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WAR FEARS
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July 21, 2006
21.JUL.06 The black smoke of war ascends to the heavens from Lebanon in this BBC photo.
Local Lebanese worried over Middle East crisis
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July 21, 2006
At press time (Wednesday 19th) Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah militants were continuing their violent clashes inside Lebanon. Air and artillery strike...
Youth drowns at holiday church outing
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July 14, 2006
At press time Wednesday, the Glynn family of Liberty Lodge was hoping that the body of one of their loved ones, David Glynn, would be found so that so...
ASSISTANT POLICE COMMISSIONER A CRIME VICTIM
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July 14, 2006
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), with responsibility for crime, Lenroy Brewster is pleased with the general outcome of the Carnival festivities...
IPA IS KING OF KAISO
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July 14, 2006
Recently crowned Calypso Monarch Grantley "Ipa" Constance is dispelling any notions from critics that the title does not belong to him. Having been in...
Youth held on piracy charge
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July 7, 2006
A teenager of Vermont who allegedly plies his trade on the streets of Kingstown as a music pirate became the first person in St.Vincent and the Grenad...
TIED UP
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July 7, 2006
Young outlook: Youngsters at Junior Calypso and Soca Competition last Tuesday.
Lily and Nickie share Primary crown
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July 7, 2006
Latifah 'Singing Lily' Richards, and Amunik 'Singing Nickie' Martin shared the Primary School Calypso crown. But the decision has not gone down well i...
35 set for Soca clash
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June 30, 2006
At least two former Soca monarchs are in the line-up for the Soca Monarch semi-finals. The event is scheduled for the Chamber of Commerce Car Park thi...
STOP DEM PIRATES!
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June 30, 2006
Local music pirates are making soca artistes "flaming mad' and "Fireman Hooper" is adamant that the "Pirates must be stopped, they have to be taken of...
Brave Kidame still under medical care
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June 30, 2006
She is just 12 years old, but Kidame Kingman has been described as brave, beautiful and bright by the medical staff at the Dartmouth Children's Hospit...
CRIMINALS WARNED – BIG BROTHER’S LOOKING
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June 30, 2006
Drug traffickers and other criminal elements have been given the heads up by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves; he made it clear to them that they ar...
20 IN BATTLE FOR CALYPSO CROWN
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June 23, 2006
A number of former calypso monarchs will try to return to glory in 2006. But they will have to get through the semifinals. Among those chosen for Fant...
Marriaqua Government excels
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June 23, 2006
They have so much in common it is no secret why they are the ones that have done their alma mater proud, putting the Marriaqua Government School among...
Shaq Thomas does it for the boys
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June 23, 2006
Shaquille ThomaS is one of the heroes of the 2006 Common Entrance Exams. Thomas shared the top spot for boys with Mbeki Swift and placed joint second ...
Kalina thanks God for ‘leading the way’
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June 23, 2006
Kalina Browne is from a renowned Caribbean family. Her father is Mike Browne, previously Minister of Education, and now Minister of National Mobilisat...
Top placed Saskia pleased, delighted
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June 23, 2006
Saskia Renton is the 2006 top Common Entrance student. She secured a 92.78 percent average, with 95 per cent each for Maths and English and 88.33 in G...
BOYS MAKING COMEBACK IN COMMON ENTRANCE
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June 23, 2006
Boys seem to be narrowing the achievement gap. That is, if this year's Common Entrance results are anything to go by. In the exam that was held on Fri...
Chateaubelair students visit Searchlight
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June 16, 2006
Pupils of Grades One to Three of the Chateaubelair Methodist School, posing for a photo outside the office of SEARCHLIGHT newspaper. They visited SEAR...
90% of teenaged moms impregnated by older men
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June 16, 2006
Consultant Pediatrician at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, Dr. Bharati Datta believes that at least 90% of teenage mothers that give birth at the h...
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June 16, 2006
Boys seem to be narrowing the achievement gap. That is, if this year's Common Entrance results are anything to go by. In the exam that was held on Fri...
MEN ARRESTED FOR RAPE OF VISITORS AT SOUFRIERE
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June 9, 2006
Photo left: Leroy Rodney, 25, (right) farmer of New Prospect on his way to court to face rape charges. Photo right: Rape Accused Junior Morgan, 18, of...
SHERIDAN IS QUEEN
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June 9, 2006
From the moment 22-year-old Sheridan Lewis, Miss Roy's Inn stepped onto the stage in her fiery red costume, it was evident that this young woman had c...
Bequians protesting sale of crown lands
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June 9, 2006
Concerned Bequia residents are worried that their beloved island is being irresponsibly sold out by Government, but Minister of Housing, Informal Huma...
RAT-ACHE
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June 2, 2006
Vector Control Unit Workers restock bait stations at this abandoned house, also used as a dumping ground by some residents of Cane Garden.
VECTOR CONTROL DECLARES WAR ON CITY RODENTS
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June 2, 2006
Oh Rats! There seems to be a growing rat infestation problem in the city of Kingstown. And if proper waste disposal methods are not observed, this cou...
Hans King is new PM Press Secretary
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June 2, 2006
As of yesterday Thursday, June 1, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was set to have "a King" at his side. Vincentian journalist Hans King has been ap...
DEATH THREATS
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June 2, 2006
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has received threats on his life and has made a report to the head of the Special Branch of the Police Force. In a ...
Million-dollar facility to house export goods
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May 26, 2006
A 2.5 million dollar facility would soon be open at the Diamond Industrial Estate to house export produce from farmers here in St. Vincent and the Gre...
PM serious about security in SVG
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May 26, 2006
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is taking the matter of security in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the utmost seriousness. He emphasised this ...
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May 26, 2006
Persons who have obtained Vincentian citizenship fraudulently may find themselves on the next transport out of the State. Debate on the St. Vincent an...
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May 19, 2006
The Physical Planning and Development Board believes that some persons were misled into adding their names to an objectors list with regard to the blo...
Man Shot
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May 19, 2006
Curious residents swarm the ambulance in Barrouallie last week Thursday when news spread that Paul Spence (above) was shot.
Shot Barrouallie man recovering
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May 19, 2006
Paul Spence, a 40-year-old Barrouallie labourer, was up to last Wednesday recovering from gunshot wounds at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital. How Spe...