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September 23, 2022
Editor: The entire world is addicted to plastic. This addiction is crystal clear and it is very easy to find. Have a look at the condition of some of ...
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September 16, 2022
EDITOR: Students generate and test hypotheses in their ordinary everyday living. They make evaluations and judgments. They make decisions based on wha...
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September 16, 2022
EDITOR: Death is something we could never get accustomed to. Yet we are faced with death of loved ones so often these days. It reminds us of how fragi...
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September 9, 2022
Contributed by JAUSHIEH JOSEPH WU, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan) THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY is confronting a number of unprecedent...
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September 9, 2022
EDITOR: CSEC, CAPE, Community College, Police Academy, University, and Technical Centers are all turning out students who may join the ranks of the al...
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September 9, 2022
EDITOR: Street kids are a norm it would seem in Kingstown. Far too many of them line the streets on a daily basis throughout the day begging. This to ...
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September 9, 2022
EDITOR: It is dreadfully disturbing to hear of the number of gruesome and senseless homicides across the Caribbean nations, including our own St. Vinc...
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September 6, 2022
EDITOR: I recently saw a very short, and therefore edited, clipping of a conversation between two people. In the conversation, (which I feel I must sa...
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September 2, 2022
Editor: Missing teens is a regular headline of late. The regularity at which teens go missing is cause for much discussion and concern. Thankfully in ...
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September 2, 2022
Editor: As a child growing up the Man O War was a most fearful vessel mainly because of its destructive power. More fearful though is the Child O War....
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August 30, 2022
EDITOR: It is apparent to me that our policy makers et al, including Members of Parliament, Cabinet and Service Commissions are either not aware of th...
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August 26, 2022
EDITOR: I supported the government’s proposal to vaccinate all frontline workers, as protecting the community took precedent over individual rights. H...
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August 26, 2022
EDITOR: My great grand mother lived in a grass house. It was well laid out. There was another building nearby that served as a kitchen and a smaller o...
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August 26, 2022
EDITOR: An honest analysis and survey would show that many married couples are not happily married. It would also show that many are living together, ...
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August 20, 2022
By Chevanev Charles Our ocean is our largest biosphere and is home to about 80 percent of all life on Earth. The delicate ocean ecosystems play an int...
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August 19, 2022
EDITOR: I am kindly asking if I could be given a space in your newspaper, to speak to the nation. I am now 82 years old, and when I was 15 years old a...
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August 19, 2022
EDITOR: It was clear to all that the old man was no longer able to function as he used to. All the visible signs were there. His walk was no longer st...
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August 19, 2022
EDITOR: Permit me to write this short letter for publication in your next edition of the Searchlight Newspaper. I have just concluded my BSC in Manage...
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August 19, 2022
EDITOR: If I were you and I was Vincentian, I would for sure trust the science. Especially the science about little-known viruses that no one knows ab...
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August 12, 2022
EDITOR: I admire how the Bank Clerks put back the carbon paper into the booklet from which they wrote records of their transactions. Whoever uses it n...
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August 12, 2022
EDITOR: The election results of St. Kitts and Nevis is no surprise, except for the margin of victory. In understanding Caribbean politics, coalition p...
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August 5, 2022
EDITOR: West Indies white ball cricket team has not yet returned the joy and smile on West Indian faces, for they are consistently loosing as if it is...
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August 5, 2022
EDITOR: Allow me the privilege to vent my concern on a matter, which I assume still rest heavily on the minds of many Vincentians. It’s almost one yea...
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August 5, 2022
EDITOR: We were royalty and we knew it. European blood flowed in our veins and we were proud to be associated with our Scottish ancestry. Being connec...
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August 5, 2022
EDITOR: “Everything rises and falls on leadership” is one of John Maxwell’s more popular quotes on the topic of leadership. For some, this has become ...
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July 29, 2022
EDITOR: Emancipation Day is generally a day of reflection on the historical, social and cultural development of the nation. This year it is easy to pu...
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July 29, 2022
EDITOR: There is a lacking of good night life on a constant basis here in SVG. There is hardly any business and restaurant open beyond 5 pm. We know t...
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July 29, 2022
EDITOR: We have lost a number of contributors to our society through death. Yet if they left their writings, we may continue to benefit from their wor...
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July 22, 2022
Dear Sir/Madam, I came to your office and was not attended to in the small matter that was important to me. I know that you are a very busy person and...
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July 22, 2022
During this month of July, the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Republic of Cuba celebrate important anniversaries, worthy of ou...
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July 22, 2022
EDITOR: While I am not an expert in election analysis I would like to offer my two cents. We heard of the upcoming elections in St. Kitts and Nevis wh...
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July 15, 2022
EDITOR: A dear friend sent me a video of carnival activities on the streets of Kingstown. I watched it because I wanted to be as fair as possible in m...
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July 15, 2022
EDITOR: The intelligent, educated and development oriented capable and trustworthy women hardly need to have pointed out to them, the numerous factors...
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July 15, 2022
EDITOR:, 1. Setting the consent age at 15 years benefits the individuals. Those predators who take advantage of children are the ones escaping child m...
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July 15, 2022
EDITOR: In deciding not to allow the broadcast on VC3 of Zion-I’s calypso “Hypocrites”, Anthony Dennie of the Carnival Development Corporation, VC3 an...
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July 8, 2022
EDITOR: I would like to congratulate all of those who are graduating this year amidst so many challenges, and especially the St.Vincent Girls’ High Sc...
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July 8, 2022
EDITOR:The Group of Seven (G7) is made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom.These seven e...
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July 8, 2022
EDITOR: The current battle, war, or Special Military Operation is raging. There is no doubt that the war was started by the aggressor and accomplices....
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July 1, 2022
EDITOR: Growing up school was my escape, it felt safe, I loved learning and I felt accepted. As an adult and parent of three daughters, I have met chi...
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July 1, 2022
EDITOR: Every year, we fund several scholarships. We need to do an audit to determine how well our communities have benefited from the beneficiaries o...
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June 28, 2022
EDITOR:The world has changed.Today we are hearing about Transgender, where a person is born either a male or female but has changed their identity to ...
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June 28, 2022
EDITOR: When Vincentians reflect on the last twenty one and a half years of their lives and soberly examine the issues and factors which have fashione...
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June 28, 2022
EDITOR: Why did Covid-19 and not the church in St Vincent and the Grenadines temporarily halt carnival activities is a question I hope church leaders ...
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May 9, 2025
The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
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May 9, 2025
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A Lodge Village mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, ...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...
