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Train the Children while they are Young
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August 16, 2011
Tue, Aug 16. 2011 Editor: A story has been told of a father who had a little son that practised stealing. Whenever the boy stole things in the neighbo...
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Towards an indigenous research facility
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August 16, 2011
by Phillip C. Jackson Tue, Aug 16. 2011 In a recent article, I raised a number of issues related to education, development and brain drain. It was not...
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Offer up a prayer for countries of the world
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August 12, 2011
Fri, Aug 12. 2011 Editor: As we look around us, we are reminded that the sinful and naturally rebellious heart of man is all too prone towards lawless...
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The cocoa memorandum
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August 12, 2011
Fri, Aug 12. 2011 Editor: The government of SVG is putting its signature on an agreement with the cocoa company Amajaro to promote cocoa growing here ...
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Can medical stamps be bought at the clinics?
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August 12, 2011
Fri, Aug 12. 2011 Editor: I hereby wish to recommend to the Government of St.Vincent and the Grenadines or To Whom It May Concern that an adjustment b...
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Time for a new registry building
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August 12, 2011
Fri, Aug 12. 2011 Editor: I was at the Registry on the morning of August 2, 2011, at around 9:00 am doing some searches of documents. However, the dep...
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High Vinlec bills have me stunned
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August 12, 2011
Fri, Aug 12. 2011 Editor: I was impressed by an old mas presentation made during J’Ouvert 2011 which related to Vinlec bills being so high, they wer...
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Harmonized changes in school rules necessary
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August 12, 2011
Fri, Aug 12. 2011 Editor: In a recent Searchlight interview, Frank Jones, President of the Secondary Schools’ Principal Association, stimulated the ...
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Politics, Economics and Education
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August 12, 2011
by Ati Gipson Fri, Aug 12. 2011 It is the time of year when students are placed into the different secondary schools and parents trek through the door...
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The Great US Debt Downgrade
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August 9, 2011
by Dr. Justin Robinson Tue, Aug 9, 2011 On Friday, August 5, 2011, while most of Barbados was partying with Rihanna, there was a loud bang, and the fi...
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Please support the Argyle Airport project
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August 9, 2011
Tue, Aug 9, 2011 Editor: It is certainly good news that the ground is about to be broken for the terminal building at the site of the Argyle Internati...
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The SVG public transportation system is very poor
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August 9, 2011
Tue, Aug 09, 2010 Editor: I am not sure if you have ever used the private transportation system in our beloved country, to identify with the woes and ...
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Accommodation for Grenadines children
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August 9, 2011
Tue, Aug 09, 2010 Editor: Please permit me space in your newspaper to highlight an issue that has been affecting the people of the Grenadines,{{more}}...
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Reinstatement of the NDP teachers
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August 9, 2011
Tue, Aug 09, 2010 Editor: As the author of the Collective Agreement between Government and SVGTU, I have listened to the debate on the issues involvin...
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We must let our goal become a cause
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August 9, 2011
Tue, Aug 09, 2010 Editor: Our children are in the middle of the summer vacation and are looking forward to a new school year.{{more}} However, we must...
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Stupidity and recession
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August 5, 2011
Fri, Aug 5, 2011 by: C. I. Martin A columnist in a newspaper in another island recently defined stupidity. He said it was the inability to think and m...
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Marriage is sacred… Homosexuality isn’t!
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August 5, 2011
Fri, Aug 5, 2011 Editor: Tireless efforts are continually being made in different countries to redefine marriage - a sacred institution given by the C...
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What a Great Encounter on SVGTV
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August 5, 2011
Fri, Aug 5, 2011 Editor: Allow me to thank the pastors of the Encounter programme viewed on SVG TV on Monday evenings. It is the first time that I hav...
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Changing our communities
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August 5, 2011
Fri, Aug 5, 2011 Editor: The recent killing where a lady lost her two sons, one permanently by death and the other son to prison, is indeed a painful ...
Road at Yambou is in urgent need of repair
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Road at Yambou is in urgent need of repair
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August 5, 2011
Fri, Aug 5, 2011 Editor: This situation shown in the photograph above exists on the Yambou public road, leading from Mesopotamia through to the Windwa...
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Just a little observation about media
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August 5, 2011
Fri, Aug 5, 2011 Editor: At this point in period, the media in my island state is perceived by some to be unbalanced, partial, and lacking in professi...
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Just ‘pappy show’, nothing else
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July 29, 2011
Fri, Jul 29. 2011 Editor: Permit me space in your paper to comment on a couple of events and issues which in my opinion seem to be “pappy show” to...
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It’s time for an anti-crime co-ordinator
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July 29, 2011
Fri, Jul 29. 2011 Editor: Yesterday morning I was awakened by a phone call from my friend in St. Kitts. He called to inform of an attempted robbery at...
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GHS Headmistress deserves an apology
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July 29, 2011
Fri, Jul 29. 2011 Editor: I am ‘Labour’, I adore my Prime Minister, oh how I love the way he speaks and expresses himself, but the Bowman/Soleil s...
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Open letter to President Hugo Chavez
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July 29, 2011
Fri, Jul 29. 2011 July 26, 2011 (day of the 1953 attack on the Moncado Barracks, Cuba) His Excellency Hugo Chavez President Bolivarian Republic of Ven...
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More vehicle inspection venues needed
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July 29, 2011
Fri, Jul 29. 2011 An Open letter to the Police Commissioner and the Traffic Department Sir: I do wish to commend you and the general police force for ...
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Education, development and brain drain
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July 29, 2011
by Phillip Jackson Fri, Jul 29. 2011 Within the English-speaking Caribbean there currently exist 150 public and private tertiary educational instution...
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Let us not think about ourselves only
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July 26, 2011
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Editor: I often wonder if we are reflecting on the present state of our nation or if we are only interested in the state of ourselve...
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In Forma Pauperis
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July 26, 2011
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Editor: Readers, let it be made abundantly clear, the following is not an endeavor to implicate findings of esteemed Jury, nor rulin...
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We need broadcast laws in SVG NOW!
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July 26, 2011
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Editor: Guyana is currently discussing a broadcast bill. According to media reports, the Bill proposes, among other things, that bro...
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A Special Period – The Vincentian response
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July 26, 2011
by Samuel Joyles Fri, Jul 22, 2011 For ten years, the citizens of this country have witnessed a fascinating enfolding of developments, the likes of wh...
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Don’t take things for granted
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July 22, 2011
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Editor: We take many things for granted in this country. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a lovely country, with many freedoms, as ...
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Sharpes’ Youth… my heart bleeds!
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July 22, 2011
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Editor: Sharpes seems to be the community that tops the list these days for ‘Shoot outs’, gang related violence and robberies re...
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We can make a difference if we pray constantly
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July 22, 2011
Fri, Jul 22, 2011 Editor: I am inviting all citizens of our beloved country St. Vincent and the Grenadines to join me in a day of Fasting and Prayer o...
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Cries of babes and sucklings
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July 19, 2011
Fri, Jul 19, 2011 Editor: Obviously, the junior calypsonians had adult help in producing their songs for the 2011 competition. The pathos which accomp...
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It is time for us to be honest with ourselves
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July 19, 2011
Fri, Jul 19, 2011 Editor: There is hardly anyone who would doubt that the country is facing challenging times. However, we cannot throw our hands in t...
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The PM’s zero letter to the P.S.
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July 19, 2011
Fri, Jul 19, 2011 Editor: The Prime Minister’s letter to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education was a telling example of how a parent ...
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Kevisha Richardson is new Miss SVG Teen
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Kevisha Richardson is new Miss SVG Teen
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August 8, 2025
MISS BIABOU, Kevisha Richardson, stole the show at the August, 2, 2025 Miss St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) teen pageant, walking away with the cr...
GHS loses ‘Parsons’
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GHS loses ‘Parsons’
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August 8, 2025
ON WEDNESDAY, August 6, 2025,the community of the St Vincent Girls’ High School (GHS), at home and abroad, was deeply shaken by the news of the sudden...

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