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June 13, 2008
by Ellsworth I. A. John Director, Regional Integration and Diaspora Unit.13.JUNE.08 On June 16th, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will launch its natio...
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June 13, 2008
13.JUNE.08 EDITOR: The National Day of Prayer Planning Committee would like to thank the many Vincentians who faithfully prayed with us for our nation...
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June 6, 2008
06.JUNE.08 Editor: It is with regret that I note the NDP is still not operating as a party that will be a strong contender the next election. Any part...
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June 6, 2008
06.JUNE.08 EDITOR: This country’s national beauty pageant in recent years has been no stranger to the perils of controversy. Unfortunately, this yea...
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June 6, 2008
06.JUNE.08 Editor: I just returned home from St. Vincent. It is still the best island in the Caribbean. Our eight-year-old enjoyed every bit of it. We...
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June 6, 2008
06.JUNE.08 Editor: Let me first of all thank the Government for patching the holes in the road between Central Leeward and Kingstown. It is indeed a r...
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June 6, 2008
Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox 06.JUNE.08 I’ve had a few apostasies in life, but my patriotism remains like Ole Faithful. Vincentian is the identity I car...
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May 30, 2008
30.MAY.08 EDITOR: More and more Vincentians are becoming politically educated. They can sift sense from nonsense much better these days than before. R...
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May 30, 2008
30.MAY.08 Editor: The excitement generated over the return of “Blakie” to the calypso arena has drowned our thinking, as the focus has been on the...
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May 30, 2008
30.MAY.08 Editor: I read, with much disgust, a letter in the Searchlight Newspaper (last Thursday) concerning the rowdy conduct of Senator St. Clair L...
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May 30, 2008
30.MAY.08 EDITOR: Kindly allow me to respond to Dr Kenneth John’s article in the news media two weeks ago. Dr John, in his article, stated that he w...
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May 30, 2008
by Maxwell Haywood 30.MAY.08 Positive actions are often starved of attention by the media, which has a major responsibility not only to expose the neg...
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May 23, 2008
23.MAY.08 Editor: I hereby seek a space in your newspaper to respond to Otto Sam’s letter in your May 16, 2008 issue. Mr. Sam, they say attitude aff...
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May 23, 2008
23.MAY.08 EDITOR: I was a witness to some bad behaviour by St. Clair Leacock in Redemption Sharpes on the night of Monday, May 12th, 2008.{{more}} The...
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May 23, 2008
23.MAY.08 Editor: The effects of pornography can be very dangerous. The reading of pornographic materials and watching of pornography should be discou...
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May 23, 2008
23.MAY.08 Editor: I am the PRO of the National Committee of SVG Associations of the UK and Vincy Homecoming 2009. We have found as an association, man...
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May 23, 2008
23.MAY.08 Editor: Crime in this country seems to be growing at an alarming rate. Before Dr. Gonsalves became Prime Minister, he used to tell us that f...
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May 23, 2008
23.MAY.08 EDITOR: The increase in crime in society, locally, regionally and internationally, continues to be a troubling and sad reality. While the cr...
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May 23, 2008
by Bertram A John 23.MAY.08 Each day, as we find our voices, each day, as we deepen our understanding of the significance of our story, and each day a...
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May 23, 2008
by Oscar Allen 23.MAY.08 Two weeks ago, we had fishing peoples’ day at Calliaqua. That holiday, believe it or not, was in memory of another ‘fishi...
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May 23, 2008
23.MAY.08 Mommy, with all my heart, I love and care for you the same way that you do for me. I just want you to know that you are the most wonderful p...
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May 16, 2008
16.MAY.08 Editor: I would like a lawyer to enlighten the nation as to the occasion in which a wife who has not contributed anything towards the buildi...
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May 16, 2008
16.MAY.08 Editor: Earning a job within the government system appears to be a process that is plagued with favoritism. It is as though one has to come ...
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May 16, 2008
16.MAY.08 EDITOR: I take this opportunity to congratulate and commend the Department of Sports for the excellent job it has been doing. The leadership...
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May 16, 2008
16.MAY.08 EDITOR: As honest, law-abiding citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, one cannot but be appalled at the disturbing frequency with which...
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May 16, 2008
16.MAY.08 Editor: I am wondering why the Garifuna Collective (we’ve already missed out on the performance of Andy Palacio... RIP) has yet to perform...
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May 16, 2008
16.MAY.08 EDITOR: The BBC recently hosted its “Caribbean Crime Forum”. The much anticipated discussion which impaneled experts from around the reg...
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May 16, 2008
16.MAY.08 Editor: On Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Digicel “Win a Vroom Vroom” draw was held at the St.Vincent Chamber of Commerce Car Park with loads of ...
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May 9, 2008
09.MAY.08 Editor: Let me take this opportunity to say thanks to the government for heeding to the call of this writer and filling some of the potholes...
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May 9, 2008
09.MAY.08 Editor: I have been following with interest the recent allegation of rape against the sitting Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, and the c...
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May 9, 2008
09.MAY.08 EDITOR: It is with utter disgust and disappointment I write to you in regards to the Ministry of Education and its inconsistent and in some ...
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May 9, 2008
09.MAY.08 Editor: There is absolutely no doubt that the children and young persons who have been or are being educated since the onset of the Educatio...
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May 9, 2008
09.MAY.08 Editor: When one hears the word “GANGSTER”, it brings to mind something negative. Many of our societies are plagued with violence that i...
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May 9, 2008
09.MAY.08 Editor: Recently, a letter from Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox titled “This brother and sister thing” was published. After reading this unfort...
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May 2, 2008
02.MAY.08 Editor: Recently, an article was written by someone who referred to himself as “The New Quovadian”. I am but a humble, simple-minded N.D...
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May 2, 2008
02.MAY.08 Editor: The ULP government is quite right in refreshing itself in accord with the broad mandate given to the Party at its National Conventio...
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May 2, 2008
02.MAY.08 Editor: This country needs some kind of help. Why do I say so? I think the politicians need to know that they are responsible for the proble...
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May 2, 2008
02.MAY.08 Editor: I am most pleased as a Vincentian and Caribbean person about the initiatives of the ULP government in the area of foreign policy. Th...
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May 2, 2008
02.MAY.08 Editor: Once again we the SVG’s Gospel Fest will Climax. We are left to ask, what and why? The Festival leaves the impression that it is d...
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May 2, 2008
02.MAY.08 Editor: I am no expert in the field of financial planning. However, my knowledge is enough to decipher whether or not financial organization...