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Who to believe – Ralph or Arnhim?
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 EDITOR: One day I will like to be elected as a parliamentarian because in my own way I'm a politician, that's what am being told. I think eve...
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CWC – Visa solutions
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February 2, 2007
2.FEB.07 Editor: For years now, I have maintained that the two best things to recently happen to the Caribbean are CSME (Caricom Single Market & Econo...
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Christmas season is the time for giving?
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 EDITOR: It has been almost two weeks since Christmas has gone by and people are feeling the side effects of it. Some minds are still in holi...
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Be serious for SVG’s sake
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 EDITOR: St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a curious place in which so many politically partisan persons, and a few others with their heads i...
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Open letter to the Prime Minister
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 Hon. Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves Prime Minister St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Good morning and warmest greetings to you my dear Comrade Prime M...
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Oh! That dreadful cemetery
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 EDITOR: I came from the U.S.A to visit my husband's grave, when I got to the cemetery I was surprised to see how tall the grass was, all the...
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Is CDC really serious?
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January 26, 2007
26.JAN.07 EDITOR: The stated intention by the CDC to hold public consultations on Vinci Mas is the correct enunciated position. However, have we had t...
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NDP, Green Party should join forces
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 EDITOR: Under Mitchell the NDP was strong, but since his departure it has seriously deteriorated. Eustace has lost two general elections and...
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No Hans King, you mean the Audacity to Hope!
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 EDITOR: After reading your article I felt it necessary to enlighten you on a few points. First of all, I think you should read Senator Obama...
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The Prime Minister needs to listen more
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January 19, 2007
19.JAN.07 EDITOR: Our Prime Minister said that 2006 was a challenging year; if it's one time I agree with Prime Minister Gonsalves it is when he made ...
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NDP misread Vincentian voters
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 EDITOR: Unable to stop the Comrade and the ULP's magnificent performance in government, the NDP sought to win the 2005 elections by waging a...
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The audacity of hope
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 EDITOR: I am currently reading a book by Barack Obama, the young African American who is being billed as a possible candidate for the next U...
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A woman has the right to say NO!
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 EDITOR: My cup was already full after Stacey Wilson's beheading, I felt quite unable to imagine a scene happening in full day light at peak ...
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Repair pot holes at early stage
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 EDITOR: Happy new year to you and staff and all the readers to your informative paper. The Hon. Douglas Slater in his budget presentation me...
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Prime Minister Gonsalves needs to listen more
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 EDITOR: Our Prime Minister said that 2006 was a challenging year; if it's one time I agree with Prime Minister Gonsalves is when he made tha...
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Hanging is indeed the end of the rope
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 EDITOR: I heard the Prime Minister express his desire to see hanging remain on the statute books, thereby throwing in his lot with, as he pu...
The dangers of smoking marijuana
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The dangers of smoking marijuana
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January 12, 2007
12.JAN.07 Editor: There is a rapid increase of marijuana smokers in St Vincent and the Grenadines, young and old are destroying their health and lives...
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Demand your receipt, stamp
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January 5, 2007
EDITOR: I am very disturbed by an incident that occurred while I was shopping in Middle Street recently. I arrived at the cash desk with some curtains...
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ULP regime scraping barrel
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January 5, 2007
EDITOR: On Tuesday 19th December 2006 on SVGTV, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves compared the poverty of SVG to that of Bangladesh and Haiti. SVG Gre...
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An excellent budget… kudos to Sen. Williams
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January 5, 2007
EDITOR: The 2007 Budget presented in Parliament by Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves was indeed an excellent one. The budget contained something for e...
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Of Moscow, education and foreign policy
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December 22, 2006
by Dr Richard A. B. Cox On a weather stricken Thursday morning one September two decades ago I with another zealot departed SVG for Moscow determined ...
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Police handled the murder scene badly
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December 22, 2006
EDITOR: I have never before seen it necessary to write anything to the public until now. The brutal and gruesome murder of a beautiful young lady stun...
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Blame men for state of the world
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December 22, 2006
EDITOR: Please permit me time to express this thought that has been brewing for sometime now. I've thought about life and the things in life that are ...
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More shake ups coming soon?
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December 22, 2006
EDITOR: News that the St Vincent and the Grenadines Consul General to Canada Bernard John and his deputy, Clement Ballah, were relieved of their dutie...
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When did we become so de-sensitized?
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December 22, 2006
EDITOR: It was with shock and horror that I received the news of the beheading of a Vincentian woman, in full view of the public on Monday December 11...
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Scent of Christmas
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December 15, 2006
by Randa P. Velox Dec.15.06 Christmas is a season of sharing, a time for family, and of course, for memories. Visions from our past, entwined gently w...
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More cricket needed
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 EDITOR: Are we in the Windward Islands and West Indies, serious about cricket? West Indies cricket team has been playing unpredictable crick...
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Very disturbed by the brutal slaying
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 EDITOR: I was disturbed by the news of the brutal slaying, including beheading, of one of our young Vincentians this week. While I pondered ...
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Spare the rod spoil the child
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 EDITOR: I’m saddened to see how easily professed Christians can waiver from the faith. It is unbelievable how they have no regard for the ...
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Long live freedom of expression!
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 "...the right to free speech entails allowing an individual to put forward an unpopular ... idea which the majority might wish to suppress.....
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Come on Dr Fraser, give jack his jacket
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 EDITOR: In the Caribbean we have a saying "give Jack his jacket", in other words give a man his due. It was therefore rather unfortunate to ...
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SVG AIR responds to Public Service Union
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December 15, 2006
Dec.15.06 SVG Air has taken issue with statements issued by the Public Service Union (PSU) which is defending two Air Traffic Controllers who were sus...
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‘I welcome message about sexual purity’
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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 EDITOR: I must express my approval with Dr Douglas Slater's remarks to some students about remaining sexually pure and focusing on being edu...
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What happened to SVG Air J8VAX?
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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 EDITOR: As the nation and the respective families mourn the sad loss of two lives in the November 19 air mishap, all attention is now focuse...
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Caribbean spirit alive and well
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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 EDITOR: I followed with deep sadness the reports of the disappearance of Dominic Gonsalves and Rasheed Ibrahim in what appears to be a plane...
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I fully support capital punishment for murder
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December 8, 2006
Dec.08.06 EDITOR: As our nation formally nears the end of wrapping up the process of the review of our Constitution I thank God for the privilege of m...
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SVG fell for Digicel Rising Star bait
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December 1, 2006
Dec.1.06 EDITOR: The country has returned to normal following euphoria of its overwhelming support of Kyron Baptiste in the Digicel Rising Star "compe...
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Irresponsible yes – sedition no
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December 1, 2006
Dec.1.06 EDITOR: So Chief Magistrate, Simone Churaman, ruled that the Green Party General Secretary is not guilty of sedition. It was wholly irrespons...
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Is UN really trying to destroy Christianity
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December 1, 2006
Dec.1.06 EDITOR: Every time I think of the fact that the United Nations are pushing Governments around the world to abolish Corporal Punishment and ot...
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Show some support for local produce
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November 24, 2006
Nov.24.06 EDITOR: I am appalled by comments made by the Minister of Health and the Environment in respect to agriculture. The minister in his recent b...
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CRC proposal on NACE does not make sense
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November 24, 2006
Nov.24.06 EDITOR: I recently started considering the contents of the Revised Final Report of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), submitted to ...