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Vincy woman earns PhD
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Vincy woman earns PhD
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January 7, 2005
Another young Vincentian has been awarded a doctorate. Paula Prescod, the daughter of Ruth "Evelyn" Prescod and the late Paul Popwell of Villa, was aw...
Literacy drive in full gear
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Literacy drive in full gear
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January 7, 2005
Dr. Didacus Jules, the designer of the framework for the National Literacy Crusade, said that he is hoping persons work together as the programme is a...
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Jessamy is GESCO employee of the year
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January 7, 2005
The GESCO Employee of the Year award has gone to Alice Jessamy. She was among 13 employees who received awards in categories ranging from Retirees for...
Family left roofless
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Family left roofless
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January 7, 2005
While most Vincentians spent the Christmas holidays with a roof above their heads a family at Junction, an area between Enhams and Diamond, was not so...
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Cable & Wireless phone rates down
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January 7, 2005
The cost of calling from fixed line phones has been cut. This news comes at a time when Vincentian consumers are bracing themselves for price increase...
Wood grabs ‘Naughty or Nice’ Digicel prize
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Wood grabs ‘Naughty or Nice’ Digicel prize
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January 7, 2005
Ann Wood is the winner of Digicel's EC$10,000 “Naughty or Nice” grand Christmas prize. Wood received her cheque on December 29, 2004, at Digicel's...
Man shot on minibus
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Man shot on minibus
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January 7, 2005
With a report of a shooting, the year 2005 has regretfully begun in much the same view as it ended here in St.Vincent and the Grenadines. Wednesday ni...
No more boat rides for Corke
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No more boat rides for Corke
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January 7, 2005
Brenda Corke, the Sion Hill woman who was reported missing onboard the distressed MV Study Us and then found, says the crew was never rescued as repor...
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Steel Pulse for Blues Fest 2005
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January 7, 2005
Today, Friday 7th, a number of acts are expected to gather at Heritage Square on South River Road as pre-show activities leading up to Blues Fest 2005...
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Six receive New Year’s honours
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January 7, 2005
Six persons from varying fields of endeavour have received New Year's honours from Her Majesty the Queen. These awards were announced December 28th in...
Tsunami touches local residents
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Tsunami touches local residents
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January 7, 2005
A SriLankan teacher at the St.Martin’s Secondary school told SEARCHLIGHT that some of her distant cousins were swept away by the tsunami, which kill...
Fly Guy, Hot 97.1 part
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Fly Guy, Hot 97.1 part
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January 7, 2005
Dwight “Bing” Joseph, popularly known, as “The Fly Guy” is no longer associated with Hot 97.1 FM. The radio host who ran the “The Fly Guy Ge...
Shirley Chisholm dies at age 80
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Shirley Chisholm dies at age 80
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January 7, 2005
MIAMI, Florida (AP) – Shirley Chisholm, 80, an advocate for minority rights who became the first black woman elected to Congress and later the first...
Burgin: Literacy programme
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Burgin: Literacy programme
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January 7, 2005
Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Clayton Burgin thinks that persons can learn a lot from crayons. Burgin made the comm...
Barrouallie man killed by police
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Barrouallie man killed by police
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January 7, 2005
Police are carrying out investigations into the shooting death of Nicholas “Perpel” Grant of Barrouallie who was being sought by the police. {{mor...
YEAR 2004 IN REVIEW – SVG makes strides in 2004
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YEAR 2004 IN REVIEW – SVG makes strides in 2004
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January 7, 2005
MAY •This month commenced with Robert Barrett's Palm Island Resorts (PIRL) withdrawing its proposals to manage the Tobago Cays under pressure from p...
YEAR 2004 IN REVIEW
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YEAR 2004 IN REVIEW
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January 7, 2005
NOVEMBER •Police began an intensified campaign against crime, following the upsurge in criminal activities.{{more}} Detachments from the Royal St. V...
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Grenada close to breaking with Taiwan
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December 23, 2004
The controversial visit by Grenadian Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell to the People's Republic of China (PRC) to negotiate assistance for his hurrica...
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Guyanese kids released from custody
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December 23, 2004
After being housed in unsuitable conditions at the Central Police Station for over three months, two Guyanese children were last Sunday sent back to t...
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SVG ratifies Kyoto Protocol
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December 23, 2004
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has ratified the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. Th API reports that Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves signed the in...
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Five win in Zero Your Balance promotion
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December 23, 2004
On Friday, 13th December, five lucky Cable & Wireless customers won cash prizes for paying their fixed or mobile telephones bills on time and in full ...
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C&W extends prepaid roaming
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December 23, 2004
Cable & Wireless has announced that its pre-paid customers will from early 2005 roam in Trinidad & Tobago and the U.S. {{more}} “Our pre-paid mobile...
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WINFA at regional meetings
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December 23, 2004
Niocka Abbott, a Langley Park farmer last week returned home from Costa Rica where she represented WINFA at a Latin American Regional Seminar in prepa...
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Courts St. Vincent still going strong
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December 23, 2004
Courts St. Vincent’s operation will not be affected even though the company’s UK operations are destined for closure. Managing Director of Courts ...
Caricom supports  Annan
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Caricom supports Annan
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December 23, 2004
The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Com-munity has expressed concern over recent attacks on Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the Un...
George Charles laid to rest
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George Charles laid to rest
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December 23, 2004
This country paid its last respects to a former political stalwart last week. Former leader of the defunct Eighth Army of Liberation, George Hamilton ...
SVG supports Mexican for OAS  post
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SVG supports Mexican for OAS post
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December 23, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has pledged this country’s support for the candidacy of Luis Ernesto Derbez, Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary...
Medical supplies for Union Island Hospital
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Medical supplies for Union Island Hospital
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December 23, 2004
On Thursday, Dec. 16th, a crate of medical supplies valued at over EC$40,000 was handed over to Dr. Junior Ackie, resident physician, and sisters Thom...
Inmates thrill hundreds
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Inmates thrill hundreds
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December 23, 2004
Last Sunday, the back of the High Court in Kingstown was converted into an entertainment arena that held the large audience, which paid two dollars, s...
Christmas: A season of love
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Christmas: A season of love
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December 23, 2004
The Christmas season always brings a flood of weddings as couples choose the time of sharing to give their lives to each other. We caught just three o...
Associate Degrees marked for next year
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Associate Degrees marked for next year
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December 23, 2004
Chief Education Officer Susan Dougan says the associate degree programme being offered by CXC may not be feasible here just yet. The chief education o...
Concern raised over movement of students
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Concern raised over movement of students
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December 23, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has expressed concern that students from campus territories are not moving across the region to study at University...
Professor Harris makes visit to SVG
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Professor Harris makes visit to SVG
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December 23, 2004
Professor Nigel Harris, the new vice chancellor University of the West Indies (UWI) has embarked on a regional mission, which is expected to make the ...
Prison opens doors  to public
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Prison opens doors to public
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December 23, 2004
Nearly 100 persons spent last week Monday viewing the reality at Her Majesty’s Prisons during “Open Day” as activities marking Prison Week conti...
OOPS!
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OOPS!
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December 23, 2004
It would seem that some bad spirit had cast its spell over the road leading out of Kingstown last Friday 17th. {{more}}Midday traffic was seriously sl...
Call for banning pit bull in Barbados
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Call for banning pit bull in Barbados
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December 23, 2004
There has been a renewed call for the banning of the popular pit bull dogs after an 11-year-old boy was mauled by one of the animals in Barbados.{{mor...
RRU gets tougher in fight against crime
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RRU gets tougher in fight against crime
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December 23, 2004
Over the past few months, police officers especially those in the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) have become more aggressive in their attempts to curb crim...
Kids drink alcohol at Stubbs lighting up
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Kids drink alcohol at Stubbs lighting up
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December 23, 2004
The adage “children don't know their danger” seemed evident on the weekend when a group of boys were seen drinking alcohol at the Stubbs “Lighti...
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Stevedores in for severance pay
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December 23, 2004
Stevedores working for the Geestline may be in for a joyous Christmas this year. That all depends on how soon negotiations for severance payments owed...
Missing vessel found drifting
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Missing vessel found drifting
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December 23, 2004
Fifteen persons reported missing on the MV Study Us are said to be safe. The Grenada-registered vessel, which was reported missing after it left here ...
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Man found dead in river
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December 23, 2004
The lifeless body of Noel McBarnette was discovered, face down, in a river at Arnos Vale on Sunday. Grieving relatives said that the 42-year-old man m...
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Speaker happy with cool House
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December 17, 2004
If anyone loses their cool in the House of Assembly again, it would have to be something real hot to trigger them off. Conditions have considerably co...
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Small complaints a big headache at Hospital
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December 17, 2004
About 70 per cent of persons who go the Accident and Emergency Department of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital are not emergencies. And according to h...
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...

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