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Youth Council Marks 40 Years
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March 10, 2006
This year the National Youth Council will be celebrating their 40th Anniversary and to kick off their milestone achievement they have planned a series...
ASDA Funds Project for Youth
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March 10, 2006
The National Fair Trade Committee (NFTC), ASDA Supermarket-Britain and WIBDECO are partnering to change the face of the Liberty Lodge Boys’ Training...
Flexcard Promotion Draw Ends
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March 10, 2006
The Sprotts Distributors/ Digicel Flexcard Promotion Draw has concluded. Four customers have been awarded attractive prizes. {{more}} Nekeisha Campbel...
Young Leaders Debate Goes to GHS
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March 10, 2006
Afeisha Daniel and Vadeesha John, both 14 -year-old fourth form students of the Girls’ High School, talked their way into winning the 2006 RBTT Youn...
New Library for Evesham
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March 10, 2006
One of this country’s leading accountants has made a timely donation to his Alma mater, the Evesham Methodist School. The gift is expected to develo...
Lawyers Express Disappointment
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March 10, 2006
Lawyers here are not happy with the treatment meted out to Family Court President Sharon Morris -Cummings. Their concerns were conveyed in a release s...
Ambassador Kato Bids Farewell
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March 10, 2006
H.E. Mr. Shigenobu Kato, Ambassador of Japan to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, paid a farewell visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday, 7t...
Lawyer loses $5 Million Lawsuit Appeal
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March 10, 2006
Prominent lawyer, Othneil Sylvester QC will now have to defend himself in court after losing an appeal in which he failed to convince the Eastern Cari...
‘Burns’ Heads Workers’ Research Institute
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March 10, 2006
Joseph ‘Burns’ Bonadie, Veteran Trade Union Activist, has been appointed Coordinator/Director of the Workers’ Institute for Research and Educati...
Industrial action Looms at Port Authority
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March 10, 2006
If the management of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority does not respond favourably to the National Workers Movement (NWM) by today, Fr...
First Vincentian to be Made Bishop
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March 10, 2006
Reverend Canon C. Leopold Friday, Bishop-Elect, will be consecrated as the next Bishop of the Windward Islands on Saturday 25th March, 2006 at 10:00 a...
Gospel Explosion Crusade
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March 10, 2006
Three Churches will unite from March 12th to 24th in a Gospel Explosion Crusade to be held next to the Colonarie bridge. There will be four anointed s...
RIPPLES to Host Concert in Bequia
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March 10, 2006
The consensus is that there is definitely a serious breakdown in discipline at home, school, church, and in general. A combination of factors has cont...
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March 10, 2006
On MondaY March 6 around 5:20 pm while the body of slain Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Glenn Jackson was being removed from the crime scene, D...
Your Vey Best Friend, Glenn
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March 10, 2006
Glenn Ian Jackson started his professional career as a teacher at the Richmond Hill Government School. Although he demonstrated great competence as a ...
Tribute to Glenn Jackson
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March 10, 2006
As part of the WeFM wider family and on behalf of the hosts and regular listeners to ‘Scriptural Search’, I wish to express shock and consternatio...
PM: Who Would Want to Kill Glenn Jackson?
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March 10, 2006
Prime Minister’s statement on the death of Glenn Jackson (Speaking from Malaysia, Tuesday 7 March) When I got the information at about 3.30 this mor...
Jackson’s Wife, Kids Trying to Cope
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March 10, 2006
Susan Jackson, wife of Glenn Jackson, and their two sons Glendon and Ian may perhaps be consoled by the outpouring of sympathy from the rest of the na...
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March 10, 2006
WINFA wishes to add our voice to those expressing condolences to the family of the late Glenn Jackson on his brutal murder and to strongly condemn the...
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March 10, 2006
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union (PSU) joins with close relatives and friends to mourn the loss of Bro. Glenn Jackson. {{more}}...
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March 10, 2006
BERNARD JOHN: Former Manager of National Broadcasting Corporation: “He was obviously a very people-oriented person. The programs that he did reflect...
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March 3, 2006
In another 30 years, life in St. Vincent and the Grenadines could be dismal, that is, if we do not stop cutting down trees at the rate we currently ar...
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March 3, 2006
ALL 34 MP’s of the ruling Jamaica People’s National Party (PNP) on Tuesday stuck to tradition and endorsed Portia Simpson Miller for the office of...
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March 3, 2006
Syllabuses for a new programme leading to a Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence (CCSLC) have been approved by the Sub-Committee of the...
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March 3, 2006
Otto Sam has been re-elected to serve another two-year term as President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers' Union. In the poll conducted ...
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March 3, 2006
Across 12 countries in the Caribbean, Cable & Wireless pre-paid bmobile customers can now top-up whilst roaming, just like they do at home. This annou...
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March 3, 2006
Deputy Prime Minister Sir Louis Straker has called on Vincentians to speak the English Language properly. Straker said this is crucial for others to u...
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March 3, 2006
Banana farmers would soon have an alternative company to which they can sell their bananas. This was disclosed by Montgomery Daniel, Minister of Agric...
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March 3, 2006
While the Banana Growers Association (BGA) has a long-term debt of $9 million, some farmers are still owing that institution $14 million. {{more}} Cec...
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March 3, 2006
Imagine traveling almost half way around the world and establishing contact with a group of what you might call disadvantaged youngsters. That's the c...
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March 3, 2006
Jude Glasgow is president of the Liberty Lodge Young Leaders. He is appealing for the help of fellow Vincentians and indeed citizens from throughout t...
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March 3, 2006
Two female Haitian refugees living in St.Vincent and the Grenadines are said to be leading normal lives after being here for a year. {{more}} Reliable...
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March 3, 2006
TEXACO and Government officials met at the bargaining table again on Tuesday, February 28 and though the meeting was productive, they did not come to ...
PAWI to host two-week church planting crusade
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March 3, 2006
The St Vincent district of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies (PAWI) will be hosting a two-week "Church Planting” Crusade in the Belle Vu...