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10 students awarded VINLEC scholarships
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October 5, 2012
An additional ten students have been granted scholarships by St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited under the Company’s Education Awards Scheme.{{...
Vinsave receives timely facelift
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October 5, 2012
Vinsave was the beneficiary of a much needed facelift from the local FedEx Company.{{more}} Members of the FedEx staff, supported by the Vinsave staff...
Poultry project farmers in EC$15,000 pay-out
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October 5, 2012
Twenty-five poultry farmers from the South Central Windward constituency on Tuesday received their first major pay-out from a project launched in July...
PM returns  ‘hypocritical’ criticism
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October 5, 2012
Dr Godwin Friday and the New Democratic Party (NDP) are hypocritical, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on Monday, returning the Opposition’s c...
Ministry of Agriculture, Taiwan sign new MOU
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October 5, 2012
The renewal of an agreement on Agricultural Technical Cooperation between the governments of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the Republic of China (...
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October 5, 2012
Regional carrier, LIAT may be expanding its fleet and destinations to outside the region.{{more}} On Tuesday, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves announ...
PM knocks mobile service providers
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October 5, 2012
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has taken a swipe at local mobile service operators Digicel and LIME.{{more}} During his address at the launch of th...
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October 5, 2012
The export of copper from St Vincent and the Grenadines has been banned, except where special permission is given.{{more}} According to the Customs (R...
PM sees pick-up in SVG economic activity
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October 5, 2012
This country has recorded some improvements to the fiscal operation so far this year.{{more}} Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said on Tuesday that a...
Two years on, no compensation for cop’s kin
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October 5, 2012
The government is yet to compensate the family of Constable Kingsley John, the Special Services Unit officer who died of a gunshot at the Biabou Polic...
Global economic decline hits Erica’s
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October 5, 2012
The global economic decline has hit home for one of this country’s major agro-processors, Erica’s Country Style.{{more}} After over 20 years in bu...
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October 2, 2012
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has hailed cooperation among nations in the southern hemisphere.{{more}} “… our developmental and political part...
Caribbean forced to consider ‘lost decade’
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October 2, 2012
The continuing effect of the global financial meltdown is forcing the Caribbean “to contemplate the implications of a potential ‘lost decade’ of...
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October 2, 2012
An international media photo purporting to show Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves asleep at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York la...
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October 2, 2012
Several groups in the Arnos Vale/Cane Hall community combined their energies on September 22 to ensure that the waterway and coastline reflected condi...
Father doubts son hanged himself
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October 2, 2012
The father of the student who police say committed suicide last month says he doubts that his son killed himself.{{more}} “I don’t believe he hang...