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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...
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Hunger and poverty – Is there a solution?
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January 18, 2008
18.JAN.08 Editor: Poverty has existed for a very long time, and to different extents remains worldwide even in this 21st century. Poverty does come in...
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Classical music in the Caribbean
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January 18, 2008
18.JAN.08 Beginning in the early 20th century, the Caribbean has produced a substantial number of classical musicians who have - against the odds - ac...
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A matter of manners and behaviour
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January 18, 2008
18.JAN.08 by Peggy Carr Taipei, Taiwan Yet another democratic nation - Malawi — has chosen to break diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favour of Ch...
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Can a man rape his wife?
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January 18, 2008
by: R. Andrew Cummings 18 JAN.08 Static Law Since conquest by England in 1763, our Law on the question of rape by a husband remains, “the husband ca...
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Time for elections
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January 18, 2008
by Sports Administrator, 18 JAN.08 Please permit me a space in your weekly newspaper to air my views as it relates to the National Olympic Committee. ...
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Gangster for life
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January 11, 2008
11.JAN.08 Editor: Gangster for life is a popular song in this country. It is unfortunate that such a song is being allowed to be played on our radio s...
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What is your New Year’s resolution?
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January 11, 2008
11.JAN.08 Editor: During recent days, I have been asked the most popular question of the season: “What is your New Year’s resolution?” This is a...
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Rights – Thoughts for 2008
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January 11, 2008
11.JAN.08 Editor: Despite an increased focus on human rights throughout the world, religious and political intolerance still hold sway in many countri...
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Intellectual climate change Pt:1
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January 11, 2008
by Oscar Allen 11.JAN.08 I have begun to feel it, a definite shift in the pattern of peoples’ opinion. Different groups are beginning to take up the...
A vision of peace
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A vision of peace
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January 11, 2008
11.JAN.08 For forty years the Church has been promoting January 1st as the World Day of Peace. After all this time it is clear that the way to peace i...
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Looming threat
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January 11, 2008
by R. Andrew Cummings 11.JAN.08 For several generations West Indians have migrated to different parts of the world in search of better opportunities t...
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Christmas reflections
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January 4, 2008
04.JAN.08 Editor: The people of the nation have celebrated what they claimed to be the Messiah’s birthday. Strange enough, the celebration did not s...
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Stop this assault on our environment!
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January 4, 2008
04.JAN.08 Editor: It has been just days since the end of the world Earth Summit on global warming. St Vincent and the Grenadines will be one of the na...
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Proof that God exists
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January 4, 2008
04.JAN.08 Editor: In St. Vincent, there are few publicly avowed atheists, yet they are among us. I recall one individual who on a popular radio progra...
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The Budget
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December 21, 2007
21.DEC.07 Like the proverbial curate’s egg, the budget debate was good in parts. There were several outstanding contributions. However, to name name...
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Still disappointed at Technical graduation
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December 21, 2007
21.DEC.07 Editor: I attended St Vincent Technical College Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, December 6, 2007, and was greatly disappointed. Your newspa...
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Who’s to blame for high cost of living?
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December 21, 2007
21.DEC.07 Editor: This year 2007 is quite fascinating and alarming. Sometimes I wonder why life has to be so difficult at times. Everyone will tell yo...