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Literacy March, Rally
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Literacy March, Rally
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February 13, 2009
Last week Thursday, February 5, students and teachers of the CW Prescod Primary School marched through their immediate environs, as they sought to cre...
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St Lucia Music Awards to become regional
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 The organisers of the Saint Lucia Music Awards announced that the show will not take place this year as scheduled. Instead, organisers are w...
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COT Media Group Powers Into the Future
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February 13, 2009
The COT Media Group completes corporate re-branding efforts and launches a new company, creating a unique industry space using marketing automation te...
Four lucky winners in RBTT Christmas draw
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Four lucky winners in RBTT Christmas draw
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February 13, 2009
Four persons became richer instantly last Monday, as they were the lucky winners of RBTT’s Christmas promotion.{{more}} Susan John, of Calliaqua, An...
Vincentian recruit sails through training
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Vincentian recruit sails through training
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February 13, 2009
A 35-year-old Royal Navy recruit from St Vincent and the Grenadines is on course for a life at sea, after completing his basic training at HMS Raleigh...
LIME reconfirms EBITDA guidance for 2008/09
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LIME reconfirms EBITDA guidance for 2008/09
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 Richard Lapthorne, Chairman of LIME plc, in a press release, said: “Our two businesses are performing very much in line with our expectati...
Digicel starts the New Year giving cash
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Digicel starts the New Year giving cash
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 Following the successful promotion of its ‘Live Free’ campaign late last year, in which three Vincentians were rewarded with thousands o...
Beache: Tourism Authority long overdue
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Beache: Tourism Authority long overdue
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February 13, 2009
by J. Soso-Vincent 13.FEB.09 “Better late than never!” This is the view that Minister of Tourism Glen Beache holds on the introduction of the newl...
NIS head wants to see sidewalk ramps in city
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NIS head wants to see sidewalk ramps in city
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February 13, 2009
If the Head of the National Insurances Services has his way, the sidewalks and buildings in and around capital city Kingstown will soon be easier acce...
SVGNA hosts Women’s Health Week
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SVGNA hosts Women’s Health Week
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February 13, 2009
by Omesha Spence 13.FEB.09 “They have the information but they are not using it.” This is the conclusion of President of the St. Vincent and the G...
Defreitas Motors links with Magna
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Defreitas Motors links with Magna
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February 13, 2009
Defreitas Motors is the newest Magna card partner. {{more}} The company joined the discount card service, on Monday, February 9th, 2009, at their esta...
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‘Spirit’ attends global forum in Barcelona
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February 13, 2009
St. Vincent and the Grenadines was one of 50 countries represented at a global forum for producers of crops declared to be illicit.{{more}} Junior ‘...
Fine Arts, Film & Fashion Week ends
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Fine Arts, Film & Fashion Week ends
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February 13, 2009
by Viclene Matthews 13.FEB.09 The Fine arts, Film and Fashion Week came to a close last week Friday at the Peace Memorial Hall.{{more}} Minister of Cu...
LIAT to fly to Canouan from March 3
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LIAT to fly to Canouan from March 3
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February 13, 2009
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - Regional airline LIAT Tuesday announced that it would shortly commence scheduled services to and from the Island of Canouan. E...
Adelphi Secondary hosts Career Day
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Adelphi Secondary hosts Career Day
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February 13, 2009
by Viclene Matthews 13.FEB.09 The Adelphi Secondary School held its second Career Day last Wednesday, February 4, under the theme “Positive choices ...
Urban League urges gangs to settle feuds
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Urban League urges gangs to settle feuds
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February 13, 2009
It may be wishful thinking, but the Urban League of Ottley Hall and Edinboro is determined to foster unity between feuding gangs in the two communitie...
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T&T calls for Nurses
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February 13, 2009
Trinidad and Tobago desperately wants Vincentain nurses to work in their health care system, and the government is asking registered nurses who cannot...
Karib Cable launches ‘Triple Play’
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Karib Cable launches ‘Triple Play’
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February 13, 2009
The price of telecommunication services can be driven down further and the providers will still be profitable, according to Minister of Telecommunicat...
Chryste cops top CXC award
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Chryste cops top CXC award
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February 13, 2009
by J. Soso-Vincent 13.FEB.09 If Chryste DaSilva’s educational track record is anything to judge by, the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) award th...
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Hospital theft saga continues
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February 13, 2009
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has waved off the condemnation levied at him by the leadership of the Public Services Union (PSU) over remarks he ma...
Centuries old skeletons found at Argyle
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Centuries old skeletons found at Argyle
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February 13, 2009
Archaeologists working at Argyle may have made one of the most important finds in the Windward Islands within recent times when they unearthed three s...
Simmons: Ganja men complaining
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Simmons: Ganja men complaining
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February 13, 2009
Marijuana farmers in Chateaubelair have expressed concerns to Community Activist Andrew Simmons about the increased number of raids on their plantatio...
‘Copper’ George drowns at Rawacou
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‘Copper’ George drowns at Rawacou
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February 13, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2008, was just another ordinary day for Whitfield ‘Copper’ George - one that started with a few drinks of alcohol - by afterno...
Gold Adrian Award for SVG editorial
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Gold Adrian Award for SVG editorial
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February 13, 2009
The Ministry of Tourism’s Pubic Relations Agency in North America, Spring O’ Brien, has won the 2008 Gold Adrian Award at the Leading U.S. Travel ...
Blues Fest postponed
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Blues Fest postponed
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February 13, 2009
by Jamila Soso-Vincent 13.FEB.09 The 2009 Homecoming and Independence celebrations have gained an unlikely bedfellow - St. Vincent and the Grenadines ...
Beache marks 104th birthday
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Beache marks 104th birthday
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February 13, 2009
by Omesha Spence 13.FEB.09 Frederick Beache may just be the oldest man in the island as he celebrated 104 years of longevity on Monday, February 9, 20...
Love still in the air for Bullocks
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Love still in the air for Bullocks
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February 13, 2009
Love is not measured in years, but in moments. This adage is very true in the lives of Estelle and Lawrence Bullock of Calder.{{more}} Sixty years ago...
SVG on target to phase out CFCs
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SVG on target to phase out CFCs
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February 6, 2009
This country is way ahead of its December 2009 target in their efforts to completely phase out chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).{{more}} This was made possi...
Vincy Diaspora gets Homecoming update
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Vincy Diaspora gets Homecoming update
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February 6, 2009
By Sherrill-Ann Mason 06.FEB.09 In a pioneering dinner meeting held on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center ...
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Green Party to hold Obama March, Rally
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 The “socially conscious” SVG Green Party will hold a massive March and Rally in Kingstown on Friday, April 17, 2009, commencing at 1 p.m...
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World Wetlands Day celebrated in SVG
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February 6, 2009
The National Parks, River and Beaches Authority, in collaboration with the Forestry Department, Fisheries Division, Integrated Forest Management and D...