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YOU MUST NEVER QUIT
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March 7, 2008
by Sydney Kerton Morgan 07.MAR.08 Life’s journey is not an easy one. The road is long and winding. From time to time you’ll be confronted, With ob...
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Demanding gender equality
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March 7, 2008
by Nelcia Robinson 07.MAR.08 CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION FOR FEMINIST RESEARCH & ACTION (CAFRA) MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH...
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Soaring food prices
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March 7, 2008
Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the price of wheat, maize, oil seeds, rice, poultry, eggs and other commodities. Particularly striking...
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The tapes and the case against the PM
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 Editor: SVG’s self-righteous and self-appointed snoop, Frank Da Silva, has been playing taped conversations between the now famous police ...
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Prime Minister – You are only human!
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 EDITOR: I want to apologize on behalf of the Executive of the Teachers’ Union to create this embarrassment to them for being used as tools...
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Sir James writes Castro
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 Dear President Castro, I wish to congratulate you on your personal decision to retire from the active leadership of Cuba. Yours has been a r...
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PM, North Central Windward is behind you!
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 Editor: The Executive and the membership of the North Central Windward Constituency Council of the Unity Labour Party is very concerned abou...
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SVG-Cuba friendship society welcomes Raul Castro
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February 29, 2008
29.FEB.08 The St Vincent and the Grenadines/Cuba Friendship Society extends our warmest congratulations to the new Cuban Head of State, Commander Raul...
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High time to break free
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February 29, 2008
by R. Andrew Cummings 29.FEB.08 A big and important part of our Laws in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has been made by Judges over the centuries. T...
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Teach children the Power of the mind
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 Editor: Development of a country is usually measured by the economic and social standard of the country. I, however, measure development bas...
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Teenaged mothers
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 Editor: Teenage pregnancies are indeed a problem in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This, we must recognize, has contributed significantly t...
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Keep promises to senior citizens
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 Editor: About two months after the Senior Centre at Buccament (funded by the NIS) opened, my wife and I became members, signing up at the NI...
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Stop smearing the name of SVG!
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 EDITOR: Greetings from the Battering Ram in beautiful BARBADOS. When I listen to the various call in programmes and talk show hosts who say ...
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Ignorant of the correct use of English Language
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 Editor: The discussion that has been going on in our society over the last few months about the word “poky” really has me disappointed. ...
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The rule of law is alive and well in SVG!
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February 22, 2008
22.FEB.08 EDITOR: There is so much unfairness, unreasonableness and plain ignorance about Mr. Colin Williams and his role as the Director of Public Pr...
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Our education system
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February 15, 2008
15.FEB.08 Editor: It is evident that our education system has been molded to produce academics. As we produce more and more, we would contribute more ...
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Shame on you, Bayliss!
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February 15, 2008
15.FEB.08 EDITOR: The utterances of lawyer Bayliss Frederick, the father of Vynette Frederick, who is the Public Relations Officer of the New Democrat...
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Mr. Clean, retract the statement!
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February 15, 2008
15.FEB.08 Editor: The Leader of the Opposition sent out a press release last week, which contained a statement that was quoted widely in the local and...
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Seven years in power and still blaming NDP
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February 15, 2008
15.FEB.08 EDITOR: The ULP has been in power for seven years, and we continue to hear what NDP “did or didn’t do”, as though they (the ULP) did n...
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FOR YOU
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February 15, 2008
by Michelle Marks 15.FEB.08 I love you so much, your kisses, your touch You’re so tender, you’re so sweet I love you from your head straight down ...
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Minibus Association – Get cracking
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February 8, 2008
08.FEB.08 Editor: It’s time for you to get serious about protecting our van drivers and conductors. I am tired of hearing of them being robbed, so t...
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More programmes needed for youths
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February 8, 2008
08.FEB.08 Editor: Being a Vincentian living abroad, I eagerly await news of my country each week through the Searchlight. Unfortunately, I am sad to r...
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Congratulations to members of Course B
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February 8, 2008
08.FEB.08 Editor: Hello, Members of Course B. Let me take this wonderful opportunity in congratulating you on 20 hard, but I hope and believe, rewardi...
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Victimization in the Education Revolution?
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February 8, 2008
08.FEB.08 Editor: Sometimes one wonders how the Ministry of Education functions. In an Education Revolution where the focus should be on the developme...
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NDP scraping the bottom of the barrel
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February 8, 2008
08.FEB.08 EDITOR: On Friday, February 1, 2008, I was listening to “NICE RADIO” and heard Edwardo Lynch on the NDP’s “New Times” Programme di...
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Usual last-minute banana peels
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February 8, 2008
08.FEB.08 by Alistair Smith, International Coordinator of Banana Link It is traditional that on the eve of multilateral treaties and trade agreements ...
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A Machiavellian intrigue or ignorance?
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February 8, 2008
08.FEB.08 Editor: I refer to the column “Our good Catholic boy” by Mr. Bassy Alexander, on February 1st, 2008. I could start by writing that a jou...
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Catch me if you can!
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February 8, 2008
by Marlon Mills 08.FEB.08 St. Vincent and the Grenadines is playing a dangerous game of ‘Catch Me If You Can’ with the ongoing crime situation in ...
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At church
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February 8, 2008
Oscar Allen 08.FEB.08 Last month I spent a week at church; there were nearly 150 of us, and close to equal numbers of men and women. It was the Annual...
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Reckoning with Global warming
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February 1, 2008
01.FEB.08 EDITOR: On December 10th, 2007, Al Gore and the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) received the Nobel Peace Prize for their w...
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A new path forward
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February 1, 2008
01.FEB.08 EDITOR: I would just like to say to my friend Renwick Rose that I support him in his fight for the banana industry in SVG, and that I agree ...
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A Garifuna legend passes
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February 1, 2008
Bertram Val Crick -Brooklyn 01.FEB.08 Two years ago, I was sitting in the American Airlines departure lounge to Belize in the Miami Airport - reading ...
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Is there a link between music, crime escalation?
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February 1, 2008
01.FEB.08 EDITOR : Vincentians home and abroad must be appalled (and rightfully so) with the ever increasing rise in heinous, especially gun-related c...
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The EPA: Fact vs Fiction
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February 1, 2008
01.FEB.08 The EPA: Fact vs. Fiction is one of a series of guides produced by the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) on the subject of the...
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Bassy, Otto Sam will not be silenced!
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February 1, 2008
01.FEB.08 EDITOR: A few weeks ago I thought that Bassy was losing his memory when he tried to show that the Teachers' Union under me was sold to the g...
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Eustace – the best thing to happen to the ULP?
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January 25, 2008
25.JAN.08 Editor: As a supporter of the opposition New Democratic Party, I have to conclude that our political leader, Arnhim Eustace, is an asset to ...
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Douglas responds to Nathaniel Williams
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January 25, 2008
by Deniston Douglas 25.JAN.08 Mr Nathaniel Williams, Permanent Secretary (ag) in the Ministry of Rural Transformation, clearly demonstrates a lack of ...
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Mike Browne misread mood of the teachers
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January 18, 2008
18.JAN.08 Editor: I was present at the emergency Teachers’ meeting on January 7th. Acting Prime Minister Mike Browne’s description of what occurre...
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Bassy, don’t try any cheap political tricks
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January 18, 2008
18.JAN.08 Editor: My good friend Bassy, who always supports teachers, seems to have had a mild memory lapse or simply went into over drive to give his...