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New CXC programme for next year’s exams
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March 31, 2006
After the 2006 Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams, the Basic proficiency level will no longer be offered, except in Mathematics, English and So...
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March 31, 2006
It was the first Leo Convention held in St. Vincent in the history of the Leo/Lions Club and it will most certainly not be the last owing to its resou...
VINLEC supports community efforts
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March 31, 2006
On Monday 27 March Joanne Richards, representing the St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC), handed over to Donald DeRiggs, Director of Rai...
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March 31, 2006
In order to consolidate the steps made towards achieving the goal of Universal Secondary Education, the Ministry of Education assert that teachers nee...
More support for Literacy Crusade
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March 31, 2006
Dr. Jaylene Summers, an Adult Educator from Maine U.S.A. currently on vacation in Bequia, presented a number of items on Thursday March 23, 2006 to th...
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March 31, 2006
The National Fisheries Marketing Limited announced on Wednesday that they will be opening a retail seafood outlet today, March 31 2006. The outlet is ...
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March 31, 2006
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Association of Toronto, a non-profit community based Association comprised mainly of Vincentians in the Greater Tor...
Graduates urged to be trailblazers
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March 31, 2006
A total of forty two students in the registered nurse and nursing assistant programmes held their heads high as the School of Nursing hosted their 20t...
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March 31, 2006
by NEVILLE CLARKE The message sent by banana growers of the Windward Islands and local trade unionists to Cariforum and European Union (EU) negotiator...
Richland Park man stabbed to death
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March 31, 2006
The Joseph family of Richland Park is trying to come to grips with the loss of one of their loved ones. On Tuesday Kendol Joseph, a 32-year-old labour...
‘How do we shake it up?’
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March 31, 2006
St.Vincent and the Grenadines needs a shaking up as relates to critical thinking which can make of public policy more efficacious. This is the view of...
Williams wants protection for workers
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March 31, 2006
If the delegation of responsibility and disciplinary control in the public service has to be done by the head of a department or Permanent Secretary, ...
Broader skies for Caribbean airlines
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March 31, 2006
It has happened! After a period of 10 years the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has been recertified and given Category One Aviation S...
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March 31, 2006
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - The United States Government has increased the amount of sugar it will import from several Caribbean countries, giving a boo...
18 years in banana for Abbott
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March 31, 2006
In the early 60’s the banana industry of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was referred to as ‘green gold.’ During this period the multi-million do...
Local Entrepreneurs attend summit in Brazil
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March 31, 2006
A contingent of four Vincentian entrepreneurs attended the 10th World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs in Sao Paulo, Brazil from Tuesday March 14 to Frid...
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March 31, 2006
Barclays, the third-largest British bank, said it would sell its 43.7-percent stake in FirstCaribbean International Bank for about 1.08 billion dollar...
Businesses urged to pay up debt
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March 31, 2006
Head of the OECS Operations for the Caribbean Credit Bureau Ltd., Bianca Keverne Williams is of the view that Caribbean people are becoming extremely ...
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March 31, 2006
Regional rum producers have been urged to pay special attention to energy conservation opportunities in their plants. Energy use is not only a major c...
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March 31, 2006
As the region prepares for the Caribbean Single Market (CSM) by July this year, at least one OECS member state may not be a part of this single market...
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March 24, 2006
A Consular Officer from the United States Embassy in Barbados will visit St. Vincent on March 31. She will hold office hours on Friday, March 31, 1:30...
NCB partners with Literacy Crusade
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March 24, 2006
On Friday March 10th 2006, a Photocopier valued at $3,995.00 was presented to Mr Hugh Wyllie, the Director of the National Literacy Crusade by Mrs Che...
$15,000.00 for Kiwanis club poultry project
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March 24, 2006
The Kiwanis Club of Kingstown on Monday received a donation from mobile operator, Digicel. Watches, bags and t-shirts were donated to assist with the ...
Rising above a Life of Poverty
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March 24, 2006
Teachers across the country have been urged by Deputy Chief Education Officer Acting, Luis DeShong to get their students excited about the Garifuna He...
GECCU hosts Senior Citizens’ Heritage Tour
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March 24, 2006
In celebrating our National Heroes & Heritage Month, the General Employees’ Cooperative Credit Union last week Saturday hosted a Senior Citizens’ ...
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March 24, 2006
It is clear that women are making a vast contribution to the development of nations. Long gone are the days when men were seen as having a stronghold ...
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March 24, 2006
On Thursday 24th February and 4th March, 2006, the Golden Years Activity Center at Black Point played host to the Young Leaders from Georgetown Second...
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March 24, 2006
The Peace Memorial Hall will serve as the venue for a rich display of originality and creativity today, when Sixty-five (65) students representing bot...
Girl Guides to play greater role
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March 24, 2006
Businessman Ken Boyea has called on the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Girl Guide Association to play a greater role in the development of young women ...
Evesham Primary Honours Past Students
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March 24, 2006
Three former Evesham Methodist School students have been rewarded by that institution. They are Jennifer Richardson, Joel Williams and Colville Murray...
Locals Celebrate with Bequia Charity Group
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March 24, 2006
Beneficiaries of the Bequia Mission, a charitable organization, came out to say ‘thank you’ on Sunday March 12 for the assistance they received ov...
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March 24, 2006
Persons here who have lost mail destined to Trinidad and Tobago have been given the assurance that the authorities will get to the bottom of the matte...
Biabou benefits  from Fair Trade Donation
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March 24, 2006
Some of the institutions in the vibrant community of Biabou are now well equipped with tools for their development thanks to donations made by the New...
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March 24, 2006
Having marked its 20th anniversary on March 14, the Rotaract Club of Kingstown has decided to chart a fresh course for the future that will rebuild th...
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March 24, 2006
The Board of Directors of the Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company Limited (WIBDECO), meeting in St Lucia on Wednesday, March 8, ...
A glimpse at our First Parliament
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March 24, 2006
By oscar allen The 1951 Elections marked the beginning of a new era in Vincentian politics. Mc Intosh who had carried on a struggle in Parliament for ...