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January 6, 2006
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is fully committed to the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) and is now ready to sign on to it. This assurance ca...
Gonsalves: LIAT in need of US$10m.
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January 6, 2006
"LIAT is of strategic importance to St. Vincent and the Grenadines." These were the words of Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves at the first press co...
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January 6, 2006
Seven persons from varying fields of endeavour have received New Year's honours from Her Majesty the Queen. These awards were announced December 31st ...
The Year in Review October – December 2005
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January 6, 2006
• OCTOBER •Arnhim Eustace, Political Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) made a big confession. On Tuesday, September 27, thousands of NDP su...
The Year in Review July – September 2005
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January 6, 2006
• JULY • Less than two months after a 77-year-old woman was raped and killed in Kingstown, another elderly woman suffered a similar fate. On June ...
The Year in Review April – June 2005
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January 6, 2006
• APRIL • The April 1 front page told the story of the destruction by fire of the Barbadian main penal penitentiary and the fate of Vincentian pri...
The Year in Review January – March 2005
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January 6, 2006
• JANUARY • The year opened with the news that a Trinidadian citizen Mario Young had been appointed to head the National Commercial Bank. This app...
QM2 pays visit to Port SVG
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January 6, 2006
Given the warmth and hospitality extended to passengers of the Queen Mary 2 by Vincentians when they visited this country on December 28, Prime Minist...
Deputy PM is now Sir Louis
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January 6, 2006
When the Queen's new years honours list was read on New Year's Day, Sir Louis Hilton Straker became the fourteenth Vincentian born person to be awarde...
NDP boycotts first sitting of Parliament
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January 6, 2006
There is never a dull moment in the political life of St.Vincent and the Grenadines. And a perfect demonstration of this was dramatized last week Thur...
Japanese Volunteers take up duties in SVG
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December 23, 2005
A new group of Japanese Volunteers arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on November 30, joining the six Japanese volunteers who are already in pl...
Madame Chu turns Santa
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December 23, 2005
Many disadvantaged and needy persons will definitely be better clothed this Christmas season, thanks to resident Taiwanese Ambassador to St. Vincent a...
School for Special Needs marks 30 years
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December 23, 2005
The Kingstown School for Children with Special Needs celebrated their 30th Anniversary with a range of artistic displays in the classrooms at their an...
Karib Cable fly home friends
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December 23, 2005
On Friday, December 16, James Edwards (2nd from right) journeyed to the E. T. Joshua Airport to welcome home his sister Elorn (right) and her two daug...
Digicel brings goodies to Sandy Bay village
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December 23, 2005
A family of Sandy Bay now has more reasons to celebrate this Christmas Season and beyond. As their way of giving back to the community, Digicel donate...
CRD brings cheer to Milton Cato Hospital
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December 23, 2005
The Canouan Resort Development Ltd. (CRD) on Tuesday added to the Christmas cheer at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital when the developers handed over...
Three win NCB televisions
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December 23, 2005
The National Commercial Bank (SVG) Ltd. is pleased to announce the names of the three lucky winners for the November draw of their Christmas Loan Sale...
Santa visits Canouan Government School
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December 23, 2005
On Thursday, December 15, 2005, over 200 children from Canouan were all bright eyed and full of glee when they gathered at the Canouan Government Scho...
Timmy School concert a hit
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December 23, 2005
by Malika Muhammad Fantastic! Superb! Thrilling! These are only a few of the many positive comments coming from patrons who attended the Intermediate ...
Duncan is Vinlec top employee
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December 23, 2005
Rodney Duncan, Lineman 1, copped the prestigious St.Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC) Employee of the Year Award last Monday night. He rec...
Hazelwood excels at North State K-9 Academy
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December 23, 2005
Timothy Hazelwood has been a Policeman for the past 24 years. Hazelwood is a Station Sergeant, based at the Questelles Police Station. But Hazelwood h...
Peters, Edwards win 2005 KCCU Quiz
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December 23, 2005
The Brighton Methodist School duo of Zenika Peters and Kayral Edwards won the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union School Quiz competition last Saturday...
Dr. Gonsalves signs new stadium contract
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December 23, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves along with members of the National Stadium Committee (NSC) and contractors and architects from the Arup Associates ...
OAS Mission: More training needed
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December 23, 2005
While satisfied with the conduct of the recent general elections and with the manner in which the authorities ensured adherence to the constitution, t...
World leaders congratulate PM Gonsalves
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December 23, 2005
Congratulations from world leaders far and near have been presented to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and his administration. Offering congratulat...
SVG media fails HIV/AIDS test
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December 23, 2005
The findings of a study carried out in St. Vincent and the Grenadines between the months of January and April 2005, regarding the coverage of HIV/AIDS...
Caine is Searchlight’s employee
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December 23, 2005
Teshorne Caine's hard work and dedication at the SEARCHLIGHT newspaper have paid off. Last week Thursday evening, December 15, at the company's Christ...
Ministries get new Permanent Secretaries
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December 23, 2005
When Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves announced his new Cabinet on December 12, he also announced the creation of two new ministries and several oth...
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December 23, 2005
An elderly woman of Glebe Hill, Barrouallie was found dead at her home on Tuesday, December 20. Reports are that at about midday, neighbours discovere...
Two found dead after house fire
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December 23, 2005
Arson is not being ruled out as police continue investigations into a fire in the Villa-Fountain Road area that destroyed a two-bedroom concrete house...
Need for electoral, structural reform
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December 23, 2005
by TONY FRASER PART II Whatever the evidence and decisions of the courts on the alleged voting irregularities charges made by the opposition New Democ...
Yuletiders spread the christmas spirit
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December 23, 2005
On Wednesday 21st December 2005, Christmas came early to the Paediatric Ward at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital in the form of a visit from the Yule...
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December 16, 2005
Four schools will contest the 2005 KCCU Primary School Quiz. Tommorow the winner takes home the Tommy Saunders Challenge Trophy. Sanders was a foundin...
US DEA Country Attaché to region dies
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December 16, 2005
Bridgetown, Barbados – It is with deep regret that the Embassy announces the death of our friend and colleague, Hollis Williams, Country Attaché of...
Award in memory of Dr. Irvine
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December 16, 2005
The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), at its 36th Meeting held in Jamaica on December 2, 2005, paid tribute to Dr. Dennis Irvine and agreed to est...
HERO continues to save
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December 16, 2005
by Kenara Woods in Barbados Christmas came earlier than expected this year for more than three hundred children of the St. Mary’s School in Barbados...