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Elite schools established to keep the status quo
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September 12, 2008
12.SEPT.08 Editor: “Girls on a high”, Outstanding!”, “GHS tops CXC exams”. these were the headlines of our national newspapers. I, therefore...
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The Word of God and its importance
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September 12, 2008
12.SEPT.08 Editor: The importance of the Word of God can never be overstated. It has been a source of inspiration to thousands, if not millions, over ...
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Searchlight – You spoke for me, too
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September 12, 2008
12.SEPT.08 EDITOR: I write to commend you and Searchlight for your editorial of 25/09/08 captioned, “Repay Cuban Generosity.” You deserve high pra...
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When will the unjust harassment of PM stop?
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September 12, 2008
12.SEPT.08 Editor: A private criminal prosecution was brought by a policewoman against the Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves in January 2008. The Dir...
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Independence and the Tribes
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September 12, 2008
by Oscar Allen 12.SEPT.08 In April 1979, our mountain roared and spat and we shivered and huddled together in a kind of momentary unity. That year was...
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Faces of Wellness
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September 12, 2008
R. Andrew Cummings Q.C. 12.SEPT.08 The ancient Greeks defined the ideal life as one which attained “A Healthy Balance of Mind, Body and Spirit”, w...
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Lauders Agro Processors – The Journey
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September 5, 2008
05.SEPT.08 Editor: A journey effectively starts with the first physical application (STEP), we all know that. But a considerable amount of time preced...
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Charge parents for abandoning kids
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September 5, 2008
05.SEPT.08 Editor: Street children are fast becoming a menace to society. It is sickening to read about and see street kids. There will always be deba...
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The Education Plan is really coming together
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September 5, 2008
05.SEPT.08 Editor: I could not allow the achievements of our young people in the area of education to go without expressing my feelings of happiness a...
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Ball is in Ralph’s court
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September 5, 2008
by Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox 05.SEPT.08 Talk is making the rounds that Balliceaux and Battowia are for sale, destined to be another Disney Land for ric...
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Where has Candy gone?
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August 29, 2008
29.AUG.08 Editor: Candy Edwards has just left us like that. Taking away the pleasure he brought to thousands of Vincentians every Saturday morning at ...
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Leadership squabble in New Democratic Party
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August 29, 2008
29.AUG.08 EDITOR: It is now an open secret that the rank-and-file of the opposition NDP do not support Arnhim Eustace as their Political Leader. Their...
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Ontario/Vincies let down by President
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August 29, 2008
color="#cc00cc"> 29.AUG.08 Editor: As an Ontario SVG National and the Public Relations Officer of The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Association of To...
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Is the Vincentian public being set up?
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August 29, 2008
29.AUG.08 Editor: I read with disappointment the ‘Around The Courts’ items of the last two weeks of the incident of a Vincentian charged with frau...
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Give Jack his jacket
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August 29, 2008
29.AUG.08 EDITOR: Two weeks ago, an Editorial in The News commended the Government for introducing a modern, laminated and secure Driver’s Licence f...
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The sanest voice, the clearest message
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August 29, 2008
29.AUG.08 EDITOR: I recently returned to my homeland St. Vincent and the Grenadines in retirement. I hear a babble of political voices here in St. Vin...
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Vision of a new SVG promising, positive
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August 22, 2008
22.AUG.08 Editor: The visions of a new reality presented a couple weeks ago were so positive and promising that I’m sure it provided the hope and mo...
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Luke’s lamentation: A strange, surprising story!
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August 22, 2008
22.AUG.08 Editor: I stumbled on a strange, surprising and interesting story captioned ‘Rhodes scholar to take legal action against UWI - SABOTAGE?â€...
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Eustace should resign as leader of the Opposition
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August 22, 2008
22.AUG.08 Editor: In continuing the debate on Arnhim Eustace’s status as NDP leader, I draw the attention of Vincentians to some pertinent facts. Mr...
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A few things I am thinking about
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August 22, 2008
22.AUG.08 Editor: Following the death of Bertram Stapleton in St Vincent, along with that of an English couple in Antigua, both these countries are no...
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I am not afraid to let my opinions be known
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August 22, 2008
22.AUG.08 Editor: When I heard that I made the local TV news (photograph and all), and when I saw my photograph and a headline that accompanied the st...
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Lawyer: The Police are obliged to respond
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August 22, 2008
22.AUG.08 Editor: It would have been better for the image of the Police Service and Mr. Miller’s own image if he had not castigated Mrs. Morris-Cumm...
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Rough ride at the Cave Hill Campus
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August 22, 2008
by Luke Brown 22.AUG.08 Introduction I have long thought about recording the experiences of students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), as fa...
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ULP on a roll
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August 15, 2008
15.AUG.08 Editor: Six months ago, the opposition NDP and assorted Ralph-haters were foolishly writing the political obituaries of Ralph and the ULP am...
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Something has to give
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August 15, 2008
15.AUG.08 Editor: Never a dull moment with this ever-increasing-cost of fuel. It has now extended its tentacles beyond gasoline and diesel to the shor...
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Hang them high
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August 15, 2008
Editor: I am once again writing to you. This time I am agreeing with what Mr. Parnel Campbell said. Hang them by a rope until they are dead. I am agre...
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Condom Safety revisited
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August 15, 2008
15.AUG.08 Editor: Recently, much bad advice regarding condoms has been given. In order that we do not forget how uncertain condom safety is, I have ag...
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Rubbish from Jomo’s outfit
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August 15, 2008
15.AUG.08 Editor: I listened recently to the proceedings of the launch of Jomo Thomas’ misnamed People’s Movement for Change. It has nothing to do...
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PR, Dougan, Cummings and the Death Penalty
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August 15, 2008
15.AUG.08 Editor: I think 99.9 per cent of the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines are in support of the death penalty. I got that impression whe...
Safe sex’s “Big Bad Wolf” responds – Pt. 2
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Safe sex’s “Big Bad Wolf” responds – Pt. 2
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August 15, 2008
Are AIDS prevention promotions working? By Mike Edwards 15.AUG.08 A couple weeks ago Alisa Alvis ridiculed my article “Safe Sex? Yeah Right!”, lab...
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Leeward roads in need of repairs
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August 8, 2008
08.AUG.08 Editor: Much has been written by me concerning the conditions that existed on the roads on the Leeward side, in terms of deep potholes. It i...
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Total confusion in NDP camp
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August 8, 2008
08.AUG.08 Editor: The Opposition NDP is in a state of total confusion, and its collective leadership is completely at sea. First, they embarked on the...
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AFNA Netball opening was totally classless
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August 8, 2008
08.AUG.08 Editor: Classless. Yes, that is the description of the AFNA Netball Opening ceremony on Sunday, July 20th, 2008. For an event that was being...
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Emancipating our conversations
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August 8, 2008
by Maxwell Haywood 08.AUG.08 As a young child growing up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, I heard many proverbs or wise sayings that spoke to the ne...
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Options for fruits production in SVG
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July 31, 2008
31.JULY.08 Editor: St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is a tropical island which has all that is necessary for self sufficiency in fresh fruit, frui...
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Some concerns with the Education Revolution
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July 31, 2008
31.JULY.08 Editor: There are some issues that are affecting our Education Revolution that I will like to concentrate on, with the hope that the Chief ...
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Jomo’s PMC and the ‘ULP’ Argyle airport
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July 31, 2008
31.JULY.08 Editor: It was with both satisfaction and reservation that I received the news of the recently formed political party, PMC. On one hand, it...
No confidence in SVG team for Beijing Olympics
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No confidence in SVG team for Beijing Olympics
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July 31, 2008
31.JULY.08 Editor: Please allow us a column in your weekly publication to express our views as concerned sportsmen and sportswomen. Sports minded Vinc...
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Time to say adiós, Texaco
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July 25, 2008
25.JULY.08 Editor: The prolonged military activity in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East, in general, remains the origin of the continuing escalati...