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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...
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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 ...