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Obama, but not Eustace!
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November 14, 2008
14.NOV.08 Editor: A soft-spoken Black intellectual of whom it is said that he built his campaign on moral high ground wins the presidency of the Unite...
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Song and dance of the SVG Teachers’ Union
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November 7, 2008
07.NOV.08 Editor: The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) went on strike unreasonably without the support of its members. The str...
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Thanks for our Prime Minister
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November 7, 2008
07.NOV.08 EDITOR: I returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines almost seven years ago from Britain. Since then I am most impressed with the work of ou...
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Year 2008 will be ours to remember!
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November 7, 2008
07.NOV.08 Editor: 2008 so far has been quite interesting. When we think of the international scene, the first thing that comes to mind is the power sh...
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Vincy homecoming: together we can make it work
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November 7, 2008
by Maxwell Haywood 07.NOV.08 I read with high interest the Searchlight newspaper editorial of 31 October, 2008. That editorial raises some very import...
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Beware of those paedophiles and drug dealers
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November 7, 2008
07.NOV.08 Editor: The issue of sports management has been a subject of great importance to many people in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the world...
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Drive out negative values that enslave our youths
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November 7, 2008
07.NOV.08 “HIGHGRADE, STRICTLY HIGHGRADE, DON’T BE AFRAID, WE LICK DE CHALLIS...” EDITOR: Those words are the introduction to the Reggae Song ca...
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Dealing with road and traffic issues
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October 31, 2008
31.OCT.08 Editor: I must first of all, though belatedly, compliment the Principal and staff of the Troumaca Ontario Secondary school for the improveme...
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We hope that we are now older and wiser
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October 31, 2008
31.OCT.08 Editor: Since St. Vincent and the Grenadines acquired its independence from Great Britain on October 27, 1979, every year around the time of...
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Please remove debris after clean-up exercise
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October 31, 2008
31.OCT.08 Editor: Residents of the Bay Hill, Cane Garden community are asking for the removal of garbage and debris left on the sidewalk and on the ve...
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Encourage more small businesses to develop
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October 31, 2008
31.OCT.08 Editor: The rise in the cost of living has left many Vincentians struggling and looking for answers. The Teachers’ Union and the Public Se...
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The Coronation of H.I.M. Emperor Haile Selassie I.
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October 31, 2008
31.OCT.08 Contributed by the Rastafari Community Taken from Rastafari Beat Magazine (1993) “The invited foreign envoys begin to arrive around Octobe...
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Will ‘white’ America let Obama win?
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October 24, 2008
24.OCT.08 Editor: I agree with Renwick Rose that Barack Obama becoming the first black man to win the nomination of a major American political party i...
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Has ULP forgotten Glenn Jackson?
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October 24, 2008
24.OCT.08 Editor: I sit and remember the late Glenn Jackson on a daily basis, why? He was my very best friend. I miss him! Why? He made an outstanding...
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The SVUT and PSU lapsed big time!
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October 24, 2008
24.OCT.08 Editor: The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines and the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGUTU) and the Public Serv...
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Independence is a doorway
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October 24, 2008
by Oscar Allen 24.OCT.08 At the Independence Festival of One people, One Nation, now moved to Friday, 31st October, Heritage Square will come alive wi...
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Change and conflict in the Foreign Policy Process
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October 17, 2008
by Maxwell Haywood 17.OCT.08 Recently, the foreign policy of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has attracted much attention at home, in the Caribbe...
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Lab equipment needed at Grammar School
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October 17, 2008
17.OCT.08 Editor: The St. Vincent Boys’ Grammar School - of which I am an alumnus - celebrated the centenary of its existence this year. I am told t...
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Beyond Independence
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October 17, 2008
17.OCT.08 Editor: I often wonder if I would live to experience a Caribbean political union - for that matter, a political union of some of the Caribbe...
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Student fire – Rodney
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October 17, 2008
by Oscar Allen 17.OCT.08 “How these children get big in the twink of an eye” was the nervous muttering of some adults in 1966. They watched mouth ...
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Get the facts before speaking out of turn
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October 10, 2008
10.OCT.08 Editor: Please allow us to express our sincerest condolences to the family of the lady that succumbed while in flight on Grenadine Air Allia...
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Cable & Wireless still a bully
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October 10, 2008
10.OCT.08 Editor: I write in response to a letter I received from Cable & Wireless’ Chief Executive, Angus Steele. Mr. Steele draws my attention to ...
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When half-truths reign
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October 10, 2008
10.OCT.08 Editor: We must tackle the thorny issue of homosexuality. Clearly, space does not permit, yet it is helpful to reflect on the biblical notio...
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The ‘Greatest’ may yet succeed
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October 10, 2008
10.OCT.08 Editor: During my long life, I have had the privilege of listening to, analysing and working with and for Political Leaders Messrs. Joshua, ...
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The spectre of cannibalism
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October 10, 2008
By Oscar Allen 10.OCT.08 An ugly thing is haunting us in SVG; it is the spectre of cannibalism. Now, a cannibal is a person who in obedience to his/he...
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Why are those lawyers so angry?
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October 3, 2008
03.OCT.08 EDITOR: The policewoman has fired her old lawyers and has chosen a new one. He was instructed to discontinue the case against the Prime Mini...
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It’s the same wellness concept!
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October 3, 2008
03.OCT.08 Editor: I often wonder why many issues of national importance get corrupted through political division. Let’s look at the Wellness campaig...
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Who are the NDP trying to fool now?
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October 3, 2008
03.OCT.08 Editor: I would like to highlight the backward synopsis projected every week by the NDP as their views against the ULP Government. These vie...
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It’s our time to show some solidarity to Cuba
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October 3, 2008
03.OCT.08 Editor: It was with some sadness that I read an article where VINLEC CEO Thornley Myers had to “defend” his company’s relief assistanc...
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‘Pat ah tell kettle…’
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October 3, 2008
03.OCT.08 Editor: My newspaper offerings occasionally lead to my crucifixion in the lynching chamber and or subjection to the tirade of the rouge rage...
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Just a storm in a teacup
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September 26, 2008
26.SEPT.08 Editor: Allow me to comment on what has become the Labor Day fiasco. Many, including Minister Beache, expressed criticism of the festivitie...
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Carnegie Library and the Grammar School
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September 26, 2008
26.SEPT.08 Editor: Congratulations to the prestigious Boys’ Grammar School (BGS) which on Sunday celebrated the 100th year of its official presence....
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Stakeholders must act now to stop would-be rapists
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September 26, 2008
26.SEPT.08 Editor: The apparent increase of violent rape has caused as much concern and, indeed, as much panic as one would expect. While rape is not ...
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Importation of slave masters
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September 26, 2008
By Dr. Richard A. B. Cox 26.SEPT.08 Yes, sorry, but I once again begin at Foreign Affairs, as the following occurrence demonstrates in a real sense th...
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Here We Go Again, Dr. Cox!
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Editor: It was with utmost respect that I previously asked Dr. Richard Byron-Cox to “put up or shut up”. In the Searchlight of Septembe...
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Why doesn’t Technical College get scholarships?
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Editor: Let me start this letter by thanking the government for their speedy response to the petition of the Lowman’s community. We, howe...
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Stubbs Consultation revisited
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 Editor: On Thursday. 4th September, JEMS held a consultation at Stubbs on the airport project. The discussion was, in my view, fairly repor...
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Independence and size
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September 19, 2008
19.SEPT.08 What size should a country be before it attempts to operate as an independent state all on its own? The British, in disposing of some of th...
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Should we wait on US before we do anything?
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September 12, 2008
12.SEPT.08 EDITOR: In August 2001, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves made an official visit to Libya. Mr. Arnhim Eustace and his Opposition NDP criticize...