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EU lobbies for Caribbean bananas
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January 28, 2005
Fighting for the future of European markets, banana farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean may have some hope for survival. That is the assurance ...
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January 21, 2005
by Omar Anderson, Gleaner Writer IT WAS a rather pensive if not sombre mood inside Gordon House Tuesday where Edward Seaga made his final bow as Oppos...
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January 21, 2005
Two students who participated in the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Foundation 2004 Children’s Essay Contest have collected a cheque of...
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January 21, 2005
When Taiwanese the world over celebrate their Lunar New Year Eve on February 8, here at home the Embassy of the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan will...
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January 21, 2005
FirstCaribbean International Bank has announced it is making “a quantum step towards cutting edge in technology in the accounts management with the ...
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January 21, 2005
OECS Heads of Government are due to meet with World Bank President James Wolfensohn today in Grenada. The round-table is a follow-up to an initial mee...
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January 21, 2005
The illness of Speaker of the House Hendrick Alexander has caused the first sitting of the House of Assembly for the New Year to be postponed. Prime M...
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January 21, 2005
A national of St. Vincent and the Grenadines who arrived in St. Kitts on Tuesday at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport now faces charges for...
NCN Radio forced to go mobile
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January 21, 2005
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA: National Communications Network (NCN) Radio was Tuesday forced to abandon Broadcasting House on High Street, Georgetown and broadc...
Flood disaster in Guyana
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January 21, 2005
GEORGETOWN: Guyana Tuesday declared its flood-hit capital Georgetown and surrounding areas disaster zones after the heaviest rains in more than a cent...
School break cut short
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January 21, 2005
Students who complete common entrance exams will no longer have a long break before going on to secondary school. Instead, they now have to attend fou...
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January 21, 2005
Ivan O’Neal took a swipe at the Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration and the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), saying he saw no major differ...
‘Green’ members  in the shadows
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January 21, 2005
One week after social activist Ivan O’Neal announced the launch of his SVG Green Party, he is back promising the establishment of the University of ...
Banana meeting starts tomorrow
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January 21, 2005
A major workshop opens here tomorrow at Buccama on the Bay. The Windward Islands Farmers’ Association (WINFA) is hosting the two-day workshop, which...
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January 21, 2005
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago – A tsunami is an ocean wave or series of waves caused by a large-scale disturbance of the ocean floor or surface...
Scientists rule out tsunami hitting region
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January 21, 2005
Co-ordinator of the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) Howie Prince has ruled out the possibility of a tsunami like the one that killed...
Lotto winner pays taxes
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January 21, 2005
A 52-year-old domestic of Cane End is the first lotto winner to be made to pay the 10 per cent tax imposed by government on winnings of $500 and above...
Matthews wins Port raffle
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January 21, 2005
The SVG Port Authority Sports & Cultural Club has announced the names of the lucky winners in their Grand Raffle. {{more}} The winner of the first pri...
Crew forced to ditch chopper in Guyana
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January 21, 2005
GEORGETOWN: The two-man crew of a locally assembled helicopter was forced to ditch it on the Liliendaal beach early Monday afternoon after its motor c...
‘Take back the streets!’
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January 21, 2005
CASTRIES, St. Lucia: As the issue of crime continues to be uppermost in the minds of the people of St. Lucia, the country's Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny ...
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January 21, 2005
The fertilization of the proposed sub-regional union between Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, viewed by some critics a...
Children’s Hospital for SVG
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January 21, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves showed deep emotions Tuesday as he relived the sad moment when he had to watch his young child’s life expire. The...
Constituency boundary increase uncertain
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January 21, 2005
As St. Vincent and the Grenadines moves closer to general elections, constitutionally due by mid-2006, there’s still uncertainty as to whether there...
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January 14, 2005
Over the holiday season, children at the Sunny Vale Primary School (located behind the Victoria Park) got special treatment compliments Digicel. The t...
Sir Vincent to call it a day
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January 14, 2005
Sir Vincent Beache has been feted at a cocktail marking his 30 years of involvement in local politics.{{more}} The function, held at the official resi...
Activists honoured
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January 14, 2005
Seven local community activists were last Thursday 6th honoured for their contribution to the development of this country. The honouring ceremony saw ...
Ambassador Chu gets award
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January 14, 2005
Elizabeth Chu, the Republic of China on Taiwan ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, has received her country’s highest award as one of Taiw...
Bomb scare at China Town
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January 14, 2005
The Kingstown Magistrates Court, the Family Court and the Serious Offences Court had to evacuate offices Tuesday, January 11, because of a bomb scare....
VINLEC to go ahead with Lowman’s Plant
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January 14, 2005
VINLEC has move another step closer toward the construction of the Lowman's Bay Power Plant. Last Friday, January 7, during a media briefing at VINLEC...
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January 14, 2005
Cash strapped LIAT, still plagued by financial woes this week received some good news. This after the Prime Ministers of St. Vincent and the Grenadine...
Elderly woman perishes in fire
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January 14, 2005
Last Friday night Carmen Homer of Bahamia, Richland Park perished in a fire that destroyed her three-bedroom home.{{more}} Homer’s husband and two g...
Jobs not threatened says NCB chairman
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January 14, 2005
National Commercial Bank (NCB) employees’ jobs are not up for take and should not feel threatened by the bank’s assistance from Trinidad and Tobag...
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January 14, 2005
It is too early to talk about a take over of the country’s state-owned National Commercial Bank (NCB). This is the latest information coming from NC...
Dr. Gonsalves: Nation has thrived
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January 14, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is proclaiming progress made by his administration on several fronts. In a New Year’s address last Tuesday 4th, w...
Heritage Club stays alive
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January 7, 2005
Mandella Campbell, a first-year student at the St. Vincent Community College, is set to head the institution's Heritage Club as its eighth president. ...
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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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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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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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...