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Rosicrucianism
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May 14, 2010
14.MAY.10 EDITOR: There are Rosicrucianism societies, fraternities, orders, fellowships or lodges in most countries of the modern world. Some of them ...
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I’m disappointed with Dr. Richard Byron Cox
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May 14, 2010
14.MAY.10 Editor: I find the response to my letters in this newspaper quite interesting. Everywhere I go, persons compliment my writing. Some say leav...
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Women’s cricket in SVG is on the verge of dying
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May 14, 2010
14.MAY.10 Editor: “Development”. This is the most used word in the sporting circle, to be more specific Cricket. You hear “Development of youths...
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The new normal demands new bold thinking
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May 14, 2010
14.MAY.10 Editor: If we reflect on both the last quarter century and the tumultuous events of the last 3 years, we soon realise that the world is by n...
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Who is Fidel Castro?
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May 7, 2010
by Veritas Juxtitas 07.MAY.10 Fidel Castro should not be alive today. He has defied the laws of logic and the laws of probability which predicted his ...
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Precious ladies, do not tolerate it anymore!
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May 7, 2010
07.MAY.10 Editor: A few days ago I watched a “Tyra Banks” show that featured a young lady, 17 years of age, who was time and again abused by her b...
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Preserve our children’s innocence
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May 7, 2010
07.MAY.10 Editor: On Friday last, I was just a little taken aback when my seven-year old daughter asked from the backseat of the car: “Mommy, what d...
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Defacing highway with blue paint unacceptable
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May 7, 2010
07.MAY.10 Editor: The Headmistress of the Girls’ High School (GHS), Mrs. Andrea Bowman, quite correctly and appropriately exercised her civic respon...
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More independent thinkers needed!
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May 7, 2010
07.MAY.10 Editor: Let me take this opportunity to emphatically declare that I am an independent citizen who does not religiously support any political...
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Recreation Centres
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May 7, 2010
The number of motor vehicles in SVG doubled from about 12,500 in 2001 to over 25,000 in 2009. Three factors have been mainly responsible for this. Fir...
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SVG – It’s time to turn to God
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April 30, 2010
30.APR.10 Editor: The recently concluded schools dance competition and its lewdness is but a reflection of the society in which we live. While the chi...
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Let’s change our focus
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April 30, 2010
30.APR.10 Editor: I sometimes ask myself whether or not it is worth the effort to write these articles in the newspaper. I have to keep asking myself ...
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What more can Comrade do?
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April 30, 2010
30.APR.10 PART II Editor: I carefully perused the weekly newspapers last week looking for feedback on my article dated April 1, 2010, but unfortunatel...
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Some advice to Andrea Bowman: “Call Bequia!”
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April 30, 2010
by Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox 30.APR.10 Making a virtue out of disadvantageous situations is second nature to true champions. So it’s left to Ralph to...
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The US vs Cuba – Setting the record straight
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April 23, 2010
by veritas juxitas 23.APR.10 In view of the longstanding propaganda campaign on the part of the US to discredit Cuba, a few facts should be made plain...
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Bad move again by Education Ministry
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April 23, 2010
23.APR.10 Editor: The removal of the Principal (ag) and Deputy Principal of the Dr. J.P Eustace Memorial Secondary School does not bode well for that ...
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Please choose your words more carefully
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April 23, 2010
23.APR.10 Editor: I would like to voice my disapproval with what I perceived as irresponsible utterances by senior magistrate Donald Browne. Mr. Brown...
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Truth about Sabbath and Sunday
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April 23, 2010
23.APR.10 Editor: Christians formulate a flawed doctrine as a result of not keeping Yahweh’s annual Feast Days as mentioned in Leviticus 23 and Numb...
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Our Children are human beings, too!
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April 23, 2010
You see me standing at the bus stop in my perfectly pressed school uniform... you ride next to me in the van... I sit in your class at school... we ho...
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Remembering Glenn Jackson
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April 23, 2010
23.APR.10 Editor: April is a very special month to me. That's the month I first met Glenn Jackson, and I made myself a promise that as long as I am al...
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The upcoming jobs revolution
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April 16, 2010
by Dr Jerrol Thompson 16.APR.10 In the last 9 years, over 10,000 persons have been added to the NIS’s active employment list, now 38,000, and signif...
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A brief response to Robert Rivas
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April 16, 2010
16.APR.10 Editor: To paint the problem of sexual abuses of small boys by Catholic priests as a problem of the world is the latest in a series of lame,...
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3 schools and alcohol bar – not a good mix
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April 16, 2010
16.APR.10 Editor: I write with frustration concerning the fact that a bar licensed to sell alcohol will soon be located within very close proximity to...
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Why are people calling for change?
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April 16, 2010
16.APR.10 Editor: It’s the talk all over St. Vincent: Tell the Comrade call the election. When I ask why the Prime Minister should call it before 20...
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Let us get on our knees and pray for each other
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April 16, 2010
16.APR.10 Editor: Death, when it comes, leaves painful memories to the surviving relatives that sometimes take years to erase. For some, the painful m...
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Place world-wide travel ban on PM Gonsalves
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April 16, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: SVG Green Party Leader, Ivan O’Neal, calls for a worldwide foreign travel ban to be placed on PM Gonsalves, until such time that h...
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Don’t wait until it’s too late!
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April 16, 2010
16.APR.10 Editor: I read with great interest the article by Sir Ronald Sanders, ‘What Will Save Our Caribbean Rum’. Also, Renwick Rose’s ‘Anot...
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A question of freedom
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April 16, 2010
by Veritas Justitia 16.APR.10 When people speak about “freedom” these days, they are usually not referring to freedom from slavery. That was an is...
The struggle for community heritage
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The struggle for community heritage
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April 16, 2010
by Oscar Allen 16.APR.10 200 years ago, in the closing days of colonial slavery, Diamond Village, 18 miles by road out of Kingstown, did not exist. Th...
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Our elderly people need quality care
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April 9, 2010
09.APR.10 Editor: I would like the general public to be aware of the fact that caring for the aged and sick requires persons who have the expertise, k...
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Stop pussyfooting and get on with Football
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April 9, 2010
09.APR.10 Editor: I write in response to a letter in the Searchlight newspaper of April 1, 2010, captioned “Tell me who is really telling the truth?...
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You tell me who is really telling the truth
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April 9, 2010
09.APR.10 EDITOR: Please permit me a space in your newspaper to speak the truth on a few of the issues that were public on Thursday, April 1st, 2010, ...
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There is need for good role models
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April 9, 2010
09.APR.10 Editor: There is need for good role models in our nations. A good role model is someone who demonstrates good moral behaviour, is well disci...
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What more can the Comrade do?
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April 9, 2010
09.APR.10 Editor: Blindness in part or in whole has affected many Vincentians at home and in the Diaspora. This statement is certainly fitting for tho...
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Caribbean economic problems
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April 1, 2010
by Nilio Gumbs 01.APR.10 The Caribbean islands are faced with the worst economic fallout probably since the 1930’s. Every country in region is exper...
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Troumaca loses Community Hero
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April 1, 2010
01.APR.10 Editor: I was saddened by the news of the passing of Mr. Alvis Cox of Troumaca (formerly of Couls Hill). It was also disturbing to learn wha...
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Papa Mitchell, Father of SVG
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April 1, 2010
01.APR.10 EDITOR: There is so much misconception and deception by many people for political reasons about the track record of the New Democratic Party...
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Rockies man with 46 convictions jailed for theft
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Rockies man with 46 convictions jailed for theft
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June 3, 2025
A Rockies man, who has been convicted 46 times, has now been sentenced to prison for four years and four months for stealing gallons of paint from the...
BOSVG warns customers of social media scams
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BOSVG warns customers of social media scams
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May 30, 2025
Bank of St Vincent and the Grenadines (BOSVG) has issued an ‘urgent warning’ to its customers about fraudulent online schemes. The notice came via ema...

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