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A Tribute to Glenn
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May 5, 2006
by Josiah Bobb    5.MAY.06 Jackson my brother what have you done? They cut you down by the bullet of a gun Jackson, my brother, they set your sun Bu...
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Understanding English language
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May 5, 2006
5.MAY.06 EDITOR: I read with great interest the article by Lyden Punnett on the subject of Phonological Awareness in the April 21 issue of SEARCHLIGHT...
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Never discuss philosophy among fools
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May 5, 2006
Dr. Richard A. B. Cox  5.MAY.06 According to a recent issue of the Searchlight, Prime Minister Gonsalves expressed a wish to have more discussion on ...
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What is the long term plan for SVG?
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Editor: As we sell off our precious lands across St. Vincent and the Grenadines to raise money for the land for the International airport, I...
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Pepper meets Salt
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Editor: Had I not been a regular reader of the local newspapers I would have been completely taken by Salt's call for respect in last week's...
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Learn to read, pass or leave!
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 EDITOR: I am rather amused that the Ministry of Education has suddenly seen it fit to address the problems of literacy in our primary school...
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We will all have to pay the price?
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Editor: I wish to raise a few points regarding a letter captioned "Anomalies, Ironies, in the Public Service” in your newspaper dated Apri...
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Development fundamentals
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April 28, 2006
by Cedric B Harold 28.APR.06 What does SVG have in common with Singapore? Singapore is a city-state with no hinterland of agricultural acreage. SVG, o...
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Have some respect!
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April 21, 2006
EDITOR: In The Vincentian newspaper of Friday, April 7, 2006 an article regarding the film BrokeBack Mountain referred to Vincentians' general aversio...
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Who really should administer punishment?
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April 21, 2006
Editor: "Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with a rod and shalt deliv...
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Agriculture at a crossroad, which direction?
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April 21, 2006
EDITOR: I was quite surprised to see two strikingly contrasting articles in last week's issue. Cedric B. Harold's article, on page 8 "Technology in Ag...
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Paediatric Ward touched by angel
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April 21, 2006
Editor: For three months – December, 2005, through March 2006, the Paediatric Ward of the Hospital was befriended by Mrs. Sylvia DeFreitas. Tuesdays...
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Come clean with sexual preference
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April 21, 2006
Editor: It a real shame that in this day and age people still have to hide about who they really are. I know for a fact that there are many gay men an...
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Find best alignment for Argyle airport
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April 21, 2006
Editor: It is very wonderful that our country, our home land is really on its way to getting an International airport. From the time the NDP got in po...
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Children’s attitude to learning changing
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April 21, 2006
Editor: Why are so many school leavers so mathematically illiterate? Who is responsible? Is it the teacher? Is it the learner? As a practicing classro...
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Plagued by poor English
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April 21, 2006
Editor: A story expressing the displeasure of Mr. Luis DeShong, of the Ministry of Education, with regard to the use of English in schools in last wee...
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Just toying with some ideas
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April 21, 2006
Editor: A friend in England recently attended a meeting and our esteemed prime minister was the keynote speaker. Gonsalves spoke to the Vincentian Dia...
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Airport development – 10
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April 21, 2006
by G.E.M. Saunders Airport Development 1 dates back to August 1999, just after Sir James publicly announced plans to develop our International Airport...
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Technology in Agriculture
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April 13, 2006
by Cedric B. Harold The first technological revolution in human history is the revolution in agriculture. It had several components, from plant and an...
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Stop the littering at Fort Charlotte
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April 13, 2006
Editor: There seems to be a creeping tendency of irresponsibility by some persons here. It has to do with a slow and steady build up of garbage at For...
Baptiste a good choice to lead SVG
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Baptiste a good choice to lead SVG
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April 13, 2006
Editor: One of my dreams came true when Portia Simpson-Miller became Jamaica's first woman Prime Minister. I would like to take this opportunity to co...
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Crime rate reaching alarming proportions
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April 13, 2006
EDITOR: St Vincent recently recorded four murders and several other victims of crime in the space of one month, with Glenn Jackson's death being the h...
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Is left hand not sure of what right is doing?
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April 13, 2006
Editor: Some recent events have made me begin to wonder what exactly is going on with the running of this country. We are about to become signatories ...
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Anomalies and ironies in SVG Public Service
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April 13, 2006
EDITOR: Some ironies and anomalies personally observed within the St. Vincent and The Grenadines Public Service: 1. Nominally and titularly, the impli...
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Clarification on Points of Language
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April 7, 2006
EDITOR: "Teaching standard English as a second language” does not mean that it should be the secondary language of the nation but refers to the fact...
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Far too many marriages ending in divorce
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April 7, 2006
Editor: The scripture says, "Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled." – Hebrews 13:4. Thus marriage is something to be cherished. It is...
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Cricket and Maths
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April 7, 2006
Editor: Cricket, lovely cricket! I desire not to remind us that our beloved West Indies cricket team has just lost yet another test series. Instead, I...
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Mrs. Jackson has put us to shame
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April 7, 2006
Editor: With her sterling example Mrs. Jackson has put us to shame. We are so often most vindictive to the ones closest to us for the most trivial of ...
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We should all try to better ourselves!
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April 7, 2006
Editor: After reading some letters in this newspaper over the last few weeks, as one of the many foreigners from Asia living in this country, I feel I...
The assassin’s damage
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The assassin’s damage
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April 7, 2006
by Oscar Allen The assassin(s) who planned it and the hands that carried out "Operation kill Glenn Jackson" are sitting at home watching TV. They feel...
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Justice Now!
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March 31, 2006
Don’t ask me how, Don’t ask me when, The clarion call is Justice now! I’m doing this one For Glenn My Hero My Comrade My Colleague My friend Iâ€...
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Breadfruit Talk
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March 31, 2006
Editor: Sir Louis Straker, in a recent address at the CXC National Awards Ceremony, used the words “breadfruit talk” to describe and discourage a ...
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School children short of public transportation
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March 31, 2006
Editor: In North Leeward many school children can be seen struggling to get transportation to go to school in Kingstown and get home after school. But...
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Will big brother still be watching
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March 31, 2006
by Dr. Richard A. B. Cox While our prime ministers like dressing themselves in papal robes and portraying their leadership as messianic, they are usua...
Split banana realities
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Split banana realities
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March 31, 2006
Earlier this year, in January, the news was that banana farming was on its knees. The quantity of banana that we exported to Europe in 2005 had tumble...
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Glenn instilled discipline in me
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March 24, 2006
EDITOR: As an ex NCO of the SVG Army Cadet Force, I could not hold back the tears when I was informed by my wife Simone of the death of a very conscie...
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Dr. John stands out
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March 24, 2006
EDITOR: Like him or loathe him there’s no doubt that Dr. Kenneth John is the top newspaper columnist in St. Vincent. His ‘This Week’ is a - ‘M...
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A tribute to Glenn Jackson
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March 24, 2006
EDITOR: Noreen Haydock and Brigitte Germain join with Jasmine Haynes and her son, Antonio Haynes, in expressing our heartfelt condolences to his Famil...
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Dialect speaks volumes
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March 24, 2006
EDITOR: How unfortunate that Minister Straker should have referred to the local dialect as ‘breadfruit talk’ (The News March 3rd) thereby denigrat...
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Our Nation Mourns
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March 24, 2006
EDITOR: Murder has raised its ugly head again in our small nation, and this time it is of a well known and well loved personality. {{more}} The seemin...
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Glenn Jackson was always the leader type
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March 24, 2006
EDITOR: I was devastated to hear of the passing of Mr. Glenn Jackson. I was listening to the NBC RADIO on the net and was THUNDERSTRUCK when I heard t...
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We must apologise,do something now
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March 24, 2006
EDITOR: While shopping in my favourite supermarket at Arnos Vale I met a Japanese friend who works for The Japanese Volunteers Overseas Association. I...
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We have drifted away from God
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March 24, 2006
Editor: There is no doubt that as a nation we have drifted away from God. We boast about being Christians yet our practices do not reflect such. We ar...
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