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Andrew Cummings is Queen’s Counsel
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March 7, 2008
Andrew Cummings has become the fifth Vincentian lawyer to be appointed a Queen’s Counsel, and will trade in his cotton robe for silk.{{more}} Cummin...
Oncologist makes bold prediction
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March 7, 2008
Marijuana smokers are at a greater risk of developing cancer than other types of smokers. Dr. Carl Niamatali, a Medical Oncologist who heads the Grena...
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March 7, 2008
The leadership of the St Mary’s Roman School came in for much bashing on daytime talk radio programmes this week. This, after a class of grade six s...
Pan Against Crime goes to Chateaubelair
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March 7, 2008
07.MAR.08 The “Pan Against Crime” programme moves into Chateaubelair this Sunday, March 9, 2008. The concert will be held at the Chateaubelair pla...
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March 7, 2008
It was described as “a little picong” by the Prime Minister, but Sir Louis Straker got personal as he attacked Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eus...
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March 7, 2008
07.MAR.08 The National Workers Movement (NWM) has won the right to represent the workers at the Marriaqua United Friendly Society and the National Lot...
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March 7, 2008
Magistrates now have the power to award up to $15,000 in both contract disputes and civil action suites, in what government describes as a show of con...
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March 7, 2008
An investigation into the work done by police officers who investigated the Glen Jackson murder case has been launched, Commissioner of Police (COP) K...
PM pleased with the 2007 IMF report
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March 7, 2008
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is celebrating what he considers to be a very positive 2007 report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).{{more...
93-year-old Bishop claims holy powers
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March 7, 2008
by Viclene Matthews 07.MAR.08 “Sardo, you done become a doctor,” Conrad Cleophas Sutherland was told by someone who noticed his curative powers. H...
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 The Rotary Club South, International Hospital for Children (IHC) and Ministry of Health partnership completed one of their biggest Clinics o...
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February 29, 2008
Cable & Wireless - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Limited announced this week the launch of its New Style Bill. According to Chief Financial Officer, ...
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 LIAT advised on Tuesday that there are disruptions to the airline’s service and it is working resolutely at solving the problems as quickl...
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 JANUARY 2008 During the month of January, 2008, the Consumer Price Index registered a 1.3 percent increase over the month of December 2007. ...
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February 29, 2008
Ancient African history comes alive this year again for Vincy Mas, when High Voltage Mas Band takes us back with their 2008 presentation ‘Myths and ...
Digicel rewards its top phone card resellers
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 Digicel, the fast growing mobile telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, has rewarded the top phone card re-sellers for 2007 with mone...
Carr is SVGS Junior school Reading champ
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February 29, 2008
The St. Vincent Grammar School has completed its Junior school (Forms 1, 2 and 3) Reading Competition. The competition, a major activity on the annual...
Lodge Village takes hats off to reading
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February 29, 2008
Whether it’s through story telling, science, songs or jingles, the students of the Lodge Village Government School made the point in their Reading E...
Dental assistant claims he was shot by police
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February 29, 2008
A 24-year-old dental assistant at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital is claiming that he was shot by police on February 16, 2008, and the bullet is sti...
ICT Programme Launched
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February 29, 2008
In the view of Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, “The European Union (EU) is arguably our most important strategic partnership for developmental as...
ULP launches its FM radio station
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February 29, 2008
Stepping to the speakers’ podium to the song ‘No One’ by pop singer Alicia Keys, and serenaded by the hundreds of supporters there to witness th...
NDP calls on church leaders to speak out
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February 29, 2008
Church leaders have been criticized over their handling of the rape allegations that have been levied against Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves by a f...
Pan Against Crime campaign gets going
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February 29, 2008
A preacher has warned against what he calls the littering of the mind, as he made the point that things like the movies watched and the music listened...
Bomb threat clears School of Nursing
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February 29, 2008
The routine sounds of shouts and orders from drill sergeants and recruits at the Old Montrose Police Station were interrupted earlier this week by the...
UNESCO sponsors Photovoltaic Project
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February 29, 2008
The Division of Technical and Vocational Education of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College has commissioned a UNESCO sponsored Photovo...
Judge rules alleged oral statement inadmissible
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February 29, 2008
Now that the case against Francis “Prickle” Williams has been discontinued, the question being asked is “Who killed Glenn Jackson?”{{more}} Wh...
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February 22, 2008
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Youth For Christ, Vermont Miracle Tabernacle, and the New Life Music Ministries will host their 7th Annual National...
CPO: Do away with stigmatization
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February 22, 2008
A top official at Her Majesty’s Prisons has called for the end to stigmatization against persons who have been behind the walls, after they leave th...