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Taiwanese march in Taipei
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April 1, 2005
by Peggy Carr TAIPEI – Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets of Taipei City last Saturday to protest against an anti-secession law ...
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April 1, 2005
Union Island came alive last weekend with the bustling of Easterval activities. Cable & Wireless truly kept the festival alive for Union Island Easter...
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April 1, 2005
The children of the Kingstown Anglican School were all smiles as they received gifts from the International organisation called Samaritan’s Purse th...
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April 1, 2005
Persons engaged in the supply of cannabis are not getting any let up from this country's security forces. Gary Glasgow, a 26-year-old labourer of King...
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April 1, 2005
St. Vincent & the Grenadines- On Tuesday, March 22nd Cingular Wireless (formerly AT&T Wireless) launched Prepaid Roaming to all 50 states in the U.S.,...
Ex-cnn news anchor   shoots T.V. pilot in SVG
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April 1, 2005
St. Vincent and the Grenadines could benefit from last week’s visit on the Caribbean Sun from international media and among them former CNN news anc...
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April 1, 2005
Persons involved in the quest to improve the functional literacy of Vincentians journeyed to the Richland Park Junction on Sunday, March 20, for a mot...
‘December’ takes centre stage
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April 1, 2005
Last weekend, Roy's Inn was the place to be as Centre Stage Production presented "December", a play written by Jamaican playwright Patrick Browne and ...
$100 million power project gets started
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April 1, 2005
With a simple symbolic groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday, the largest project ever undertaken by government in this country was formally set in mo...
Final CRC Report out
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April 1, 2005
The Constitution Review Commission has been given permission to flood the country with copies of the Final Report. Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves ...
Dr. Gonsalves: No unfair advantage
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April 1, 2005
As the Constitution Review Commission held its public launching ceremony, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has reiterated that his government would ...
British warship visits SVG
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April 1, 2005
On Monday, March 29, just before leaving port Kingstown Captain Gerry Northwood invited the parents of the four Vincentian sailors aboard the "HMS Liv...
‘Vincy crew among the best’
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April 1, 2005
Commander Gerry Northwood of the HMS Liverpool has described the Vincentian sailors among the best and the hardest workers on his ship. He said the Vi...
RBTT Bank turns art gallery
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April 1, 2005
RBTT Bank was transformed into an Art Gallery on Wednesday, March 23, to show off the one of the many talents possessed by artist Collette Jones. {{mo...
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April 1, 2005
The message delivered on Good Friday during the Easter season at the Calliaqua Methodist Church was one of forgiveness and love. Delivering the sermon...
Ottley Hall man on murder charge
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April 1, 2005
Donald Edwards, a 25-year old Ottley Hall resident has a murder charge on his hands. It stems from the death of Darius Lynch, another 25-year-old from...
Clare Valley man chopped about body
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April 1, 2005
The South Leeward village of Clare Valley is experiencing some violent trends in recent times. Two shooting incidents recently, have shattered the nor...
Cells in cells at prisons
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April 1, 2005
Inmates at Her Majesty's Prison in St. Michael Barbados, about two miles outside capital City Barbados, seem to be having full access to modern commun...
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March 24, 2005
STRATEGIES to combat the pesky West Indian Fruit Fly will soon be put into action here. This, after agricultural workers from some five Caribbean coun...
Belmont promotes literacy
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March 24, 2005
The Belmont Government School has hosted an Inter-house Reading Comprehension Competition in an effort to create literacy awareness. The competition w...
Vincy teaching quartet reaps1st class honours
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March 24, 2005
Four Vincentian teachers have completed their studies at the University of the West Indies via Distance Teaching with First class Honours. The quartet...
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March 24, 2005
The Caribbean Examinations Council has launched its Associate Degree Programmes. The Council is now offering Associate Degrees in nine areas; Business...
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March 24, 2005
A new ten-minute radio series is to hit the airwaves soon. The radio drama, called “In This Life” is being produced by the Regional Radio Project ...
PM: Jet port by 2010
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March 24, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has noted that an International Airport is in its planning stages to further accommodate air travel in this country...
Soroptomist Club assists Grenada
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March 24, 2005
The local Soroptomist International Club has presented a cheque for $2,500 to its Grenada counterpart. The donation, made last Thursday, March 17, in ...
Peace Corps Volunteers to focus on  HIV/AIDS
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March 24, 2005
Five new Peace Corps officers have been given the go ahead to join the fight against AIDS through HIV/AIDS awareness here in St. Vincent and the Grena...
Girl Guides honour veteran leaders
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March 24, 2005
As persons age, they usually get frail, but the ladies of the Girl Guides Movement showed that they were as strong as ever when they celebrated their ...
Henderson to play for Rotary Club
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March 24, 2005
After wooing Vincentians with her smooth vocal and flute performance at the Blues Festival last January, Michele Henderson is coming back. Henderson w...
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March 24, 2005
At a time when the Richmond Hill Primary School has been earmarked for upgrading to a secondary institution, that school has been the recipient of nea...
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March 24, 2005
Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has hit out against the People’s Republic of China. Speaking at a ceremony at Cabinet room last Monday...
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March 24, 2005
The Youth Empowerment Service (YES) programme, received a further boost last Monday with an EC$700,000 injection. The money was handed over to Prime M...
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March 24, 2005
FirstCaribbean International Bank has introduced a graduate recruitment and training programme, called CareerFirst. The bank says that the CareerFirst...
Opposition mocks Parliament
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March 24, 2005
Despite the accusations made by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves that "the opposition is not serious about the people's business" by being absent fr...
J’ca Prime Minister calls for removal
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March 18, 2005
OBSERVER -JAMAICA'S Prime Minister P J Patterson told Wednesday’s opening of the South Africa, African Union, Caribbean Diaspora Conference that the...
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March 18, 2005
BBC- Protesters in Guatemala say they will intensify their demonstrations against a trade deal with the US unless their demands are met on Wednesday. ...
Youth Ambassadors now better prepared
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March 18, 2005
Local Caricom Youth Ambassadors Modonna Corke and Kyle De Freitas are now much better prepared to speak on issues relating to Caricom after attending ...
Lewis demands Compton apology
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March 18, 2005
The defeated party leader of St Lucia's opposition United Workers Party has called for an apology from newly-elected party leader Sir John Compton. Du...