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January 13, 2006
Sixteen Public Servants are now better equipped to handle the administering of the data bases within the Public Service. On Friday, January 6, they co...
New equipment at Golden Years
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January 13, 2006
The Golden Years Activities Centre of Canegrove is now better equipped to provide entertainment to its patrons. A DVD Player and Television set were d...
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January 13, 2006
Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Jerrol Thompson is promising that 2006 will be a big year for Information Communication Technology, ICT in this...
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January 13, 2006
More than 50 senior citizens started the New Year with a sumptuous, seasonal dinner organized by Bequia Rotary Club. The annual Christmas dinner was h...
Mr. Trigger Ridge is No.1 radio caller
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January 13, 2006
‘When the day comes', there is no better caller to interactive radio programmes than Zekiel “Mr. Trigger Ridge” Samuel. That's according to the ...
4 Officers mark 20 years on job
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January 13, 2006
Four members of the Royal St.Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force celebrated one of the finest moments of their careers last Tuesday night – thei...
Cingular customers urged not to worry
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January 13, 2006
Earlier this week Digicel announced their completion of the acquisition of Cingular Wireless in St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Speaking...
Forbes wins big Lottery jackpot
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January 13, 2006
The lone winner of last week Tuesday's $461,000 National Lottery Jackpot claimed her huge winnings last Tuesday at the lottery's office in Kingstown. ...
Industrial relations book launched
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January 13, 2006
One of the first publications launched this year has been by the St.Vincent Employers’ Federation. On Wednesday, January 11, at the Chamber of Indus...
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January 13, 2006
His Excellency Sir Frederick Ballantyne and wife Lady Ballantyne bid farewell to Taiwan's Ambassador to this country Her Excellency Elizabeth Chu in a...
Rotary Club presents Ambassador with plaque
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January 13, 2006
The Rotary Club of St.Vincent has thanked the Republic of China on Taiwan’s outgoing Ambassador to St.Vincent and the Grenadines, Elizabeth Chu, for...
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January 13, 2006
At least one Government Minister has decided to put his house in order from the inception of his administration's second term. Last Tuesday, Mike Brow...
Java village buried by landslide
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January 6, 2006
Scores of people are feared dead after more than 100 homes were buried by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Central Java, Indonesia. A local off...
Trapped miners die
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January 6, 2006
Initial reports indicated 12 had survived. Grief and anger replaced jubilation early Wednesday as mine officials announced that, despite earlier repor...
Simon called to  bar
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January 6, 2006
Another son of Vincentian soil had his call to practice law at the local bar recently at the High Court in Kingstown. Lennox J. Simon who originally f...
Moore wins NLA prize
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January 6, 2006
Ann Moore of Largo Heights was the lucky second prize winner of the National Lotteries Authority's Scratchy Win and Bling promotion. She was presented...
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January 6, 2006
On Tuesday, December 20, 2005, the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) was the recipient of an estimated $1, 100 000 of medical supplies from Canada....
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January 6, 2006
The Digicel Group announced on Wednesday that they and Research in Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) have added BlackBerry(r), a leading wireless ...
‘Wet’ is number 1 on Hitz FM top 100
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January 6, 2006
Orande "Bomani" Charles' hit "Wet" is number 1 on the 2005 Hitz FM top 100 Chart. This is the second consecutive year that the versatile singer has hi...
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January 6, 2006
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is fully committed to the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) and is now ready to sign on to it. This assurance ca...
Gonsalves: LIAT in need of US$10m.
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January 6, 2006
"LIAT is of strategic importance to St. Vincent and the Grenadines." These were the words of Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves at the first press co...
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January 6, 2006
Seven persons from varying fields of endeavour have received New Year's honours from Her Majesty the Queen. These awards were announced December 31st ...
The Year in Review October – December 2005
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January 6, 2006
• OCTOBER •Arnhim Eustace, Political Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) made a big confession. On Tuesday, September 27, thousands of NDP su...
The Year in Review July – September 2005
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January 6, 2006
• JULY • Less than two months after a 77-year-old woman was raped and killed in Kingstown, another elderly woman suffered a similar fate. On June ...
The Year in Review April – June 2005
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January 6, 2006
• APRIL • The April 1 front page told the story of the destruction by fire of the Barbadian main penal penitentiary and the fate of Vincentian pri...
The Year in Review January – March 2005
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January 6, 2006
• JANUARY • The year opened with the news that a Trinidadian citizen Mario Young had been appointed to head the National Commercial Bank. This app...
QM2 pays visit to Port SVG
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January 6, 2006
Given the warmth and hospitality extended to passengers of the Queen Mary 2 by Vincentians when they visited this country on December 28, Prime Minist...
Deputy PM is now Sir Louis
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January 6, 2006
When the Queen's new years honours list was read on New Year's Day, Sir Louis Hilton Straker became the fourteenth Vincentian born person to be awarde...
NDP boycotts first sitting of Parliament
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January 6, 2006
There is never a dull moment in the political life of St.Vincent and the Grenadines. And a perfect demonstration of this was dramatized last week Thur...
Japanese Volunteers take up duties in SVG
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December 23, 2005
A new group of Japanese Volunteers arrived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on November 30, joining the six Japanese volunteers who are already in pl...
Madame Chu turns Santa
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December 23, 2005
Many disadvantaged and needy persons will definitely be better clothed this Christmas season, thanks to resident Taiwanese Ambassador to St. Vincent a...
School for Special Needs marks 30 years
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December 23, 2005
The Kingstown School for Children with Special Needs celebrated their 30th Anniversary with a range of artistic displays in the classrooms at their an...
Karib Cable fly home friends
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December 23, 2005
On Friday, December 16, James Edwards (2nd from right) journeyed to the E. T. Joshua Airport to welcome home his sister Elorn (right) and her two daug...
Digicel brings goodies to Sandy Bay village
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December 23, 2005
A family of Sandy Bay now has more reasons to celebrate this Christmas Season and beyond. As their way of giving back to the community, Digicel donate...
CRD brings cheer to Milton Cato Hospital
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December 23, 2005
The Canouan Resort Development Ltd. (CRD) on Tuesday added to the Christmas cheer at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital when the developers handed over...