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Are we being deceived?
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July 8, 2011
08.JUL.11 Editor: While our country reflects on the recently concluded carnival, it is always good and right to reflect on matters of a spiritual natu...
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Too much smut at Carnival
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July 1, 2011
01.JUL.11 Editor: If one would observe what is going in this country, it is fair to say that our country is in a mess. This carnival season and also w...
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The media, the music, the mind
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July 1, 2011
by Samuel Joyles 01.JUL.11 I am sure that you will agree with me when I say, that we are a Christian nation. It is clearly and carefully crafted in th...
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Focus on safe food and Water for Vincy Carnival
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July 1, 2011
01.JUL.11 Editor: Carnival is primarily about mas and music and sweet local food. However, somewhere in this mix, safe food needs to be emphasised. Th...
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Suit of President too tight
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July 1, 2011
01.JUL.11 Editor: It saddens my heart to see the sport of Netball has become so distasteful and prejudicial. As I read the article entitled “Netball...
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Change our thinking, change our nation
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June 28, 2011
28.JUN.11 Editor: It is evident that we are being distracted by the things of least importance. This country held general elections in December, yet p...
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Speaking out against serious religious wrongs!
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June 28, 2011
28.JUN.11 Editor: As I awoke at 12:55 a.m. on Sunday, I couldn’t help but meditate on what a certain Observer (BP) wrote, and I highly commend that ...
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Please, rescue the Botanic Gardens
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June 28, 2011
28.JUN.11 Editor: Please permit me space in your newspaper to draw the attention of the relevant authorities to the state of the Botanic Gardens.{{mor...
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Let’s make a good thing better !
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June 24, 2011
24.JUN.11 Editor: Sometime ago I wrote an open letter titled “Tools in the hands of fools can be dangerous weapons”, with reference to the one lap...
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Let prisoners cut the grass along highways
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June 24, 2011
24.JUN.11 Editor: Much thanks to BRAGSA for the work they are doing in repairing and patching the holes in various places. It is indeed some relief to...
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I am concerned about the Registry
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June 21, 2011
21.JUN.11 Editor: I wrote two letters before this one about the conditions of the Registry, as a concerned Vincentian.{{more}} Many years ago my pries...
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I call on all fathers to step up to the plate…
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June 21, 2011
21.JUN.11 Editor: The time is here once more when the spotlight is on fathers. Fatherhood possesses great powers and responsibilities, but for whateve...
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SVG and Sir Frederick Treves
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June 21, 2011
21.JUN.11 Editor: I would be deeply appreciative if I could be provided with a logical, intelligent and pertinent explanation as to why Sir Frederick ...
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The one-eye camera vision serving my dear people
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June 21, 2011
21.JUN.11 Editor: Anybody could take a video camera and go throughout the length and breadth of this country, pay for the advertisement on any Televis...
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A future for primary schools’ athletics
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June 21, 2011
21.JUN.11 Editor: The inaugural Inter-Primary School Athletics Meet should be considered a success, given the high level of participation among school...
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Small family enterprises or hobbies
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June 21, 2011
by: Dr. A Cecil Cyrus 21.JUN.11 Certain small family enterprises or hobbies are simple but effective means of sustaining family life. And the one that...
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Mr. Browne, these facts can be verified anywhere
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June 17, 2011
17.JUN.11 Editor: It seems that my previous letter has provoked an attack of petulance by Luke Browne. Does he now feel that he is so high and mighty ...
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Parents, Teenage mothers need to be trained
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June 17, 2011
17.JUN.11 Editor: For quite some time now our newspapers have been reporting about sexual offences committed by adults against children. This shameful...
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Soca boat sinking Vincy Mas
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June 17, 2011
17.JUN.11 Editor: I wish to endorse the strong sentiments expressed by Jennifer Richardson regarding the degradation of females by many of our local s...
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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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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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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...