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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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St. Vincent Grammar School graduation address
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July 19, 2011
Fri, Jul 19, 2011 by Rev. Dr. Cecil Richards June 22, 2011 A poem is a powerful medium for teaching life’s truths. Let me share part of a poem I cam...
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Taking Daddy to school
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July 15, 2011
Editor: I have some sympathy with Ms Soleil Gonsalves and her father Ralph Gonsalves when they make the point that some rules at secondary schools may...
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The death penalty question…timely!
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July 15, 2011
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 Editor: The recent occurrence of four murders in our country within a 12-day period is cause for concern. Clearly, there are a few i...
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Fireworks at Victoria Park
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July 15, 2011
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 Editor: As another year of Vincy Mas concludes, I find myself once again troubled by the seeming disregard for the wellbeing of pati...
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Take responsibility!
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July 15, 2011
Fri, Jul 15, 2011 Editor: The P.M. should have let the Girls’ High School Examgate remain at rest. (Searchlight, opinion page- July 8, 2011). The Pr...
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Foodcity
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July 15, 2011
The Marketing Corporation came into operation in 1959. It was set up to facilitate the export of sweet potatoes to Trinidad. When the opportunity pres...
Lady Diamond stands tall in Vincy calypso
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Lady Diamond stands tall in Vincy calypso
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July 12, 2011
12.JUL.11 Editor: I want to thank Javelle “Lady Diamond” Frank for her outstanding contribution to Vincy Mas 2011. Her contribution came in the fo...
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We must free our minds of all hatred
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July 12, 2011
12.JUL.11 Editor: Many have come to view life in the simplest manner. This is most likely as a result of our religious background. However, there is m...
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Measuring our losses
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July 12, 2011
12.JUL.11 by Louise Mitchell Joseph, Chairperson, SVG National Trust Did you know that a healthy birdlife is an indicator of the health of an ocean? D...
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In solidarity with GHS / Headmistress!
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July 8, 2011
08.JUL.11 Editor: Editor, it is refreshing, really encouraging and inspiring, to see the Girls’ High School Headmistress, Mrs Andrea Bowman, standin...
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This Carnival was the smuttiest in SVG
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July 8, 2011
08.JUL.11 Editor: Thanks for the privilege of writing to your prestigious newspaper. With the carnival season being over, I can’t help but write abo...
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South Sudan – Another black nation
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July 8, 2011
by Nilio Gumbs 08.JUL.11 The Dark Continent, a metaphorical expression used by the West to describe the backwardness and underdevelopment of the Afric...
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Vincy Mas at a glance
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July 8, 2011
08.JUL.11 Editor: Congrats to Vincy Mas winners in the various competitions, especially newly crowned Kaiso King Tajo. Tajo was refreshingly original ...