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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 EDITOR: The current leadership of the SVG Teachersâ Union seems to be misleading their members again. Having erred late last year, in refu...
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 Editor: Please allow me to share my pure views on an article which appeared in the newspapers on January 27, 2009. It appeared in the Search...
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 EDITOR: At this time of the year, and more specifically February 14, which is referred to as Valentineâs Day, many claim to be celebrating...
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 Dear SVGAT members, patriots and friends, the time has come when we as people of one nation are called upon to carry the torch as a people o...
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: Please permit me a space in your weekly newspaper. I could remember during the year 2008 I wrote about the âbrownessâ that was a...
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: On Monday, January 26, 2009, a new Supervisor of Elections was sworn in by His Excellency the Governor-General. Representatives from...
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: Both Comrade Ralph and President Obama have preached âTogether Nowâ. Ralph must know by now that the Opposition NDP and the NDP-...
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 Editor: There is an inner side of us yearning for outward expression but is very often denied the opportunity. Progress and success for many...
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: I observed the blind support for Obama with great interest, and as I did, where it came from, and why many people, even those I thou...
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 âA successful team is a group of many hands but of one mindâ Editor: The Girlsâ High School, for years now, has stood out as the best ...
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: Kenneth John is not an overly liked man, or so it seems. I couldnât care less; I admire the man and have for as long as I could re...
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January 23, 2009
23.JAN.09 Editor: As I reflect on the nature of the political situation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, I see the urgent need for some decent exper...
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January 23, 2009
23.JAN.09 Editor: Iâve written dozens of letters to the Media (Newspapers, Radio and TV) during the past fifty years. Looking back at my letters mak...
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January 23, 2009
23.JAN.09 Editor: Having reached to work in London very early on Tuesday morning, I decided to catch up on some personal time before my colleagues arr...
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January 23, 2009
23.JAN.09 Editor: At a time when the Methodist Church South Caribbean District is holding its 191st Conference in SVG, it is an opportune time to ask ...
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January 23, 2009
23.JAN.09 Editor: It is difficult to see a bright future ahead for small countries like these, and the sad thing is, with all that is going on, it is ...
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January 23, 2009
Editor: On every occasion that I visit the towns and villages in our nation, I am appalled by the living conditions of our people. It appears that the...
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January 23, 2009
by Oscar Allen 23.JAN.09 As a disciple of the Palestinian from Galilee, Jesus the Christ, I see the recent Israeli invasion into Gaza as a crime again...
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January 23, 2009
23.JAN.09 Editor: Kindly permit me a space in your weekly publication to put public my concerns on this matter. We have all had our moments of pleasur...
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January 16, 2009
16.JAN.09 Editor: Some time in late 2008, a well known academic and motivational speaker made some remarks at a forum for young people. Strangely, the...
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January 16, 2009
16.JAN.09 Editor: I have written on numerous occasions on the issue as it relates to the term in office for the Executive of the National Olympic Comm...
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January 16, 2009
16.JAN.09 Editor: Leaders are people who raise the standards by which they judge themselves, and by which they are willing to be judged. Kindly allow ...
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January 16, 2009
16.JAN.09 Editor: LIME (previously Cable and Wireless) has always had a good relationship with the CTAWU and can boast of having one of the best Colle...
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January 16, 2009
16.JAN.09 Editor: I write to commend Ann-Marie John on her enlightening letter in last weekâs edition of the Searchlight.{{more}} Thanks for laying ...
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January 16, 2009
The world is in recession. Governments everywhere are striving to combat it. It behoves all Vincentians to reflect upon their own condition. In the cl...
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January 9, 2009
09.JAN.09 Editor: On behalf of myself, Randy Kirby and all the players that took part in the X-Mas Day Tournament, we wish to thank the National Lotte...
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January 9, 2009
09.JAN.09 Editor: As Israeli tanks penetrate into Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians are injured; some murdered, medical supplies, food, fuel, electricity...
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January 9, 2009
09.JAN.09 Editor: We are encouraging persons to embark on a study of Godâs Word, the Bible. When one studies the Bible for himself, he can see what ...
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January 9, 2009
09.JAN.09 Editor: I met this girl, no more than 19, on a serene night. Mid- July it was, on a Saturday, four years ago, somewhere near Toronto, at a c...
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January 9, 2009
by R. T. Luke V. Browne 09.JAN.09 The overseer enters the field to realize that local tree growth is stunted; plants seem to fare better on other plot...
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January 2, 2009
02.JAN.09 Editor: The SVG Table Tennis Association has amended its constitution and has made a quantum leap as it relates to its term in office for it...
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January 2, 2009
02.JAN.09 Editor: Let me first take this opportunity to wish you, your staff and this newspaper Godâs continued blessings for the New Year. 2008 has...
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January 2, 2009
by Dr. Jerrol Thompson 02.JAN.09 In a recent startling and uncharacteristic pronouncement, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Managing Director of the IMF, s...
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December 23, 2008
23.DEC.08 Editor: I feel compelled on behalf of all persons who have suffered or experience some form of police brutality to respond to Shirley Dewarâ...
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December 23, 2008
by United States Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman 23.DEC.08 Sixty years ago the member states of the United Nations approved the Universal Declaration of H...
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December 19, 2008
19.DEC.08 EDITOR: For the past 19 months I have been stationed in Canouan as Senior Airport Officer, quietly going about the Governmentâs business a...
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December 19, 2008
19.DEC.08 EDITOR: I am disturbed by the campaign in the media by some persons against the Police. I acknowledge that there are instances of Police mis...
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December 19, 2008
19.DEC.08 Editor: Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves presented the 2009 Budget on Monday, 1st December, which I found quite interesting. I am of the o...
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December 19, 2008
19.DEC.08 Political leaders have articulated a vision of what and where a country should be within a particular time period using developed indicators...
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December 19, 2008
19.DEC.08 EDITOR: Minister Baptiste, while you are addressing the major issues such as dress code, chewing gum and cellular phones usage etc. at Peace...
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December 19, 2008
19.DEC.08 EDITOR: This letter is directed specifically to the Otto Sam - Philbert John wing of the Teachersâ Union. They say that they and the Cools...
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December 19, 2008
19.DEC.08 by Olga Chamero Trias Ambassador for Cuba to St. Vincent and the Grenadines The 10th of December all countries of the world celebrated the 6...
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December 12, 2008
Maxwell Haywood 12.DEC.08 Vincy Homecoming is the general name given to the process that will celebrate and build on the positive achievements and rel...
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