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What is in a name? Let’s reclaim ours
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June 3, 2022
“Home of the Blessed”, “Rainbow”, “Land of Clouds”, “Land of turtles”, that is how the original inhabitants of these beautiful islands described what ...
Congrats to Petrus Gumbs and the STEM programme
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May 27, 2022
EDITOR: Now that exams are out of the way, I have to speak on an initiative that has taken place in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) and my mind w...
All hands needed to stop crime and violence
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May 20, 2022
EDITOR: “Satan finds work for idle hands to do.” It appears that the true cause of crime and violence is idleness. Therefore, we must all seek to enga...
This country needs a healing
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May 20, 2022
EDITOR: 1 Chronicles 7:14 tells us “ If my people that are called by my name should humble themselves and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways...
School washroom
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May 13, 2022
EDITOR: Some wonder what should be done with dirty school toilets. The answer is to clean them. We do not want an outbreak of disease at school. A vis...
Land or House?
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May 6, 2022
EDITOR: For many of us, the land is tied to our living. At creation, humans were immersed in a garden. The garden was to feed, house, and clothe them....
The political match in Pakistan
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May 6, 2022
EDITOR: It would be interesting to see how things play out in Pakistan. Recently, the Prime Minister of that country Imran Khan was removed from offic...
Let us turn from our wickedness and turn to God
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May 6, 2022
EDITOR: Last weekend can be remembered as a weekend marked by murders. This of course doesn’t speak well of our beautiful country. In Matthew 24:12 it...
What about the Passover?
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April 29, 2022
EDITOR: This year, the three major religions who traced their origins from the Hebrew scriptures: Judaism, Christianity and Islam, celebrated Passover...
The solutions to many issues are at hand
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April 29, 2022
EDITOR: More and more we are misguided to look to others for solutions we can find for ourselves. The tasks of feeding, clothing, and housing ourselve...
In support of our CAPE students
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April 29, 2022
EDITOR: What mental health services will be provided after you have allowed Lower 6 (ages 16-17) CAPE 2022 students to be placed under severe anguish,...
Autism Acceptance
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April 14, 2022
EDITOR: As a result of the breadth and depth of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), persons on this spectrum, inclusive of those families living with ...
Students need their real teachers
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April 8, 2022
EDITOR: Last year I heard comments to the effect that the examination results were satisfactory. Having not gotten access to the statistics, I take th...
The ‘jobs mantra’ contributes to dependency
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April 5, 2022
EDITOR: The economic situation in our country which inevitably affects the job market is undoubtedly dire. Nevertheless I do feel that the “jobs mantr...
It’s time to unmask!
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April 1, 2022
EDITOR: The recent announcement by PAHO that herd immunity is the only effective way to combat and survive covid, is more than a year late, but better...
Make better provision for office attendants!
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April 1, 2022
EDITOR: Office attendants are workers too and deserve to be treated better. It is time to have a heart for them. While it is commendable to change the...
Tell me, how many more must die?
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April 1, 2022
EDITOR: We are surrounded by water. We make a living from it. Many are sailors, some are fishermen, some farm sea moss, but most use the sea for recre...
Not too late for EIA on Richmond quarry project
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March 25, 2022
Editor: The pen is always mightier than the sword … straight to the point! I was shocked but not surprised when I heard our PM slighting the residents...
Journalists and talk show hosts
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March 25, 2022
Editor: Since the passing of Glen Jackson radio talk show and journalism is much to be desired. We need talk show hosts who are not afraid but with th...
Providence writes UWI on Open Campus facility
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March 25, 2022
EDITOR: I have been for the last several months a keen viewer of “105 TV”. I have found many of the programs to be intellectually stimulating and refl...
Chelsea FC and Russia’s war with Ukraine
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March 18, 2022
EDITOR: In 2006 I became interested in the sport of football/soccer mainly because of FIFA World Cup Soccer. I recall being devastated after France lo...
The Order of things
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March 18, 2022
EDITOR: In contrast to the current Rat Race, where Survival of The Fittest rules, our childhood world was well ordered and fostered a co-operative spi...
There is a need for an organised bus system
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March 18, 2022
EDITOR: The bus system continues to be a problem to commuters throughout the island. Let us take for example, North Leeward. On any given day coming h...