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Rastafari take a bold step forward
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August 5, 2005
The Church of His Majesty Ivine Order of Nyahbinghi's quest to establish a legal framework seems to have incurred the wrath of some sectors here. But ...
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August 5, 2005
Seven employees of Vinsave, including five section supervisors, are now participating in a 5-week In-House Training programme which started on June 22...
More Japanese Volunteers in town
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August 5, 2005
A new group of Japanese Volunteers arrived in St. Vincent recently on the heels of tropical storm Emily, augmenting the 5 Japanese volunteers who are ...
SVG Police officers step up the ladder
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August 5, 2005
A number of Police Officers have been promoted. Among them are Keith Miller and Ekron Lockhart. They have been elevated to the ranks of Assistant Supe...
Credit Union assists school students
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August 5, 2005
On Monday, July 25, five primary school students whose parents are members of the Barrouallie Co-operative Credit Union Limited, received Bursaries to...
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August 5, 2005
The Cuban Government is in the advanced stages of discussion with the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to establish a modern diagnostic ce...
George: Digicel innovation no rip-off
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August 5, 2005
"The first reason people go into business is to make money, the business that does not maximise its profit, will not survive." This was the answer whi...
C&W donates transceiver
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August 5, 2005
Cable & Wireless recently donated a Yaesu FT-857D transceiver with HF/VHF/UHF capabilities to the Rainbow Radio League (RRL). Donald DeRiggs, Executiv...
Sace offers SVG loan reduction
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August 5, 2005
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has dubbed his recent negotiations with Sace, the Italian agency that provided a guarantee on the EC$225 million lo...
Jamaicans on fam tour of SVG
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August 5, 2005
Four Jamaicans recently completed a successful familiarization tour to St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada and have rated these Windward Island...
Students get Cable & Wireless scholarships
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August 5, 2005
Marketing Manager, Nathaniel Mc Felia has encouraged Cable & Wireless C&W, scholarship recipients to pursue excellence. The five new students who rece...
WTO knocks EU banana regime
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August 5, 2005
The Banana industry is faced with a grave situation. On Monday, August 1, when Vincentians spent the day celebrating Emancipation Day, the World Trade...
Overland family finds some peace
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August 5, 2005
Two years ago Vincentian born Pamela DaSouza of Overland was brutally killed in the neighbouring island of Barbados. But though the void that her loss...
Makiyo receives monetary reward
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July 29, 2005
When the secondary school term begins September, Makiyo Fielder will find things a little bit easier. He received $700 Friday, July 15, at the Prime M...
Calypso monarch collects trophy
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July 29, 2005
Reigning Calypso Monarch Glenroy “Sulle” Caesar is proud of the calypso art form and is confident that it would grow. In a recent interview with t...
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July 29, 2005
Forty members of the Community College Heritage Club are attending The 21st Congress of The international Association for Caribbean Archaeology (IACA)...
Caribbean Sun, Star host travel awards
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July 29, 2005
Caribbean Star and Caribbean Sun Airlines hosted a Travel Agent Awards Dinner on Saturday night at The Pavilion restaurant to honour the travel agenci...
C&W launches Internet camp
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July 29, 2005
Cable & Wireless, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' leading Internet provider is providing approximately 200 students across the state with hands on exp...
Coast Guard youth programme in high gear
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July 29, 2005
Tomorrow, July 30, the second batch of students in the Coast Guard Youth Development Programme winds up its training. Some 40 participants in each bat...
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July 29, 2005
The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cadet Force facilitated the visit of cadets form the Barbados Cadet Corps from 22 to 28 July 2005. The visit was pa...
Queen’s Baton Relay making final rounds
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July 29, 2005
The Queen's Baton,the symbolic emblem used to unite participants in the Commonwealth Games, is making its final rounds through the Caribbean. The rela...
Cummings – NDP man in the West
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July 29, 2005
With a big yellow cardboard key in hand, the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for West Kingstown Daniel Cummings led his following to the Chamber ...
ULP off and running!
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July 29, 2005
The General Elections race has officially started and the Unity Labour Party (ULP) is off to an aggressive start. The Party staged its launching at La...
Police attend training course
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July 29, 2005
Superintendent of Prisons Eric Rodriquez has indicated that the days are over when officers were chosen for their brutish and muscular disposition. Ro...
NYC hosts one-day seminar
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July 29, 2005
President of the National Youth Council NYC, Michael Johnson, has urged young people to make a greater input into the process of constitutional review...
Group gives to Kiwani’s
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July 29, 2005
The Sion Hill Bay/ Bay Hill neighbourhood watch group made three donations on Tuesday. Cheques of $300 each were presented to the Kiwanis Club of King...
Neil excited over Diamond home
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July 29, 2005
Neil Woodley, a 23-year-old employee at the St. Vincent Brewery, suppressed his feelings in subtle ways last Tuesday evening. But there was an underly...
Union Island youth hopes for a miracle
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July 29, 2005
Last year, he thought it was a simple cramp that came on because of the intensity of his running. But Benjamin Ballantyne soon found out that the cram...
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July 29, 2005
Police investigators have two shooting incidents to solve. Philemon Olliver, an 18 year old clerk of Rivierre was shot in both legs around 9:30 p.m. l...
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July 29, 2005
St. Vincent and the Grenadines will establish an embassy in Cuba soon. So says Mike Browne, new Foreign Affairs Minister. “We will bring that into b...
Operation Miracle a big success
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July 29, 2005
As the clock struck 12:00, scores of anxious relatives peered at the skies above the E.T Joshua Airport last Wednesday in great anticipation of the ar...
Remembering the long, hard struggle
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July 29, 2005
From Sunday, July 31, a month long celebration of activities marks Emancipation observances here. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has its record of con...
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July 29, 2005
By Marlon Bute Reporting from Toronto A NEW INITIATIVE is expected to significantly boost St.Vincent and the Grenadines' economy in the coming months....
Watershed under watch
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July 22, 2005
Watershed Services received greater attention at the Third Meeting of the Caribbean Region Action Learning Group on Watershed Services and Improved li...
Stalwarts rewarded at Mas ceremony
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July 22, 2005
The curtains were drawn on Vincy Mas 2005 Sunday with a prize giving ceremony for winners at the various competitions. Culture and Tourism Minister Re...
Kingstown running out of parking space
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July 22, 2005
Kingstown is running out of parking spaces, and the situation is likely to get worse. That is, unless steps are taken to reduce the number of vehicles...