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November 26, 2004
Visitors and locals who want to keep updated about monthly happenings here now have a calendar that aids them in doing so. Last Tuesday at the Cruise ...
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November 26, 2004
Tourism Minister Rene Baptiste has said that SVG was able to receive a significant amount of media coverage by international media houses from this co...
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November 26, 2004
There is an air of electioneering taking over if one were to take cue from the number of openings that are occurring weekly. But Prime Minister Dr. Ra...
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November 26, 2004
Dr. Jerrol Thompson, Minister of Telecommunications, Science, Technology, and Industry, is confident about the future of the North Leeward constituenc...
Teacher’s Credit Union gives out scholarship
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November 26, 2004
Two former Girls’ High School students, who currently attend the St. Vincent Community College, are the recipients of this year’s Teachers’ Cred...
Policeman given military burial
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November 26, 2004
Elson Richardson, the police constable found in the area of Belle Vue Sunday November 14, was laid to rest last Saturday. It was a solemn occasion, in...
Robinson wins shopping spree
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November 26, 2004
Vitamalt Shopping Spree winner Nicholas Robinson grabbed EC$841.48 in assorted groceries from the shelves of Randy’s Supermarket last week Friday. S...
Earthquake hits Dominica
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November 26, 2004
Dominicans were sent into a state of panic last Sunday, November 21 when an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale occurred about 10km north of...
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November 26, 2004
Four Years Residence in the West Indies, F.W.N. Bayley, 1830 "...there is no careenage at St.Vincent; therefore, instead of rowing greatly alongside a...
Vincentian Judge for Caribbean Court
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November 26, 2004
Vincentian Justice Adrian Saunders is one of six legal luminaries selected by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission for appointment as j...
Prince: Residents of Byera refused to move
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November 26, 2004
Residents of Byera Flat, the area damaged November 17 by mudslides, had been urged by government authorities since 1979 to relocate. They did not, and...
Vincy passport racket foiled
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November 26, 2004
Police have arrested a Guyanese national, Leon Griffith, 21, for passport fraud. And at least one more person is expected to be arrested soon as inves...
Rice replaces Powell
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November 19, 2004
US President George W. Bush has announced that national security adviser Condoleezza Rice is his choice as the new secretary of state. Rice, 50, a clo...
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November 19, 2004
BBC - A Palestinian delegation is to travel to France to seek details on the precise cause of Yasser Arafat's death, officials in Ramallah said. Prime...
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November 19, 2004
The opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) in St. Kitts and Nevis has filed petitions challenging the results in three constituencies in last month...
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November 19, 2004
A ten per cent tax on the exchange of US dollars has come into force in Cuba. The measure was originally planned for last Monday, but was deferred for...
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November 19, 2004
President of the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union, Otto Sam, has described the week of activities held by the organization as very success...
Mounsey given training award
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November 19, 2004
Dennis O. Mounsey, a former employee of the Central Water and Sewerage Authority, who attained the position of chief supervisor (now called superinten...
Robinson on shopping spree
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November 19, 2004
Today, Friday November 19, at 10 p.m., Nicholas Robinson of Campden Park will run through Randy’s Supermarket seeing what he can pick up in 60 secon...
Six schools in KCCU final
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November 19, 2004
Some 12 of this country’s top primary school students will pit their skills in different spheres when the Kingstown Co-operative Credit Union Quiz F...
Youth Saving
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November 19, 2004
Efforts to strengthen the credit union sector at the school level here are deepening. One way of ensuring this measure is to encourage children to sav...
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November 19, 2004
US Mobile telecoms giant, Cingular Wireless has turned its attention to the Caribbean. After announcing its merger with AT&T Wireless in mid-October o...
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November 19, 2004
Self-regulation is the theme of a workshop for print journalists that will take place next Friday, November 26, at the old public library building, Ca...
Media having negative impact on youths
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November 19, 2004
Crown Counselor in the Attorney General's office, Candace Wyllie, is of the opinion that television and other forms of media are having a negative imp...
Government appoints  communications consultant
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November 19, 2004
The Government has appointed a communications consultant. Elson Crick, a former news and current affairs director with the St. Vincent and the Gren-ad...
Police on hunt  for ‘Thick Skin’
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November 19, 2004
Up to press time, a man being sought in relation to a number of matters including robbery and more recently shooting at the police has yet to be appre...
NDP boycotts Parliament again
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November 19, 2004
Members of the Opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) boycotted Parliament and joined placard-bearing supporters outside the House of Assembly Tuesday,...
Alliance stages photo exhibition
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November 19, 2004
Alliance Francaise is presenting what they term "a sensitive photographic journey" in a photography exhibition centred around traditional fishing enti...
Vincentians given healthy tips
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November 19, 2004
Watch what you eat, and how you take care of your body. There are some basic things that prolong and affect your live. And one way to ensure healthy l...
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November 19, 2004
The National Omnibus Association (NOBA) has given the Unity Labour Party administration an ultimatum to fix the Windward highway or face strike action...
YWCA gets home
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November 19, 2004
After a wait that seemed too long for its members, the Young Women’s Christian Association’s (YWCA) new headquarters has been completed and opened...
PM: Williams was a great humble man
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November 19, 2004
Former acting Governor-General Henry Harvey Williams, OBE, was laid to rest at the Kingstown Cemetery last Wednesday afternoon after a solemn service ...
Two men shot on Fountain/Villa road
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November 19, 2004
Two victims of a shooting by masked gunmen say they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Vernon "Pouper" Goodluck and Chreston Cuffy were shot e...
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November 12, 2004
Persons wishing to sit the May/June 2004 Caribbean Examinations Council exams still have time to register although the registration date has passed. A...
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November 12, 2004
Mobile provider AT&T Wireless is wading into the data processing market with a new service that enables its customers to browse, purchase and download...
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November 12, 2004
"Before His Excellency the Governor, the Attorney General and Solicitor General... Mr. Ward states that the negro woman Rosalind belonging to the Hope...
Another milestone for Guardsman SVG Ltd.
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November 12, 2004
Guardsman SVG Limited has celebrated yet another milestone. Following our first anniversary celebrations, Monday, November 1, 2004, saw the commenceme...
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November 12, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has been praised for his stance on Haiti. The commendations came from Jamaican parliamentarian Sharon Haywebster. S...
‘We must not be afraid of people’
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November 12, 2004
The ULP Women’s Arm must interact with people. The advice came from Sharon Haywebster. She showed a depth of character at the ULP Women’s Arm 10th...
ULP women urged to get connected
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November 12, 2004
The information technology is real and in motion and more persons have to use them. Jamaican parliamentarian Sharon Haywebster urged members of the UL...
Students participate in Credit Union quiz
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November 12, 2004
Tomorrow Saturday, 13 November, 82 primary school students will test their skills in local and regional history, current affairs, credit unions, sport...
Teachers’ Union holds General Meeting
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November 12, 2004
With the theme, “Reaffirming our Commitment and Dedication to Quality Education” in mind, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SV...