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November 3, 2006
Dear Prime Minister, A recent report suggested there was much enthusiasm surrounding your move to sell controlling interest in LIAT to Allen Stanford....
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October 20, 2006
20.OCT.06 EDITOR: There are regular writers in the three weekly newspapers of St Vincent and the Grenadines that need some shaking up; shaking off eve...
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October 20, 2006
20.OCT.06 EDITOR: Dr Richard A.B. Cox, in his column on September 29, 2006, made a very persuasive case for Jomo Thomas to join the NDP. I suspect the...
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October 13, 2006
Contributed by R. Andrew Cummings Giants? Our national footballers are "riding high" in the Digicel Cup having reached the semi finals. Not since the ...
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October 13, 2006
Morality or Protectionism? by Sir Ronald Sanders The value of publicly-traded Internet gaming companies in Britain and their subsidiaries in the Carib...
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October 13, 2006
EDITOR: The debate continues about NOBA's request for fare increases based on the rising cost of fuel and high cost of spare parts and tyres. Having r...
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October 13, 2006
EDITOR: Dr Gonsalves has grown to be a very good politician. He is responsible for the climate that exists here today when persons can speak for thems...
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October 13, 2006
EDITOR: I had an enlightening experience with an American business last week, downward enlightening mind you. You can enlighten downward if you learn ...
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October 13, 2006
EDITOR: Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou BEATEST him with the ROD, he shall not die. Thou shall BEAT him with the ROD, and deliver ...
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October 6, 2006
Editor: I write to express my dismay at the shabby service being offered by our commercial banks to people in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is un...
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October 6, 2006
Editor: I write this article as a follow up to last week's article appearing in the Searchlight under the caption "Firms taking us for a ride". Firstl...
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October 6, 2006
EDITOR: Many harsh words can be said regarding the alleged tampering of the judges' official results at the National Dance Festival, but I'll say only...
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October 6, 2006
EDITOR: I've been reflecting on the article published in the September 22nd issue entitled "We Must Get Our Priorities Straight", and have since thoug...
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October 6, 2006
Music is and will forever remain a very important part of our cultural identity and expression. Music like all other forms of cultural expressions wil...
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October 6, 2006
by Maxwell Haywood Vincentian Earl Ole George has done something that is way beyond the ordinary. He walked for seven days without sleep! He displayed...
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October 6, 2006
Star and Service by Oscar Allen Just over 50 years ago, a schoolboy from Edinboro received a sport scholarship for his cricket ability. He was good. A...
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September 29, 2006
EDITOR: At a meeting of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Pharmacy Council which was held on 20th September 2006 it was necessary to review an article...
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September 29, 2006
A poem for the late Patrice Bascombe Can someone tell me please is my friend really gone No longer would I see the girl that never frowns Can someone ...
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September 29, 2006
EDITOR: We, as customers are many times taken for a ride by companies with which we do business. Many companies have very little regard for their cust...
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September 29, 2006
EDITOR: I am not pessimist like Woody Allen. Unlike him, I know what the taste of having hope is like. However, everybody often comes up to me and tel...
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September 29, 2006
by Jude Knight There is an adage that "out of evil cometh good" and the recent impasse between government and the National Omni Bus Association (NOBA)...
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September 29, 2006
EDITOR: I wish to comment on the issue of police brutality raised by Justice Frederick Bruce-Lyle and Parnel Campbell QC last week. The allegation of ...
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September 29, 2006
PART 6 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Music Industry in 2005 Chapter VI CONCLUSION The Vincentian Music Industry, its Intellectual Property, and its n...
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September 22, 2006
Written by Ras Zando You have answered your call Fetched from the recesses of your soul; Expressed with uniformity of passion oh songbird! You have do...
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September 22, 2006
EDITOR: The political climate seems to be very good in St Vincent and the Grenadines. My reason for saying so, the NDP held a political meeting at Sio...
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September 22, 2006
EDITOR: I am writing this letter on behalf of my cousin who works with government keeping the sidewalks within her town clean. Every working day as my...
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September 22, 2006
EDITOR: What determines the order of our investment priority list? Please allow me some "real estate" to say why I ask this question. I've been paying...
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September 22, 2006
EDITOR: The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is shying away from instituting a Government-owned transport system and will continue to be h...
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September 22, 2006
THE FINAL FRONTIER Part 5 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES MUSIC INDUSTRY IN 2005 Chapter V by Richard MacLeish CHALLENGES FOR THE INDUSTRY The issue of t...
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September 15, 2006
15.SEP.06 Editor: What is the procedure being followed to spray for mosquitoes? There is no warning to the residents. The first sight of the fogging i...
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September 15, 2006
15.SEP.06 EDITOR: Regarding the Buccament on the Bay Project â where will all their wastewater go? As far as I understand, the resort will use a che...
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September 15, 2006
15.SEP.06 EDITOR: Now, for the first time, de Comrade is beginning to worry me. In a press conference the other day, he carried out a tirade against "...
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September 15, 2006
15.SEP.06 Editor: There would always be much debate concerning the gays and their rights. The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Hon. Denzil D...
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