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Rats invade CW Prescod Primary School
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June 22, 2007
The students and teachers of the CW Prescod Primary School had to spend an extra week at home to prepare for their examinations due to the invasion of...
OECS celebrates 26th anniversary
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OECS celebrates 26th anniversary
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June 22, 2007
Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Dr. Len Ishmael, called on the territories to be a part of the public consultations o...
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Bush raises issue of Venezuela, Cuba
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June 22, 2007
President of the United States George W Bush has raised the issue of Venezuela and Cuba with the leaders of Caricom. According to Chairman of Caricom ...
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Journalists enhance skills
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June 22, 2007
More than 60 young journalists from three OECS territories have returned to their news rooms with enhanced skills which should enable them to function...
Bomb scare puts NCB on pause
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Bomb scare puts NCB on pause
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June 22, 2007
Operations came to a halt at the Kingstown branches of the National Commercial Bank (NBC), after a bomb threat was phoned in. The call came through th...
Youth shot, killed in Georgetown
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Youth shot, killed in Georgetown
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June 22, 2007
Nineteen-year-old Odinga Collins was asleep on the living room floor of his grandmother’s house in Mount Bentick, Georgetown, when he received a cal...
Bring your laugh and come!
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Bring your laugh and come!
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June 15, 2007
On Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 the Peace Memorial Hall will erupt with laughter and entertainment at the finals of Courts Comedy Challenge. Who will rei...
KBC celebrates 30 years of growth
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KBC celebrates 30 years of growth
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June 15, 2007
What stemmed from one man’s answered prayers continues to flourish, as the Kingstown Baptist Church (KBC) celebrates its 30th anniversary. Rev. Don ...
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SVG Police get computers
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June 15, 2007
The partnership which has been established between the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force and Holland College in Prince Edward Island, ...
GHS makes it four in a row
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GHS makes it four in a row
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June 15, 2007
The Girls’ High School has copped the RBBT Young Leaders Award of Distinction for an astounding fourth consecutive time, beating nine other schools ...
BROWNE IS 103
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BROWNE IS 103
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June 15, 2007
by Vanesta Murphy 15.JUN.07 “I live with Jesus, that is how I live so long” were the words uttered by Millicent Browne on her 103rd birthday 7th J...
Keisal Peters is the new president of VINSA
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Keisal Peters is the new president of VINSA
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June 15, 2007
Celebrating our past, embracing our future; VINSA 25 years and counting. This was the theme under which the new executive of the Vincentian Studentsâ€...
NYC Council honours Nelson King
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NYC Council honours Nelson King
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June 15, 2007
In commemorating Caribbean American Heritage Month in the United States, New York City Council, on June 7, honoured Searchlight United States Correspo...
Erica heads Regional Hot Pepper Association
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Erica heads Regional Hot Pepper Association
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June 15, 2007
by Karen Palmer 15.JUN.07 Erica McIntosh continues to turn up the heat by being named head of the Regional Hot Pepper Association. The local businessw...
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Stevenson elected president of the SVGSBA
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June 15, 2007
Marlon Stevenson has been elected president of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Small Business Association. At the inaugural meeting of the associat...
Students protest over ‘no graduation’
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Students protest over ‘no graduation’
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June 15, 2007
Some final year students of the Dr JP Eustace Secondary School held a protest on Wednesday against the school’s decision not to have a graduation ce...
CBN cashes in on auditorium
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CBN cashes in on auditorium
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June 15, 2007
The reclamation of this country’s history and culture has begun and the National Lotteries Authority’s (NLA) construction of an EC$1.5 million aud...
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PM: Zero-rated items list will grow
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June 15, 2007
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has given the assurance that the list of zero-rated items will be increased over time as his government continually ...
NIS hosts Social Security meet
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NIS hosts Social Security meet
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June 15, 2007
Directors of social security from 15 CARICOM territories gathered here this week, to discuss the issues and challenges facing social security in the r...
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Eustace: PM has too much security
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June 15, 2007
Dr Gonsalves’ security detail is too big for a Prime Minister of a small state like St Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} This is the view of Oppos...
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Strong rum coming back in two weeks
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June 15, 2007
The burning sensation of strong rum will be back in two week’s time so strong rum connoisseurs can relax after the close to five months of scarcity ...
Nine Vincentians to show off Vincy Flavours
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Nine Vincentians to show off Vincy Flavours
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June 15, 2007
A team of nine chefs and bartenders will leave the state tomorrow Saturday, June 16th to represent this country in the Caribbean Hotel Association’s...
Another small protest at Grenadines Terminal
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Another small protest at Grenadines Terminal
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June 15, 2007
A small but spirited protest broke out at the Kingstown Ferry Terminal following the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) protest march in Kingstown last Fr...
Three tie at top in Mathematics
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Three tie at top in Mathematics
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June 15, 2007
She isn’t sure about what she wants to be in the future, but right now Angelina Questelles is just enjoying being tied with Antonio Robertson and Ev...
Hard work pays off for Kemar Simmons
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Hard work pays off for Kemar Simmons
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June 15, 2007
Even though he is, at present, uncertain about his future career path, Kemar Simmons certainly has a bright future before him. The 11-year-old Troumac...
Two on top in General Paper
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Two on top in General Paper
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June 15, 2007
Ten-year-old Alrice Simmons is one of the happiest children on the Grenadine island of Bequia right now. On Monday, although she did not place among t...
Kasaini misses out on computer
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Kasaini misses out on computer
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June 15, 2007
Kasaini Culzac comes off as one confident 11-year-old who knows what he wants and exactly how he is going to get it.{{more}} Had he attained the first...