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Gomea Methodist gets new facilities
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September 19, 2008
The Gomea Methodist School is the recipient of a new library, sick bay and counseling room. The facility was handed over to the school by the Gomea Gl...
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) will be conducting a survey of small and medium enterprises in St. Vincent and t...
Wilson wins Digicel Blackberry Bold
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Wireless email, organizer, browser, media player, expandable memory, built-in GPS. Those are just a few features available on the new Black...
‘Talk for 5’ customers win prizes
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Screams of joy and excitement were the expressions heard when six bMobile customers were contacted and told they were the winners for week ...
More Good Payers reap rewards from Courts
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 On Monday, September 15th, 2008, more customers were given the “thumbs up” for keeping their credit account up to date in the Courts Go...
Four welcomed to Digicel’s better life
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Last Tuesday, September 16th, saw four more persons rewarded as a result of Digicel’s “Welcome to the better life” campaign.{{more}} ...
Lucky Agnes Browne wins Courts prize
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Agnes Browne is the lucky winner of $5000 worth of jewelry compliments Courts St Vincent. She is the first winner in the Courts Accumulator...
Clubs should focus more on health issues
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September 19, 2008
A call has been made by Rotary District Governor of District 7030, Georges Nouh Chaia, for local clubs to embark on projects that would focus on major...
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September 19, 2008
The Organisation of American States (OAS) - the oldest regional organisation in the western hemisphere - marked its 60th anniversary at an event held ...
Judge slams poor Law Term turnout
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September 19, 2008
The poor turnout of Lawyers at the church service and special sitting of the High Court held to mark the official start of the law year will not impro...
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 The Ministry of Tourism will host the visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines of ten Dive Operators from the U.S.A. from Monday, 22nd Septe...
Planned parenthood holds graduation
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September 19, 2008
Nineteen parents, including one male, became graduates of the second St. Vincent and the Grenadines Planned Parenthood Association’s (SVGPPA) Assist...
New energy drink to be launched soon
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September 19, 2008
A guarana-based energy drink, made by Barbadian company ‘All Natural Beverages’, is set to be introduced on the Vincentian market, joining a host ...
In denial about HIV/AIDS, says US Ambassador
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September 19, 2008
Religious ideals are a key obstacle in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS in small countries like St Vincent and the Grenadines, believes Mary O...
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 During the month of August 2008, the Cool Riderz Motorcycle Club embarked on its Annual Back-to-School programme.{{more}} Members journeyed...
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September 19, 2008
A whopping EC$9.5 million in taxes is owed by some Lawyers practicing here.{{more}} The numbers were revealed by Attorney General Judith Jones-Morgan ...
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September 19, 2008
Three hundred dirt-poor citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines are in line for government houses, courtesy The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’...
New Taiwan volunteers arrive in SVG
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September 19, 2008
Before Shao-yi Wang dreamed of coming to St. Vincent and the Grenadines she had heard about the place - through blockbuster Disney movie Pirates of th...
Gwendolyn Jack celebrates 100th birthday
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September 19, 2008
A close look would not reveal that she has just celebrated her 100th birthday. But she has a birth certificate to prove it.{{more}} Gwendolyn Jack was...
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September 19, 2008
St Vincent and the Grenadines is better prepared for the challenges of trade liberalization from a revenue standpoint than Grenada or St Lucia because...
Taiwanese celebrate Mid Autumn Festival
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September 19, 2008
Nationals of the Republic of China on Taiwan residing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines came together over the weekend to celebrate their version of t...
Henry wants kidney dialysis facility for SVG
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September 19, 2008
Decent Henry is spearheading a mobilization effort to set up a kidney dialysis facility here. Henry, who has recently brought to St Vincent 13 dialysi...
PM: We can handle our own foreign relations
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September 19, 2008
Democracy in St Vincent and the Grenadines is strong enough, and our leaders are experienced enough to handle our foreign relations.{{more}} This was ...
Gym equipment to come in duty free
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September 19, 2008
It is now cheaper to burn those calories and lower that cholesterol level - gym equipment can now be imported into this country duty free. This announ...
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September 19, 2008
Soul-reaching gospel music and a packed auditorium guaranteed that last Sunday’s Seventh Annual Gospel Extravaganza in Brooklyn, New York, was a roa...
KIND Summer Camp comes to an end
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September 12, 2008
Approximately 30 children from several primary schools in and around Kingstown have been able to benefit from the teachings of this year’s Kids In N...
KPS celebrates 60 years
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September 12, 2008
The Kingstown Preparatory School (KPS), originally established to educate the children of the elite, has announced a list of activities intended to co...
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September 12, 2008
The Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC) has written to Caricom voicing its concern about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and reiterated it...
Law Enforcement Agencies should work closer
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September 12, 2008
This region is going to see increased activity in illegal drugs, and unless Eastern Caribbean countries want to see a situation similar to what existe...
‘Eat what you grow, grow what you eat’
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September 12, 2008
Come this October, the Richmond Hill Playing Field will take centre stage when the National Agricultural and Agro-based Industrial Exhibition (NAIE) t...
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September 12, 2008
The Tourism Development Project, which will see 18 tourist sites around the island upgraded, is said to be on course. Minister of Tourism Glen Beache ...
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September 12, 2008
On Friday, September 5, 1998, the school opened its doors to accept its first students. Since then, the school has made progressive strides in molding...
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September 12, 2008
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been commended by the World Bank for its Business-friendly reforms.{{more}} The Doing Business 2009 report, publish...