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When all politics is personal
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May 4, 2007
DR. RICHARD A. B. COX 4.MAY.07 I AM DETERMINED to stay away from politics both in word and deed. I simply can't stomach the hogwash and tripe, laced w...
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When is a Dollar more than a Dollar?
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 Editor, WHEN A DOLLAR tax is levied on all the people of the Grenadines who wish to travel to the capital of their own country, that dollar i...
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Can’t a guy express himself without fear?
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 Editor, WHY DO MY writings seem to find such favor with certain gentlemen of a particular political persuasion? Does it have anything to do w...
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We must compliment the education thrust
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 Editor, I WRITE AS A citizen of this our blessed land to congratulate this present administration on the work they are doing in Education. It...
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No more Boy Beache
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 Editor, I'M SICK AND tired of hearing Mr. Lynch call the honorable Minister of Tourism, Youth & Sports-Glen Beache, "Boy Beache". To make mat...
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Is NDP only interested in Kingstown?
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 EDITOR: I understand that there was once a time when people from the Grenadines, or the countryside of St. Vincent, as well as those who were...
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Oscar Allen’s book ­ – one for the classroom
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 WE WANT TO BECOME WISE: A READING BOOK ON TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY FOR CLASSROOM, HOME AND COMMUNITY ­ By Oscar Allen. EDITOR: Oscar Allen and ...
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Caspar London and the Serious Crimes Court
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 EDITOR: I notice the ULP, as Government is trying their best to deal with crime and the causes of crime, like putting things in place such as...
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Senator Leacock misinforming public
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 EDITOR: Honourable Senator Leacock, in last week's papers suggested that the government had a hand in the finding of the ballots in the old p...
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Why is Bequia being targeted?
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May 4, 2007
4.MAY.07 EDITOR: Successive administrations seems to have misplaced the formula for just how much of the right kind of attention should be paid to the...
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We should build relations with all countries
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April 27, 2007
27.APR.07 Editor: As an avid reader of Searchlight and of Bassy Alexander’s column I think it important that I share a few comments regarding his la...
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Stay on guard against political tribalism
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April 27, 2007
27.APR.07 Editor: Recently, while I was listening to Mr. Elwardo Lynch’s radio programme on NICE Radio, something happened that really lifted my spi...
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Scapegoat Lara
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April 27, 2007
by G E M Saunders 27.APR.07 According to Michael Holding on Cricinfo Talk, now that Brian Lara has retired, “we can look back and rejoice and rememb...
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Nothing wrong with pastor’s placement
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April 20, 2007
20.APR.07 Editor: This is in response to the 13-APRIL-’07 letter in the Searchlight "Was Adventist Pastor the right choice". I am surely not surpris...
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I’m searching for my mother
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April 20, 2007
20.APR.07 Editor: I reside on the island of Tobago in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. I wish for you to assist me in my quest to locate my mother...
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Crime, Crime, Crime…What about the punishment?
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April 20, 2007
20.APR.07 Editor: Like many Vincentians, I continue to be saddened by the escalating crime situation in my country, SVG. One cannot even get time to r...
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Plot to freedom
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April 13, 2007
By Vonnie Roudette 13.APR.07 Cultural events such as lectures, poetry readings, music and dance performances have all played a vital role recently in ...
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Was Adventist Pastor the right choice?
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: The PM, and I suppose the Minister of Foreign Affairs, sent a Pastor Steve Phillips to Toronto to serve as Consul General. Problem i...
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Auditorium Project – A commitment to excellence
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: Achievements stem from an idea which when focused becomes the primordial and instinctive premise from which great endeavours become ...
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Country growing but family in crisis
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: We are growing as a Nation, economically, educationally and even socially, but yet what we are witnessing today in this Nation is a ...
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A spiritual lesson for all from recent happenings
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: I write concerning the recent accident of the leader of this Country, Dr. the Right Honorable Ralph E. Gonsalves. From the reports I...
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Ancestral worship – a curse on any nation
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: I wish to share my perspective on what seems to be an increased awareness of so-called heritage and culture in our nation. A nation'...
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Danger! Iniquity in the name of Culture
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: There has, in recent years in SVG, been a drive for a 'return to our roots.' The various races in SVG have in one way or the other, ...
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OECC honoured to be part of bridge project
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: The acceptable practice of implementing a major public works project from its inception to completion, typically involves several ma...
March, bridge month
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March, bridge month
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April 13, 2007
by Oscar Allen 13.APR.07 A bridge is a structure built over a depression and during the month of March, the government took the nation across some of ...
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Reflections on Jesus’ death, resurrection
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: Last weekend many people in Christendom stopped to celebrate 'Easter.' A time to commemorate the death and resurrection of Christ, t...
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Put an end to this dog fighting
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: I would like to use your newspaper as the forum to express my outrage at an activity that seems to becoming a popular pastime for so...
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Talk show hosts need to be more responsible
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April 13, 2007
13.APR.07 Editor: I enjoy listening to talk show radio, it seems that's where persons in the Diaspora get their information. That's why talk show host...
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Do we have the courage?
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 Editor: Maxwell Haywood's letter printed last week in the Searchlight newspaper entitled "Outstanding Legacy of Black Women" was timely in t...
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State should not pay for private burials
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 Editor: I was fortunate to have worked with the late Glenn Jackson for two years at Radio St. Vincent and the Grenadines (705). During that ...
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NDP shows no respect for lives lost at Rabacca
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 Editor: I have to say that I am really taken aback at the attitude of the opposition New Democratic Party, to the opening of the Rabacca Bri...
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Boukman, Moses and slave freedom
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April 5, 2007
05.APR.07 EDITOR: Boukman and Moses were leaders of two African liberation movements. Boukman was active in the Haitian revolution 300 years ago while...
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Indentureship or Independence?
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March 30, 2007
By Janis Deane 30.MAR.07 This year 2007, is a significant one for many reasons, especially for us here in the West Indies. It was in March 1877, 130 y...
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Regulate transport by sea to Grenadines
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March 30, 2007
30.MAR.07 Editor: For the past six or more months sea transportation to the Grenadine islands beyond Bequia has gotten progressively worse while at th...
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NDP should apologise for misleading people
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March 30, 2007
30.MAR.07 Editor: It's interesting to note the concern that the world at large is now showing to energy conservation. This has become a hot topic part...
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Outstanding legacy of the Black women
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March 30, 2007
30.MAR.07 EDITOR: From as far back as in ancient African history, Black women have played significant roles in Society. These Black women were highly ...
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Africans created Garifuna culture
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March 30, 2007
30.MAR.07 Editor: Was it not the Caribs who welcomed the Africans from the distressed slave ship? And was it not these Africans who later created the ...
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Between force and freedom in slavery
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March 30, 2007
30.MAR.07 EDITOR: You can't have slavery without using force and only one side the slave owners side, can have the freedom and the right to command an...
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Thank God for second chance
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March 30, 2007
30.MAR.07 Editor: I have celebrated my birthday this month with renewed vigor with a different perspective on life. Indeed, not many persons can stare...