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March 4, 2005
President of the Garifuna Heritage Foundation, Zoila Ellis Browne has said that activities are in high gear for the celebration of National Heroes Mon...
Guides sharing the fruits of the earth
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March 4, 2005
"Food" was the theme under which Girl Guides around the world celebrated "Thinking Day" February 22, the biggest event on their calendar. But the loca...
House amends ‘People’s Act’
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March 4, 2005
Elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are constitutionally due in 2006. There will therefore be an enumeration of the voters list to determine t...
Students off to Mexico
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March 4, 2005
The forty-one students selected to study in universities across Mexico this year, have been urged not to let themselves, family or their country down....
PM to focus war on early education
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March 4, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has announced that after universal secondary education, his government would tackle universal primary education and...
Kamal- The man of the moment
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March 4, 2005
Receiving a standing ovation, Kamal Wood, this country’s and the region’s top performer in the 2004 CXC examinations was honoured at the Methodist...
Top brains honoured
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March 4, 2005
by Sheron Garraway Describing the honouring ceremony for top CXC students as “inspiring and uplifting” Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves pleaded ...
Rose Hall man slain
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March 4, 2005
The Biblical story tells that Caine killed his brother Abel. In a twist of fate, Clifton ‘Ling’ Caine became the victim of a knife attack disturbi...
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February 25, 2005
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Supreme Court has ruled that a group of prisoners serving life sentences for their involvement in ...
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February 25, 2005
The call for wide regional discussion, involving government, Opposition parties and civil society groups, on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), is ...
Compton is back
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February 25, 2005
Sir John Compton seems headed to re-enter the rough and tumble of St. Lucian politics. Reports out of St. Lucia indicate that Sir John, who founded th...
Chilean President visits Barbados
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February 25, 2005
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos arrived in Barbados on Sunday and was met by Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dame Billie Miller, and ...
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February 25, 2005
Particularly interested in understanding CXC’s Examinations Processing System (EPS), a team from the Ministry of Education in Botswana, Africa visit...
The thought behind Thinking Day
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February 25, 2005
It’s the biggest event on the Girl Guides calendar and some 10 million Guides around the world including this country commemorated the event under t...
Social Club aids Planned Parenthood
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February 25, 2005
The Pannell Kerr Forster Social Club has made a donation of $3,370 to the Planned Parenthood Association. Last Wednesday 16th February Kraig Smart PRO...
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February 25, 2005
The Bequia Easter Regatta has received another boost with Heineken Beer contributing EC$20,000 to the 2005 Regatta. Nicola Redway of the Bequia Sailin...
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February 25, 2005
Outlining that some 6,700 persons visited these shores for Vincy Mas last year, Marketing and Promotion Officer Faylene Findlay-Scrubb said that the C...
Baptiste: Increased arrivals not fictitious
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February 25, 2005
Defending the prelimanary report coming out from the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) minister of tourism and culture Rene Baptiste announced tha...
ECTAD representing farmers
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February 25, 2005
Jethro Greene is not abandoning his belief in the dignity and respect of people. Greene, Chief coordinator of the Eastern Caribbean Training Agricultu...
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February 25, 2005
WINFA is to carry out a major membership drive throughout the Windward Islands during the course of this year. The intention is to ensure that all sec...
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February 25, 2005
Local farmer, Anton “Tookie” Bowman, a long- standing member of the local chapter of WINFA and executive member of the National Fair Trade Committ...
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February 25, 2005
Participants involved in a four-day regional workshop on flood hazard mapping and its use for community disaster planning wrapped up their sessions wi...
Cuba claims the world’s oldest man
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February 25, 2005
Havana, CUBA – Benito Martinez says he came to Cuba from Haiti in 1925. Cuba says the oldest man in the world is living on the island. Benito Martin...
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February 25, 2005
The Alliance Francaise now has a new executive elected at the Alliance's annual general meeting last Tuesday, February 15, 2005. {{more}} The members ...
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February 25, 2005
The third Regional Seminar on Flood Hazard Mapping and its use in community disaster planning in the Caribbean officially opened last evening at the S...
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February 25, 2005
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) convened a meeting of regional experts to discuss a Caribbean tsunami early warning system. T...
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February 25, 2005
The OECS Secretariat is conducting a study into the impact on OECS Member States of their participation in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME...
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February 25, 2005
The Sol Group said in a release that the acquisition of Shell’s commercial and retail operations in Barbados, St. Lucia, Netherlands Antilles, Domin...
Helmet saves 2 Kool Chris
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February 25, 2005
Local radio personality, turned biker-boy Chris “2 Kool” Jones missed a date with death last weekend in St. Lucia. Jones collided with a truck on ...
Happy Hill Estates opens
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February 25, 2005
A dream of a group of Layou-born brothers is being realized now that the Happy Hill Estates has gotten off the ground.{{more}} The brothers Exeter: Gi...
St. Mary’s breaks new ground
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February 25, 2005
The official ground breaking ceremony of the New St. Mary's RC. Primary School took place on Wednesday, February 23 at Buccament. The ceremony was wel...
Dr. Linton at home
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February 25, 2005
NDP Party Chairman Dr. Linton Lewis came to his party's convention Sunday very prepared and ready to make an impression on the supporters. In a brief ...
Pieces of NDP puzzle still missing
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February 25, 2005
The NDP had promised before their 29th Annual Convention that party leader Arnhim Eustace would have had some special announcements to make. Thus many...
T&T lawyer heats up Democrat House
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February 25, 2005
Feature speaker at the New Democratic Party's 29th Annual Convention Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj came prepared last Sunday, to cast aspersions on the way ...
Maharaj to speak at NDP convention
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February 18, 2005
Former Trinidad and Tobago Attorney General Lawrence Ramesh Maharaj is slated to deliver the feature address when the opposition New Democratic Party ...
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February 18, 2005
The young people of the Methodist Church in St. Vincent will celebrate Youth Month from February 6th to 27th 2005, under the theme “God’s Gifts: U...
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February 18, 2005
Prospective business persons and those seeking connections to their ventures, or even those looking for information on spheres of economic activity wi...
Get into business: Youngsters urged
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February 18, 2005
Persons here have been encouraged to get into business, especially when they are young. The advice came from one with some experience in the field of ...
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February 18, 2005
by DAVID BREWSTER A TRINIDAD man died in just six months after he was infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. The deadly news came in a statement last night...
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February 18, 2005
Formal plans for the establishment of a hospitality institute for this country are currently ongoing. Tourism and Culture Minister, Rene Baptiste reve...