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March 6, 2009
The Millennium Bank will be audited in the next few weeks. This is according to a statement issued to SEARCHLIGHT by Executive Director of the Interna...
Police on hunt for Campden Park woman
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March 6, 2009
Police are on the hunt for 25-year-old Keithlyn Richards, of Campden Park. She is expected to be charged in connection with a fire in Belair on Februa...
Fire guts Buhlers Yachts Ltd
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March 6, 2009
Fire officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fire late Tuesday evening which completely destroyed the building housing Buhlers Yac...
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February 27, 2009
A new organization has been formed in the Sion Hill community.{{more}} East Side Connection has emerged out of an agreement between representatives of...
Petersville wins Brownie Public Speaking
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February 27, 2009
With a clean sweep of the top prizes, Aaliyah John, of the No. 7 Petersville Brownie Pack, claimed victory as the winner of the third annual Brownies ...
KPS hosts Reading Extravaganza
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February 27, 2009
The National “Hats off to Reading - celebrating the Gift” educational tour made a pit stop at the Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS) on Wednesday,...
NEMO hosts ‘Oil Spills Response’ workshop
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February 27, 2009
As part of on-going efforts to protect and preserve the marine environment from pollution, the Maritime Administration, in association with the Nation...
Leo Club gives IHS first Library books
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February 27, 2009
The Intermediate High School was the recipient of the first set of books for their new Library at the School’s General Assembly on Monday, February ...
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February 27, 2009
The recently instituted Elderly Support Benefit Programme is expected to cost the National Insurance Services (NIS) $5.8 million over the next 10 year...
Cancer Society opens thrift shop
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February 27, 2009
Persons visiting the number 15 shop in the George McIntosh Market can be assured that “It’s just between us.” This is motto of the Thrift Shop l...
Alexanders give back to SVG
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February 27, 2009
Victor Chester Peli never lived to see his dream come true. The native of Mayreau wanted to ensure that all children in his homeland received the oppo...
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February 27, 2009
by Omesha Spence 27.FEB.09 The students of the Fairhall Primary School have been encouraged to get to know their country and all the islands that make...
GHS students give to St. Benedict’s Nursery
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February 27, 2009
by Omesha Spence 27.FEB.09 If persons ever question the presence of angels on earth, they have to look no further. The girls of Form 1G Velox of the G...
Chateaubelair Methodist  students moved
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February 27, 2009
Students of the Chateaubelair Methodist School who occupy the lower wing have been evacuated after that part of the school was deemed unsafe.{{more}} ...
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February 27, 2009
The International Financial Services Authority (IFSA) will soon issue a statement about the offshore bank, Millennium Bank. On the heels of the allega...
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February 27, 2009
Lovers of the colour purple are in for a treat from the Aunt Jobe’s Market High Voltage Mas Band this carnival. The mas band, which is set to launch...
Vincy nurses for Spice Isle
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February 27, 2009
If all goes according to plan, the skills and quality care exhibited by local nurses would soon be experienced by patients in hospitals in yet another...
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February 27, 2009
Participants from thirteen Caribbean territories rounded up their final session of a five-day study visit to this country on Friday, February 20th, as...
Mark Darby: Stanford has no stake in LIAT
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February 27, 2009
LIAT has made it clear that Sir Allen Stanford has absolutely no stake in the regional airline.{{more}} “The Stanford Financial Group has no stake o...
Shawnelle tops in French competition
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February 27, 2009
Shawnelle McNichols, a grade six student of the Fairhall Primary School, was in winner’s row last week Friday when several schools from across the c...
Georgetown Secondary marks 10th anniversary
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February 27, 2009
Congratulations were the order of the day on Thursday, February 19, at the Georgetown Secondary School. With singing, poetry and steel pan music, teac...
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February 27, 2009
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Medical Association has written to Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves requesting a meeting to discuss allegations of...
Nedd marks 100 years
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February 27, 2009
Melda Nedd, the great-grandmother of Senator Saboto Caesar, is this country’s newest centenarian.{{more}} She celebrated her 100th birthday on Frida...
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February 27, 2009
Fourteen persons have received letters to enable them to obtain deeds and land titles for parcels of lands at Rose Hall. The letters were handed over ...
Cynthia Brereton gets her prayers answered
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February 27, 2009
When SEARCHLIGHT visited Cynthia Brereton at her new home in Clare Valley, she was comfortably enjoying the peace and quiet while it lasted.{{more}} S...
17 more Vincentians  get low income houses
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February 27, 2009
The 17 owners of the newest low income houses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines should consider themselves fortunate, considering the mortgage crises ...
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February 27, 2009
Consumers and consumer activists in Britain have been praised for their support for Caribbean Fairtrade bananas and urged to continue that support for...
UAE signs diplomatic ties with SVG
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February 27, 2009
The UAE and St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday, February 20th, signed a joint statement to officially establish diplomatic ties between the two ...
Pan Against Crime celebrates 1st year
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February 27, 2009
The Pan Against Crime programme, put on by the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, celebrated its first anniversary on Sunday, February 22, 2...
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February 27, 2009
Police have launched a man hunt for an Arnos Vale man who they say attacked two police officers with a cutlass on Monday, February 23, in the vicinity...
Eustace Integrity Motion gets thumbs up
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February 27, 2009
Persons hoping to serve this country in Parliament and in some critical positions in the state administration will soon have to meet the guidelines st...
‘Children must take first priority’
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February 27, 2009
Director of the Family Affairs Division, Cammie Matthews, is deeply concerned about the growing number of reported cases of child neglect and abandonm...