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Dougan makes principal move
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August 20, 2004
If principals respond to new Chief Education Officer Susan Dougan, they should make some accomplishments. During Professional Development Week, princi...
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August 20, 2004
CDC Chairman Dennis Ambrose is puzzled by remarks made by President of the YPM Duggie 'Nose' Joseph. The CDC chairman expressed willingness "to work h...
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August 20, 2004
Dennis Bowman has apologised for his performance in the 2004 Soca monarch competition. Bowman, during the Soca Monarch competition, did the song 'Funk...
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August 20, 2004
In the latest twist in CARCOM Haiti relations, Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur has been reported Wednesday by the BBC as threatening to “go it a...
Chavez wins landslide in Venezuelan elections
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August 20, 2004
Venezuelans have placed their confidence in the leadership of President Hugo Chavez in a historic referendum held last Sunday. And Vincentian Prime Mi...
Liberty Lodge workers get training
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August 20, 2004
A four-week training workshop for workers at the Liberty Lodge Boys Training Centre began here Monday geared towards training the staff in new approac...
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August 20, 2004
Searchlight is pleased to publish this response to our Editorial of Friday 13 August entitled Conflict Resolution signed by Otto Sam, the president of...
Local talent on show at Iguana
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August 20, 2004
Come Friday August 27, interested persons can go to the Iguana Nightclub in Villa where they can experience an evening of local music. The event which...
16 Vincentians now Microsoft certified
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August 20, 2004
Last Friday, 16 persons graduated from a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) course couducted at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at...
A’Level Passes increase in 2004
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August 20, 2004
The 2004 A’Level results show an increase in subject passes by students at the St. Vincent Community College. And Principal Marcus Caine is satisfie...
NIPI to promote investment
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August 20, 2004
The National Investment Promotion Incorporated (NIPI) considered by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves the central institutional pillar in the state a...
Teachers Union hands out scholarships
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August 20, 2004
Three students - Chivaugn Hooper, Shonieka Caine and Claral Harry - will begin their secondary education with some ease on their parents. They are chi...
Kristobel lashes out at local DJs
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August 20, 2004
Singer and songwriter Kristobel Trimmingham is upset with disc jockeys at radio stations in St. Vincent and the Grenadines who promised to play her mu...
‘Syke’ stabbed to death
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August 20, 2004
A 22-year-old Layou man is this country’s latest murder victim. Deran Maingot, popularly known as “Syke”, lost his life last Friday, August 13, ...
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August 13, 2004
by R. Andrew Cummings Long gone is the age of innocence when the landscape of sport was true, pure and plain. Almost everywhere it has given way to un...
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August 13, 2004
Creating a breadfruit mentality? Not quite but, soon Vincentians will soon have an opportunity to read more about the breadfruit when a book entitled ...
Penny Feather scores 100
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August 13, 2004
He is affectionately known as ‘Penny Feather,’ because of his lightweight, and diminutive size. Whatever his physical attributes, Joseph Badenock ...
Baby Killa  is Grenada Soca Monarch 2004
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August 13, 2004
Throughout the length and breadth of the Caribbean, Soca Monarch Finals are the most anticipated events of Carnivals. And for Spice Mas 2004, Grenadaâ...
Body building president pleased
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August 13, 2004
After the adoption of the local Amateur BodyBuilding Power Lifting and Fitness Federation constitution, focus will be on the Central American and Cari...
SVG, Taiwan mark 23 years
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August 13, 2004
August 15 marks the 23rd anniversary of friendship between St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of China on Taiwan. It was under the leader...
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August 13, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will visit the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) this year. He is expected to hold discussions there with President...
Ambassadors return home
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August 13, 2004
A three member team including CARICOM Youth Ambassador for St. Vincent and the Grenadines Joel Richards, Vice President South of the Caribbean Federat...
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August 13, 2004
The New York Times has reported in its August 10th Edition that Trump hotels and Casino Resorts, the centerpeice of Donand Trump’s Casino holdings h...
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August 13, 2004
Daryl Jackson, currently Head of Mobile with Cable & Wireless Antigua, has been appointed Chief Executive for St. Vincent. Jackson will take up duties...
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August 13, 2004
A recent proposal by the Government of Venezuela to the Organisation of American States (OAS) calling for the establishment of a Social Charter of the...
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August 13, 2004
The New York Times has reported this week that the United States Department of Homeland Security is ordering the 292 Montserratians who took refuge in...
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August 13, 2004
St.GEORGE’S Grenada: After months of clamouring for an investigation into allegations of bribery by Grenada,s Prime Minister Keith Mithchell this co...
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August 13, 2004
It’s all clear, and work on expansion of the Canouan airport can well begin. The government can put US $15 from the Citibank Trinidad and Tobago to ...
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August 13, 2004
Darfur has been described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis Pro-government militias in Sudan are still attacking civilians despite pledges by K...
YWCA getting new home
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August 13, 2004
The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) will soon have a new home at McKies Hill behind the St. Vincent Grammar School. Prime Minister Dr. Ra...
ROC gives millions for SVG education
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August 13, 2004
St. Vincent and the Grenadines continues to benefit from assistance from the Republic of China on Taiwan. The latest came last Thursday, August 5, whe...
Six get Basil Charles Scholarships
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August 13, 2004
As the Basil Charles Educational Foundation continues its educational thrust, two full scholarships and four bursaries were handed over to six needy s...
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August 13, 2004
In an effort to improve agricultural productivity and reduce hunger and poverty in Latin America, United Nations agencies are launching an internation...
Help coming for Overland family
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August 13, 2004
The four children highlighted in the Searchlight newspaper July 30, 2004 are getting assistance to try to heal their emotional wounds. An outpouring o...
NIS given new name
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August 13, 2004
In a move designed to better reflect all the provisions offered by the institution, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has been officially renamed th...
Attorney Ronald Marks takes a bride
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August 13, 2004
The year: 1997. The place: London, England. The event: The auspicious occasion of the romantic entanglement of two bright young aspiring legal minds. ...
Computers in Vitamalt promotion
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August 13, 2004
A new promotion by the St. Vincent Brewery called “Krazy Krowns” is allowing Vitamalt drinkers to win a number of items including digital cameras ...
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August 6, 2004
by Nelson A. King in New York With relations between the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and the U.S.-backed Gerard Latortue’s interim government in H...
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August 6, 2004
After months of negotiation, the regional telecommunications regulatory authority ECTEL and Cable & Wireless have announced agreement of a new Price R...
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August 6, 2004
Education, Youth and Sports Minister Mike Browne thinks that the opposition New Democratic Party is looking for propaganda material hence their disput...
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August 6, 2004
Some persons working in the tourism industry here are not doing their jobs. And Culture and Tourism Minister is not pleased about that. She made her f...