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Lewis marks 25 years in ministry
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December 16, 2005
A special anniversary service was held for Pastor John Lewis and his wife Denise on Saturday, December 4, at the Healing and Prophetic Ministries in c...
School supplies for Mayreau
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December 16, 2005
The teachers and students of the Mayreau Government School were the beneficiaries of the generosity of the Alexander family of Norham Road, St. Michae...
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December 16, 2005
The Mathematics Department of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College held a one-day Mathematics Workshop for Secondary School teachers o...
Students encouraged into science
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December 16, 2005
Science students at the Community College have been encouraged to embark on studies in the fields of Science and Technology. And this encouragement ca...
GHS dominates drama festival
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December 16, 2005
The National Drama Festival 2005 climaxed on Saturday, November 26 with an awards ceremony at the Peace Memorial Hall. The closing ceremony heard addr...
Special fund for PSDP
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December 16, 2005
Minister of Telecommunications, Science, Technology and Industry, Dr. Jerrol Thompson held a press conference last Friday at the Ministry of Foreign A...
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December 16, 2005
by Tony Fraser Part I Kingstown – It is difficult in the welter of claims and counter claims, propaganda from both sides and media polarized into di...
Cheaper gas lands in SVG
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December 16, 2005
Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) has become the preferred choice of energy supply for many Vincentian households. And with fluctuating energy costs, getting...
Caricom observers endorse December 7 polls
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December 16, 2005
A Caricom Observer Mission has given the December 7 general elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines its stamp of approval. The team led by His Exc...
Green Party: We have right policies
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December 16, 2005
Ivan O'Neal, leader of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Green Party thinks that his movement has "the right policies for the present and long term,"...
Election is much closer than appears
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December 16, 2005
President of the New Democratic Party (NDP) Arnhim Eustace, in an exclusive interview with SEARCHLIGHT's reporter Hawkins Nanton last Wednesday mornin...
PM looks ahead at second term
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December 16, 2005
SEARCHLIGHT's Hawkins Nanton conducted an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on the weekend, focusing on his second term in o...
GHS launches 2005-2006 Young Leaders Programme
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December 9, 2005
by Kenara Woods The Girls’ High School launched their 2005-2006 Young Leaders Programme at the Methodist Church Hall on Thursday, November 24. The t...
Police donates $2000 cheque  to sick child
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December 9, 2005
The Royal St.Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force has come to the assistance of a sick child, whose deceased father once served in the ranks of the...
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December 9, 2005
The rising cost of energy is an issue that is currently at the top of the agenda of governments and industry across the globe. That is because a barre...
Survival of the fittest
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December 9, 2005
By Carlos James In London While many remain hooked on the discussions coming in the aftermath of the elections of December 7, any uncertainty surround...
Banking on radio
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December 9, 2005
In the event a disaster strikes here, and communications are disrupted, Scotiabank is ensuring that persons will be able to maintain contact with othe...
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December 9, 2005
Trinidadian Marsha Ann-Marie Thersea Coward, 27, will appear in a Barbados court today on drug charges. Coward, an airline worker living in Baltimore,...
Nurse presents paper in Taiwan
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December 9, 2005
President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Nurses Association, Sister Susanna Forde presented a paper on the development of the Health Care and N...
Rabacca Bridge contract signed
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December 9, 2005
Government awarded two multi-million-dollar contracts to the Overseas Engineering Construction Company (OECC) on Wednesday, November 23. The contract ...
Student jumps off wharf, drowns
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December 9, 2005
The Jones family of Campden Park and students of the Community College are trying to come to grips with the tragic death of one of their loved ones â€...
Dr. Cato: Report any form of abuse
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December 9, 2005
by Kenara Woods The 4th annual Lecture of Soroptimist International of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was held Thursday, November 24, at the Methodist...
OAS happy with poll procedures
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December 9, 2005
Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) who had the task of heading a five-member OAS Observer Team to...
Patrick Manning links with his Vincy roots
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December 9, 2005
He is conscious of his roots, influenced by the movie of that same name. And as Prime Minister of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Pat...
Tourism Month closes with gala ceremony
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December 2, 2005
By Kenara Woods The curtains came down on Tourism Month last Saturday evening at the Cruise Ship Berth as the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Hotel and...
Bartenders, cooks get awards
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December 2, 2005
The St Vincent and the Grenadines Hotel and Tourism Association held its first ever Culinary and Bartender competitions on Sunday 20th November at the...
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December 2, 2005
Cable & Wireless, provider of the broadest range of communications in the Caribbean region, on Wednesday launched low-cost international calling to cu...
C&W kicks off Christmas campaign
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December 2, 2005
by Kenara Woods With the holiday season soon approaching, Cable & Wireless launched their Christmas campaign for 2005 with a press conference at the C...
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December 2, 2005
by Oscar Allen At elections time, politicians alone dominate the stage. Even Christmas is postponed or adjourned. The party apparatuses summon the cro...
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December 2, 2005
"When you think about Christmas we want St.Vincent and the Grenadines to be the first country you think about." This sentiment was expressed by Lennox...
Salvation Army launches appeal
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December 2, 2005
Even with the election buzz in the air, the Salvation Army did not lose sight of the true meaning of the season as they held their annual Kettle appea...
ECGC giving back to farmers
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December 2, 2005
While many other companies are looking for new ways to make a profit from their clients, the Eastern Caribbean Group of Companies, ECGC, stretched out...
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December 2, 2005
A call has been made for insurance companies to step up on the supervision of their finances to curb money laundering in the Caribbean. This plea was ...
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December 2, 2005
Thursday, November 24, 2005, will for a long time be memorable for residents of Glen. That was the day the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadine...
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December 2, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has refuted Opposition claims that the books of the Central Water and Sewerage Authority, CWSA, are in the red. At ...
Commissioner calls for peaceful elections
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December 2, 2005
New Commissioner of Police, Keith Miller, wants the General Elections to be the most peaceful elections to ever take place in the history of St. Vince...
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November 25, 2005
THE NATION CORPORATION is not being sold out to Trinidadian interests. Directors of the Nation Corporation made this point clearly at a Press briefing...
‘Shaping the future’
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November 25, 2005
The St. Joseph’s Convent Kingstown launched their RBTT Young Leaders project for 2005-2006 at the school last Friday. The theme for this year’s pr...
Friday is Bishop of the Windward Islands
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November 25, 2005
Vincentian, the Reverend Canon C. Leopold Friday has been elected Bishop of the Windward Islands. Canon Friday’s election came on Monday 21st Novemb...
‘Absence of Cadet HQ a historic wrong
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November 25, 2005
Commandant of the local Cadet Force Major Dwight Lewis has described the absence of a Cadet Headquarters as a ‘historic wrong.’ He was at the time...