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The inalienable right to private property
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July 3, 2009
03.JULY.09 Editor: As I sat and listened to the radio program ‘Issues at Hand’ two Sundays ago June 23rd 2009, I was appalled and very dissatisfie...
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Djs – Shut Up and let the music play!
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 Editor: Many years ago, the band Touch sang a tune called “SHUT UP”. I would like to ask all DJs in St. Vincent to consider that song. ...
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An open Letter to Patrick Ferrari
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 EDITOR: I find it very necessary to address you concerning your article in the News newspaper dated June 12, 2009, that was also read on th...
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NDP making wholly false, irresponsible statements
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 EDITOR: The Opposition New Democratic Party (NDP held a rally at Vermont on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Each of its platform speakers made se...
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Where did US get its information?
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 Editor: All of us who consider ourselves proud citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were utterly disturbed and shocked last Wednesday...
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Condom gown – a powerful message
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 Editor: Kindly allow me to publicly congratulate Ms. Roseclair Charles, a daughter of our soil, on a job well done. Ms Charles left our sho...
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Living Proof of Wellness?
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 by R. Andrew Cummings Q.C. Across the centuries, mankind has always had a keen focus on the need for a healthy lifestyle. Each generation c...
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Homecoming Africa
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 by Oscar Allen In a real sense, it is Jamaican Ambassador Dudley Thompson’s ongoing will and Testament addressed to us in 2007. He said I...
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Republic and not sovereign democracy
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June 26, 2009
26.JUNE.09 Editor: As I sat in the “strangers’ gallery” in the house of parliament 28th May, 2009, I listened to Dr. Hamid Ghany give a synopsis...
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Making Caricom less “at risk”
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 by Sir Ronald Sanders (The writer is a consultant and former Caribbean diplomat) Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding says that the Car...
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Judges’ decision way off base in Miss SVG
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 Editor: I am a young patron who has been following the Miss SVG show as far back as I can remember and never have I seen such nonsense. In ...
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What can we do to reduce crime?
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 Editor: Looking at the crime situation in this country has sparkled much debate. There are those who blame the government for not providing...
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Dr. Fraser’s error on IMF issue
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 EDITOR: In his column in The Searchlight last week (June 12, 2009), Dr. Adrian Fraser asserted that “We (meaning St. Vincent and the Gren...
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Brothers and sisters, please stop the hate!
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 Editor: From proposed changes in our constitution to awkward incidents with two men found in compromising circumstances, there have been a ...
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None Better than the ULP team
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 Editor: The ULP government has been performing very well, but by contrast the NDP in opposition has been performing badly. The ULP is coher...
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Festus Browne, why not focus on the good?
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 Editor: I usually would not take the time to reply to people who speak a lot about things they know little about. I am making an exception ...
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Most of the proposed changes are just cosmetic
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 Editor: The debates and discussions continue on the constitutional Bill that has been launched in parliament. The more I follow the deliber...
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Fisheries Management and Development
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June 19, 2009
19.JUNE.09 by Mr. Raymond Ryan Director Fisheries Divison From ancient times fishing has been a major source of food for humanity and a provider of em...
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Please stop making a mockery of Christianity
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 Editor: The mockery we are making of Christianity is a shame. When we listen to the advertisement on radio where a carnival activity is adv...
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Women, get involved!
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 Editor: I have been studying Vincentian politics for over fifty years and know I am 99 per cent correct in saying that Vincy women are not ...
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We need to take HIV/AIDS seriously
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 Editor: It is with great disgust that I write this article and do hope that the National Aids Program and the Ministry of Health and the En...
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Golden opportunities in dancing ignored
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 Editor: “There’re no opportunities in St. Vincent,” I hear people moan all the time. Oh really? Recently, some Vincentian dancers wer...
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Quality of Miss SVG Pageant very poor
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 Editor: I am a Vincentian living in a foreign country but happened to be in my beloved homeland for the first time in years to witness a ca...
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I am voting ‘Yes’ for new SVG Constitution
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 EDITOR: I am a member of the New Democratic Party and I am voting “YES” for the proposed Constitution. I am following Parnel and Ralph ...
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Eustace – Say something besides ‘No’!
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June 12, 2009
12.JUNE.09 Editor: “No” is not a philosophy. Nor is saying “Stop It!” or “I disagree” to every proposal made. The newspapers have dutifull...
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Assisted biological crops
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 by Sir James Mitchell Throughout the ages, ever since the conceptualization of thinking and the thought process, we have sought to distingu...
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Reporters should refuse gifts from advertisers
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: Re: the article in last week’s edition (May 29, 2009) titled “Journalists gets (sic) gifts from Digicel” - As a former journa...
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Sports is serious business
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: With all the problems Sporting Associations are facing, we hear no speeches of inspiration, encouragement nor alternatives which wo...
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We just don’t seem to get it!
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: It pains my heart to see so many of our youths, especially the males, falling by the wayside. We are all so much taken up with our ...
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Let’s uphold dignity and self-respect
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: Have ladies lost their dignity and self-respect? Your answer is as good as mine. We cannot doubt that the way ladies are dressed in...
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Rescue youths from path of destruction
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: Crime and violence perpetrated by young people is a troubling problem worldwide. Too many of our youth get involved in criminal act...
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Abolish Common Entrance Examination
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: Yet again our children are subjected to a ritual which goes contrary to every progressive educational practice - the Common Entranc...
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Are we are so proud of our homophobia?
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: The following is a reproduction of clause 17(2) of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution Bill 2009: “The State shall ...
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Remember, a firm tree does not fear the storm
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June 5, 2009
05.JUNE.09 Editor: A firm tree does not fear the storm. As we go through difficult times, we must reflect on this saying. It reminds us that no matter...
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Open letters to Vincentians
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May 29, 2009
29.MAY.09 Editor: Are we really Vincentians? This is the question I have found myself asking lately as I listen to some of the many voices coming from...