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St. Vincent Brewery wins Guinness Awards
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June 24, 2005
Local company St. Vincent Brewery Limited has come in for some international commendation. The company was recently presented the number one DIAGEO Gu...
‘Scumbo’ donates to Calder School
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June 24, 2005
Children attending the Stubbs and Calder Pre-Schools in the South Windward constituency recently received boxes of toys from the New Democratic Party ...
Lotto winner receives reward
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June 24, 2005
Racquel Ashton, a 21-year Youth Employment Service worker at the Troumaca Health Centre is planning to study accounting. And she is well poised to acc...
Overland family in new house
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June 24, 2005
THE RESPONSIBILITY of feeding and caring for four grandchildren 13 years and under can really be a Herculean task, especially in an instance where bot...
New Agriculture Institute for SVG
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June 24, 2005
An Agricultural Training Institute will be set up here before the end of this year. This announcement was made by Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves ...
Increased casualties for Carnival season
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June 24, 2005
Dr. Simone Keizer, Head of the Emergency Department has confirmed that there is an increase in casualties at the Emergency Ward around the Carnival se...
CDC cheques in the bag
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June 24, 2005
Chairman of the Carnival Development Corporation CDC, Dennis Ambrose was presented with several cheques from business places to help fund carnival act...
‘Don’t disrespect calypso!’
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June 24, 2005
Describing calypso as the "mother of Caribbean music," president of the Calypso Association Hassan Kennedy has called for more respect to be shown to ...
Teachers union on the war path
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June 24, 2005
"Kill the Bill again!" That was the battle cry shouted by teachers gathered for an emergency meeting last Wednesday afternoon at the Kingstown Anglica...
Ollivierre prepares for Elections battle
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June 24, 2005
by Southern Grenadines correspondent. The jerseys read “Our Choice is Clear, We voting Ollivierre” as Terrance Ollivierre marched surrounded by hi...
Fire hits Cane Hall power station
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June 24, 2005
A fire hit VINLEC, the lone electricity provider in the country, this week, causing some loss of service to a generating unit. The company Wednesday m...
Eustace wants answers about fake notes
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June 24, 2005
Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace is demanding answers from the authorities. This comes in the wake of a young man being arrested by the police recentl...
Greggs man survives brutal attack
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June 24, 2005
Residents of Greggs raised an alert last Friday, June 17, after one of their own was brutally attacked and chopped about his back and face by an assai...
Bambi drowns at Brighton Salt Pond
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June 24, 2005
His relatively short life was one mixed with injuries and misfortune and Sunday June 19, 2005 was no exception for 37-year-old Maxine "Bambi" Dasent. ...
Caribbean to benefit from FAO aid package
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June 24, 2005
The Caribbean agriculture sector is slated to benefit from a multi-million dollar development assistance package implemented by the Food and Agricultu...
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June 24, 2005
Thailand is to consider the establishment of a commercial hub in Jamaica, from which it would conduct business with the rest of the Caribbean. To this...
Antigua and Barbuda, SVG resolve flour dispute
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June 24, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica – June 17 – Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada have agreed in principle on an agreement that resolve...
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June 24, 2005
United StateS federal prosecutors have built a criminal case against KPMG and are debating whether to file charges, the Wall Street Journal reported l...
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June 24, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is encouraging the public and private sector to become fully acquainted with the Caricom Single Market and Economy ...
MountainTop refreshes Vincy Mas for 2005
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June 24, 2005
As revelers experience the "Mas Action Thrills and Vibes" of Vincy Mas 2005, they will be refreshed by Mountain Top Premium Natural Spring Water with ...
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June 24, 2005
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has issued another in its series of ninety-one (91) day, sixteen million Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$...
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June 24, 2005
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is urging the public to guard against accepting counterfeit notes during the upcoming Carnival celebrations, since ...
Wizards lose Mas stalwart
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June 17, 2005
The Cingular Wizards Mas Camp has promised to win their 2005 mas presentation, "Wishes" for their now deceased mas band member, Jamil Abdul Samad who ...
Aziz  at the legal Bar
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June 17, 2005
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bar has taken on an international outlook. Its newest member is Shiraz Aziz. He was born in Port of Spain Trinidad ...
OMS brings Jersey Band
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June 17, 2005
OMS Promotions and Fun Time Promotions have teamed up with several other sponsors to bring a variety of tops to the T-shirt Carnival celebrations on M...
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June 17, 2005
London - The world’s richest countries agreed Saturday on a historic deal to write off more than $40-billion (U.S.) of debt owed by the poorest nati...
South African head sacks deputy leader
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June 17, 2005
South African President Thabo Mbeki has dismissed his deputy, Jacob Zuma. The dramatic move came after the trial of Zuma's financial adviser, Schabir ...
Jackson won’t share bed with kids again
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June 17, 2005
SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Basking in the jurors' decision to acquit his client of all counts, Michael Jackson's lawyer said Tuesday the singer will no lon...
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June 17, 2005
Cable & Wireless has joined forces with BET to share the music of the Caribbean with audiences worldwide. A series of feature programs covering the Su...
Ria gets wheels
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June 17, 2005
Three-year old Ria Burke has been crippled from birth. The infant from the village of Chester Cottage has never moved around without the help of someo...
Saunders: Privy Council ill equipped
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June 17, 2005
“The Judges of the Privy Council are most ill-equipped to perform the role of a final court of appeal for the people of this region.” Justice Adri...
First Caribbean looking for unsung heroes
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June 17, 2005
First Caribbean International Bank is again looking for unsung heroes across the Caribbean. And, according to local project coordinator Gillian O’Ga...
Judicial independence of CCJ assured
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June 17, 2005
The judicial independence of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will be safeguarded by institutional mechanisms which, according to Justice Adrian S...
Kaiso fire blazing in New York
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June 17, 2005
by Maxwell Haywoodi n New York New York-based Vincentian calypsonians have sent a clear signal that they should not be taken lightly in the process le...
Bequia house gets number
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June 17, 2005
The Post Office in Bequia has no trouble delivering the mail, even though none of the 3,000 homes on the island have numbers - and few have names - be...
Elections Chief:   No rigged elections
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June 17, 2005
Rodney Adams, Supervisor of Elections has claimed that Vincentians can rest assured the General Elections will not be rigged. “This supervisor of el...
Phone companies battle over customers
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June 17, 2005
by Sheron Garraway It is litteraly the “war of words” as mobile companies Cable & Wireless and Digicel compete for the top prize, YOU the talker. ...
Clean sweep for Adelphi Secondary
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June 17, 2005
THE Adelphi Secondary School has been adjudged the most environmentally friendly school in St.Vincent and the Grenadines. The rural institution was la...
Walls to protect homeowners
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June 17, 2005
Persons affected by the Cross Country Road can expect some help from the contractors. That’s according to Transport, Works, and Housing Minister Lou...
No stopping Cross-Country road says Straker
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June 17, 2005
Unless an environmental impact assessment study throws up some drastic situations, a cross-country road will be built here. Deputy Prime Minister Loui...