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Natural disasters and their economic cost – Part 1
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June 17, 2011
by Maxwell Haywood 17.JUN.11 The Hurricane season is upon us even before we could fully recover from Tomas and the floods of 2011. From the Caribbean ...
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Speak the truth, Thompson!
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June 17, 2011
17.JUN.11 Editor: It was drawn to my attention lately that Mr. Jerrol Thompson made a claim about me in a recent piece published in your paper and I w...
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Too many derelict vehicles along our roads in SVG
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June 17, 2011
17.JUN.11 Editor: There are about twelve derelict vehicles along the La Croix main road parallel to the Boxing Plant. Those vehicles were there during...
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Can the Caribbean overcome the problems posed by size?
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June 17, 2011
When Tendulkar and others were not included in the Indian Test team to tour the Caribbean, I was reminded of an observation made by Robert Bradshaw. M...
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Response to A. W. Indupp’s contribution to the discussion on Libya
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June 14, 2011
14.JUN.11 Editor: I have read the statement made by some A. W. Indupp., as published in the Midweek newspaper of June 7, 2011, which actually had litt...
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Vincy Carnival: sights, sounds and “wutlis” lyrics
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June 14, 2011
14.JUN.11 Editor: It’s Vincy Carnival time again. For the past few weeks, the local media – print and electronic - have been inundated with storie...
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Lamentations of an ex-slave
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June 14, 2011
by Shelika Browne 14.JUN.11 Captured and taken From our native lands, Dragged for miles, Beaten and tortured. With yokes around our necks We had no ch...
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Home economics solutions for sustaining family life: Pt.2
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June 14, 2011
14.JUN.11 by: Dr. A. Cecil Cyrus DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The prevalence and disruptive effects on family life of domestic violence are common knowledge. It ...
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Congratulations!
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June 10, 2011
10.JUNE.11 Editor: Congratulations are in order for the Rose Bank Development Association (ROBDA) for celebrating its 24th anniversary as a community ...
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Still looking into the conditions at Registry
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June 10, 2011
10.JUNE.11 Editor: As a concerned citizen of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, there are problems at the Registry which need to be addressed immediately...
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Clean up the Dump at Arnos Vale!
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June 10, 2011
10.JUNE.11 Editor: It’s not what one might think, not the much speculated about ‘Super Chavez Airport’ they first promised for 2010, than 2011, ...
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HP Laptop, Olympus Camera stolen
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June 10, 2011
Editor: On Tuesday, May 31, 2011, a home at Fairbain Pasture was broken into between the hours of 7:45 am and 5:00 pm and an Olympus Digital Camera an...
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Is there any political interference at NEMO?
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June 10, 2011
10.JUNE.11 Editor: I listened to a programme on the National Broadcasting Corporation (107.5 FM) carried on almost all radio stations.{{more}} The dis...
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Carnival is not my culture
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June 10, 2011
10.JUNE.11 Editor: It has become well known that Carnival and Bacchanal mean the same thing - revelling, masquerading, and misbehaviour.{{more}} Altho...
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The Quest for UNESCO world heritage status
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June 10, 2011
10.JUNE.11 by Louise Mitchell Joseph, Chairperson of the SVG National Trust Why is it that the National Trust, which prides itself on the value of ind...
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Responding to ‘In Christ – Romaklok’
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June 7, 2011
07.JUNE.11 Editor: In one of last weekend’s newspapers, Romaklok referred to the Jehovah’s Witnesses, among others, as false prophets, since accor...
Release Hawksbill turtles back to natural habitat
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Release Hawksbill turtles back to natural habitat
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June 7, 2011
07.JUNE.11 Editor: While visiting the beautiful island of Bequia, I had the opportunity to visit the Old Hegg Turtle Sanctuary.{{more}} As an avid ani...
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Discussion on this cocoa issue is certainly a healthy one for SVG
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June 7, 2011
07.JUNE.11 Editor: Many thanks for publishing my article, re cocoa cultivation, in the Searchlight Newspaper.{{more}} I must also thank you for publis...
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Priorities of child care
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June 7, 2011
07.JUNE.11 Excerpts from the lecture: “HOME ECONOMICS SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINING FAMILY LIFE” Dr. A Cecil Cyrus Delivered at the opening of the Cari...
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Disappointed wth Luke Browne’s stance on Gaddafi
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June 7, 2011
07.JUNE.11 Editor: I have, until now, admired Luke Browne for his social commitment and political acumen. However, my view has now been changed after ...
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The under achievement of boys in the Common Entrance Examination
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 by Ati Gipson Today, June 3, students in grade 6 of our primary schools will be put through the rigors of an entrance test (Common Entrance...
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Build your relationship on the Lord
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: When you look around in society you will notice that many relationships of male and female usually fall apart.{{more}} Psalm 127 ve...
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Registry Department needs upgrading
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: For many, many years, the Registry has been in a deplorable condition.{{more}} First, the Search Room is very cramped for the numbe...
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Women, stand up, speak up: Break the silence
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: Up until recently, when you heard the term the silly season, automatically you thought about general elections in SVG.{{more}} Toda...
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Teachers’ Union President, speak or remain silent!
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: I wish to make a few comments on your Midweek edition and specifically on the caption “Clarke - Union doing all it can to have te...
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Salute to the nurses at the MCMH
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: I just spent the last 4 days as an unexpected patient at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital.{{more}} I would like to publically comm...
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Beware of a conman pretending to be a doctor
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: A well known conman who is presently doing time for the same crime knows how to get his tricks done even though he is behind the wa...
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All the best to Bickles as they celebrate their anniversary
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: Congratulations are in order for BICKLES as they celebrate their anniversary.{{more}} They are certainly not perfect, but I am sure...
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Farmers have cocoa concerns
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June 3, 2011
03.JUNE.11 Editor: Two professionals, Dr. Sylvester Lynch and C.I. Martin, gave us their technical opinion in Searchlight last week about what we can ...
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The Libya War III: A peaceful and sovereign solution to Libya’s problems
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May 31, 2011
by R. T. Luke V. Browne 31.MAY.11 Not so long ago a civil - as opposed to a criminal - court jury in America found the City of Philadelphia guilty of ...
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Political operatives who speak out of turn
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May 31, 2011
31.MAY.11 Editor: In politics, it is often said perception is everything and perception is reality. If a politician is perceived to be honest or disho...
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Wealthy landowners should pay more in tax than salaried workers
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May 31, 2011
31.MAY.11 Editor: Permit me a little space in your esteemed newspaper to raise an issue which, seen from abroad, gives me much food for thought. In th...
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We should have more judges like Justice Bruce-Lyle
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May 31, 2011
31.MAY.11 Editor: I refer to your front page story on Friday, May 27. Thank God for judges like Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle who put away this old cri...
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Lynch and NDP deliberately misleading people
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May 31, 2011
31.MAY.11 Editor: Journalism and the media must always strive for truth and honesty. Every talk show host has received false information which at that...
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From Caste to Class
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May 27, 2011
27.MAY.11 Editor: This year, 2011, is quite a significant and meaningful one in the history of our tiny island nation St. Vincent and the Grenadines f...
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Goodbye, Brother Tyrone Mitchell
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May 27, 2011
27.MAY.11 Editor: While some heretical followers awaited Judgement Day last weekend, many local Seventh Day Adventists were celebrating the life of Ty...
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Transportation in North Leeward – something is wrong!
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May 27, 2011
27.MAY.11 Editor: Some attention needs to be paid to the North Leeward Transportation and its operations. Many of us who travel from Kingstown late in...
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Faith Broadcasting Networking makes apology
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May 27, 2011
27.MAY.11 Editor: I want to take this opportunity to apologise to the viewers of Faith Broadcasting Networking for not having any locally run programm...
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Digicel already delivers 4G
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May 27, 2011
27.MAY.11 Editor: With regard to LIME’s announcement that it will be the first to launch “4G” across the Caribbean - I would like to take this o...
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I’m totally disgusted
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May 27, 2011
27.MAY.11 Editor: It is with extreme disgust and vexation that I write this article. For the longest while now it seems that people in SVG do not know...
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Hedgefunds and cocoa production
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May 27, 2011
The proposal to develop the cocoa industry in conjunction with a hedgefund raises two issues. Firstly, what a hedgefund is, and secondly, whether or n...
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The International Criminal Court or the International African Court
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May 24, 2011
by Nilio Gumbs 24.MAY.11 The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent, permanent court that came into being in 2002, by the Rome Statute, ...
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SVG should amend Police Act with dispatch
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May 24, 2011
24.MAY.11 Editor: It has been almost a month now since three members of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, convicted of serious cr...
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Ministry of Tourism wraps up Children’s Summer Camp
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Ministry of Tourism wraps up Children’s Summer Camp
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August 12, 2025
THE MINISTRY OF Tourism last Friday, August, 8, 2025, concluded a summer camp for children intended to build awareness and provide education about Tou...
Four receive Chevening Scholarships for study in the UK
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Four receive Chevening Scholarships for study in the UK
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August 12, 2025
THE MINISTRY OF For- eign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs last Friday, August 8, 2025, released the names of four persons who have receive...
Man, on Most Wanted List in Canada, who visited SVG, apprehended in Oman
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Man, on Most Wanted List in Canada, who visited SVG, apprehended in Oman
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August 12, 2025
A MAN who was number three on Canada’s most wanted list in 2022 and who hid in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) for part of 2023, has been nabbed i...
Twelve prepared for entrepreneurship during sea moss internship
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Twelve prepared for entrepreneurship during sea moss internship
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August 12, 2025
TWELVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS from Canouan successfully completed the Idea to Im- pact Sea Moss Internship Programme, a hands-on, business-focused learn...
New temporary DPP soon to be appointed
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New temporary DPP soon to be appointed
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August 12, 2025
THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY was told last week Thursday, August 7, 2025, about the temporary appointment of “an experienced priate-sector lawyer” as Acting ...

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