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Exemplary student: Cherisse Vanloo
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June 3, 2005
Cherisse Vanloo, daughter of Vincentians Oswald Vanloo and Cyvia Ollivierre, has successfully completed a Bachelors of Building Engineering at Concord...
Bishop’s students at Bequia memorial
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June 3, 2005
Students of Form 3C of the Bishops College Kingstown joined the family, relatives and friends for a memorial service for their late classmate Keeron J...
Archdeacon: Assist youth in education
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June 3, 2005
Archdeacon Adams has called on Anglicans to offer financial support to education to give the best to the nation's young people. Speaking at a special ...
Special children celebrate
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June 3, 2005
The School for Children with Special Needs held its 30th Anniversary Celebration and Thanksgiving Service on Wednesday 1st June, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at...
Ports Kingstown, Miami sign pact
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June 3, 2005
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority has entered into a partnership with the Port of Miami-Dade. The agreement was formerly signed last W...
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June 3, 2005
Cable & Wireless and Digicel have announced the signing of an agreement to begin providing a cross-network text messaging service across the Caribbean...
Basil Charles: This is just the beginning
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June 3, 2005
Basil Charles, the driving force behind the Mustique Education Trust is not one to rest on laurels. How else could he have accomplished such strides? ...
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June 3, 2005
The island of Mustique, mid way on the chain of Grenadine islands south of mainland St. Vincent has carved its niche on the international arena. It is...
‘Wrong approach to education
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June 3, 2005
by Maxwell Haywood in New York Opposition LEADER and President of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Arnhim Eustace has told a New York audience he is no...
Woman to create history in Lions
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June 3, 2005
Lion Beverly Reddock will create history on July 1, when she is officially sworn in as District Governor of the Lions Club District 60B, Region 3, at ...
Offshore banks get the boot
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June 3, 2005
Three offshore bankS here have had their licences revoked. The International Financial Services Authority (IFSA) recently moved to stop the three Offs...
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June 3, 2005
Members of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union (KCCU) have been assured that the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) will be a good base for...
SVG Credit Unions told ‘be careful’
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June 3, 2005
Credit Unions have to be carefully managed. That's the message from National Planner Laura Anthony Browne. "You should strive to operate the Credit Un...
Couple charged in bloody murder
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June 3, 2005
Two persons, Eleador Patterson and his girlfriend Dion Bacchus have been charged with the murder of Caldric Glasgow of Diamond. The brutal slaying of ...
SVG mourns for Sister Pat
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June 3, 2005
Bishop Robert Rivas has called for the Science Laboratory and the Home for Girls being constructed at the St. Joseph Convent Marriaqua, to be named in...
Brothers sing: It Is Well With My Soul
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May 27, 2005
The "Quow Brothers" Alban, Mack and Ben captivated the large gathering at the Barrouallie Anglican Church last Saturday, May 21, as they blended their...
Double wham for the Pope
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May 27, 2005
Last Sunday, May 22, Bishop Melch Pope celebrated a double. It was his 25th Anniversary as a Pastor and Evangelist, and also his tenth year in SVG as ...
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May 27, 2005
Police are investigating the rape of a 28-year-old female resident of Glen.{{more}} It is believed that the female Glen resident may have encountered ...
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May 27, 2005
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has criticized Mexican President Vicente Fox’s comment, that Mexican immigrants to the United States take jobs “that not ev...
More financial aid for Resource Centres
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May 27, 2005
St.Vincent and the Grenadines has received gifts from Taiwan amounting to EC$4, 968, 820. This took place as Dr.Tan Sun Chen, Taiwan’s Foreign Affai...
National planner rewarded
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May 27, 2005
Laura Anthony Browne, this nation’s newest MBE recipient has been showered with praises. The words of commendations came last Tuesday morning at Gov...
Rodney earns bronze award
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May 27, 2005
Nigel Rodney, a local Sales Agent of Demerara Mutual Life, was the 2004 recipient of the Chairman's Bronze Award. Rodney, an agent for the past 20 yea...
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May 27, 2005
The Digicel Group has announced that it has reached a milestone 1,051 employees in its fourth year of operation. The company says it anticipates a 30 ...
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May 27, 2005
Sunshine and high temperatures are nothing new for two British Army soldiers from St. Vincent, Lance Corporals Anthony Rogers and Aluan Chance. The pa...
Vincy Sailor tops in British Navy
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May 27, 2005
A Vincentian, in the Royal Navy has won a top award. Maule James who joined the British Royal Navy as Stores Accountant, has emerged top of his class ...
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May 27, 2005
Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Colin Williams is looking at the guilty verdict brought on radio announcer Elwardo Lynch as “enhancing” fre...
Lynch guilty
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May 27, 2005
Elwardo Lynch has been found guilty and is appealing the $3,000 fine imposed on him last Tuesday. Defense lawyer Dr. Linton Lewis gave notice of inten...
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May 27, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is yet to fully understand the reasons why he went to Mount St. Benedict, a Roman Catholic Monastery in Trinidad co...
PM sets election date
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May 27, 2005
The date for General Elections has been set. At least in the mind of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Dr.Ralph Gonsalves told SEARCHLIGHT last Satur...
Francis urges cautious approach
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May 27, 2005
Government is hard pressed to find alternative sources of cheap energy. And with much debate already surrounding the Cross Country Road, Senator Julia...
Students break down at Assembly
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May 27, 2005
A Monday morning school assembly is rarely convened to say goodbye. But so it was as the teachers and students St. Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua as the...
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May 20, 2005
Bridgetown, Barbados – FirstCaribbean International Bank has announced the appointment of Head of Marketing Operations and Strategic Business Unit S...
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May 20, 2005
The Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has announced its intention to issue another in its series of 91-day EC$16,000,000 Treasury Bill via a...
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May 20, 2005
Peter J. July, Group Chairman, RBTT Financial Holdings Limited, has announced another successful year for the group. The Group reported profits attrib...
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May 20, 2005
A record number of students - 3210 - are today sitting Common Entrance Examination at centres throughout the country. But the nervousness of former ye...
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May 20, 2005
As Government pushes ahead with plans to construct an international airport at Argyle, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, last Friday 6, entertained ...
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May 20, 2005
An organization called CAARE 4 YOU is about to be launched in Brooklyn today. CAARE 4 YOU is the acronym for Caribbean American Aide Restoration Emerg...