School took the community by storm in their first Career Fair and Recognition Day on Wednesday June 7, 2006. T...
Guardsman embarks on recruitment drive
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June 16, 2006
A number of job opportunities were highlighted last week Friday by Guardsman St. Vincent and the Grenadines Limited as they held a recruitment drive a...
EU funds national parks project
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June 16, 2006
Limited financial resources have always been a challenge to the Ministry of Tourism, but on Friday, June 9, much needed aid came to the ministry court...
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June 16, 2006
Montgomery Daniel, this country's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister is not giving up on agriculture. He made his position clear last Tuesda...
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June 16, 2006
Fifteen members of a steering committee of the newly formed People's Action Alliance of Bequia agreed at a meeting last week Thursday on "the urgent n...
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June 16, 2006
The Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), strongly considered including a recall mechanism in their constitutional reform proposal but was not able ...
Police put praedial larceny on front burner
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June 16, 2006
The Royal St.Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, The Ministry of Agriculture, and the Legal Affairs Department are combining in a novel approach ...
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June 16, 2006
Tomorrow Saturday June 17 provides an alternative. That is to the degradation and immorality that is rampant in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The pe...
Baptiste wants fresh, clean look for City
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June 16, 2006
In a move to revitalize Kingstown, Minister of Urban Development Rene Baptiste and representatives of various statutory and non-statutory organisation...
Three boatmen missing at sea
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June 16, 2006
Three men who went out to fish off the leeward coast of mainland St. Vincent have been missing since June 4. Reports claim that a 27ft, white, yellow ...
Cable & Wireless pays tribute to Doc
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June 9, 2006
Dr. Earle Kirby acknowledged as this country's leading archaeological personality, will be etched in our heritage. The "Doc", Veterinarian, National M...
Uncle Ernest gets deed
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June 9, 2006
Some people never make it as far as one or three years, but, as far as "Uncle" Ernest is concerned, 103 is a good old age to attain. On Tuesday, May 3...
Richards pulls in catch of the day
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June 9, 2006
He is known in entertainment circles as Glen 'Bump I' Richards, with a number of hits over a long career in the calypso arena. He created a stir last ...
‘Okella’ brings in the largest catch
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June 9, 2006
Okell McCree is owner of a 25-foot pirogue with a 75 HP engine called Okella. That boat, captained by Glenroy Payne with crew member Kenny Bushay retu...
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June 9, 2006
Fisheries Officer Leslie Straker is satisfied with this year's Fisherman's Day activities. He noted increased participation compared with last year an...
Vincy Aviation refutes claims
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June 9, 2006
Charges laid against Vincy Aviation Services, ground handlers for Caribbean Star and Caribbean Sun Airlines, by some members of staff have been rebuff...
Digicel shows off its WiMAX in Barbados
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June 9, 2006
Digicel used last weekend's BMEX exhibition at the Sherbourne Conference Centre in Barbados to demonstrate a new suite of business solutions supported...
New York Vincy gives books to Troumaca
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June 9, 2006
The Staff and Students of the Troumaca Government School, as well as learners involved in the Literacy programme are now better equipped with reading ...
Youth For Christ in need of money
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June 9, 2006
Youth for Christ needs money urgently if it is to continue being a youth organization of "merit and worth", as it was recently described by Prime Mini...
Richards takes up new post at Tourism
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June 9, 2006
The Ministry of Tourism Youth and Sports has a new Communications Manager. Anesia Richards took up the position last Thursday June 1. Richards, a form...
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June 9, 2006
09.JUN.06 The Office of Public Diplomacy of the U.S. Embassy announced on Tuesday, a new International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for outs...
Culinary institute courting region
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June 9, 2006
Vincentians as well as other residents of the region with the desire of pursuing a career in the Culinary Arts have an option to attend the New Englan...
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June 9, 2006
09.JUN.06 June 1, 2006 marked the official start of the Hurricane season and officials at the National Emergency Management Office (NEMO) held an exhi...
Disabled persons host craft exhibition
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June 9, 2006
There are many things a disabled person can do just as well as any other individual. And to prove that, The National Society of Persons with Disabilit...
Microsoft to train disabled persons in SVG
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June 9, 2006
The Hon Sir Louis Straker, Minister of Foreign Affairs led a threeperson delegation to the 36th regular session of the OAS General Assembly which was ...
Mother wants medical assistance for Teenager
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June 9, 2006
09.JUN.06 The mother of 15-year-old Elecia Wickham, Matilda Wickham, is seeking the assistance of the Vincentian public as she seeks medical attention...