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Texaco threatens to withhold gas
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February 10, 2006
The Government is being held to ransom! Tomorrow its representatives are expecting to be back in negotiations with TEXACO as the last meeting was inco...
Speaker of House – a full time job!
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February 10, 2006
$38,736! This is the correct amount by which the salary of the Speaker of the House of Assembly has been increased. Since last week several figures ha...
New converts take bold new step
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February 3, 2006
The waters at Villa Beach are literally blessed every weekend as the area has become a popular venue for Water Baptism. Last Saturday morning was one ...
Sister Jacinta: Be an example
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February 3, 2006
The Young Leaders of St.Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua will be targeting the youth this year, encouraging them to abstain from sex and desist from abusi...
Coretta Scott King is dead at age 78
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February 3, 2006
Coretta Scott King, who surged to the forefront of the fight for racial equality after her husband Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, has di...
Two win laptops in NCB 2nd draw
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February 3, 2006
The National Commercial Bank (SVG) Ltd. has announced the names of the two lucky winners for the December draw of their Christmas Loan Sale. The two l...
Comblen donates painting
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February 3, 2006
"Children's Story" or "Is it a bird, is it a cat? is the title of a painting by local artist, Cécile Comblen. The framed artwork was donated to the p...
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February 3, 2006
by Jonathan Ashby Rock star Mick Jagger and American designer Tommy Hilfigur are among the multi-millionaire rank and file on Mustique who are opting ...
C&W announces Valentine’s special
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February 3, 2006
Cable and Wireless launched its Valentine’s Promotion on Wednesday 1st February, 2006. The promotion will span every line of business, but according...
Questelles man dies in road crash
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February 3, 2006
A sudden surge in the number of road deaths has spurred a debate in this country's House of Assembly on the issue of more stringent measures to ensure...
Sailor dies in another road mishap
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February 3, 2006
The local constabulary on the Northern Grenadine Island of Bequia wants to determine the cause of Eversley Cudjoe's death. First reports are that he m...
SVG marches for peace
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February 3, 2006
Words alone cannot begin to describe what transpired at the Victoria Park last Sunday, January 29, as showers of praise, blessings and thanksgiving sw...
PM to receive CGID Prize in New York
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February 3, 2006
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is expected to travel to New York tomorrow to receive the Caribbean Guyana Institute of Democracy (CGID) prestigiou...
Kenisha gets keys to her ‘Pimp Ride’
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February 3, 2006
She's too young to drive, and she can't even reach the brakes or steering wheel comfortably, but 11-year-old Kenisha Hannaway is now officially now th...
Longer wait for OECS
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February 3, 2006
Six members of Caricom on Monday formally signed a protocol to establish a single market, with urgings that they push ahead to their 2008 deadline for...
Six countries sign on to CSME
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February 3, 2006
by RICKEY SINGH in JAMAICA Its operation was ceremonially legalised Monday, January 30, with the signatures of a dozen member states of the region at ...
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February 3, 2006
Attempts to settle a potential industrial dispute surfacing at the Ministry of Transport and Works are expected to go into high gear today, Friday, Fe...
Two workers’ unions set for another clash
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February 3, 2006
It may be a question of back to roots. That's the scenario that is looming at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Port Authority. The Commercial Techni...
O’Neal ejected from  Strangers’ Gallery
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January 27, 2006
A rare occurrence took place in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, January 24. The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hendrick Alexander, asked Ivan Oâ€...
Cosmus Cozier honoured in USA
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January 27, 2006
by Nelson A. King in New York St. Vincent and the Grenadines' New York Consul General Cosmus Cozier was honoured last Sunday on the Rev. Dr. Martin Lu...
Crispin gives back to the community
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January 27, 2006
The Evesham Methodist School held a handing over ceremony on Friday, January 20, 2006, as part of the school's efforts to encourage partnership with t...
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January 27, 2006
This week, the local Honey Industry benefited from the visit of another consultant of the Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean an...
Breathalyser tests for drivers coming?
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January 27, 2006
This country may soon introduce breathalysers for checking the level of alcohol in seemingly intoxicated drunk drivers. This was announced at the laun...
Paying attention to our addictions
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January 27, 2006
Executive Director of Prevention of Alcoholic and Drug Dependency (ICPA), Dr. Peter Landless, has called on the Caribbean to pay greater attention to ...
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January 27, 2006
The smoke has finally cleared with regard to the recent impasse at the National Youth Council. All matters seem to have been resolved in a most profes...
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January 27, 2006
The December 7 General Elections are over but the fight is still on. Earlier this week both Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and Opposition Leader A...
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January 27, 2006
An investigation is to be undertaken to look into situations where persons may have acquired Vincentian citizenship illegally. Prime Minister Dr. Ralp...
Kenisha will get her Hairoun Pimp Ride
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January 27, 2006
The long wait to see if Kenisha Hannaway was indeed the winner of the “Pimp My Hairoun Ride” competition is no more. Kenisha’s mother, Salome Ha...
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January 27, 2006
Despite a weak tourism performance and declining agricultural output the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) recorded an estimated 4 per cent grow...
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January 27, 2006
The Business Model is a way of doing business that more and more businesses will have to work towards in an era that calls for entrepreneurs and busin...
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January 27, 2006
Cutting red tape and boosting innovation across the European Union will be top priorities when Germany takes on the EU presidency in 2007, Chancellor ...
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January 27, 2006
The public debt of St. Vincent and the Grenadines currently stands at almost one billion dollars. This disclosure was made by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph...
Eustace: Worst budget ever!
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January 27, 2006
Opposition Leader, Arnhim Eustace is of the opinion that this budget is the “worst budget ever” presented insofar as content and forming the direc...
Value Added Tax by next year
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January 27, 2006
“We are not reinventing the wheel. It will be a challenge, but we should be able to do it (implement Value Added Tax, VAT) and do it efficiently wit...
2006 a challenging year, says Sir Dwight
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January 27, 2006
Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, Sir Dwight Venner has predicted that the year 2006 will be one of the most defining periods in the liv...
US medical specialist team on working visit
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January 27, 2006
Vincentians have been experiencing the generosity of a group of good Samaritans from Richmond, Virginia, US during this week. The six-member specialis...
Man killed months before wedding
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January 27, 2006
There are many tales of love and tragedy but never in her wildest dreams did Suzanne Williams of Redemption Sharpes envisage her romance ending in mis...
SVG, Antigua flour war still unresolved
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January 27, 2006
While St. Vincent and the Grenadines and other OECS member countries prepare for their inclusion into the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) b...