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GECCU takes over two smaller credit unions
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January 10, 2014
Two smaller credit unions here have been amalgamated with the General Employees Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU).{{more}} The Financial Services Autho...
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Regular police patrols at shelters
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January 10, 2014
Persons who have been forced to occupy emergency shelters as a result of flooding on Christmas Eve are being assured of their security.{{more}} Acting...
Teacher wins $25,000 from Courts
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Teacher wins $25,000 from Courts
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January 10, 2014
Eworth Abrams, a teacher of English Literature at the St Vincent Grammar School, is the lucky winner of $25,000 in The Creative Life (TCL) promotional...
Digicel donates to Red Cross
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Digicel donates to Red Cross
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January 10, 2014
Telecommunications company Digicel continues to make contributions to persons affected by torrential rain and flooding on Christmas Eve, December 24, ...
Courts donates stove to Nanton family
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Courts donates stove to Nanton family
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January 10, 2014
Those members of the Nanton family who escaped death when a landslide destroyed their home during the Christmas floods, have been presented with a sto...
SDA Mission distributes meals to flood victims
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SDA Mission distributes meals to flood victims
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January 10, 2014
The SDA Mission of Seventh-day Adventists on New Year’s Day and on Thursday, January 2, distributed over 800 meals during a feeding programme for re...
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Calypso, Soca and Ragga Soca judges needed
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January 10, 2014
A call is going out to persons interested in judging calypso, soca and ragga soca for the 2014 Carnival season.{{more}} The St Vincent and the Grenadi...
LIME reaches out
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LIME reaches out
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January 10, 2014
Telecommunications provider LIME has joined forces with other local organizations in their efforts to bring relief to those affected by the Christmas ...
KPMG lends helping hand in Spring Village
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KPMG lends helping hand in Spring Village
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January 10, 2014
Auditing firm KPMG, last weekend, provided much needed supplies to persons in the Spring Village community who were affected by the Christmas disaster...
Over 13,000 people affected by floods
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Over 13,000 people affected by floods
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January 10, 2014
Over 13,000 persons have been affected by the floods which occurred on December 24.{{more}} This estimate was given by deputy director of the National...
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NTRC to hand over computer lab to DTVE
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January 10, 2014
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) will hand over a new state-of-the-art Computer Lab to the St Vincent and the Grenadines C...
Thomas still member of PMC – Chairman
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Thomas still member of PMC – Chairman
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January 10, 2014
Despite his appointment as a senator of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) government, Jomo Thomas remains a member of the People’s Movement for Ch...
Hector family wants justice
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Hector family wants justice
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January 10, 2014
Family members of the late Rudolph Hector are encouraging whoever may have been responsible for the death of their relative to come forward.{{more}} S...
MCMH Paediatric Ward undergoing transformation
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MCMH Paediatric Ward undergoing transformation
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January 10, 2014
The Milton Cato Memorial Hospital’s (MCMH) paediatric ward is expected to resemble a first-class hospital ward in the coming months.{{more}} These w...
11-year-old boy struck, killed by vehicle
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11-year-old boy struck, killed by vehicle
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January 10, 2014
Isola Scott is still reeling in shock from the news of the death of her older child.{{more}} Scott told SEARCHLIGHT on Wednesday evening that the deat...
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Vincentian man gunned down in Trinidad
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January 7, 2014
Investigations are ongoing into the shooting death of a Vincentian man in Trinidad and Tobago on December 29, 2013.{{more}} Dead is Verlon “Vincy”...
Sometimes I still hear her voice – Samuel
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Sometimes I still hear her voice – Samuel
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January 7, 2014
Mavis Samuel, sister of missing woman, Shirley Edwards, is still trying to come to terms with the disappearance of her sister.{{more}} Samuel, a resid...
Layne’s Christmas raffle winners
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Layne’s Christmas raffle winners
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January 7, 2014
Layne’s Department Store has officially announced the winners of its 2013 Christmas Raffle.{{more}} Jomarie Jack won the third prize – an electric...
LIME gives back to 200 persons
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LIME gives back to 200 persons
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January 7, 2014
Two hundred persons were recipients of care packages from telecommunications provider LIME, in the company’s Christmas Outreach Programme, which too...
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BRAGSA halts mining operations
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January 7, 2014
Two mining operations of the Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) have been closed until further notice.{{more}} BRAGSA chief exec...
Restoration will be long process – Myers
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Restoration will be long process – Myers
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January 7, 2014
The current focus of the Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) is to bring the communication network, roads and bridges back to a s...
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Stop bathing in rivers – PAHO
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January 7, 2014
Residents of St Vincent have been implored to desist from bathing in rivers. This advice has come from Adrianus Alugman, senior advisor in Sustainable...
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International Garifuna Conference postponed
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January 7, 2014
The second International Garifuna Conference, organized by the Garifuna Heritage Foundation (TGHF), has been postponed.{{more}} A release from TGHF sa...
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Residents call for clean-up of Cane Grove
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January 7, 2014
Residents of the South Leeward community of Cane Grove are requesting the help of the Roads, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA) to clea...