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Police Force needs restructuring
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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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Dealing with crime from the root
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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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Violence & community: shifting the context
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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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Call to street faith
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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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Tribute to my mother, Brenda Pinder
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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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Enlighten the nation, please!
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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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More questions than answers
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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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What wrong has Mr. Hillocks done?
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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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Police abusing power
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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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Bring Garifuna Collective to SVG
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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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Crime in Hairouna
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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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Digicel, revisit Vroom Vroom
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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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Are we really living in poverty?
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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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The call to step aside
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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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Sqat on Bequia getting special treatment!
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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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Successes from the Education Revolution
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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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Gangster for Christ?
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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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We should encourage unity, not division
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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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Question to answer
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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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Fresh blood in the ULP Government
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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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Fed up with NDP attacking the PM
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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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Foreign policy or ULP Government
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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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Gospel Fest or gospel mess
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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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What is friendly about Friendly Societies?
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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...
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Let me X-plain
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May 2, 2008
02.MAY.08 Editor: My letter in the March 28th issue of Searchlight seems to have upset X. It was not my intention to upset any one but rather to addre...
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Is New Grounds Primary School targeted by the MoE?
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April 25, 2008
25.APR.08 Editor: This writer, in a previous article titled “Why New Grounds Primary School?”, explained the injustice meted out to teachers at th...
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A son’s wish for his father
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April 25, 2008
25.APR.08 Editor: My name is Allen McGillivray and I had previously sent a letter into your newspaper in regards to my friend Mathew Llewellyn and his...
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Attacking youth violence
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April 25, 2008
25.APR.08 Editor: A young school boy, 17 years of age, charged with murder? These are indeed troublous times, and the tears that fall on our nation’...
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Why has George been left out?
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April 18, 2008
18.APR.08 Editor: It is without regret or apology that I pen these notes. I am going to say what many us are afraid to say. I honestly believe without...
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We should value our national treasures
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April 18, 2008
18.APR.08 Editor: Last month was National Heroes Month, so consequently there is much discussion about the one and only national hero of St. Vincent a...
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What’s happening in the Ministry of Tourism?
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April 18, 2008
18.APR.08 Editor: Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said in the last sitting of Parliament that he was giving Minister Beache notice that he was expe...
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Please help Buhlers Yachts stay alive
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April 18, 2008
18.APR.08 Editor: My name is Allen McGillivray and I live in Red Deer Alberta, Canada. My best friend is Mathew Llewellyn, the owner of Buhlers Yachts...
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Heroes all!
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April 18, 2008
by R, Andrew Cummings 18.APR.08 In the beginning The Kingstown Co-operative Credit Union (K.C.C.U), the oldest surviving Credit Union in Saint Vincent...
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Let us get back to basics
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April 11, 2008
11.APR.08 Editor: It is well accepted that we are body, mind and spirit. The body is that physical part we see, the mind is that internal part of us t...
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We’re losing male influence in schools
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April 11, 2008
11.APR.08 Editor: It is unfortunate that the crime rate in this country is at its present level. We have to examine whether it is as a result of exter...
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We are all involved!
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April 11, 2008
by Bertram A John Ph.D. 11.APR.08 The sequence of events pushed it into the open. It has not come into the open by accident! So why don’t we examine...
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His Excellency, Ambassador Renwick Rose
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April 11, 2008
by Dr. Richard A.Byron-Cox 11.APR.08 In early childhood, my mother taught me that a rose by any other name is still a rose. So white, pink, red and Re...
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‘When me was a Boy’
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April 11, 2008
‘When me was a boy’ I lived on Back Street, Sharpe Street and at Biabou. The house on Back Street, my grandfather’s, is now Gaymes’ Pharmacy. ...
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Pay up your taxes!
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April 4, 2008
04. APR.08 EDITOR: As a public servant and hard-working citizen who pays her fair share of taxes every month through the PAYE system, I have long been...