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Disabilities skills training workshop opens
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February 17, 2006
Minister of National Mobilization, Social Development and Local Government, Hon. Michael Browne said that his Ministry will ensure that those people w...
Buccama farmers singing blues
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February 17, 2006
On Valentine’s Day fiery emotions and frank expressions were evident at Buccama on the Bay as well as a high level of diplomacy. From all indication...
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February 17, 2006
Haiti's interim government has blocked publication of results from last week's presidential election until an inquiry into fraud allegations is comple...
Town Board row brewing
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February 17, 2006
The Kingstown Town board seems to have a bit of a problem on their hands with regards to the collection of monies. Last Tuesday at a brief press confe...
Fish Vendors defy management
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February 17, 2006
Vendors at the Fish Market at Little Tokyo were up in arms last Friday and defied an order by management to close the market at 5 p.m. Usually the mar...
Sam, Robinson in battle to head SVGTU
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February 17, 2006
Outspoken President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union, SVGTU, Otto Sam will next week know if his bid to be reelected to the presid...
Stakeholders discuss issues affecting tourism
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February 17, 2006
Last week a number of key tourism stakeholders in Bequia discussed issues affecting the tourism investment climate on that Grenadine island, at a cons...
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February 10, 2006
The preliminary round of the RBTT Young Leaders Debates culminated on Thursday 26th January 2006 at the Peace Memorial Hall in Kingstown. Fifteen scho...
Coast Guard Personnel gets advanced training
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February 10, 2006
On February 17, Able Seaman Corey Findlay will travel to the United Kingdom to the prestigious Britannica Royal Naval College to undergo a one-year "I...
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February 10, 2006
The first of two subregional workshops organized for legal service providers mainly dealing with law, ethics and human rights was held last week at th...
PM receives award in NY
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February 10, 2006
Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves wrote his name in the annals of history when he received the fifth Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) D...
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February 10, 2006
Last week, the National Commission on Crime Prevention (NCCP) in collaboration with the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) con...
Two survive serious crash
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February 10, 2006
St.Vincent and the Grenadines could have recorded its sixth and/ or seventh road fatality on Sunday night. And the calls for motorists to exercise due...
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February 10, 2006
UK Immigration Authorities recently announced that all non-visa, non-EEA (European Economic Area) nationals coming to the UK for more than six months ...
Two-island simulation
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February 10, 2006
A two-island simulation dubbed Operation X which coincided with the 11th anniversary of the Rainbow Radio League (RRL) was successfully staged on the ...
Ex-biker cautions young riders
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February 10, 2006
The Cool Riderz Motorcycle Club continues its charity ventures. On Saturday, January 28, 2006, club members visited the home of former motorcyclist 72...
Thompson opens ITU Project
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February 10, 2006
Dr. Jerrol Thompson, Minister of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and President of Caribbean Tele...
Texaco threatens to withhold gas
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February 10, 2006
The Government is being held to ransom! Tomorrow its representatives are expecting to be back in negotiations with TEXACO as the last meeting was inco...
Speaker of House – a full time job!
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February 10, 2006
$38,736! This is the correct amount by which the salary of the Speaker of the House of Assembly has been increased. Since last week several figures ha...
New converts take bold new step
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February 3, 2006
The waters at Villa Beach are literally blessed every weekend as the area has become a popular venue for Water Baptism. Last Saturday morning was one ...
Sister Jacinta: Be an example
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February 3, 2006
The Young Leaders of St.Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua will be targeting the youth this year, encouraging them to abstain from sex and desist from abusi...
Coretta Scott King is dead at age 78
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February 3, 2006
Coretta Scott King, who surged to the forefront of the fight for racial equality after her husband Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, has di...
Two win laptops in NCB 2nd draw
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February 3, 2006
The National Commercial Bank (SVG) Ltd. has announced the names of the two lucky winners for the December draw of their Christmas Loan Sale. The two l...
Comblen donates painting
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February 3, 2006
"Children's Story" or "Is it a bird, is it a cat? is the title of a painting by local artist, Cécile Comblen. The framed artwork was donated to the p...
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February 3, 2006
by Jonathan Ashby Rock star Mick Jagger and American designer Tommy Hilfigur are among the multi-millionaire rank and file on Mustique who are opting ...
C&W announces Valentine’s special
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February 3, 2006
Cable and Wireless launched its Valentine’s Promotion on Wednesday 1st February, 2006. The promotion will span every line of business, but according...
Questelles man dies in road crash
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February 3, 2006
A sudden surge in the number of road deaths has spurred a debate in this country's House of Assembly on the issue of more stringent measures to ensure...
Sailor dies in another road mishap
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February 3, 2006
The local constabulary on the Northern Grenadine Island of Bequia wants to determine the cause of Eversley Cudjoe's death. First reports are that he m...
SVG marches for peace
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February 3, 2006
Words alone cannot begin to describe what transpired at the Victoria Park last Sunday, January 29, as showers of praise, blessings and thanksgiving sw...
PM to receive CGID Prize in New York
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February 3, 2006
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is expected to travel to New York tomorrow to receive the Caribbean Guyana Institute of Democracy (CGID) prestigiou...
Kenisha gets keys to her ‘Pimp Ride’
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February 3, 2006
She's too young to drive, and she can't even reach the brakes or steering wheel comfortably, but 11-year-old Kenisha Hannaway is now officially now th...
Longer wait for OECS
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February 3, 2006
Six members of Caricom on Monday formally signed a protocol to establish a single market, with urgings that they push ahead to their 2008 deadline for...
Six countries sign on to CSME
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February 3, 2006
by RICKEY SINGH in JAMAICA Its operation was ceremonially legalised Monday, January 30, with the signatures of a dozen member states of the region at ...
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February 3, 2006
Attempts to settle a potential industrial dispute surfacing at the Ministry of Transport and Works are expected to go into high gear today, Friday, Fe...
Two workers’ unions set for another clash
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February 3, 2006
It may be a question of back to roots. That's the scenario that is looming at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority. The Commercial Techni...
O’Neal ejected from  Strangers’ Gallery
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January 27, 2006
A rare occurrence took place in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, January 24. The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hendrick Alexander, asked Ivan Oâ€...