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Spelling Bee trophy goes to Georgetown
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April 13, 2006
Students, staff, and those connected with the Georgetown Government School have additional reasons to be proud. Raedonna Abbott, Gerron Texeria and De...
Lonnie undergoes surgery
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April 13, 2006
If it becomes necessary, Lonnie Robinson, a final year student of the Community College who is currently undergoing critical reconstructive surgery at...
Health workers put on 2-day fair
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April 13, 2006
‘Working Together for Health’ World Health Day was celebrated Last Friday, April 7, and to commemorate the event The St. Vincent and the Grenadine...
KCCU’s up with technology
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April 13, 2006
Website: www.kccu.vc If you are a Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union member, and you have access to a computer, you don't have to physically go to the...
Agard: I think the water start boiling
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April 13, 2006
Meanwhile, Sam Agard, an elderly resident of Mt.Pleasant, jokingly said to the Prime Minister: "Sir I think the water start boiling." Agard stated tha...
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April 7, 2006
Vincentians are being invited to provide ideas, suggestions and comments on the proposed East Indian Foundation. The invitation was made recently by L...
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April 7, 2006
The anticipated "Schools' Showdown" is finally here. This evening Friday, April 7, the event will take place at the Kingstown Netball Centre, also kno...
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April 7, 2006
On Wednesday April 5, 2006 newly elected Members of the Board of the Saint Vincent National Trust met to elect an executive for the three-year term wh...
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April 7, 2006
The staff members of the Ministry of Housing, Informal Human Settlements, Lands and Surveys and Physical Planning met with Senator Julian Francis and ...
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April 7, 2006
The second five-week RSS Basic Seamanship Course of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard will hold a graduation ceremony for fourteen person...
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April 7, 2006
A team of Cuban medical experts arrived in the state this week in relation to the Vision Now Programme and the General Modern Diagnostic Centre Projec...
Golden citizens bring art and craft to town
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April 7, 2006
The National Insurance Services (NIS) Golden Years Centres at Black Point and Cane Grove are where senior citizens would normally relax, meet with fri...
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April 7, 2006
Plans to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the 1979 eruption of the La Soufriere Volcano on April 13 are well on the way. This year the National Eme...
John chairs OAS Permanent Council
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April 7, 2006
St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Ellsworth John, on Monday assumed th...
Community College hosts Career Day
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April 7, 2006
Vincentian students can now embark on their chosen areas of study with some degree of confidence. They gained valuable insights into potential spheres...
More chances to win with Abrazo system
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April 7, 2006
The National Lotteries Authorities (NLA) has no end to the list of innovative ways to make their games bigger and better for the people of St. Vincent...
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April 7, 2006
Scotland Yard officials investigating the murder of the late Glenn Jackson, former Press Secretary and Personal Aide to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsa...
Dr. Samuel takes up post at hospital
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April 7, 2006
Earlier this week, Dr. Malcolm Samuel returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from the United Kingdom to take up an appointment as a Consultant Gen...
Youth complete Peer education training
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April 7, 2006
Thirty two Students from around the country aged 13 to 17 years have become trained HIV/AIDS Peer Educators, thanks to the National AIDS Secretariat. ...
Canadian church group sowing seeds in SVG
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April 7, 2006
A Canadian group, Seeds International is hoping for a crop of God-fearing young Vincentians over the next ten years. And they are not waiting until 20...
Kenyatta Alleyne excels at CWSA
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April 7, 2006
by G. E. M. Saunders Kenyatta Antoni Alleyne, son of Kenneth "Scakes" Alleyne and Rose-Marie Alleyne of Walker Piece, New Montrose, graduated from the...
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April 7, 2006
The Mount Pleasant Educational Sports and Cultural Organisation (M-PESCO) launched its first Medical fund last Saturday in Mount Pleasant. The fund is...
Malaysian PM to visit SVG
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April 7, 2006
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Abdullah Bedawi, is scheduled to pay an official visit to St.Vincent and the Grenadines April 29-May 2. The Malaysian Ambas...
Adventists honour outstanding Vincentians
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April 7, 2006
People who give of themselves are people who live fulfilled, meaningful lives. This is the view of Pastor James Daniel, former President of the East C...
Grenada is back and alive
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April 7, 2006
Grenada Board of Tourism makes stop in St. Vincent Thinking of your vacation, wedding, honeymoon or engagement -well “Let’s Go Grenada”. This is...
Brokeback Mountain hits local screens
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April 7, 2006
People should have the right to read and view whatever they want...the movie is not a threat. Manager of Cinerama, Simon Kamara. The controversial fil...
‘Businesses must be prepared for VAT’
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April 7, 2006
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Sir Louis Straker, has called on local businesses to get in line and prepare for the Value Added Tax syst...
Argyle International airport moving ahead
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April 7, 2006
Still in its preparatory stages, the Argyle International Airport moved another step towards reality with the International Airport Development Commit...
Reading project reaping success
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April 7, 2006
George W. Bush may be facing stiff opposition in the United States even among his own Republican Party ranks but one of his initiatives has been reapi...
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March 31, 2006
The Youth Affairs Department will be targeting some 150 young people across this country with another series of Soft Skills Training programmes next w...
Peace ambassadors spreading the  message
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March 31, 2006
The concept of "love and peace is what we need" is often heard but seldom acted on. A wordwide Organisation called the Universal Peace Federation (UPF...
$10,000 for National Youth Council projects
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March 31, 2006
For the past eight or so years, the National Youth Council's plea for a Youth Parliament to be established here has been unsuccessful. But they became...
Rotary Doctors reach Greggs
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March 31, 2006
Sunday March 19, 2006 was a memorable day in Greggs when over 300 residents benefitted from the Rotary Village Doctor Outreach by the Rotary Club of S...