Relationship advice can be fraught with danger
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Relationship advice can be fraught with danger
EDITOR: Giving relationship advice is fraught with many dangers. Let me explain. Say Sharon approaches you and shares with you how horrible Gavin is t...
September 27, 2022
Your Account is Dormant, what does this mean?
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Your Account is Dormant, what does this mean?
This is definitely poor customer service. Making an account dormant is the last resort that any financial institution should take. When customers inte...
September 23, 2022
The Catastrophe of Plastic
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The Catastrophe of Plastic
Editor: The entire world is addicted to plastic. This addiction is crystal clear and it is very easy to find. Have a look at the condition of some of ...
September 23, 2022
Testing and generating hypotheses
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Testing and generating hypotheses
EDITOR: Students generate and test hypotheses in their ordinary everyday living. They make evaluations and judgments. They make decisions based on wha...
September 16, 2022
It is time to increase prayers for the nation
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It is time to increase prayers for the nation
EDITOR: Death is something we could never get accustomed to. Yet we are faced with death of loved ones so often these days. It reminds us of how fragi...
September 16, 2022
Working as one for the global good
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Working as one for the global good
Contributed by JAUSHIEH JOSEPH WU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY is confronting a number of unprecedent...
September 9, 2022
Create your own job
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Create your own job
EDITOR: CSEC, CAPE, Community College, Police Academy, University, and Technical Centers are all turning out students who may join the ranks of the al...
September 9, 2022
Too many kids on the streets begging
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Too many kids on the streets begging
EDITOR: Street kids are a norm it would seem in Kingstown. Far too many of them line the streets on a daily basis throughout the day begging. This to ...
September 9, 2022
The homicide rates across the region
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The homicide rates across the region
EDITOR: It is dreadfully disturbing to hear of the number of gruesome and senseless homicides across the Caribbean nations, including our own St. Vinc...
September 9, 2022
How far have we degenerated!
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How far have we degenerated!
EDITOR: I recently saw a very short, and therefore edited, clipping of a conversation between two people. In the conversation, (which I feel I must sa...
September 6, 2022
Too many children running away from home
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Too many children running away from home
Editor: Missing teens is a regular headline of late. The regularity at which teens go missing is cause for much discussion and concern. Thankfully in ...
September 2, 2022
Man O War – Child O War
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Man O War – Child O War
Editor: As a child growing up the Man O War was a most fearful vessel mainly because of its destructive power. More fearful though is the Child O War....
September 2, 2022
Re-employ teachers without preconditions
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Re-employ teachers without preconditions
EDITOR: I supported the government’s proposal to vaccinate all frontline workers, as protecting the community took precedent over individual rights. H...
August 26, 2022
For what are we building?
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For what are we building?
EDITOR: My great grand mother lived in a grass house. It was well laid out. There was another building nearby that served as a kitchen and a smaller o...
August 26, 2022
The tale of two ladies
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The tale of two ladies
EDITOR: An honest analysis and survey would show that many married couples are not happily married. It would also show that many are living together, ...
August 26, 2022
What is going on in this church today?
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What is going on in this church today?
EDITOR: I am kindly asking if I could be given a space in your newspaper, to speak to the nation. I am now 82 years old, and when I was 15 years old a...
August 19, 2022
Papa’s Last Fling
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Papa’s Last Fling
EDITOR: It was clear to all that the old man was no longer able to function as he used to. All the visible signs were there. His walk was no longer st...
August 19, 2022
Kudos to Miss G at UWI Open Campus
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Kudos to Miss G at UWI Open Campus
EDITOR: Permit me to write this short letter for publication in your next edition of the Searchlight Newspaper. I have just concluded my BSC in Manage...
August 19, 2022
If I were you…
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If I were you…
EDITOR: If I were you and I was Vincentian, I would for sure trust the science. Especially the science about little-known viruses that no one knows ab...
August 19, 2022
Whatever has been borrowed, put it back!
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Whatever has been borrowed, put it back!
EDITOR: I admire how the Bank Clerks put back the carbon paper into the booklet from which they wrote records of their transactions. Whoever uses it n...
August 12, 2022
West Indies cricket needs a rethink
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West Indies cricket needs a rethink
EDITOR: West Indies white ball cricket team has not yet returned the joy and smile on West Indian faces, for they are consistently loosing as if it is...
August 5, 2022
The family legacy
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The family legacy
EDITOR: We were royalty and we knew it. European blood flowed in our veins and we were proud to be associated with our Scottish ancestry. Being connec...
August 5, 2022
Leadership really matters
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Leadership really matters
EDITOR: “Everything rises and falls on leadership” is one of John Maxwell’s more popular quotes on the topic of leadership. For some, this has become ...
August 5, 2022
Open letter to the Boss
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Open letter to the Boss
Dear Sir/Madam, I came to your office and was not attended to in the small matter that was important to me. I know that you are a very busy person and...
July 22, 2022
Never take your party supporters for granted!
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Never take your party supporters for granted!
EDITOR: While I am not an expert in election analysis I would like to offer my two cents. We heard of the upcoming elections in St. Kitts and Nevis wh...
July 22, 2022
Such crudeness passes for carnival in SVG?
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Such crudeness passes for carnival in SVG?
EDITOR: A dear friend sent me a video of carnival activities on the streets of Kingstown. I watched it because I wanted to be as fair as possible in m...
July 15, 2022
The ball in in our women’s court
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The ball in in our women’s court
EDITOR: The intelligent, educated and development oriented capable and trustworthy women hardly need to have pointed out to them, the numerous factors...
July 15, 2022
Yes Papa, that is not true!
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Yes Papa, that is not true!
EDITOR:, 1. Setting the consent age at 15 years benefits the individuals. Those predators who take advantage of children are the ones escaping child m...
July 15, 2022
G7 Leaders show their true colours
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G7 Leaders show their true colours
EDITOR:The Group of Seven (G7) is made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom.These seven e...
July 8, 2022
Who would rein in these animals on the loose?
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Who would rein in these animals on the loose?
EDITOR: The current battle, war, or Special Military Operation is raging. There is no doubt that the war was started by the aggressor and accomplices....
July 8, 2022
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100 tax dodgers on the government’s radar
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100 tax dodgers on the government’s radar
Government will soon be moving to collect outstanding tax payment from defaulters. “We are going to be more aggressive about collecting,” Minister of ...
September 27, 2022

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Will a National Hall of Fame help?
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Will a National Hall of Fame help?
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, one of our biggest national heroes of the past, national football icon, captain and coach Rudy Boucher passed away in NewYork afte...
September 27, 2022
End of an Era, but will it be ‘Same Old’
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End of an Era, but will it be ‘Same Old’
BRITAIN’S SECOND Queen Elizabeth was conveyed to her final resting place yesterday, Monday, September 19 with unprecedented pomp, splendour and solemn...
September 20, 2022
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Untrustworthiness lubricates poverty
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Untrustworthiness lubricates poverty
EDITOR: When Vincentians reflect on the last twenty one and a half years of their lives and soberly examine the issues and factors which have fashione...
June 28, 2022
Why the church could not stop carnival
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Why the church could not stop carnival
EDITOR: Why did Covid-19 and not the church in St Vincent and the Grenadines temporarily halt carnival activities is a question I hope church leaders ...
June 28, 2022
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