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Two shot in Dubois
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May 21, 2004
Two Dubois residents are nursing gunshot wounds after a shooting attack last Sunday. Saturday night had been a fun time for Shelly-Ann Mattis at the S...
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May 14, 2004
Watch what you eat. That is the advice being give by rastafarian sister Melvine Thomas after her shocking experience with peanut butter. Thomas says s...
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May 14, 2004
There were several miniature costumes on display during the launch of Vincy Mas 2004 at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce last Saturday designed by...
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May 14, 2004
The proposed ultra-modern prison facility earmarked for Belle Isle moved one step closer towards realization on Monday when a contract for constructio...
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May 14, 2004
Searchlight’s Lyf Compton is among media personnel from throughout the Caribbean who converged on Dominica this week for a print journalism- trainin...
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May 14, 2004
Understanding and satisfying your customers are essential for commercial success. Understanding one’s customers is so important that large corporati...
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May 14, 2004
Confronted with problems in staying in the skies LIAT over the weekend also had to deal with turbulence on the ground. The sacking of two of its senio...
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May 14, 2004
The Ottley Hall Inquiry has recommenced. But who are or have been to date the main players in this extremely complicated saga? The following is a brie...
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May 14, 2004
If Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves goes with his buoyant feelings at the moment Vincentians can find themselves going to the polls early. Last Mond...
Carnival 2004 officially open
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May 14, 2004
An appeal has been issued for pirates to allow local artistes to make money from their music during the 2004 Carnival season. Minister of Tourism and ...
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May 14, 2004
Sixteen trophies were presented Friday as the curtains came down on the 2004 Digicel SVG Gospel Fest. The second annual National Gospel awards ceremon...
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May 7, 2004
The sports department at the Technical College has received a cheque of $5,000 from Courts St. Vincent Ltd.{{more}} The company last week presented th...
Parliamentarians endorse Young Leaders
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May 7, 2004
The Girls’ High School Young Leaders have been given a stamp of approval from two of this country’s parliamentarians. {{more}} Tourism and Culture...
‘Life is a series of conflicts’
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May 7, 2004
Youngsters are exposed to conflicts in diverse areas, and there is no one way of dealing with such situations. How do people reach a level of consciou...
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May 7, 2004
Yes, sorry but I once again begin at Foreign Affairs as the following occurrence demonstrates in a real sense the importance of the need for us to pay...
Wild Tours with YOU in mind
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May 7, 2004
Picture this! Schools of dolphins frolicking in a warm sea, music, food and drinks of your choice, a beautiful hostess, a snow-white catamaran, an exp...
Twenty warders get Goodluck training
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May 7, 2004
Twenty warders are better equipped today to carry out their duties at Her Majesty’s Prison. The officers participated in a two-week training course ...
Lotto winners collect prizes
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May 7, 2004
As the count down to the National Lotteries Authority Set for Life narrows, three Vincentians have struck luck in the Monthly Consolation draws. The w...
Stubbs Primary gets new bathroom
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May 7, 2004
Students of the Stubbs Government School are now enjoying an improved lavatory system. This comes thanks to a University of the West Indies Distance E...
Rose Place kids get reading skills
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May 7, 2004
Twenty children from Rose Place are more efficient in their reading today thanks to a collaborated reading programme recently organised by VINSAVE and...
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May 7, 2004
FirstCaribbean International Bank has appointed Oliver Jordan to the position of managing director. Jordan, who resigned from his position as presiden...
Bishop’s College lass is Miss Teen Model
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May 7, 2004
Miss SVG Teen Model 2004 was a show with a difference. Unlike the ordinary queen shows where contestants compete in an interview section and pose in s...
Soon there will be Cuatro
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May 7, 2004
Grade 3 students of St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School now have an opportunity to learn to play the cuatro. The instruments were provided by the Venezue...
C.J. Daniel gives to St. Benedict’s
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May 7, 2004
At a presentation earlier this month, the St. Benedict Day Nursery and Infant Hospital received a donation from C.J. Daniel Services Inc. The donation...
Old School fete come back again
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May 7, 2004
One of the biggest fetes ever will be staged at the Victoria Park on Sunday night. That’s when the Old School Fete staged by popular entertainer Reg...
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May 7, 2004
Local drumming group Agape Drummers will represent this country at the Annual Grenada Drum Festival, which will take place from May 7-9 at the Sea Moo...
Papa San rocks Vincy christians
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May 7, 2004
Several young people across the state received a spiritual blessing last weekend at the Digicel SVG Gospel Fest 2004. The event, which was staged at t...
‘M’ laid to rest
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May 7, 2004
Mwata Wynne, the 25-year-old youngster from Old Montrose (Block 2000) who was slain in the prime of his youth on Thursday, April 22, was laid to rest ...
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May 7, 2004
The Ministry of Tourism and Culture is today in a celebratory mood, as the 2003 visitor expenditure figures released from the Eastern Caribbean Centra...
Insomnia: causing sleepless nights
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April 30, 2004
It is well known that some sort of bacchanal surfaces at carnival time. This year is no exception. A conflict is brewing between the Carnival Developm...
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April 30, 2004
“A watershed event.” “I never realized how much I didn’t know about the Tobago Cays.” “I hope that the Government is listening.” These w...
New welcome note at Cruise terminal
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April 30, 2004
“The people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines welcome you.” This is the first warm welcome cruise ship visitors will receive as soon as they arriv...