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PTA to picket next week
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August 21, 2009
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of the Lowmans Windward Anglican School will picket the Ministerial Building and the Ministry of Education on Wed...
Evaluation puts CAP on Summer Programme
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August 21, 2009
The benefits to be derived from the Children Against Poverty/ Bridging Summer programme can only be effective in the long term if a system is applied ...
Man dies at National Library project
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August 21, 2009
When the National Library Project is officially opened in about two months, at least one person who had a hand in the historic project will not be aro...
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August 14, 2009
Foreign Affairs Minister, Sir Louis Straker, presented cheques to approximately 75 needy secondary and primary school students, at a ceremony which to...
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August 14, 2009
14.AUG.09 In an historic ruling delivered on Monday, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dismissed claims by Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) against Carico...
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August 14, 2009
14.AUG.09 Digicel has unveiled several attractive post-paid cellular phone plans that are sure to offer customers a lot more for their money.{{more}} ...
Brownie camp in Dominica
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August 14, 2009
Eighteen brownies from Brownie Packs throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines recently returned from an eight-day camp in Dominica.{{more}} The camp ...
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August 14, 2009
Representatives of some eight Fairtrade producer organizations from the Latin American/Caribbean region, including WINFA, have made a united call for ...
Start the School Year top of the class
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August 14, 2009
Whether your child is returning back to school in September after a hot fun-filled summer, or whether they are starting school or moving up to a new s...
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August 14, 2009
For the remainder of this month or so, no cannabis or cocaine will be sent to the drug testing facility in Barbados for testing, as the lab there is c...
GECCU continues to support education
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August 14, 2009
In spite of the harsh economic times, the General Employees Corporative Credit Union (GECCU) has managed to increase the number of scholarships offere...
LIME customers win again  for summer
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August 14, 2009
LIME’s scorching hot Summer Promotion tagged ‘U R it’ continues to produce numerous instant and weekly winners as the word of the fantastic priz...
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August 14, 2009
In the hope of inculcating an increase in youth entrepreneurship, the Centre for Enterprise Development (CED) launched its Business and Entrepreneuria...
Kenyatta Lewis: Logos Hope visit a success
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August 14, 2009
The visit of the Logos Hope to St. Vincent has been described as “amazing”, in terms of economic activity and ministry, by coordinator of local Lo...
SVG to host OECS Credit Union summit
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August 14, 2009
It would not be all work and no play for delegates from the seven territories scheduled to converge here next week, for the five-day summit of the OEC...
SVGTU offers  scholarship to three
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August 14, 2009
Three students are the recipients of the 2009 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) C.W. Prescod Scholarship award, bringing the numbe...
Relatives worried about health of three
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August 14, 2009
Relatives of the three Vincentian men ordered to be extradited to the British Virgin Islands, have expressed concern about the men’s health.{{more}}...
CDC presents Vincy Mas winners with prizes
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August 14, 2009
The many winners in the various components were once again in the spotlight last weekend, when prizes won during the 2009 carnival season were distrib...
Young Employees receive training
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August 14, 2009
Young graduates and employees from across the country are now enrolled in a one week programme aimed at making them more efficient in the workplace.{{...
Negotiations training ends
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August 14, 2009
More than eight weeks of online training for 79 senior public servants climaxed last Friday, August 7th, with a closing and awards ceremony.{{more}} T...
Changes proposed for PetroCaribe Agreement
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August 14, 2009
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is not opposed to the changes being proposed to the PetroCaribe Agreement, but Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has ex...
Owia residents get Coast Guard training
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August 14, 2009
The SVG Coast Guard has extended its training to the northern end of the country by conducting its first Basic Seamanship and Safety Training course w...
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August 14, 2009
The Sustainable Grenadines Project will launch its summer research cruise through the Grenadines with a Press Conference to be held at the St Vincent ...
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August 14, 2009
Controlling shares in St. Vincent Brewery Ltd. are expected to change hands from Royal Unibrew A/S to Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana (CND) by early ne...
ACP tells youths ‘crime doesn’t pay’
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August 14, 2009
Assistant Commissioner of Police Eckron Lockhart has what he thinks is the antidote to the ongoing war that between the rival groups in the Edinboro a...
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August 14, 2009
Two men involved in the ongoing feud between rival groups from the Edinboro and Ottley Hall areas have accused police officers from the Crimindal Inve...
Digicel rewards loyal customers
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August 7, 2009
07.AUG.09 Being a Digicel customer has its benefits, just ask nine persons who last Friday, each received EC$1,000 from the telecommunications company...
Sayers wins his way to $20,000
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August 7, 2009
07.AUG.09 Everything came in twos for the latest winner of the Digicel Mad Money Promotions, when the third of five draws took place on Monday at the ...