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July 20, 2007
20.JUL.07 EDITOR: âLife begins at 50â. This is the certainly message that the audience gets when listening to the performance of the Gems and Frie...
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July 20, 2007
by Oswald Fereira 20.JUL.07 I visited St. Vincent in April 2007 and would like to reflect on some of my observations. It was good to see many new home...
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July 13, 2007
by Oscar Allen 13.JUL.07 Post-colonial talk is the beginning of a new language, using it to name over ourselves and our world. One of our poets, Nicol...
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July 13, 2007
13.JUL.07 Editor: The last verse of the first calypso performed by Vibrating Scakes at Dimanche Gras confirmed a theory I have held for many years. Th...
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July 13, 2007
13.JUL.07 Editor: Young people, how many of us will get AIDS this carnival season? Do you know? Is it me? Is it you? How many of us will get a STD tha...
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July 13, 2007
13.JUL.07 EDITOR: A dichotomy need not exist between science and Christianity; indeed, none have ever existed between Catholic Christianity and any of...
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July 13, 2007
13.JUL.07 Editor: As the author of the Sword of the Spirit article, I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to the concerns raised by âSaltâ ...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 Dr. Ralph E Gonsalves Honourable Prime Minister Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dear Prime Minister I write as General Secretary...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 Editor: As I reflect on carnival, I am left to ask if we are going forward or backward. On Monday night I went to Victoria Park to witness t...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 Editor: The ULP as a political party promised us if we gave them a chance to become government, they will be tough on crime and causes of cr...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 Editor: Over the last two weeks the leader of the NDP, Arnhim Eustace continues to demonstrate why he and his party are totally unfit to run...
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July 6, 2007
by Maxwell Haywood 06.JUL.07 The 30th anniversary of carnival in the July sun should be seen as a big deal for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). T...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 Editor: I want to say congratulations to the SVG Music Industry (SVGMI), especially the artists and producers, for the excellent music that ...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 EDITOR: One wonders why The News newspaper in its June 8, 2007 edition has published such a brazen display of anti-catholic prejudice in its...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 EDITOR: âA new study in the journal âNeurologyâ is being hailed as unassailable proof that marijuana is a valuable medicine. It is a s...
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July 6, 2007
06.JUL.07 As we begin the carnival weekend which celebrates the power of culture, the spirit of fun and 30 years in the July sun, the St. Vincent and ...
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June 29, 2007
29.JUN.07 Editor: I am a consultant from Kenya, working here with the Ministry of Education as a consultant for the next year. On the 1st June, I was ...
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June 29, 2007
29.JUN.07 EDITOR: In response to your editorial of June 22, 2007 on the historic CARICOMâs Conference on the Caribbean, I must commend the way you c...
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June 29, 2007
29.JUN.07 EDITOR: We joke that it will prove mighty difficult for us to fight with the Taiwanese, Cubans, Venezuelans and Mexicans for control of our ...
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June 29, 2007
29.JUN.07 EDITOR: I am an NDP supporter; my reason for supporting NDP is because of the leader. I think he is a wonderful human being and a true son o...
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June 29, 2007
29.JUN.07 EDITOR: Permit me this opportunity to comment on Mr. Ambrose, Chairman of the CDC as it relates to his letter in the print media. I must say...
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June 29, 2007
Dr. Richard A. B. Cox 29.JUN.07 According to a story on page 12 of the Searchlight of May 25th, since his vehicular accident our Prime Minister is a c...
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June 29, 2007
by a close friend of 46 years 29.JUN.07 His small, short and compact stature makes him instantly dismissible as a dwarf. However, for those of us who ...
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June 22, 2007
22.JUN.07 EDITOR: Sometimes it baffles me as to the criteria used to select persons for principal-ship. It is widely rumoured that government minister...
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June 22, 2007
22.JUN.07 EDITOR: As humans, we are at the pinnacle of the Animal Kingdom, but lo, so many of our primitive traits stay embedded, entrenched, dug-in -...
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June 22, 2007
22.JUN.07 EDITOR: The authors of two articles which appeared in the News Newspaper of the 15th June sought to insult the national intelligence, titled...
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June 22, 2007
22.JUN.07 EDITOR: A number of final year students from Dr J P Eustace Secondary School, who were disappointed about being denied the privilege of grad...
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June 22, 2007
22.JUN.07 Editor: The Bible says in Psalm 33:12, âBlessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.â Can it be said of this country of ours that our Go...
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June 22, 2007
22.JUN.07 EDITOR: The 2007 Common Entrance Examination has come and gone and last week we all celebrated the successes of the 1,507 students. This yea...
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June 15, 2007
15.JUN.07 Editor: Regarding the one-dollar tax to the Grenadines I am writing to correct two falsehoods which are currently being systematically plant...
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June 15, 2007
by Shenica Haynes 15.JUN.07 A man with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. If a man cannot be a gentleman in the place where he i...
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June 15, 2007
15.JUN.07 EDITOR: On June 8, the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) marched in protest for the second time this year, and after a quick but careful...
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June 15, 2007
15.JUN.07 Editor: Our air transport is very important to the Caribbean people. Our Prime Minister Dr. Gonsalves spoke so much about affordable air ser...
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June 15, 2007
15.JUN.07 Editor: It is with a great sense of pride and joy that I write on behalf of the executive of the Parent Teacher Association of the Barrouall...
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June 15, 2007
15.JUN.07 Editor: I would like to make few comments on the declarations of Senator St. Claire Leacock, last 8th of June, concerning the eventual parti...
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 by Lynden Punnett Dip.SpLD (Dyslexia) It is extremely disturbing, but it appears that persons within our society resort to violence either ...
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June 8, 2007
Editor: As a Vincentian living abroad, and one who has done so for the last 30 years, one of the things I look forward to each year is my making my an...
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June 8, 2007
Editor: Please permit me space in your newspaper so that I can air my views on the impasse surrounding the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Table Tennis...
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 Editor: The recent controversy surrounding the issuing of a statement by the immediate past President of the Chamber of Industry and Commer...
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 Editor: The apparent glamorous and prestigious position of SVG Consul General to Toronto is the envy of many Vincentians especially those o...
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 Editor: I write this letter in response to the views published in The News newspaper on Friday, June 1st, voiced by Mr. Parnel Campbell QC....
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June 8, 2007
08.June.07 Editor: Violence, drugs and sex are chronic problems affecting our secondary and tertiary learning institutions in St. Vincent and the Gren...
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June 1, 2007
01.June.07 EDITOR: This Country seems to be improving with its development over the last five years in sectors like construction, education, health ca...
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