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Pharmacists hand over reference books
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April 13, 2006
Much needed up-to-date Pharmaceutical reference books were handed over to the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Medical Association from the Pharmacists A...
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April 13, 2006
Thirteen Caribbean countries and several Regional and International bodies will gather here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the Regional Meeting...
VINLEC website upgraded
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April 13, 2006
Communicating with the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Electricity Services (VINLEC), is now just a click away using the now re-vamped website, www.VINL...
Teenage mom sends warning to youths
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April 13, 2006
If life were equipped with a rewind button, then Sheria Baptiste would not be a 17-year-old mother of a two year old son and a Senior Three school dro...
Easter – lives transformed
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April 13, 2006
As a predominantly Christian community we traditionally reflect on the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter time. Normally emotion...
Credit union reaps Bowman’s crop
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April 13, 2006
There is the popular saying that you reap what you sow. That may be the case with the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union. In 1995, Felix Bowman became...
Leo Club embarks on bus shed project
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April 13, 2006
Two weeks after the historic Leo Convention hosted here by local Leo Clubs, 13 members of the local Leo Clubs completed Phase 2 of the Chateaubelair b...
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April 13, 2006
The St. Vincent Planned Parenthood Association is hosting an Easter Vacation workshop from April 18 to 21. The workshop will be held at the Anglican P...
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April 13, 2006
The North Leeward Town of Chateaubelair was thrown into a state of sadness last Tuesday morning, as a result of the disappearance of Daniel James, a 5...
Adelphi School Young Leaders donate $400
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April 13, 2006
The Adelphi Secondary School RBTT Young Leaders made a donation to the School For Children with Special Needs at Georgetown on Tuesday, April 11. The ...
Digicel opens in T&T
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April 13, 2006
Trinidad and Tobago Telecoms 100-year-old monopoly ends with entrance of new player Digicel began offering service in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday ...
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...