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Shockwaves running through Indian cricket
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August 30, 2011
Tue, Aug 30, 2010 Editor: Shockwaves are sweeping through all levels of Indian cricket, from the boardroom of the official authority, the BCCI, right ...
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What do we really want?
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August 30, 2011
Tue, Aug 30, 2010 Editor: Construction work on the Argyle International Airport Terminal Building has begun and whereas most Vincentians at home and a...
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Congrats and advice to successful students!
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August 26, 2011
Fri, Aug 26.2011 Editor: In a society where many youth are unfortunately choosing the path of crime, violence and laziness, it is heart-warming to hea...
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‘Shake down’ on Shake Up and public apology
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August 26, 2011
Fri, Aug 26. 2011 Editor: Sir Vincent Beache and Elson Crick got an earful during last Friday’s (August 19) Shake Up show on WEFM radio. Several cal...
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STOP Ill-treating our innocent chidren, please
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August 26, 2011
Fri, Aug 26. 2011 Editor: Mothers, how would you feel if when you were a young child your mother ill-treated you mainly because your father left the h...
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What went wrong with our female cricket team?
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August 26, 2011
Fri, Aug 26. 2011 Editor: What went wrong with the SVG female cricket team in the just concluded West Indies tournament in Barbados?{{more}} In 2010, ...
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Fix the roads, please!
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August 26, 2011
Fri, Aug 26. 2011 Editor: I am requesting of the Public Works Department and the Government to please fix the bad roads in different parts of our beau...
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Hott Vibes Summa campers visit Searchlight
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August 26, 2011
Fri, Aug 26. 2011 The children of the Hot Vibes Promotion Summa Fest programme visited SEARCHLIGHT last Tuesday as part of an educational tour. The st...
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The airport and the economy
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August 26, 2011
by G.E.M. Saunders Fri, Aug 26. 2011 There is now a growing consensus that international air access for SVG is vital for its national economic develop...
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More about the Registry Department in Kingstown
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August 26, 2011
Fri, Aug 26. 2011 Editor: Some persons might be wondering why I keep writing about the Registry Department. My main reason for doing so is to bring to...
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An open letter to LIAT company
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August 23, 2011
Tue, Aug 23. 2011 Dear LIAT, Thank you for the Subway sandwich and the large Canning sorrel drink and the KFC chicken strips and the bottled water, as...
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Premier Distributors: a good corporate citizen
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August 23, 2011
Tue, Aug 23. 2011 Editor: One of SVG’s adoptive corporate citizens, Premier Distributors - a private limited company of Trinidadian origin, has been...
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We ought to spend more time reasoning
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August 23, 2011
Tue, Aug 23. 2011 Editor: One of the things I find lacking in our society is open discussions on things that affect our lives. We are either concerned...
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Thank you, Camillo Gonsalves!
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August 23, 2011
Editor: “...Camillo Gonsalves said he is open to contesting electoral politics in St Vincent and the Grenadines but will only run if the people ask ...
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The Minibus fare
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August 23, 2011
Tue, Aug 23. 2011 Editor: There has been some increase to the bus fare in some areas. This, of course, will make operational costs a little easier and...
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Are we the architect of our own problems?
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August 19, 2011
Fri, Aug 19. 2011 Editor: We always blame the economic policies of the state for making us poor, but have we looked at it from the other side and conc...
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In Support of Chow
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August 19, 2011
Fri, Aug 19. 2011 Editor: It is almost unbelievable that in this twenty first century when we here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will soon be cele...
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When the machine crashes
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August 19, 2011
by: Kenyatta Lewis Fri, Aug 19. 2011 Anyone who knows me in any capacity beyond a perfunctory hello and nod of the head knows that economics and finan...
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Evil thoughts NOT acceptable, Hans King!
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August 19, 2011
Fri, Aug 19. 2011 Editor: At a time when many Vincentians are lamenting the frequent murders in our country, Prime Minister’s press secretary Hans K...
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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...