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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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Let us attempt to transform our society
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September 6, 2011
Editor: We are now into a new school year and what we want to achieve must be absolutely clear in our minds. The goal must be to create rounded indivi...
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Staff, villagers, cooperate, cooperate, cooperate
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September 6, 2011
Tue, Sept 6. 2011 Editor: In a certain village on the Leeward side of our island is a primary school that has some problems involving teachers and vil...
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Vote for a soccer team with fresh, new ideas
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September 6, 2011
Tue, Sept 6. 2011 Editor: When I took over Avenues United as Manager, I had a single goal in mind: that was to transform the team into one of the best...
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Frustrated with minibus system
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September 6, 2011
Tue, Sept 6. 2011 Editor: Permit me a few words in your newspaper to air my view on the minibus situation.{{more}} I am a Vincentian by birth and love...
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What has the SVGFF achieved?
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September 6, 2011
Tue, Sept 6. 2011 Editor: Fifty years of administrating soccer in SVG have passed. The questions many will ask are what has the SVGFF achieved since a...
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Big celebrations in small countries
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September 6, 2011
Tue, Sept 6. 2011 The curtain may have come down on the 2011 World Athletics Championships in the Korean city of Daegu last Sunday, but in some tiny c...
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Police Force should not just be a source of income
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September 2, 2011
Fri, Sept. 02, 2011 Editor: This is not the first time we have heard about officers not responding to complaints, but there seems to be some sort of r...
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Let’s save our innocent children
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September 2, 2011
Fri, Sept. 02, 2011 Editor: There is need to protect our innocent children from satanic exposures and influences by adults. Many may not realize it, b...
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It is time to lighten our ship
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September 2, 2011
Fri, Sept. 02, 2011 Editor: No one in St. Vincent and the Grenadines can say that conditions in our country are satisfactory. Despite the fact that ou...
Grenadian from Gouyave makes Caribbean proud
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Grenadian from Gouyave makes Caribbean proud
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September 2, 2011
Fri, Sept. 02, 2011 Editor: Caribbean people have a way of poking fun at persons from more remote communities. Every island has its own way of saying ...
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What’s happening with Capitalism?
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September 2, 2011
by Nilio Gumbs Fri, Sept. 02, 2011 When Adam Smith mentioned the role of the “Invisible Hand” in his book the Wealth of Nations (1776), he was ref...
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Dyslexia Aixelsyd
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August 30, 2011
Tue, Aug 30, 2010 by Lynden Punnett What is Dyslexia Dyslexia is a combination of difficulties that affect the learning processes of reading, spelling...
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We must have the will to succeed
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August 30, 2011
Tue, Aug 30, 2010 Editor: The strongest man I have come to know goes by the name of Will and his surname is Power. His full name is therefore Will Pow...