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In defence of Produce and Commodities Bill
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September 15, 2006
15.SEP.06 EDITOR: The CSME is a major opportunity for greater growth and diversity of Caribbean business. In the case of St Vincent & the Grenadines, ...
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Common sense and the Produce and Commodity Act
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September 15, 2006
by Camillo M. Gonsalves 15.SEP.06 After carefully following the recent debate and fabricated furor in the wake of the Produce and Commodity Act 2006, ...
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Intellectual Property The New Frontier: A look at the Vincentian music industry and its comparative advantage
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September 15, 2006
THE FINAL FRONTIER Part 4 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES MUSIC INDUSTRY IN 2005 Chapter IV by Richard MacLeish  15.SEP.06 With the advent of technology...
Mr. Stanford, we sincerely appreciate your intentions
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Mr. Stanford, we sincerely appreciate your intentions
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September 8, 2006
Memo to Allan Stanford by Greg Hoyos Dear Mr. Stanford, We in the Caribbean have been watching your project called 20/20 Cricket with interest. We wat...
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PAAB uneasy with Park Beach, Estate
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September 8, 2006
EDITOR: The People's Action Alliance of Bequia was surprised to hear the Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, in his press conference of September 4, ...
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Marriage Officers Licences sharing out like hot bread?
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September 8, 2006
EDITOR: As I read the monthly Gazette, almost every month I see names of persons as Marriage officers. I have some questions, I hope the right person ...
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Teacher training – A must!
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September 8, 2006
EDITOR: The move by our government to implement measures, guidelines, and regulations in the management of child care centres in SVG today, brings a s...
National football coach must go!
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National football coach must go!
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September 8, 2006
EDITOR: I heard on the streets of Kingstown that the Under-20 youth team wasn't ready while in fact it seems to me it's the organisation who wasn't re...
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Concrete spillage a serious road hazzard
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September 8, 2006
EDITOR: I was wondering: • How much more concrete would have to be dumped on our roads, making them more dangerous yet, before some bright spark rea...
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Is it just another case of Eustace babbling?
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September 8, 2006
by Dr. Richard A. B. Cox Arhnim Eustace, Leader of the Opposition has in time past accused the media of bias against his party. This indifference was ...
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Raw Unfiltered Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
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September 8, 2006
by The Ginja Reporter It may seem to many like out and out nonsense crafted for humour. The truth is that far removed from the current and urgent issu...
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Is Eustace looking for Burgin to cross the floor?
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September 1, 2006
Editor: Something serious recently happened at VINLEC. Power outages for days. It now appears the terrible situation was avoidable. For days, consumer...
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High electricity prices draining Vincentians
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September 1, 2006
EDITOR: Vinlec is inefficient and will continue to be so until other electricity producers are allowed in SVG. When Vinlec was set up, it was given a ...
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Teachers are people too!
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September 1, 2006
Editor: Please permit me space in your newspaper to express a particular concern. Today marks the beginning of a new school year in reference to teach...
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We need to conserve more energy in SVG
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September 1, 2006
Editor: With the rate of energy cost in present day, small societies like ours need to start making plans for energy conservation. The price of energy...
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Examine alternative energy sources
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September 1, 2006
Editor: In the past when I made contributions in the print media under a pseudonym, I defended my position because in this society more attention is p...
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Rethinking Emancipation
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September 1, 2006
by Oscar Allen Every time you find a revolutionary movement that aims to change conditions in society, you will find division in that movement. It is ...
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Intellectual Property The New Frontier: A look at the Vincentian music industry and its comparative advantage
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September 1, 2006
by Richard McLeish Part III of V Chapter III ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES MUSIC INDUSTRY PRE 2005 In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, there is no docum...
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Why are our youth not interested in agriculture?
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August 25, 2006
Editor: Thank you for being a medium through which I can express my most humble opinion. A few weeks ago, I listened to the Minister of Agriculture, M...
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Is Green Party the official opposition?
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August 25, 2006
EDITOR: I'm no Green Party supporter, but it seems to me that the Green Party is the official opposition to ULP government; it seems to me that only t...
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Public perception of VINLEC
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August 25, 2006
Editor: I listened to the Prime Minister when he delivered his Ministerial Speech on St. Vincent Electricity Services (Vinlec) and strongly agree on m...
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Renwick Rose’s 5 “R’s”
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August 25, 2006
Writing in his column on page 9 of last week's "Searchlight" Renwick Rose told us quite timely that "... life has a way of reminding us that not only ...
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How should we deal with communist Castro?
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August 25, 2006
by Dr. Richard A. B. Cox There is something very "Machu Picchian" (in the contemporary sense of the term) about the death of colonialism in SVG. It ha...
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Intellectual Property The New Frontier: A look at the Vincentian music industry and its comparative advantage
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August 25, 2006
by Richard McLeish Part II of V Chapter II WORLD MUSIC INDUSTRY To analyze the music industry of St. Vincent & the Grenadines we must first position t...
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Will we lose the shirts off our backs next?
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August 18, 2006
18.AUG.06 EDITOR: Almost a year into its second term of government, the ULP regime still fails to layout a clear and coherent economic plan for the SV...
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Condom failure, whose fault is it?
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August 18, 2006
18.AUG.06 EDITOR: Statements like, "condoms are 100% effective when used correctly" or "condom failure is almost always the result of user failure" do...
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Farming project at prison a great idea
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August 18, 2006
18.AUG.06 EDITOR: It's so amazing to journey to the leeward side of this island to the green mountain ridge of Belle Isle and look at this country's P...
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Cricket World Cup 2007 is a showcase for entire Caribbean
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August 18, 2006
18.AUG.06 EDITOR: The 2007 Cricket World Cup event will take place in the Caribbean. I listened to our local committee on World Cup Cricket, and what ...
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Why not grow hemp for natural fabrics
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August 18, 2006
18.AUG.06 EDITOR: I've noticed a trend developing among foreign visitors. More and more of them are wearing natural and eco-friendly fabrics. Of cours...
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Why some people have no conscience
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August 18, 2006
by Clifford Pitt 18.AUG.06 An old lady in the village, during my youth, missed her only goat a few days before Christmas. She had kept it under her bo...
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Intellectual Property The New Frontier
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August 18, 2006
A look at the Vincentian Music Industry and its Comparative Advantage by Richard McLeish 18.AUG.06 Part I of V INTRODUCTION: Culture as a means of tra...
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What’s the real salary figure for University Graduates?
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August 11, 2006
Editor: I refer to a news item on page 3 of the Friday, July 21, 2006 edition of your paper. The article is called, “Government to look at construct...
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The false and deadly religious root behind support for Israel
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August 11, 2006
Editor: The Israeli-Lebanese horror has, and continues to make international headlines for over two weeks now, and shows no sign of abatement. For the...
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Reparation? Introspection
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August 11, 2006
EDITOR: Vincentians continue to ride ‘piggy-back’ on the trials and sufferings of many the world over. We do that with a fair deal of success by a...
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20/20 politicians
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August 11, 2006
EDITOR: When I was much younger I dreamt of becoming a politician, but I knew when the time came I would have to be qualified, so I studied and became...
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Castro’s Illness causing flutters internationally
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August 11, 2006
Editor: I quite liked Diane Abbott's article on Fidel Castro that appeared in the Jamaica Observer on Sunday, August 6. Fidel Castro has, indeed, done...
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None but ourselves
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August 11, 2006
by Vonnie Roudette The importance of Emancipation Month is well recognized, but how effective are the celebrations in developing our consciousness as ...
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When bananas fell-Part 1
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August 4, 2006
by Oscar Allen Banana is a slippery product and it falls easily, but it can rise quickly too. Look at three examples of up and down production. In 197...
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Fire Chief: More fire hydrants needed
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August 4, 2006
EDITOR: It is refreshing to have a Fire Chief who seems to know and understand his job. Government should look at furnishing the Fire Department with ...
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Digitalization now a must for SVG!
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August 4, 2006
Editor: I followed the news regarding the fire at the Magistrate's Court which took place on Friday, July 21, and wondered what would have happened if...
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Public Interest in Parliament
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August 4, 2006
EDITOR: The ULP as a political party has encouraged us the citizens of this country to pay special attention to Parliament, because that is where the ...
This is who I am
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This is who I am
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August 4, 2006
by Dennis Ambrose I have heard repeatedly over the past few weeks a call, by the ‘Boisterous Few, and the Pretentious Elite’, for me to “pack-up...
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What if the sexual abuser is a teacher?
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August 4, 2006
by Iris Mounsey In 1997, Mary Kay Le Tourneau, an American teacher, made world news when she was turned in to authorities to be tried for statutory ra...
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SVG to launch Climate Initiative to build future resilience
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SVG to launch Climate Initiative to build future resilience
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July 15, 2025
The Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture, through the Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), will officially launch S...
ERAO SVG calls upon St Vincent and the Grenadines to end LGBTQ+ discrimination
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ERAO SVG calls upon St Vincent and the Grenadines to end LGBTQ+ discrimination
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July 15, 2025
ERAO SVG said it has received information and observed that LGBTQ+ persons in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) experience various forms of violence...
SVG to partner with US Medical Supply Foundation
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SVG to partner with US Medical Supply Foundation
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July 15, 2025
Two representatives from the Afya Foundation of the United States are in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on a fact-finding mission, assessing how ...
Marginalised students, targets of School Improvement Project
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Marginalised students, targets of School Improvement Project
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July 15, 2025
Greater focus needs to be given to improving the access of students with special needs in order to improve the education outcomes for this group of le...
There is hope even as Sargassum problem grows says UN Official
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There is hope even as Sargassum problem grows says UN Official
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July 15, 2025
Sargassum inundations are no longer occasional, with major events reported annually across the Caribbean, from the Mexican Caribbean and Central Ameri...

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