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Bigger crowd at Vincy Unity Picnic 2010
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July 23, 2010
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 Editor: The July 17 Vincy Unity Picnic at Browns Bay Park attracted over 16,000 Vincy families and friends from across Canada and US...
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Historical notes on Rebellion Day
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July 23, 2010
by Olga Chamero Trias, Fri, Jul 23, 2010 Ambassador of Cuba to St. Vincent and the Grenadines In 1953, when the centenary of the birthday of the Cuban...
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Public ‘Thank You’ to Miss Carival judges
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July 23, 2010
Fri, Jul 23, 2010 Editor: The Carnival Development Corporation is pleased to confirm the names, occupation and countries of the ESTEEMED JUDGES IN the...
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Dead among students at Georgetown Secondary
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July 20, 2010
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 EDITOR: I am a concerned parent who has children attending the Georgetown Secondary School. I will like to know who and why it has b...
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No government should legislate a point of view!
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July 20, 2010
Tue, Jul 20, 2010 EDITOR: “We’re drifting into slavery, and soon we will not be free” are two lines from our Freedom Song that I must consider w...
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Impact of disasters on public health – part 1
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July 20, 2010
by Reynold Hewitt Tue, Jul 20, 2010 Disasters have claimed millions of lives throughout the world be it natural or man-made. Natural disasters include...
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The people are not dishonest!
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July 16, 2010
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 Editor: As I read Wade Kojo Williams Sr’s piece printed in your July 9, 2010, edition of the Searchlight and reflected on Sir Rona...
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Eustace must tell us of his vision for SVG
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July 16, 2010
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 Editor: The New Democratic Party will hold its annual Convention this coming Sunday (July 18) at Democrat House in capital city King...
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Good players make winners
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July 16, 2010
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 Editor: Soccer fans were not impressed with the performances of Teams and players in the World Cup, but those who play admit first a...
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Barbados must watch immigration system
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July 16, 2010
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 Editor: We have a situation in Barbados where Caricom Nationals enter the country and marry Barbadians. As soon as they get their pa...
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Implementing the OECS imperative
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July 16, 2010
by Dr Arnold Thomas Fri, Jul 16, 2010 For many years some of us have been saying that OECS economic union is not optional but an imperative. The signi...
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A misconception about Jehovah’s Witnesses
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July 16, 2010
Fri, Jul 16, 2010 Editor: Some people have the misconception that Jehovah’s Witnesses forbid the bearing of children.{{more}} This misconception is ...
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Where are we going?
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July 13, 2010
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 Editor: Where are we heading as a nation? This is indeed a sobering question. The carnival song that was criticized as being indecen...
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SVG development under the current government
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July 13, 2010
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 Editor: It has been 14 years since I left St Vincent and the Grenadines to seek a better life abroad. When I left St Vincent and the...
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My promise to Sheridan and ‘Gray’
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July 13, 2010
Tue, Jul 13, 2010 Editor: About 1:05 am on Saturday, July 3, after posting the Miss Carival results on my FaceBook Page, I ran into Miss East St. Geor...
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We must protect the poor, under-privileged
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July 9, 2010
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 Editor: Karib Cable is the sole cable television provider in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. A previous monopoly experience has show...
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Would you scratch a stranger’s crotch?
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July 9, 2010
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 Editor: Would you scratch a stranger’s crotch? Would you pick somebody else’s nose? You probably have done that and worse withou...
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Alba’s socialism is the debate
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July 9, 2010
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 Editor: The efforts to distract from the real issue on Socialism which threatens to raise its bloody, anti-rights and freedoms head ...
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Pan and Roti – Luke Browne’s innovation
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July 9, 2010
Fri, Jul 09, 2010 Editor: Last Saturday, June 26, constituents of East Kingstown and well wishers were treated to a musical steel pan treat, in additi...
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Assess the leaders on their track record
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July 2, 2010
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 Editor: I refer to the article “Vincentians favour aspects of both socialism, capitalism” in your midweek edition of June 29.{{m...
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Vincentians – learn to control the tongue
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July 2, 2010
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 Editor: Fellow Vincentians, many of our tongues are causing real trouble in our country. That clipping of our tongues may be the bil...
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Get real, Randolph!
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July 2, 2010
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 Editor: On reading your article it is clear you attempt to defend PM Gonsalves and his ULP administration’s stance on Socialism bu...
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God’s name – should we use it?
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July 2, 2010
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 Editor: For many years now, people have been showing gross disrespect for the Almighty God in NOT using his matchless holy name,{{mo...
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This is the Keith Miller I know
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July 2, 2010
Fri, Jul 02, 2010 Editor: In previous articles, I highlighted several areas of concern within the police force, in which the Commissioner of Police Ke...
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Open letter to Hot 97 FM
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June 29, 2010
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Editor: There are expletives and offensive expressions not normally used in the local environment; however there are within St. Vinc...
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Are Vincy men getting a bad rap from Vincy women?
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June 29, 2010
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Editor: It never dawned on me that there are some bad, worthless, money digging Vincentian women in our society, until a friend told...
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Cry aloud too, Minister Walters!
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June 29, 2010
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Editor: I read Minster Selmon Walters’ words from the National Day of Prayer Rally in last Mid-week’s edition of your papers and...
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Government getting a handle on crime in SVG
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June 29, 2010
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Editor: The war on crime is many-sided; it involves everyone in the community, including parent, parson, teacher, businessman, magis...
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SVG has so much for the tourist to enjoy
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June 29, 2010
Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Editor: According to stats, St Vincent and the Grenadines is composed of some of the most beautiful and unspoiled islands in the wor...
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Salute the past while looking to the future
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June 29, 2010
In the new global environment that we currently experience, old styles of organization and management no longer work. We have to find alternatives. Bu...
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Politicians and criticisms
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June 25, 2010
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 Editor: The last nine years in St. Vincent politics has been quite interesting. Prime Minister Gonsalves in my opinion is the one wh...
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Karib Cable, for now, you’ve lost a customer
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June 25, 2010
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 Editor: I look on in amazement each day at the long lines in front of Karib Cable’s Office. People are rushing to get their boxes....
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Talented youths
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June 25, 2010
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 Editor: Congratulations to Saboto Caesar on his nomination to continue the ULP’’s representation of his constituency. Congratula...
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Who is looking out for our students?
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June 25, 2010
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 Editor: What kind of future are we preparing for our primary school students? The non-academic disciplines are woefully neglected as...
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Give up leadership!
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June 25, 2010
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 My Dear Arnhim: I have become really disappointed in you these days so I have decided to write to you, asking you to give up the lea...
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Calypso’s Emperor Caesar hails Ralph!
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June 25, 2010
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 by Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox I love that creative cultural troika of calypso, mas and pan that makes our Carnival such a wondrous spl...
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Unfair to Mayreau
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June 22, 2010
Tue, Jun 22, 2010 Editor: Please permit me this space in your newspaper, to vent my anger over something that took place over the Whit Monday weekend ...