FORT LAUDERDALE, USA: St Vincent and the Grenadines star quarter miler, Kineke Alexander, is preparing herself secretly to become her country’s first-ever 400m female finallist at a major championships when she takes part in the event at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China, this summer. read more...

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BELFAST, Northern Ireland: The Leading Hotels of the World annual 2008 guide includes three hotel properties in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Raffles Resort in Canouan Island, Cotton House in Mustique and Petit St. Vincent Resort on Petit St. Vincent are the three properties to attain the prestigious title. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: The National AIDS Secretariat NAS, will recommence its highly successful Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) Road shows in Kingstown, the capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines, this week, as the country continues vigorously to pursue efforts to reduce and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade, Sir Louis Straker, will deliver the feature address on Thursday at the opening of a two-day seminar in St Vincent to sensitise stakeholders on issues relating to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph  Gonsalves, on Tuesday visited the emblematic Cuban National Ballet School, where students treated him to a performance. The performance included pieces of the classic, neoclassic and modern dance repertoire. read more...

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Balliceaux, the small Grenadine Island off the coast of St.Vincent, the scene of the 1796-97 internment of the Black Caribs (Garifuna) after their defeat by the British, and where thousands died due to mistreatment, disease, malnourishment and neglect by their captors, appears to have been sold to British investors. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves arrived at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Monday, where he was met by Cuban Government Minister Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, reported Granma newspaper. He told the press that he would be meeting with Cuban leaders. read more...

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The island of Saint Vincent and all the other territories in the Caribbean, the Americas and the rest of the world existed long before the Europeans decided to venture into these regions and colonise them. The Europeans have always defended their colonisation of these territories by saying these people were cannibals, read more...

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My name is Joan Gonsalves. My name is Joan Gonsalves. My name is Joan Gonsalves. My name is Joan Gonsalves. At last count I know of four Joan Gonsalves in St Vincent and the Grenadines; and SVG is but a speck on the planet we call earth. From what I know, Dr Gonsalves has five sisters. read more...

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LUTON, England: St Vincent and the Grenadines High Commissioner Cenio Lewis attended a special inauguration service to mark the Friendship Link between Luton Deanery and the Island and Archdeaconry of Saint Vincent. The service was held at All Saints’ Church, Luton, in England. read more...

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Here you go again, perpetrating these myths about education and wellness revolution and other things in St.Vincent and the Grenadines. Stop insulting your and other people's intelligence on these subjects. I will deal with the Wellness Revolution in my next installment. Let’s debate the issues. read more...

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I read a response by Ms Joan Gonsalves regarding the last email I submitted to your newspaper about the allegations of rape, sexual assault, and indecent sexual assault made by a police officer, and a lawyer against Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines. read more...

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Mr Lenford O'Garro, like many other letter writers and radio hosts, seems to be engaged in a debate of personalities. Sorry Len, I am not going down that road. I would rather debate the issues. Let me repeat, for the umpteenth time: Dr Gonsalves' matters were already in the court of law. read more...

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The sub-region has a new Regional Association for Heritage Protection as six OECS member states and two French Departments of the Americas launched the Regional Heritage Association (RHA) on January 29, 2008 at the Rex Resorts Hotel in St. Lucia. The RHA is a non-profit, non governmental organization. read more...

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“Lawyer Grahame Bollers has written to the Managing Director of Nice Radio, Douglas De Freitas giving him until Friday 25 April to issue a public apology to Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and pay $500,000, or face court action.” However, have they proven libel in this case? No. read more...

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Mr Mapp should listen to Cross Country or, worse, 'Nice Radio'  (mouthpiece for the opposition party). Every waking hour of the day Dr Gonsalves is tried on this radio station and is always found guilty by the announcers or their guest speakers. They will even try him probably if he sneezes. read more...

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Ms Margaret Parsons has turned to be a very unbelievable "Canadian human rights lawyer". It took less than two weeks for the credibility assigned to her (by the author and analyst of Letter From the Ground - Nice Radio, SVG) to evaporate into thin, thin air. read more...

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Dr Ralph Gonsalves has got to be the most unlucky homo sapien on Mother Earth. At least three women have come forward with serious allegations against this venerable gentleman regarding rape, sexual assault and indecent sexual assault to "slander" and "libel" Dr Gonsalves. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The OECS Secretariat has announced that on April 24 the Secretariat communicated to the Lord High Chancellor, Jack Straw, a recommendation for the appointment of Justice Hugh Anthony Rawlins, to the position of Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. read more...

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It is heartening to learn that the management of Cross Country radio has issued an apology to the Prime Minister and others in the Margaret Parsons/Junior Bacchus live interview matter. This writer maintains that such apologies only serve to address the legalities of such matters. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: Lawyer Grahame Bollers has written to the Managing Director of Nice Radio, Douglas De Freitas giving him until Friday 25 April to issue a public apology to Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and pay $500,000, or face court action. In his letter to De Freitas, Bollers stated that on Wednesday April 16... read more...

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CORNWALL, England: Two recruits from St Vincent were among the latest group of Royal Navy trainees to successfully complete initial training at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall. During a nine week intensive course budding Logisticians Shemekar Bowens, aged 21, and Justin Simon, aged 23, have learned the basic skills. read more...

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HIGH WYCOMBE, England: Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) addressed Vincentian nationals, friends and other interested parties on developments in SVG, at Buckinghamshire New University in High Wycombe, followed by a question and answer session. read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent: If Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, is allowed to have his way, the Garifuna and all Vincentians may soon lose the right to visit Balliceaux . This small island, which is located on the south-east coast of St Vincent was the scene of the internment of the black Caribs. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The people of Union Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are enhancing efforts towards reducing unsustainable livelihood practices as well as negative impacts on an environmentally sensitive area identified as the Tobago Cays Marine Park (TCMP). read more...

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My name is Allen McGillivray and I live in Red Deer Alberta, Canada. My best friend is Mathew Llewellyn, the owner of Buhlers Yachts in Calliaqua, St. Vincent. My father had the privilege of meeting Mathew in 1963 when he was working in St Vincent on the deep sea port in Kingstown. read more...

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For the second time in less than three months, as a citizen of St Vincent and the Grenadines and in my lifetime, I am truly ashamed of the legal system and leadership of St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Director of Public Prosecutions dismissed a second lawsuit against Prime Minister Ralph E. Gonsalves. read more...

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The phantom Mr Cyril Michael struck again attempting this time to introduce a few red herrings and peripheral issues to distort the real issue at hand, and to divert attention from the fact that Dr Ralph Gonsalves has been the beneficiary of discontinuances by the DPP in St Vincent and Grenadines. read more...

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Once again another young Vincentian has come forward with allegation of sexual misconduct against the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph E. Gonsalves and once again the chief puppet master or puppeteer of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph E. Gonsalves, has pulled the strings. read more...

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I am more than perplexed at the deafening silence of the Bar and Human Rights Associations in this fair state. They have remained silent on the issue of comments made by senior lawyer Bayliss Frederick, on a radio talk show about a conversation he had with fellow legal practitioner Parnell Campbell, QC. read more...

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