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Dr. Friday: Neglect should be punished
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September 9, 2005
Candidate for the Northern Grenadines Dr. Godwin Friday has claimed that the Unity Labour Party, (ULP) should be punished for neglecting the Grenadine...
Sir James: Pop the ULP balloon
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September 9, 2005
Former Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell took to the platform of the party he founded, the New Democratic Party (NDP) Saturday night to lend his suppo...
Matthews: Gunshots to put back elections?
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September 9, 2005
Addressing the New Democratic Party rally last Saturday night, North Leeward candidate Patel Matthews charged that there was no assassination plot on ...
Unity Labour Party stops Fountain gap
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September 9, 2005
This weekend the two main political parties hit the campaign trail again. It was, for the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), their first mass outi...
Universal Secondary Education begins
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September 9, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has described Monday, August 5, 2005, the day when Universal Secondary Education was put into effect in this countr...
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September 9, 2005
The National Insurance Services has launched a third publication entitled “NIS Made Simple for Schools.” The activity, at the Peace Memorial Hall ...
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September 9, 2005
Nine Layou parents are now equipped to make a better life for themselves and their families after completing an eight-week cake-baking and decorating ...
Daniel wants more North Windward teachers
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September 9, 2005
Montgomery Daniel, State Minister in the Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries Ministry, and parliamentary representative for North Windward, is concerned ...
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September 2, 2005
The Paget Farm Sports, Cultural and Environmental Organization (P. F. S. C. E. O) has been launched. The non-profit organization seeks to resuscitate ...
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September 2, 2005
Hurricane Katrina is thought to have killed hundreds, probably thousands of people in New Orleans, the city's mayor, Ray Nagin, has said. Nagin said t...
Isabella Thomas is 102
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September 2, 2005
The Thomas family of Bonhomme held a massive party last week Tuesday night, August 23, in honor of matriarch of the family, Isabella Thomas’ 102nd b...
Man found dead near China Town
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September 2, 2005
When the body of James Harry, originally from the North Leeward village of Rose Bank was found on the streets of Kingstown last Monday the exact circu...
PM cautious after death threat
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September 2, 2005
Vincentian Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has promised to be more cautious with his life as he told his party faithful about a plot on his life la...
Elderly man dies in house fire
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September 2, 2005
It has become a familiar pattern in the aftermath of many fires: twisted metal and galvanise, piles of ash, scorched walls and surrounding vegetation,...
Otis looking at Sports Medicine
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September 2, 2005
Once he is accepted to the Community College, he will be on course for a degree in Sports Medicine. His name is Otis Charles and that’s his ambition...
Barrouallie seventeen on Prime Minister’s list
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September 2, 2005
“We have 17 students on the PM’s list!” This, from an obviously exultant Glasley Lewis, principal of the Barrouallie Secondary School. Lewis was...
Goodluck for three students
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September 2, 2005
The Goodluck family, through their businesses Sweet Joy, Suzanne’s Hair Studio and Kismet Beauty Supply Outlet is assisting three students with thei...
Chemistry students achieve 100% passes
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September 2, 2005
The St. Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua, has again this year, achieved a 100% pass rate in Chemistry in the CXC Certificate of Secondary Education (CSEC)...
History tops among list of As
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September 2, 2005
History has topped the list of As among the A’Level results. And the results – six As for any one-subject area in the Community College this year ...
Calicia Charles is top performer
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September 2, 2005
Calicia Charles, a 16-year-old student of the Girls’ High School is the person with the best performance overall in this year’s CXC Certificate in...
Headboy heads boy’s list
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September 2, 2005
This country’s top male performer in the 2005 CXC CSEC (Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations is former head boy of the St. Vincent Gramm...
School Books Riding In
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August 26, 2005
On Monday, August 22, 2005, three businessmen came together to donate a quantity of school supplies. Creech Wood - Manager of Square Deal Shippers, Le...
Anesia graduates with double Master’s
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August 26, 2005
Anesia Richards may soon be a familiar name in the Tourism sector in this country. The 1998 Island Scholar graduated with a double Master’s from Eur...
Depression Therapy
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August 26, 2005
The Heritage Theatre Company of Grenada in association with Hairoun Theatre Company of SVG will be holding a two hour comedy show entitled: Ivan Roof-...
The Botanic Gardens
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August 26, 2005
The Botanic Gardens was founded in 1765, a mere two years after the British gained a firm foothold on St. Vincent. The gardens occupy approximately 20...
Botanic Gardens hits 240
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August 26, 2005
The Botanic Gardens, the oldest in the Western Hemisphere, celebrates its 240th anniversary this year. In keeping with this important milestone, a bir...
Kiwanis give to orphanage
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August 26, 2005
On Saturday, 13th August, the Kiwanis Club of Kingstown - SVG, extended its goodwill to The Bread of Life Orphanage in Fairhall by donating EC$1,000, ...
KCCU endorses education revolution
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August 26, 2005
Newly elected President of the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union Edmund Jackson is looking at his Credit Union members' children as being part of the...
GECCU playing big role in education
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August 26, 2005
The General Employees Cooperative Credit Union (GECCU) is into its 41st year. One of the planks of its operation has been assistance to secondary scho...
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August 26, 2005
Very soon the poor will no longer face a death sentence if they encounter kidney failure. "It is a painful business to have someone having a kidney fa...
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August 26, 2005
Russel Moore, a 31-year-old Electrician of Fair Home Gardens, Maxwell, Christ Church, Barbados, was on Tuesday, August 23, detained at the E.T. Joshua...
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August 26, 2005
One of the challenges of governments particularly in underdeveloped and developing countries is to reduce the number of persons living in poverty. It ...
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August 26, 2005
Cable & Wireless plc announced on August 16, that it has reached agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Chelys Limited ("Energis"). E...
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August 26, 2005
Digicel Group confirmed on Wednesday that it has been given clearance to launch a GSM network in the recently liberalized Eastern Caribbean island of ...
$1.7m. police station opened in Canouan
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August 26, 2005
A new $1.7 million police station was officially opened last Tuesday in Canouan, capable of housing 19 Police Officers: Six from the Fire Division, fo...
Caribbean Star giving miles 4 life
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August 26, 2005
Caribbean Star Miles 4 Life is an initiative that came out of the vision of the St.Vincent and the Grenadines Medical Association SVGMA, and local bus...
Technocrats back Argyle airport project
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August 19, 2005
Plans for the proposed International Airport at Argyle are being backed by two of the Government's top technocrats. On Tuesday, August 16, Dr. Rudy Ma...