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Youth loses battle after bike accident
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January 20, 2006
Rene Baptiste, Minister of Urban Development, has joined Patricia Sargeant, the mother of Darrell Sargeant, a young man who succumbed on Thursday Janu...
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January 20, 2006
The National Monitoring and Consultative Mechanism, NMCM, has presented its report on the General Elections of December 7, 2005. And, in an effort to ...
Prime Minister: We are not increasing taxes
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January 20, 2006
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has allayed the fears of Vincentians who may have been worrying that he might increase taxes in next week’s 2006 ...
US Governor, son  injured in bike accident
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January 13, 2006
Arnold Schwarzenegger did not have the proper licence to drive a motorcycle when he crashed at the weekend, Los Angeles police have said. The Californ...
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January 13, 2006
Miami, Florida (AHN) Authorities said 15 Cubans fleeing their homeland and who found themselves on an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys were return...
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January 13, 2006
Seoul, South Korea (AHN) - It’s the next, perhaps final, devastating blow to the work of South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk. A panel investigating...
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January 13, 2006
Poultry farmers in Trinidad and Tobago breathed a sigh of relief on Tuesday with the diagnosis of aspergillosis, a fungal infection which has resul...
Ex-minister in court on corruption charges
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January 13, 2006
by Stephen Cummings PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's Energy Minister Eric Williams has resigned from the government. The Minister's resi...
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January 13, 2006
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday that it was now “more likely than ever” that Iran would be hauled before the U....
Sharon’s condition improves
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January 13, 2006
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s doctors cautioned on Wednesday against being overly optimistic about his chances for recovery from a massive s...
Thompson home receives donation
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January 13, 2006
Residents of the Thompson Home now have additional equipment to assist their mobility. Last Wednesday, the Soroptimist International donated two wheel...
Square Deal for Stubbs Pre-school
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January 13, 2006
Ruby Woods, of Square Deal Investments, New York, a former resident of Stubbs who now resides in the US has shown generosity to the Stubbs Pre-school ...
‘Vision Now’ eye care flying again
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January 13, 2006
The ‘Vision Now’ programme was no election gimmick and more Vincentians are to benefit from it in 2006. So says Dr. Douglas Slater, Minister of He...
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January 13, 2006
If all goes well by the end of June a policy will be in place to have teenage mothers return to the school to pursue their education. This was disclos...
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January 13, 2006
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Association of Montreal has elected its new executive for the year 2006. In its final meeting held on Sunday Decemb...
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January 13, 2006
Scholarships of up to US$20,000 are being made available to Caribbean nationals wishing to study tourism or hospitality. The region's tourism developm...
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January 13, 2006
Sixteen Public Servants are now better equipped to handle the administering of the data bases within the Public Service. On Friday, January 6, they co...
New equipment at Golden Years
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January 13, 2006
The Golden Years Activities Centre of Canegrove is now better equipped to provide entertainment to its patrons. A DVD Player and Television set were d...
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January 13, 2006
Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jerrol Thompson is promising that 2006 will be a big year for Information Communication Technology, ICT in this...
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January 13, 2006
More than 50 senior citizens started the New Year with a sumptuous, seasonal dinner organized by Bequia Rotary Club. The annual Christmas dinner was h...
Mr. Trigger Ridge is No.1 radio caller
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January 13, 2006
‘When the day comes', there is no better caller to interactive radio programmes than Zekiel “Mr. Trigger Ridge” Samuel. That's according to the ...
4 Officers mark 20 years on job
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January 13, 2006
Four members of the Royal St.Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force celebrated one of the finest moments of their careers last Tuesday night – thei...
Cingular customers urged not to worry
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January 13, 2006
Earlier this week Digicel announced their completion of the acquisition of Cingular Wireless in St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking...
Forbes wins big Lottery jackpot
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January 13, 2006
The lone winner of last week Tuesday's $461,000 National Lottery Jackpot claimed her huge winnings last Tuesday at the lottery's office in Kingstown. ...
Industrial relations book launched
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January 13, 2006
One of the first publications launched this year has been by the St.Vincent Employers’ Federation. On Wednesday, January 11, at the Chamber of Indus...
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January 13, 2006
His Excellency Sir Frederick Ballantyne and wife Lady Ballantyne bid farewell to Taiwan's Ambassador to this country Her Excellency Elizabeth Chu in a...
Rotary Club presents Ambassador with plaque
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January 13, 2006
The Rotary Club of St.Vincent has thanked the Republic of China on Taiwan’s outgoing Ambassador to St.Vincent and the Grenadines, Elizabeth Chu, for...
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January 13, 2006
At least one Government Minister has decided to put his house in order from the inception of his administration's second term. Last Tuesday, Mike Brow...
Java village buried by landslide
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January 6, 2006
Scores of people are feared dead after more than 100 homes were buried by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Central Java, Indonesia. A local off...
Trapped miners die
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January 6, 2006
Initial reports indicated 12 had survived. Grief and anger replaced jubilation early Wednesday as mine officials announced that, despite earlier repor...
Simon called to  bar
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January 6, 2006
Another son of Vincentian soil had his call to practice law at the local bar recently at the High Court in Kingstown. Lennox J. Simon who originally f...
Moore wins NLA prize
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January 6, 2006
Ann Moore of Largo Heights was the lucky second prize winner of the National Lotteries Authority's Scratchy Win and Bling promotion. She was presented...
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January 6, 2006
On Tuesday, December 20, 2005, the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) was the recipient of an estimated $1, 100 000 of medical supplies from Canada....
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January 6, 2006
The Digicel Group announced on Wednesday that they and Research in Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) have added BlackBerry(r), a leading wireless ...
‘Wet’ is number 1 on Hitz FM top 100
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January 6, 2006
Orande "Bomani" Charles' hit "Wet" is number 1 on the 2005 Hitz FM top 100 Chart. This is the second consecutive year that the versatile singer has hi...