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July 1, 2005
by RICKEY SINGH PRIME MINISTER Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines has blamed the region’s bureaucrats for stealing the “power” tha...
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July 1, 2005
Cable & Wireless is now offering safe, secure, surfing on the Internet with their new X-lite service. It features unlimited access at speeds up to thr...
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July 1, 2005
The Cable & Wireless Zero Your Balance campaign has come to a close after starting in February this year. Customers were given an opportunity to zero ...
Franeica takes Primary Calypso title
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July 1, 2005
There will be a new Primary School Calypso monarch next year. That's because 2005 title holder Franeica Glasgow has been admitted to Secondary School....
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July 1, 2005
It is the battle of the giants Sunday night as the quest for royalty plays out in real life. Princess Monique Hector will be under siege with her numb...
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July 1, 2005
His eventual elevation to the Junior Soca Monarch title was seemingly on the cards from earlier this year. He was the youngest participant in the Soca...
Lil Jade does the hattrick
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July 1, 2005
In 2003 'Lil Jade' Bowens brought pride to his home village of Fancy. He won the Secondary School Calypso title representing Bishop’s College. Two y...
GHS still leading  with excellence
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July 1, 2005
The St. Vincent Girls' High School (GHS) has been maintaining its position as the leading secondary school in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This was...
Anita Charles here to take back SVG
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July 1, 2005
One of our very own Vincentian recording artistes Anita Charles and her husband Dennis Charles are back on the island. The purpose of their visit is t...
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July 1, 2005
Eighty teachers have been trained in Disaster Management and on how to prepare a school disaster plan. The course, which was organised by the National...
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July 1, 2005
by Southern Grenadines Correspondent Students of the form five graduating class of the Union Island Secondary School are up in arms over the decision ...
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July 1, 2005
Karen Bascombe is Administrative Secretary at the Windsor Primary School. That is an institution established 1989. She has been working there for the ...
Vincentian receives Harvard Scholarship
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July 1, 2005
Another young Caribbean female is reporting academic excellence in the United States of America. Loni P. Philip who has roots in St.Vincent and the Gr...
France takes the second chance
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July 1, 2005
LaFleur France is one of those who is keen on making the best of her life. She may have missed out on the Common Entrance, but she was not going to le...
St. Mary’s R.C. success story continues
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July 1, 2005
Sister Ivy Pacheco, Headteacher of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, is pleased with the performance of the group of students who wrote the Common...
Omark not giving up
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July 1, 2005
Omark Andrews will be focusing on his secondary education. He placed fifth for Boys and 12 overall at this year's Common Entrance examination. A 12 ye...
Branch ready for GHS challenge
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July 1, 2005
Sharleen Branch is looking forward to challenges when she enters the Girls’ High School next September. She placed 5th for girls and 7th overall in ...
Simone’s advice: Work hard, stay focused
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July 1, 2005
Simone Veira is a child of few words and when asked her advice to other youngsters, or older persons for that matter, she declared only: "Work hard, s...
Jaya heads to higher grounds
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July 1, 2005
Jaya Debnath of the New Grounds Primary School has taken the top spot in the Common Entrance Exams as her school continues to enjoy a series of succes...
Nude body of woman found at Park Hill
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July 1, 2005
Less than two months after a 77-year-old woman was raped and killed in Kingstown, another elderly woman has suffered a similar fate. Last Wednesday, j...
Raquel Frederick is GHS student of the year
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July 1, 2005
Raquel Frederick is the Girls' High School (GHS) Student of the year. The sixteen year old emerged tops among the highly competitive graduating class ...
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...