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NDP clearly is in crisis
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April 4, 2008
04.APR.08 Editor: Over the past few months I, and all Vincentians have looked on as “another” so-called crisis in the governance of our country ha...
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Classmate Saboto – a youth leader in SVG
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April 4, 2008
04. APR.08 Editor: Few things are as important to the human mind as individual progress: we possess an unadulterated and unflinching desire for change...
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Appointment of Saboto a good move
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April 4, 2008
04.APR.08 Editor: I sat and listened to the last meeting of Parliament which was held on the 27th March, 2008. I found it quite interesting, but I was...
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Re-uniting Vincentians at home and abroad
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April 4, 2008
By Maxwell Haywood 04.APR.08 Relations between St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and its citizens living abroad or in the Diaspora should never be ...
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March 13th Editorial on the ball
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March 28, 2008
28.MAR.08 Editor: I salute you for another piece of constructive editorial in your issue of March 13th. The Editorial titled ‘the National Heroes De...
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Easter or Passover?
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March 28, 2008
28.MAR.08 Editor: The word Easter is mentioned only one time in your Bible - Acts 12: 4. A close examination of the Greek text yields the fact that th...
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SVG will be changed forever
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March 28, 2008
28.MAR.08 Editor: It is not often that a people face a great crisis in their history. When they do, a rare opportunity arises, an opportunity to grow,...
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Congrats to ULP for 7 great years in office
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March 28, 2008
28.MAR.08 EDITOR: I congratulate the ULP government and the Prime Minister on seven magnificent years in office. I will be at the Party’s celebratio...
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Abuse of right to prosecute privately
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March 28, 2008
28.MAR.08 EDITOR: I am a British lawyer holidaying with some friends at Prospect. I am surprised that there is not a lot of informed discussion in the...
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Sex, yesterday and today
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March 28, 2008
by Oscar Allen 28.MAR.08 I examined with interest an essay on “Singleness” which a colleague sent to me. Now singleness is a condition in which an...
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Homosexuality in the Caribbean
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March 28, 2008
28.MAR.08 Editor: The issue of homosexuality is by no means insignificant. I have heard informal estimates that put homosexuality within Vincentian po...
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Have mercy upon us in this modern-day persecution
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March 28, 2008
by Anesia O. Baptiste 28.MAR.08 Many persons are suffering from the results of heavy-handedness and abuse of authority in this country. Their God-give...
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Mathematics: Dyslexia and Dyscalculia
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March 20, 2008
Lynden Punnett Dip.SpLD (Dyslexia) 20.MAR.08 Dyslexia is a condition that affects the ability to process language. Dyslexic learners often have diffic...
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Do you love your country?
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March 20, 2008
20.MAR.08 Editor: The frequency of bomb scares and latest robbery are indeed cause for serious thinking as to what is going on in this country.{{more}...
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Are scholarships assisting in the brain drain?
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March 20, 2008
20.MAR.08 EDITOR: The exodus of highly trained professionals: nurses, doctors, teachers, attorneys, electrical engineers from our island has reached i...
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Does Golding have it wrong?
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March 20, 2008
20.MAR.08 Editor: Jamaica’s Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s comments at the end of the 19th Inter-sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government ...
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Fighting a monster
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March 13, 2008
by R. Andrew Cummings 13.MAR.08 Arguably, it is the most widespread predatory disease on the rampage throughout the world. In its unrelenting attacks,...
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Maximum support for PM Gonsalves
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March 13, 2008
13.MAR.08 Editor: As I write this, I am in St. Vincent and the Grenadines celebrating my birthday (March 10th) for the first time since 1980. Over the...
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Neglecting small things a big mistake
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March 13, 2008
13.MAR.08 Editor: Many times we neglect the small things which look insignificant, but which can later turn out to be a mistake.{{more}} In 2000 there...
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Bomb threat at hospital a very sick act indeed!
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March 13, 2008
13.MAR.08 Editor: I join with the many Vincentians who described the bomb threat to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital as a ‘sick act’. How can som...
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A big miscalculation by Opposition NDP
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March 7, 2008
07.MAR.08 EDITOR: The opposition NDP has no credible leadership. Neither Mr. Eustace nor his core leadership has any proper sense of political directi...
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Abortion in Hairouna
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March 7, 2008
07.MAR.08 Editor: There is nothing in our world today that takes more human life than legal abortion. Since 1973, more than 50 million babies have bee...
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OECS shouldn’t form unitary state with T&T
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March 7, 2008
07.MAR.08 Editor: There is a story coming out of the CMC from Trinidad about a Southern Caribbean Union. This story appears in the Business section of...
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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...