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The issue of British American Insurance Company
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August 7, 2009
07.AUG.09 Editor: Much progress is being made towards a long-term resolution of the issue of survival of the British American Insurance Company (BAICO...
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Stop their nonsense and give us our money
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August 7, 2009
07.AUG.09 Editor: It is with much disappointment that I have decided to write this article on behalf of the teachers who are working extremely hard to...
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Strive to be great, think beyond the average mind
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August 7, 2009
07.AUG.09 Editor: There are few who would say that they would not like to be wealthy and I would further say that no country can become rich if none o...
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In support of dealth penalty
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August 7, 2009
07.AUG.09 Editor: Ref. July 24, 2009 edition page 17 captioned “Bacchus Browne: death penalty not a deterrent to crime” I read and carefully consi...
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The Argyle Airport – A Bold Endeavour
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August 7, 2009
Felix Rohatyn is the expert who, several years ago, devised the measures that rescued New York when that city was in deep financial crisis. He has now...
Proposed Parliament more Democratic?
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Proposed Parliament more Democratic?
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August 7, 2009
07.AUG.09 Editor: We are told and sold the idea that the proposed new parliament will reflect the deepening of our democracy. Parnel R. Campbell says ...
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Airport development – Coalition of the willing
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July 31, 2009
by G E M Saunders 31.JULY.09 Sir James was correct back in 1999 when he re-focused our attention on the crucial issue of airport development. At that ...
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Comments on the draft Constitution
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July 31, 2009
31.JULY.09 Editor: Chapter I, section 7. My sense of logic warns me against the addition of the words “and vice versa” as in “male includes woma...
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What have we come to…they think we stupid?
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July 31, 2009
31.JULY.09 Editor: What really have we come to? What do the politicians really think of us? They think we’re stupid, I presume. I am convinced that ...
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Crime Reduction
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July 31, 2009
31.JULY.09 Editor: I am one who believes that Crime and Violence is not on the decrease but has just slowed down a little. I heard the police saying t...
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Sound leadership by Ralph and the ULP
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July 31, 2009
Editor: In these difficulties times of global economic crisis and its terrible effects on the Caribbean, it is a good thing that Ralph Gonsalves and t...
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Why aren’t nurses being appointed?
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July 31, 2009
31.JULY.09 Editor: Many of our young ladies were trained and have qualified as nurses. However, it is unfortunate that many are still unemployed and t...
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Proud of the Garifuna links home, abroad
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July 31, 2009
31.JULY.09 Editor: I am delighted to see that links between the Garifuna at home and abroad are being forged. In April of this year, I visited Livings...
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Adequate compensation defined
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July 31, 2009
31.JULY.09 Editor: Who is asking the government to remove “Adequate Compensation” from the constitutional provision that says the people should be...
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Did / does God Emancipate?
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July 31, 2009
by Oscar Allen 31.JULY.09 God is of course the English/Saxon word/name of God. The French say “Bon Dieu”, the Hebrew people - in the Bible said no...
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A happy PMC birthday
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July 24, 2009
by Oscar Allen 24.JULY.09 Next week, the People’s Movement for Change, the PMC, will be one year old. Over the past months, very few people believed...
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Sporting Malady
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July 24, 2009
24.JULY.09 Editor: The Windward Islands Secondary School Games will officially open on the 25th, July 2009. The Chairman of the Planning Committee Lui...
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Contributory Fund for Airport good idea
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July 24, 2009
24.JULY.09 Editor: The setting up of the Airport Contributory Fund is a great idea. Nations across the world are contributing to the construction of t...
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Re-define the territory of SVG
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July 24, 2009
24.JULY.09 Editor: The preamble to the draft defines St. Vincent and the Grenadines as being comprised of islands “inhabited and uninhabited” and ...
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Social Value of Cultural Arts – Pt: 2
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July 17, 2009
Maxwell Haywood 17.JULY.09 Last week, I attempted to place the cultural arts in a broad context of their social relevance. This week, I attempt to exp...
‘Thank you’, Searchlight
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‘Thank you’, Searchlight
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July 17, 2009
17.JULY.09 Editor: I felt like one of the nine ungrateful lepers because I did not write back to tell Searchlight ‘Thanks’ for printing the letter...
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Looking for my birth mother
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July 17, 2009
17.JULY.09 Editor: My name is Michelle Jackson. I was given up for adoption in St. Vincent in 1983. I was born on May 3rd, 1983. I believe that my bir...
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Pot holes not properly fixed
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July 17, 2009
17.JULY.09 Editor: Those highways or main roads continue to be of concern to vehicle drivers. I know some repair work was done recently to fill the po...
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‘Tek yuh lash’
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July 17, 2009
17.JULY.09 Editor: Many years ago I used to sit and listen to fellow Vincentians running other airline operators out of St. Vincent. “LIAT is our ai...
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Decades of persecution
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July 17, 2009
17.JULY.09 Editor: I have been enduring a life of persecution spanning over four decades. Firstly, it was a life of physical and verbal abuse from sib...
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Social value of Cultural Arts Pt:1
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 by Maxwell Haywood Vincy Mas 2009 has just ended, and many of us will be reflecting on what happened during carnival. The outpouring of cre...
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Dr. Fraser put me in my place
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 Editor: The good Dr. Arian Fraser used his column last week (Friday, July 3, 2009) to put me in my place. Thank you, Doc. Where exactly tha...
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A Fishery for Flying Fish
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 Editor: Flyingfish consumption is not popular in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. However, literature can be found that indicates its potent...
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A response to Lancelot Farrell
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 Editor: I will be grateful if you can publish the following in response to an article which appeared in your edition of Friday, 03 July, 20...
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Allah is not another name for Jehovah
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 Editor: To the Christians who do not understand the difference between the God of the Bible and the Muslims‚ God. THEY HAVE THE WRONG NAM...
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Where were the potties?
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 Editor: Was this an oversight by the organizers of Vincy Carnival? - Imagine not one portable toilet in the city of Kingstown for carnival ...
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‘The dignity code’
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July 10, 2009
10.JULY.09 Editor: In a recent New York Times newspaper article, Times columnist David Brooks, an intellectual conservative (one of the few whom I can...
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Obsession was disappointing
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: The Carnival Development Committee and the promoters of the farce that took place on Monday, June 29th, under the disguise of Obses...
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Don’t kill and bury people’s aspirations
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: I am a weekly reader of The News newspaper since its inception. I remember very well the situation which led to columnists like Bas...
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NDP: Enjoy SVG Carnival and please come again
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: The New Democratic Party of St. Vincent and the Grenadines believes that the road to a kinder, gentler society can be laid by a con...
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Where will NDP find this money in these times?
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: The beating of drums by the Leadership of the New Democratic Party is tantamount to nothing, where Politics in St Vincent and the G...
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Show more respect for our entertainers
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: After living in the US for 29 years, I returned to SVG 18 months ago. I’ve been tempted many times to write to a newspaper regard...
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Let’s improve our abilities
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: On Saturday, 16th May, 2009, players from six soccer clinics operating in SVG played against each other. There were under-10s, 13s ...
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SVG QUEEN 2009
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 by J.R Bramble VIVACIOUS and oh so versatile, ELEGANCE, hallmark of her smile. ROYALTY she will ever be, OBLIGATORY by the law of destiny. ...
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Inalienable rights for a more secure future
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: As I listen to the many arguments concerning inserting the word INALIENABLE into the preamble of the proposed new constitution to d...