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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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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...
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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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...
Sookoo is new CEO of RBTT
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April 28, 2006
Peter July, Group Chairman, RBTT Financial Holdings Limited, recently announced the Board’s appointment of Suresh Sookoo to the position of Group Ch...
James brings exclusivity to homes
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April 28, 2006
One year after commencing operations, Exclusive Kitchens has launched its website www.exclusivekitchensvc.com to inform prospective clients of its ser...
GESCO now mining for regional export
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April 28, 2006
Regional contractors are now eyeing St. Vincent and the Grenadines as a possible land mine for raw materials. With a boom in the regional construction...
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April 28, 2006
Earlier this month, The Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) announced the publication of its Handbook of Caribbean Ports 2006 - 2008. The Handbook wa...
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April 28, 2006
The travel agency industry in the Caribbean is approaching its darkest hour and some agencies in St Vincent and the Grenadines may be counting down th...
NIS Chairman calls for more local investment
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April 28, 2006
Local investors here are missing out on a lot of good opportunities for investment says Chairman of the National Insurance Services (NIS), Lenox Bowma...
Minister visits Intermediate High
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 As schools throughout the country reopened on Monday, Minister of Education, Girlyn Miguel took the opportunity to visit the Intermediate Hi...
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Fourteen out of 95 new recruits to the Royal Marines and the Royal Navy left the country last Thursday after eight months of training. The n...
Vision Now Programme in Phase 2
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 A team of Cuban officials including Ophthalmologists are now in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to continue work on the next phase of the Vis...
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Dr. Shirley Robertson is the new president of Soroptimist International of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Dr. Robertson succeeds Zeitha Had...
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 GEORGETOWN: Guyana President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday upped the pressure on the security services saying that they have been unable to quel...
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Meanwhile, with the support of 8 out of 15 functioning UNC MPs, MP Kamla Persad-Bissessar succeeded Basdeo Panday as Opposition Leader, beco...
Panday Jailed for two years
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 PORT-OF-SPAIN – Lawyers for incarcerated Trinidad and Tobago Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday returned before High Court Judge Anthony Carm...
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Aubrey Burgin has been elected to serve as President of the Public Service Union. His election came at the 63rd Annual General Meeting of th...
Renewed call to knight Prescod
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April 28, 2006
A call has once again been sounded for founder of the New Kingstown Chorale, Patrick E. Prescod to be knighted. Delivering the sermon at the 50th anni...
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Michael Browne, Minister of National Mobilization and Social Development returned to the state on Monday after attending the 174th session o...
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April 28, 2006
Customers of St.Vincent Electricity Services Ltd. (VINLEC) should brace themselves for a whopping increase on their electricity bills this month due t...
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April 28, 2006
There is still some time yet before this country's Constitution is revised. That is because the life of the Constitutional Review Commission has been ...
Heavy rollers clash in House of Assembly
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April 28, 2006
There is never a dull moment in Vincentian politics. And although the atmosphere in the House of Assembly last Tuesday April 25 was relatively cordial...
Malaysian leader arriving tomorrow
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 The Honorable Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, prime minister of the south eastern Asian nation of Malaysia is set to arrive in St Vincent tomorrow, S...
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 WASHINGTON, USA: Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US trade relations received a boost last week, as a result of a decision by the two sides to ...
Dr. Gonsalves after three-peat
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April 28, 2006
It appears that Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves may be considering going for a full third term in office. He gave a hint of this earlier this week ...