Editorial

A few years ago, a sign was unveiled at the area formerly known as South River Road, and the area proudly renamed "Heritage Square". The intention beh...

Proponents of the regional integration movement must have been disappointed on Monday to hear that the member states of the Organization of East Carib...

As we discuss the merits and demerits of Prime Minister Gonsalves' 2006 Budget, there is no denying that we are indeed facing difficult times as a nat...

Last Saturday night a candlelight vigil was held just outside the Customs building in the Upper Bay Street area. The vigil was held in remembrance of ...

The first phase of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) came into being on January 1, with six countries meeting all the necessary criteria an...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sir Louis Straker announced on Tuesday that Taiwan's Ambassador to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Elizabeth Chu will be wr...

Vincentians are passionate about their politics. That much is clear. We put our hearts and souls into it. However, as we count down to the big day, we...

Normally when we speak of elections being free, we are referring to the freedoms inherent in the electoral process. Such freedoms include the freedom ...

The Code of Conduct for St. Vincent and the Grenadines' General Elections was signed on September 16 by Louis Straker on behalf of the Unity Labour Pa...

Let’s face it, one of the main attractions of political meetings is the political picong. Besides wanting to hear the issues debated, we go to hear ...

At this time of Independence, amidst all the celebrations, parades, speeches, shows, parties, special school programs and picnics, it is important for...

It is perhaps a sign of our maturity as a nation that on the eve of our 26th Anniversary of Independence, we are dispensing with legislation that soug...

The issue of the integrity of the voters' list has been a hot topic of debate on the local talk radio circuit ever since the lists were posted two wee...

This week we publish the first half of a thought-provoking article by Dr. Malcolm Grant, a Vincentian physician living in Barbados. Dr. Grant's thesis...

This Wednesday, our nation laid out the red carpet to welcome His Excellency Chen Shui-Bian, the President of China on Taiwan. He heads a country that...

Last week saw world leaders delivering reports on the progress their respective countries had made toward achieving what are called the Millennium Dev...

On Sunday last, two peoples of two continents commemorated two acts of extreme brutality against their countries and their peoples that coincidentally...

There had been much hype all throughout this year about the march toward the attainment of Universal Secondary Education and Monday marked the beginni...

This week saw the Prime Minister rewarding students of the St.Vincent Community College who had been successful at the A’Level examinations with gif...

Partnerships have always been an integral part of foreign relations in St.Vincent and the Grenadines. Throughout our history we have fostered relation...

Last April 2004, the Medical Association staged their fourth Annual Health Fair under the theme: "Road safety is no accident." Speaking at the Fair, M...

The logic underpinning the decision to construct an international airport here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is so compelling that not even the Op...

Monday's ruling of the Arbitration Panel, set up by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to examine complaints by nine Latin American nations against th...

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None, but ourselves can free our minds.” – Bob Marley, Redemption Song. "The lizard that jumped from...

The free press is an essential part of our life, as we know it. It is the "eyes and ears" of the general public, the oxygen which keeps our democracy ...

When Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz declared in the 1980s that the external debt of developing (he called them “underdeveloped) countries was unpa...

The National Literacy Crusade finally got off the ground on Monday of this week with the commencement of the programme in Zone 4, which includes the S...

The 2005 Carnival is well on the way and the response by patrons has been overwhelming. It points amazingly to an indication that there must be dispos...

Sister Pat has transcended. It’s always difficult to say goodbye to a mother, sister and friend, but this week, many persons here in St.Vincent and ...

The West Indies Cricket Team came to the Arnos Vale Playing Field this Wednesday and once again flattered only to deceive. Many Vincentians had flocke...

Are we all making too much of last week's Cabinet reshuffle? When Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves announced last week several changes in Cabinet po...

This week provided an interesting demonstration of diplomacy involving St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Taiwan on the one hand and this country and ...

General elections are constitutionally due by July 2006, but if one listens to the tenor of some radio talk shows, one could be fooled into thinking t...

These past two weeks have seen raging debate over proposed increases in minibus fares on one hand and on the other by the rising cost of electricity s...

Three events took place in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last Wednesday which have far- reaching economic, political, social, and indeed, development...

The furore created this week over the approach being taken to the Enumeration exercise gives a good indication of just how contentious the next genera...

March 14 saw another National Heroes’ Day being celebrated here across the nation with multiple activities. At the top of the official list was the ...

By the time this editorial is printed, a resolution should have been arrived at in the crisis which has engulfed West Indies cricket. This week has se...

Two years and two weeks after the launching, the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), established by a Parliamentary Resolution passed unanimously ...

The politics of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and St. Lucia has had its similarites over the years. Not least among them was the fact that the longes...

When CARICOM leaders deliberate this weekend in Suriname, one of the foremost issues they must be dealing with is the future of the Caribbean Single m...

This week’s launching of the HIV AIDS Prevention and Control Project is timely and could not have come too soon. In the battle against this deadly s...

It seems as though where bananas are concerned, there is little or no peace for us in these normally tranquil islands. For over a dozen years now the ...

This week, the Governor of the East Caribbean Central Bank Sir K. Dwight Venner addressed member states of the OECS and the East Caribbean Currency Un...

Twenty-five years after this country first sent students to pursue tertiary education in the Republic of Cuba, our Prime Minister has returned from a ...

These past weeks have seen several people being honoured by their peers and by their home governments. On December 30, Sir Vincent Beache was feted by...

The year 2004 ended with the tragic Indian Ocean tsunami disaster where the death toll is past 150,000 and rising. This tragedy has saddened the world...

The Christmas period has come and brought with it the usual mad rush as many of our citizens get caught up in the moment. It is tradition that Vincent...

Police Commissioner William Harry this week sought to assure the nation that this is still a safe country, notwithstanding the alarming rise in murder...

For a long time now it has been said of politics in St. Vincent and the Grenadines – most of the rest of the Caribbean in fact – that there are no...

Debate on the 2005 Estimates will intensify next Monday when the House of Parliament meets. But, given the political volatility which the impending ge...

Today, the refurbished Rose Hall Police Station will be commissioned; yesterday, it was the Kingstown Bus Terminal and last Monday, the focus was on t...

This week two Vincentian public servants are being laid to rest while their families mourn. Both have been pubic servants, but died in very different ...

This Wednesday saw the beginning of an attempt at people empowerment with the official opening of what has been named the George McIntosh Community Ma...

This past weekend, local security forces were out in full as they began a renewed crackdown on crime. This came hot on the heels after an announcement...

Though we had expressed concern about the slow start to activities leading up to the celebration of this national 25th Anniversary of Independence we ...

Before all, let us wish a happy 25th Anniversary of Independence to the People of this nation. At this time of celebration, it is customary to hear a ...

Our men and women in uniform, those who dare to undertake tasks which many of us frown on, many times criticize, and so often do not give due recognit...

The Constitutional Review Commission launched its second booklet this Wednesday at the Methodist Church Hall in Kingstown with addresses from the Prim...

“For everything its season, and for every activity under heaven its time: []…a time for mourning and a time for dancing…” – Ecclesiastes 2-3...

Recent events have forced most of us to reflect upon the nature of hurricanes. We now know that a category 2 hurricane can uproot bananas, a 3 grade c...

These past two weeks have demonstrated to us in this Caribbean civilization two things very clearly: just how vulnerable we are to the forces of natur...

After several decades of luck, the land of the blessed, as we oft times refer to this country, finally took a hit from a hurricane as "Ivan The Terrib...

Blood drained down a sidestreet at Lowmans Hill Tuesday night, just as it had at Sion Hill only one week earlier. And once again another young man’s...

This week saw this country welcome home one of our own, in a big way recognizing this boy-next-door turned international superstar Kevin Lyttle. For a...

This editorial is being written at the same time that our country must be agonizing over the 2-0 defeat of our Vincy Heat soccer team in their World C...

This week the Vincentian public was surprised by a quarrel that broke between some of the major partners in the field of education here. Surprising it...

Earlier this week the ‘Land of the Blessed’ was visited by Tropical Depression Two and luckily for us there were no major hiccups. The main area a...

Activities to mark Emancipation Month kick off this Sunday. A series of events are planned under the theme, ‘Understanding our past, shaping our fut...

Former calypso King, Errol ‘Age’ Rose, in one of his 2004 compositions made a plea “to keep politics out of carnival.” As farfetched as that m...

Moving into one’s own home is always an occasion of pride and joy for the occupant. It exudes a sense of satisfaction and feeling of accomplishment....

Our Editorial of last edition paid homage to the prowess of our Carnival masmen and the high quality of their productions. This Carnival Day, they pro...

We are well into the reign of the Merry Monarch King Carnival, and we must make one observation. There seems to have been, thus far, a very lukewarm r...

The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is mandated by our constitution to prosecute the Criminal Law. Essentially, the D.P.P is entrusted w...

The Calypso season is fully with the judging of the preliminaries all this week long. That process had started in Brooklyn, that adopted North America...

This week, this country played host to perhaps the first International Conference on Bananas ever convened in the region. But the importance of this f...

Fish and banana is a favourite dish of many Vincentians, though regretfully if not enough of us. Coincidentally in the space of 10 days two major even...

Our multi-island nation this week plays host to the 39th Meeting of Heads of Government from sister members of the Organization of East Caribbean Stat...

One week has gone by since Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves announced the change of heart by Palm Island Resorts Ltd. on their proposed management o...

Media took the spotlight this week and saw practitioners being subjected to heavy criticism by some noted intellectuals who now command high positions...

May 1, May Day, has been the traditional day of triumph for the working class. Where the dreaded long hours of exploitation and servitude to the rulin...

With that storm (in a teacup?) out of the way, over the use of a colloquial expression, it may be fitting for us to turn to another colloquial express...