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NOC needs major shake-up
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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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LIME clears the air on CTAWU partnership
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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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The role of the Government
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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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No support for Israelis and their sympathizers!
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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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Viva La Revolución!
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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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What a quantum leap by Table Tennis Association!
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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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Deepening our Vincentian pride for 2009
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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 God’s continued blessings for the New Year. 2008 has...
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Citizens wailing, not police bashing
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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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Up against it!
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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 Government’s business a...
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Police bashing is quite unacceptable
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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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Can this Budget sustain itself?
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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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A few more things to consider
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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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Some teachers make no sense
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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 Teachers’ Union. They say that they and the Cools...
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Cuba on Human Rights
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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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Vincy homecoming: – What is it?
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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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Vinlec, this is not good enough!
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December 12, 2008
12.DEC.08 Editor: A few months ago, a lady demonstrated outside the gates of VINLEC. Her grouse stemmed from the digging up of the road in front of he...
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On which day was the Saviour born?
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December 12, 2008
12.DEC.08 Editor: It is only a relative few people who are diligent enough to investigate the facts which are pertinent to understanding the drift in ...
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Accusations of police brutality too frequent
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December 12, 2008
12.DEC.08 Editor: The accusation of police brutality is becoming too frequent. One may argue that there are three sides of a story, the alleged victim...
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When will LIAT cut ticket prices?
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December 12, 2008
12.DEC.08 Editor: Buy the cheapest currently available return airline seat from Barbados to St. Lucia and you will pay US$200.45. Of that figure, US$1...
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Mr. Wilson, you must come better than this
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December 5, 2008
05.DEC.08 Editor: Even if David Wilson is not trying to throw sprat to catch whale with his recent Searchlight article of November 28, 2008: “Ralph ...
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Student with Dyslexia requires special teacher
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December 5, 2008
05.DEC.08 Editor: I was extremely pleased to hear Dr. Ralph Gonsalves mention Dyslexia whilst addressing the teachers’ graduation in Special Needs t...
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State of the SVGTU – A lost cause
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December 5, 2008
05.DEC.08 Editor: Never before in its over one hundred years history has there been so much criticism leveled at the SVGTU. Gone are the days when tea...
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Joy Matthews does not stand alone!
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December 5, 2008
05.DEC.08 Editor: Last week I wrote that some elements of the Teachers’ Union Executive were pursuing their own agenda, and that recent developments...
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Students must first sign in
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December 5, 2008
by Andrea Bowman 05.DEC.08 Pee John’s article in last week’s edition of the Searchlight entitled ‘One must sign up or sign out!’ highlights a ...
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Ill discipline in children worrying
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November 28, 2008
28.NOV.08 Editor: Ill discipline in children, mainly at schools, has caught the attention of many and has given cause for much debate. There are certa...
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Stop chopping poles before someone dies
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November 28, 2008
28.NOV.08 Editor: I kindly wish to bring some very serious matters to the attention of the public and relevant authorities. In recent times, a group o...
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Some Union executives pushing own agenda
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November 28, 2008
28.NOV.08 EDITOR: I hate to disagree with my Union in public, but the barrage of attacks on the President of the SVGTU by the traditional Nice Radio a...
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One must sign up or sign out!
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November 28, 2008
by Philbert John 28.NOV.08 By the time this article is published, most, if not all, secondary schools will have completed the registration process for...
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My workers’ union is wrong this time!
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November 21, 2008
21.NOV.08 EDITOR: I have listened to arguments from different sides on the issue of ‘Reclassification’. A very strong view of the government is th...
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A tribute to the late Joel Huggins
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November 21, 2008
21.NOV.08 Editor: I was about to use the heading “Tribute to my former Boss”, but after carefully analyzing the word “Boss” I decided against ...
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Editor, I am hurt, but I am not yet angry!
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November 21, 2008
21.NOV.08 Editor: I heard our Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves saying sometime ago that he is hurt but he is not angry. I found that statement alarm...
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Send strong message to teachers in any fights
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November 14, 2008
14.NOV.08 Editor: I read in Searchlight last week that “Two female graduate teachers came to blows last week in the staff room of the Dr. JP Eustace...
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Ole George, Joel Butcher deserve better treatment
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November 14, 2008
14.NOV.08 Editor: We have just celebrated yet another Independence anniversary. There are many persons who have contributed much to nation building an...
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Leadership is not exclusive of policy
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November 14, 2008
14.NOV.08 Editor: One only has to review Gonsalves’ short endorsement of America’s president-elect Barack Obama to realize the shortcomings of gov...