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Pro Vice Chancellor: Strive for greatness
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January 25, 2008
As the University of the West Indies celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, this country’s graduates have been urged to strive for greatness, an...
Eustace: 2008 budget more bogus than before
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January 25, 2008
A revision of the just implemented public service Reclassification Exercise means that the 2008 Budget will have to be revisited, and will, therefore,...
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January 25, 2008
25.JAN.08 November 2007 During the month of November, 2007, the Consumer Price Index registered a 0.4 percent increase. The ‘All Items” index stoo...
Business persons meet to discuss challenges
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January 25, 2008
The understanding that a number of issues: local, regional and international, are affecting various business places here in St. Vincent and the Grenad...
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January 18, 2008
One of this country’s peacekeepers found himself in a near death experience, when a trip to Argyle turned into an attempted robbery/murder.{{more}} ...
Barbados has new Prime Minister
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January 18, 2008
by ERIC SMITH 18 JAN.08 THE PEOPLE of Barbados Tuesday voted emphatically for change, sweeping the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) into office. And its ...
Inner Wheel breaks soil for play ground
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January 18, 2008
A ground-breaking ceremony for the children’s playground, formerly situated at Richmond Hill, was held on International Inner Wheel Day.{{more}} The...
Rotary International District Governor visits
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January 18, 2008
The District Governor of Rotary International, District 7030 says that despite some challenges in recruiting volunteers, money is not a problem with t...
Digicel winner to get $50,000
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January 18, 2008
18 JAN.08 Mobile telecommunications provider Digicel will make one lucky person $50,000 richer come today, Friday, January 18.{{more}} This spectacula...
Tribes Mas Band shows appreciation to Digicel
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January 18, 2008
18 JAN.08 Tribes mas band has shown its appreciation to Digicel for their support of culture in this country.{{more}} Band leader of Tribes Fernando S...
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January 18, 2008
18 JAN.08 MAGNA Rewards St. Vincent promotion for new customers took place during the period 23rd November to 9th December, and was drawn on January 8...
Loisha Norton is NIS’ Employee of the Year
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January 18, 2008
Loisha Norton led a list of 35 awardees that were honoured at the National Insurance Services (NIS) annual awards dinner last Saturday, January 12th. ...
US propaganda hurting Cuba – Ambassador
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January 18, 2008
American propaganda is responsible for the suspicion that some have of the Cuban political system, says the Cuban Ambassador to this country. In an ex...
Kidame loses 3-year battle with illness
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January 18, 2008
After years of suffering, Kidame Kingman will feel no more pain. The 13-year-old student died last week Friday, January 11th, at the Milton Cato Memor...
US Agents assist in counterfeit detection
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January 18, 2008
18 JAN.08 Law enforcement personnel and persons from various Financial Institutions in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be able to detect counterfe...
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January 18, 2008
She is still having flashbacks of the gun that was pointed at her head during her ordeal, but a Bequia businesswoman who was robbed last Tuesday is ju...
Biabou woman hopping mad over bloc-o noise
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January 18, 2008
PARTY ANIMALS Get police permission, set up a bar, hire a popular or even an ok Dee Jay, and a tidy night’s earning is yours. The problem is, howeve...
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January 18, 2008
There was a communication breakdown throughout the reclassification process, government officials have admitted. At a press conference last week to ad...
Cyclist donates to asthma group
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January 11, 2008
Following the death of her cousin due to an asthma attack in the United Kingdom in 2005, England-born Vincentian Gwnneth Hamilton decided to take matt...
U.S. donates books to KPL
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January 11, 2008
A donation of books written by classic American authors from the United States Government to the Kingstown Public Library is expected to boost reading...
New apartment complex opens in Prospect
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January 11, 2008
The “Landing At Prospect”, the newest apartment complex in St.Vincent and the Grenadines, is ready to open its doors to persons longing for the pe...
Ray Luck to perform at Peace Memorial Hall
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January 11, 2008
DISTINGUISHED GUYANESE concert Pianist RAY LUCK will perform a Piano Recital at the Peace Memorial Hall on Sunday, January 27, at 7:00pm.{{more}} This...
Model search: Who will answer the call?
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January 11, 2008
The Image Modelling Agency, along with Hairoun Beer, SVG Broadcasting Co-operation, Island Koncepts Inc, Grenadine House and Chawa’s New Millennium ...
Bonadie’s prize winners collect their bounty
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January 11, 2008
The elation on the faces of Rosalind Ryan and Donna Pierre showed as they came to collect their prizes won in the Bonadie’s Supermarket Christmas Ra...
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January 11, 2008
“BEQUIA ROCKS” starts today and goes on until January 26th at Devil’s Table and Moskito Beach Bar on Bequia. “BEQUIA ROCKS” was born last Ja...
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January 11, 2008
2008 has begun well for Vinsave and for the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Sector in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Forty young women enrolled in a ...
Digicel says – ‘Yes, I can’
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January 11, 2008
11.JAN.08 Digicel has pledged its support to the next Digicel Can Fest. With some 36,000 canned food items collected from patrons who attended the fir...
Teachers awarded for good service
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January 11, 2008
In celebration of the 105th anniversary of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU), 27 retired teachers were honoured last Friday at ...
Choppins man cries out for legal help
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January 11, 2008
A 67-year-old amputee of Choppins Village is wondering if there is any justice in St.Vincent and the Grenadines for him. Rudolph Harry lost his left l...
Coast Guard Officers receive certificates
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January 11, 2008
2007 was a special year for the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard, with 78 officers being trained in ‘Leadership and Motivation’.{{more}} ...
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January 11, 2008
Nine shots were heard, a man is believed to have been shot on his left foot, but police say that the man in question says he was cut by galvanize and ...
Police to step up security in Chateaubelair
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January 11, 2008
A spate of yacht robberies in Chateaubelair has caused the authorities to increase the number of law enforcement officers in the area.{{more}} Between...
UWI delegates on three-day visit
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January 11, 2008
A strong university presence was felt here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this week, as representatives of the different faculties from the three c...
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January 11, 2008
It might be a bit too early to call it a day, but Juliet George, President of the Unity Labour Party Women’s Arm, after having a successful run as l...