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Taiwanese Foreign Minister to visit SVG
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May 13, 2005
In mid-May St.Vincent and the Grenadines will see a delegation of high ranking government officials coming from one of its staunchest allies, the Repu...
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May 13, 2005
Maala Theobalds a Vincentian student studying International Relations in Mexico has copped the best delegate award in a national International Relatio...
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May 13, 2005
Two weeks after SEARCHLIGHT highlighted the plight of homeless persons on the streets of Kingstown; government has been spurred into action. All boys ...
Ricky Singh:  We are not Gods
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May 13, 2005
by Sheron Garraway “Too many journalists are prima donnas and have a God complex when they do their job.” Veteran journalist Rickey Singh, speakin...
Woodley: Bain was mastermind
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May 13, 2005
When triple murder accused Webster Woodley appears at the serious Crimes Court next Tuesday 17, he is expected to continue to maintain his innocence o...
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May 6, 2005
The government of St.Vincent and the Grenadines has received another quantity of computers from Taiwan. Deputy Prime Minister Louis Straker, Tuesday r...
HOPE help from Canada Vincies
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May 6, 2005
The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital has received a donation of items valued at over $800,000 from a Canadian-based agency. This donation was a repeat of...
Balcombe rules the kitchen
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May 6, 2005
The creative cooking skills of Cari-ann Balcombe, a fourth form student at the St.Joseph’s Convent Kingstown have earned her the top spot in the 200...
Students urged to take cooking seriously
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May 6, 2005
Home Economic students in this country have been encouraged to take up cooking more seriously. It is a move advocated by General Manager of the Easter...
Community College resource centre opens
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May 6, 2005
Students of the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Community College now have a new facility to aid their studies. The EC$4.28 million dollar East St. Geor...
Cash for Bequia Hospital
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May 6, 2005
On Saturday, April 30, a cheque for EC $1,000 was donated by Simone Williams of the National Commercial Bank (SVG) Bequia and the 17 members of the Le...
Government to focus on marine conservation
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May 6, 2005
A proper management structure aimed at the preservation and conservation of the Tobago Cays Marine Park had become necessary since the balance between...
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May 6, 2005
Mendicants, mercenaries and opportunists. These were the choice words Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Louis Straker used to describe other ...
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May 6, 2005
The penetration of the Antigua market by producers of Trinidad flour is threatening to derail the continuation of Organisation of Eastern Caribbean St...
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May 6, 2005
The Tobago Cays Marine Park stands to benefit directly from a project aimed at the preservation of a unique bit of Grenadine paradise. The OECS Protec...
Mexico’s highest award for PM
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May 6, 2005
The high point of the visit to Mexico for PrimeMinister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves must have been when he received the Order of the Aztec Eagle, said to be t...
$40m for IT says Thompson
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May 6, 2005
Science and Technology Minister Jerrol Thompson has announced that a total of $40 million dollars has been approved by the European Union. STABEX fund...
Cabinet reshuffle
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May 6, 2005
Prime Minister Dr, Ralph Gonsalves has announced several cabinet shifts heightening speculation that the government is moving into election mode. Depu...
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April 29, 2005
Up to last Monday 25, this country’s jail population stood at 390. That number included nine females housed at the old Fort Charlotte on the histori...
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April 29, 2005
Several West Indians aboard a BWIA plane are today thanking their lucky stars following a near mid-air collision over Miami International Airport on S...
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April 29, 2005
Alleged racism targeted at Vincentians in the British Royal Navy is being highlighted in the UK press. An article carried in the Porthsmouth Star last...
Rush hour crash at Arnos Vale
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April 29, 2005
Rush hour traffic was forced to a standstill last Thursday, April 21, around 8:15 a.m. along the Arnos Vale public road stretch, following a two vehic...
Dinky Balcombe steps forward
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April 29, 2005
The opposition New Democratic Party reached into the heartland of Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves’s constituency last Saturday night to launch a ...
Charles in town with Love in Action
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April 29, 2005
Gospel singer Anita Charles is in town again and is on fire delivering the word of the Lord. She has, along with her better half Dennis, been very bus...
Taiwan Naval ships visit St. Vincent
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April 29, 2005
A Taiwanese Naval Squadron visiting St. Vincent and the Grenadines on a two-day visit from today, April 29 to April 30, is offering the public the cha...
Mistake costs Oliver $10,000
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April 29, 2005
Vincentian businessman Garth Lancelot Bernard Oliver who passed through two airports with a .22 calibre revolver and five bullets undetected on Januar...
SVG paradise no free ride says PM
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April 29, 2005
Noting that the Grenadines make up 17 miles of land mass while mainland St. Vincent makes up just 13, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr. Ralph...
Environment in trouble
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April 29, 2005
Several acres of land on hillsides throughout different parts of mainland St. Vincent and in the Grenadines have been scorched in recent weeks through...
Strange sun in skies
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April 22, 2005
by Andano Coombs At exactly 12 noon on Wednesday, April 20, students of schools in the Richmond Hill area were greeted by what seemed to be a celestia...
Regional plea from Saboto
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April 22, 2005
Vincentian scholar Saboto Caesar has called upon the region’s private sector to come to the assistance of Guyana’s flood victims. Saboto, studying...
Moving towards  cleaner water
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April 22, 2005
Water shortages and its quality are two of the challenges that would be addressed when the construction of the Majorca Treatment Plant is complete. Ga...
VINSA elects new executive
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April 22, 2005
Vincentian students in Jamaica have elected a new executive for the academic year 2005-2006. Last Saturday evening, the Vincentian Student Association...
New boss at NCB
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April 22, 2005
There is a new CEO at the National Commercial Bank. Trinidadian national Phillip Hernandez has replaced his fellow national Mario Young who completed ...
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April 22, 2005
The Leo Club St. Vincent says it has moved into a new era with the launch of its website, which went live Friday 8, April 2005. The site is a collabor...
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April 22, 2005
First Caribbean International is claiming a credit rating of “A stable” given to it by rating agency Standard & Poor’s. The bank says the credit...
Tourism boom in SVG
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April 22, 2005
TOURISM recorded increased visitor arrivals of 8.1% for 2004. This was confirmed by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, ECCB. Tourism Minister Rene` B...
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April 22, 2005
Tourism Minister Rene` Baptiste is warning Vincentians to be more careful about what is said about tourism in this country. She warned that rumours th...
SVG documented on DVD
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April 22, 2005
The Ministry of Tourism has packaged the beauty of St.Vincent and the Grenadines and Culture into a 15 minute DVD film entitled “Jewels of the Carib...
Survivor makes new friend
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April 22, 2005
It is amazing how some friendships are formed. Vanrick ‘Larwood’ Allick a 32 year old fisherman of Clare Valley has a new friend. He is referred t...
Petit Bordel – Outstanding at Science
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April 22, 2005
The Petit Bordel Secondary School has proven that schools in the rural community can also shine in the science faculty after winning prizes for Outsta...