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Keep the politics out of our festival
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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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Is Ralph truly cleansed?
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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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Dwarf turned giant
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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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An affront to national intelligence
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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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Get up, stand up for your rights!
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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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Is SVG truly a Christian nation?
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June 22, 2007
22.JUN.07 Editor: The Bible says in Psalm 33:12, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” Can it be said of this country of ours that our Go...
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Why aren’t some of us proud of our students?
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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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Father
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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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March if you must, but you have to make it count
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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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Please Mr. PM, help reduce LIAT airfares
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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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Hats off to Barrouallie Government School
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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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Ambassador: Cuba not involved in SVG politics!
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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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The Volcano within – ANGER !
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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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Unite in fight against crime
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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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Stop the nasty attacks on Sean Stanley
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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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We can’t just throw student to the dogs
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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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Get the small things right in schools
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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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Eustace, lead from the front!
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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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Will NDP tell us what is there to protest about?
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June 1, 2007
01.June.07 EDITOR: It seems as though that the leader of the NDP, Mr. Eustace, is a confused man within his Party because it is clear to see that heâ€...
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To the men who are always right
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June 1, 2007
01.June.07 Editor: St.Vincent and the Grenadines is fortunate to have among its citizens, a group of men who are always right when it comes to economi...
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Check UNODC Report
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June 1, 2007
01.June.07 EDITOR: On Thursday, 3rd May 2007, the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published a joint report stating...
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Upsurge crime worrying
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June 1, 2007
01.June.07 Editor: The upsurge in criminal and violent activities in the Vincentian society is worrying and of grave concern to the St. Vincent and th...
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Consumers must be more prudent
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June 1, 2007
01.June.07 EDITOR: The VAT system, if implemented by the business community honestly and properly, should reduce the high prices on a number of produc...
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Consumers, shop around
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 EDITOR: I had an experience earlier this week which drove home to me the importance of shopping around, especially at this time when some bu...
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Sportspeople need to get on fitness programme
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 Editor: I want to comment on the topic “Fitness not Fatness” written on 4th May, 2007 page 35 by Rohan Thomas (On Target). I am well ple...
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Senator Forde, get your facts straight
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May 25, 2007
25.MAY.07 Editor: It is being said that the people of SVG are the government and the people elect a political party to form the executive arm of this ...
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Is Jomo keeping secrets for Eustace?
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May 25, 2007
Dr. Richard A.B. Cox 25.MAY.07 The Opposition vs. Government fracas over the “Grenadines dollar affair” and VAT are symptomatic of a problem most ...
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Physical Education in SVG
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May 25, 2007
“From being the other subject to being the alternative” Pt: 1 by Roxell John 25.MAY.07 When one mentions the term Physical Education today in our ...
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An Agriculture Community College
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May 18, 2007
by Oscar Allen 18.MAY.07 The Farmers` Training Institute is coming up from the ground at Orange Hill. Some of the ideas for the institute are ‘old s...
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Building on the Iron Man Site Pt-2
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May 18, 2007
by Oswald Fereira 18.MAY.07 IN DESIGNING future buildings in Kingstown careful consideration should be given to the basic principles of urban design, ...
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Bureaucrats, Technocrats retarding the processes
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May 18, 2007
18.MAY.07 Editor: It’s with great frustration and disgust I write these lines. This government is hell bent on eradicating poverty in this country a...
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Mother’s Day
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May 11, 2007
by Shenica Haynes 11.MAY.07 God has been so good, Blessing me with a family. Mama, you are always there for me, Pushing and guiding me all the way. Ma...
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Serious crimes in SVG a result of a poor economy
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May 11, 2007
11.MAY.07 Editor: The SVG Green Party strongly supports the national call by the National Council for Women and the Purple Ribbon in condemning crimes...
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Businesses taking advantage of VAT
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May 11, 2007
11.MAY.07 Editor: The implementation of VAT has caused much uneasiness and stress amongst the population. Many have made it a political issue, but it ...
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Building on the Iron Man site Pt:1
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May 11, 2007
by Oswald A. Fereira 11.MAY.07 In March 2002 I visited the land of my birth, St. Vincent and on my first trip to Kingstown I was shocked beyond belief...
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Dr Gonsalves on retreat
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May 4, 2007
by OSCAR ALLEN 4.MAY.07 I RECOMMEND retreats. Last weekend the pastors of the New Testament Church of God went on a retreat. A couple weeks ago the ND...