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My prediction for the General Elections
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November 9, 2010
09.NOV.10 EDITOR: Everywhere one goes in St. Vincent and the Grenadines people are asking for the elections date. I am not worried about the date. We ...
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Leadership is action!
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November 9, 2010
09.NOV.10 Editor: Please grant me a space in your newspaper to air the concerns of the majority of the members of the National Society of Persons with...
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We have other bills to pay, too
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November 5, 2010
05.NOV.10 Editor: I am very aggravated and incensed about the monopoly of KARIB CABLE in this country. For a long time now, I have been wanting to ven...
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Great job – CWSA, VINLEC
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November 5, 2010
05.NOV.10 Editor: I have nothing but praise for the response of the utility companies to the outages caused by Hurricane Tomas. The CWSA and VINLEC re...
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Thanks to the heroes of Hurricane Tomas
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November 5, 2010
05.NOV.10 Editor: The passage of the recent Hurricane has left many homeless, and some without their livelihood. However, we must, as a nation, give t...
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NBC… Thank you very much!
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November 5, 2010
05.NOV.10 Editor: I commend the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for keeping the nation up-to-date during and after the passage of Hurricane To...
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Education – the road to SVG’s development
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November 5, 2010
05.NOV.10 Editor: Prime Minister Errol Barrow might have started the Caribbean’s first education revolution in the 1960s when he focused on educatio...
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NSPD member speaks out
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November 2, 2010
02.NOV.10 Editor: I read intently, the article which was written by a concerned member of NSPD dated Friday, October 16, 2010. It captured in detail a...
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Act now before it’s too late
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November 2, 2010
02.NOV.10 Editor: On August 28 2010, our brother was brutally stabbed to death. One of the persons who was charged was released back into the communit...
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Let good policy be your guide
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November 2, 2010
02.NOV.10 Editor: St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been engaged in the silly political season for at least the past 15 years, as a proliferation of ...
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Mr. Alexander, uplift the youths of SVG
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November 2, 2010
02.NOV.10 Editor: Being a long time reader of the Searchlight newspaper online, for the first time ever, I feel compelled to write a letter to the edi...
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I am left with little choice
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October 29, 2010
29.OCT.10 Editor: The election campaigning is swinging into high gear, and once the main two political parties are on the road. Though the Green Party...
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Prime Minister Ralph Dr. Gonsalves is my friend
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October 29, 2010
29.OCT.10 Editor: I expressed how and what I think about Dr. Gonsalves’ leadership in my last letter. Persons met and shared their comment about my ...
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At the Intersection
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October 29, 2010
29.OCT.10 by Matthew Miller Big collision in the heart of Town, Watch how many pedestrians got knock down. Driving like you on a race track, trying to...
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They follow me
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October 29, 2010
29.OCT.10 Editor: As an old and humble man in SVG, I became very annoyed last weekend when I was given my weekly newspapers. When I asked the gentlema...
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Revolutionize the ‘Education Revolution’
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October 29, 2010
29.OCT.10 Editor: Let me begin by commending the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for its attempts to introduce the ‘Education Revolutio...
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Please reflect on SVG’s progress
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October 29, 2010
29.OCT.10 Editor: The celebration of Independence in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is an opportunity for us to reflect on the progress made in the co...
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There is hope in the valley and all of SVG
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October 29, 2010
29.OCT.10 Editor: In the midst of an enthusiastic and too often divisive election campaign, there are many things to celebrate during our National Ind...
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Access to health care – a double-edged evil
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October 29, 2010
by Fitz T Jones 29.OCT.10 In terms of public perception, access to healthcare is a double-edged evil. And this perception is fueled by a generally uni...
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Is Louis Straker going to South Leeward?
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October 26, 2010
26.OCT.10 EDITOR: Is it really true or is it just rumours? Am I hearing that the ULP wants Sir Louis Straker to run in South Leeward? And Louis has ag...
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More signs of Eustace’s weakness as a leader
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October 26, 2010
26.OCT.10 Editor: Break the Law, breach the code of conduct that guides you in your profession, behave like a political prostitute and “jagabat” a...
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Saving our marriages
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October 26, 2010
26.OCT.10 EDITOR: As discussed earlier marriage is divinely inspired and vitally important to the preservation of our families. As a people and a nati...
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The things people say to win an election
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October 22, 2010
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 Editor: Did I hear right? Did former PM James Mitchell declare that cocoa will be brought back if the NDP wins? The things people sa...
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The fall of man (Pt4) Science True or False:
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October 22, 2010
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 Dear Editor Glad that you can join me again in discovering the truth of the Holy Scripture of God and slaying the false doctrine of ...
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NCB and all that
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October 22, 2010
In his effort to modernize SVG, Milton Cato, of blessed memory, intervened in the economy more than any previous Government. He set up the NPF which e...
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Junior officers need training, too
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October 22, 2010
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 Editor: While it is heartening to see the government sponsoring a recent workshop on Change Management, one wonders why only the “...
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Time to grow up
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October 22, 2010
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 Editor: It is not often that I am prompted to put pen to paper for publication in our newspapers. However, I feel compelled to do so...
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Let common sense prevail
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October 19, 2010
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 Editor: Another General Election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is just around the corner and I expect it to be a very spirited c...
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ULP takes bold step against corruption
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October 19, 2010
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 Editor: Congratulations are in order for the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and his government for taking the bold...
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Jujube, I thank you!
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October 19, 2010
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 Editor: I would like to extend congratulations and thanks to the owners of Jujube, the new bookstore downstairs the Demarara Buildin...
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Keep up the good work
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October 19, 2010
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 Editor: I have been reading the newspapers of St. Vincent and The Grenadines for 45 years, going back to the days of Nora Peacock; I...
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Strong political wind of change
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October 15, 2010
Fri, Oct 15, 2010 Editor: Kindly permit me a space in your weekly newspaper to share my views. I have been driving towtrucks for the past 12 years, an...
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No need to increase constituencies
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October 15, 2010
Fri, Oct 15, 2010 Editor: In our blessed land, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the government and opposition are chosen through the first-past-the-pos...
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Corporal punishment not a means to an end
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October 15, 2010
Fri, Oct 15, 2010 Editor: Kindly allow me a space in your newspaper to comment on the article: “Ministry of Education reacts to Student’s passing,...
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Hans King responds to Dr. Adrian Fraser
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October 15, 2010
Fri, Oct 15, 2010 Editor: I am going to dare and be out of my place once again by addressing issues in the newspaper column of our noted historian Dr....
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A review of the PM’s diary
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October 15, 2010
An Excerpt of a Review of “DIARY OF A PRIME MINISTER: Ten Days Among Benedictine Monks” by Ralph E. Gonsalves, SFI Books by The Rev. Victor H. Job...
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Pay heed to each child’s complaint
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October 12, 2010
Tue, Oct 12, 2010 Editor: I wish to express my deepest concern over the recent 11-year-old who committed suicide. My deepest condolences to the surviv...