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Malaysian PM to visit SVG
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April 7, 2006
Malaysia's Prime Minister, Abdullah Bedawi, is scheduled to pay an official visit to St.Vincent and the Grenadines April 29-May 2. The Malaysian Ambas...
Adventists honour outstanding Vincentians
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April 7, 2006
People who give of themselves are people who live fulfilled, meaningful lives. This is the view of Pastor James Daniel, former President of the East C...
Grenada is back and alive
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April 7, 2006
Grenada Board of Tourism makes stop in St. Vincent Thinking of your vacation, wedding, honeymoon or engagement -well “Let’s Go Grenada”. This is...
Brokeback Mountain hits local screens
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April 7, 2006
People should have the right to read and view whatever they want...the movie is not a threat. Manager of Cinerama, Simon Kamara. The controversial fil...
‘Businesses must be prepared for VAT’
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April 7, 2006
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Sir Louis Straker, has called on local businesses to get in line and prepare for the Value Added Tax syst...
Argyle International airport moving ahead
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April 7, 2006
Still in its preparatory stages, the Argyle International Airport moved another step towards reality with the International Airport Development Commit...
Reading project reaping success
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April 7, 2006
George W. Bush may be facing stiff opposition in the United States even among his own Republican Party ranks but one of his initiatives has been reapi...
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March 31, 2006
The Youth Affairs Department will be targeting some 150 young people across this country with another series of Soft Skills Training programmes next w...
Peace ambassadors spreading the  message
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March 31, 2006
The concept of "love and peace is what we need" is often heard but seldom acted on. A wordwide Organisation called the Universal Peace Federation (UPF...
$10,000 for National Youth Council projects
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March 31, 2006
For the past eight or so years, the National Youth Council's plea for a Youth Parliament to be established here has been unsuccessful. But they became...
Rotary Doctors reach Greggs
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March 31, 2006
Sunday March 19, 2006 was a memorable day in Greggs when over 300 residents benefitted from the Rotary Village Doctor Outreach by the Rotary Club of S...
New CXC programme for next year’s exams
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March 31, 2006
After the 2006 Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams, the Basic proficiency level will no longer be offered, except in Mathematics, English and So...
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March 31, 2006
It was the first Leo Convention held in St. Vincent in the history of the Leo/Lions Club and it will most certainly not be the last owing to its resou...
VINLEC supports community efforts
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March 31, 2006
On Monday 27 March Joanne Richards, representing the St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC), handed over to Donald DeRiggs, Director of Rai...
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March 31, 2006
In order to consolidate the steps made towards achieving the goal of Universal Secondary Education, the Ministry of Education assert that teachers nee...
More support for Literacy Crusade
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March 31, 2006
Dr. Jaylene Summers, an Adult Educator from Maine U.S.A. currently on vacation in Bequia, presented a number of items on Thursday March 23, 2006 to th...
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March 31, 2006
The National Fisheries Marketing Limited announced on Wednesday that they will be opening a retail seafood outlet today, March 31 2006. The outlet is ...
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March 31, 2006
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Association of Toronto, a non-profit community based Association comprised mainly of Vincentians in the Greater Tor...
Graduates urged to be trailblazers
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March 31, 2006
A total of forty two students in the registered nurse and nursing assistant programmes held their heads high as the School of Nursing hosted their 20t...
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March 31, 2006
by NEVILLE CLARKE The message sent by banana growers of the Windward Islands and local trade unionists to Cariforum and European Union (EU) negotiator...
Richland Park man stabbed to death
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March 31, 2006
The Joseph family of Richland Park is trying to come to grips with the loss of one of their loved ones. On Tuesday Kendol Joseph, a 32-year-old labour...
‘How do we shake it up?’
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March 31, 2006
St.Vincent and the Grenadines needs a shaking up as relates to critical thinking which can make of public policy more efficacious. This is the view of...
Williams wants protection for workers
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March 31, 2006
If the delegation of responsibility and disciplinary control in the public service has to be done by the head of a department or Permanent Secretary, ...
Broader skies for Caribbean airlines
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March 31, 2006
It has happened! After a period of 10 years the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has been recertified and given Category One Aviation S...
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March 31, 2006
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - The United States Government has increased the amount of sugar it will import from several Caribbean countries, giving a boo...
18 years in banana for Abbott
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March 31, 2006
In the early 60’s the banana industry of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was referred to as ‘green gold.’ During this period the multi-million do...
Local Entrepreneurs attend summit in Brazil
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March 31, 2006
A contingent of four Vincentian entrepreneurs attended the 10th World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs in Sao Paulo, Brazil from Tuesday March 14 to Frid...
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March 31, 2006
Barclays, the third-largest British bank, said it would sell its 43.7-percent stake in FirstCaribbean International Bank for about 1.08 billion dollar...
Businesses urged to pay up debt
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March 31, 2006
Head of the OECS Operations for the Caribbean Credit Bureau Ltd., Bianca Keverne Williams is of the view that Caribbean people are becoming extremely ...
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March 31, 2006
Regional rum producers have been urged to pay special attention to energy conservation opportunities in their plants. Energy use is not only a major c...
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March 31, 2006
As the region prepares for the Caribbean Single Market (CSM) by July this year, at least one OECS member state may not be a part of this single market...
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March 24, 2006
A Consular Officer from the United States Embassy in Barbados will visit St. Vincent on March 31. She will hold office hours on Friday, March 31, 1:30...
NCB partners with Literacy Crusade
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March 24, 2006
On Friday March 10th 2006, a Photocopier valued at $3,995.00 was presented to Mr Hugh Wyllie, the Director of the National Literacy Crusade by Mrs Che...
$15,000.00 for Kiwanis club poultry project
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March 24, 2006
The Kiwanis Club of Kingstown on Monday received a donation from mobile operator, Digicel. Watches, bags and t-shirts were donated to assist with the ...
Rising above a Life of Poverty
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March 24, 2006
Teachers across the country have been urged by Deputy Chief Education Officer Acting, Luis DeShong to get their students excited about the Garifuna He...
GECCU hosts Senior Citizens’ Heritage Tour
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March 24, 2006
In celebrating our National Heroes & Heritage Month, the General Employees’ Cooperative Credit Union last week Saturday hosted a Senior Citizens’ ...