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Honouring Troumaca, Remembering Wilf Slack
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September 30, 2011
Fri, Sept 30. 2011 Editor: The Parish of St. David was alive and humming with cricket activity over the last several weeks, with teams from all the vi...
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Venold Coombs and leadership
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September 30, 2011
Fri, Sept 30. 2011 Editor: Venold Steve Coombs has vanquished his contenders Michael John and Patrick Horne who competed with him for the presidency o...
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The Registry Department – another time
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September 30, 2011
Fri, Sept 30. 2011 Editor: I have seen the good, the bad and the difficult times at the Registry Department. I was in the Registry Department on Septe...
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Delinking Caribbean Economies
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September 30, 2011
by Nilio Gumbs Fri, Sept 30. 2011 The argument that the Caribbean must delink from its traditional trading partners and seek to promote greater links ...
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Who owns the Olympic House?
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September 30, 2011
Fri, Sept 30. 2011 Editor: The Sporting Public of SVG will really like to know if the Olympic House is now owned by a woman who works there. The Olymp...
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Minister Daniel should apologise
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September 30, 2011
Fri, Sept 30. 2011 Editor: I refer to your article of Tuesday, September 27 captioned, “Minister Daniel responds to ‘Carib’ comment” in which ...
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Enforce the death penalty today!
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September 27, 2011
Tue, Sept 27. 2011 Editor: The Constitution, which is the highest law in our land, supports the protection of the right to life and also supports the ...
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Teach them; don’t molest them!
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September 27, 2011
Tue, Sept 27. 2011 Editor: I crave your indulgence to write about a matter that seems to be escalating in our society; that is the issue of inappropri...
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People in high offices need to curb their TEMPER
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September 27, 2011
Tue, Sept 27. 2011 Editor: Permit me to inform the Vincentian public of power play of the highest order. The morals of the senior officials in the pub...
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Our fight against Non-Communicable Diseases
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September 27, 2011
Tue, Sept 27. 2011 Statement by: Dr. the Honourable Ralph E. Gonsalves Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations at the...
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Put aside your politics when dealing with crime
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September 23, 2011
Fri, Sept 23. 2011 Editor: When we hear of murders it is never pleasant news. Both the killings at Campden Park and the one at Sharpes are cause for c...
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Can’t let this one ya go
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September 23, 2011
Fri, Sept 23. 2011 Editor: An article in a newspaper of Friday, September 16, 2011, bearing the name “Tokyo Nuisance” I appeal - “Can’t let th...
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Libya: Distortion, omission and lies
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September 23, 2011
by Curtis M. King Fri, Sept 23. 2011 Last week I presented a snapshot of Libya’s 20th century history; included were the ‘road to revolution’ an...
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God, bless my homeland of SVG and its people
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: Congratulations to ALL who are part of keeping cricket alive and well in North Leeward. Though I was born in Rose Hall, I a...
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Stop harrassing ULP supporters!
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: In August 2011, the Ministry of Transport, Works, Urban Development and Local Government, which has direct responsibility f...
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Cries for Justice in this blessed land of SVG
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: Viewing SVGTV news last Tuesday evening was like looking at a serious crime movie. “Campden Park man murdered two and lef...
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We need to take care of our environment
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: For the past five years, JEMS Progressive Community Organization, the Community Development Division, the Environmental Man...
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Is reincarnation a realistic possibility?
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: Death is one of those things that happens every day, yet we are unable to get accustomed to it. Most of our grief comes fro...
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Karib Cable, you need to get your act together
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: I wish to express dissatisfaction with the services provided by the lone cable company in this country, Karib Cable. I expe...
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Someone remembered Andre Cox – 9/11
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: Only one Vincentian was known to have perished in the Twin Tower Terrorists’ Act on September 11, 2001.{{more}} For a num...
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My case and vote for Patrick Horne
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September 20, 2011
Tue, Sept 20. 2011 Editor: I believe that former football president Venold Coombs and present member Michael John of the SVGFF are reasonable candidat...
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What’s wrong with Track and Field?
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September 16, 2011
Fri, Sept 16. 2011 Editor: In my previous letter, I raised the question as to who is the biggest beneficiary in Track and Field in SVG. This question ...
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Those Notebooks/Laptops
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September 16, 2011
Fri, Sept 16. 2011 Editor: While we may agree that the move by the Government to give every school child a notebook/laptop is a good one, it has its n...
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America must take some of the blame
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September 16, 2011
Fri, Sept 16. 2011 Editor: OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD! This is the news the world woke up to on the morning of 2nd May, 2011, that American Navy Seals ha...
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LIBYA: Distortions, omissions and lies
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September 16, 2011
by Curtis M. King Fri, Sept 16. 2011 I was motivated to write these articles after hearing many media personalities parroting the distortions and lies...
Veira family: Give Edward a chance
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Veira family: Give Edward a chance
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September 16, 2011
Fri, Sept 16. 2011 Editor: We the immediate and extended family of Edward Veira will like to address those articles published in the Searchlight Newsp...
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Keeping your cool at E.T. Joshua Airport
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September 13, 2011
Tue, Sept 13. 2011 Editor: Any person having to go to the Departure lounge at the E. T. Joshua Airport need not be in despair due to the cultured heat...
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We need programmes to develop our footballers
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September 13, 2011
Tue, Sept 13. 2011 Editor: In this the 21st century, it was disheartening to hear the NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM’S C0ACH say in an interview that Guatem...
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God, help our banana people too
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September 13, 2011
Tue, Sept 13. 2011 Editor: I have to say how relieved I am, just from reading the recent Midweek news, and when our Prime Minister warned those Godfor...
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Dr. Adrian Fraser, a King among men
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September 9, 2011
Fri, Sept 09. 2011 Editor: Hats off to Dr. Adrian Fraser. I don’t know Dr. Fraser personally, but after reading his weekly columns (Point of View) i...
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Customers have an obligation to pay their bills
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September 9, 2011
Fri, Sept 09. 2011 Editor: As I listen to the media on a daily basis, I often wonder if our Prime Minister sleeps comfortably at nights when he thinks...
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Stop all this indiscriminate burning of stuff
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September 9, 2011
Fri, Sept 09. 2011 Editor: In the Barbados Advocate of Friday, September 2, 2011, page 3, there was an article entitled “Ministry to address indiscr...
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Gaddafi: One-sided views
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September 9, 2011
In the aftermath of the uprising and NATO intervention that removed Muammar Gaddafi from power in Libya, there has been a slew of attacks in the media...
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What’s happening to SVG athletics
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September 6, 2011
Tue, Sept 6. 2011 Editor: As I stay glued to my television watching the track and field athletes at the World Championships being staged in Daegu, Sou...
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