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Sad Days Ahead
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December 16, 2005
EDITOR: As I listened to the election results, I was in awe as to what I was hearing. How could Vincentians vote the ULP Party back into power? My bel...
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Time to heal political wounds
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December 16, 2005
Editor: Congratulations to the Unity Labour Party and its flamboyant Leader the Honourable Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on an overwhelming victory in the Decem...
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Congratulations to Labour Party
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December 16, 2005
Editor: As I listen to the speeches and debates from various candidates and news on the 2005 elections ever so often on the Internet broadcasting of N...
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Take warning, Comrade Ralph
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December 16, 2005
Editor: Thanks for allowing me space in your valuable newspaper to congratulate the United Labour Party for winning at the polls and the New Democrati...
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Why are we importing frozen vegetables?
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December 16, 2005
"I hope that when your country (Great Britain) joins the European Union that it will not relinquish her obligation to protect our special arrangement ...
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Union remembers December 7 uprising
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December 9, 2005
EDITOR: The date for this year's general elections was accorded greater historical significance for Vincentians since it was shared with at least two ...
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The ULP – A brief critical look
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December 2, 2005
The forthcoming elections are really about two things, giving a grade to the ULP after 4 years and 8 months and assessing the extent to which the NDP ...
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Testing the political ground in S.V.G
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December 2, 2005
EDITOR: It seems thatt the outcome of the December 7 elections will be very interesting. During my 25 years of examining the outcomes of General Elect...
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It’s all about the human factor
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December 2, 2005
EDITOR: In seven days Vincentians will make a decision to forget or not forget the reason or reasons why we ended the 17-year governance of our countr...
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Thank you!
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December 2, 2005
Dear Prime Minister, We the Vincentian students and members of the University of Guyana extend our warmest greetings to you and join in wishing you an...
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ULP election machinery well oiled
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December 2, 2005
EDITOR: Hon. R.M Cato and the opposition the N.D.P spearheaded by Hon. J.F. Mitchell who commanded a team of inexperienced men who could not even diff...
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The case for the ULP
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December 2, 2005
There are three reasons why the ULP should be returned to office. Firstly, they have a good team. Secondly, they have performed. Last but by no means ...
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‘Where there is vision, the people prosper’
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December 2, 2005
Editor: On election day, the SVG electorate, on behalf of all Vincentians at home and in the Diaspora, should vote to reject the small vocal minority ...
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He who is without sin cast the first stone?
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: A certain man who is now running for politicial office stoned a church because he claimed that the congregation was keeping too much noise in ...
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Back over to you, Sir James!
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: The tropical depression which bore down on our tiny multi-island state just over a week ago has wreaked havoc nationwide; two lives were lost ...
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Stand tall for you are on the right side
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: I write to you as a man who suffered the ill treatment of my very own sister earlier on in your administration. I experienced the disgusting r...
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Time to give account will come
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: From all appearances, we are becoming a country without a conscience, our very souls are now hardened to the point of indifference. But the pr...
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A solemn tourism message
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November 25, 2005
Editor: As our nation celebrates tourism month, I wish to take this opportunity to address us on the important theme of “Keeping tourism alive beyon...
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Nzimbu banana art show was truly spectacular
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: All pieces done by NZIMBU were spectacular. I couldn't pick a favourite. It was as if the pictures were telling stories of long ago. The way t...
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Rephrase that ugly Miss SVG ad
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November 25, 2005
Editor: Kindly grant me the space in your newspaper to express my opinion on an advertisement I came across in your paper dated November 18, 2005. {{m...
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Give your support to the individual not party
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: After witnessing the longest election campaign in the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we finally have an election date and as a Vin...
Opposition suffering 17-year memory loss
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Opposition suffering 17-year memory loss
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November 25, 2005
by Camillo M. Gonsalves The legendary American economist and Harvard University Professor John Kenneth Galbraith once wrote that "nothing is so admira...
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Sabbath is very important
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November 18, 2005
In her zeal to publicize a religious doctrine accepted by some people, a correspondent in your last issue of the searchlight 11/11/05 wrote: "To keep ...
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Let us know which are throw-away promises
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November 18, 2005
Editor: Now that the election has been called, we will be listening to a lot of campaign promises being made over the coming weeks. When the leaders o...
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Is the ability to feed our nation in question?
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November 18, 2005
How can a small island state of 150 sq. miles, with a population of 120 000 people, be rich in volcanic soil excellent for agriculture with an abundan...
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Hadley is as much Vincy as any of us!
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November 18, 2005
Editor: The attack by NDP candidate St. Claire Leacock on the Chairman of National Properties Ltd., Victor Hadley, on Saturday night at the NDP meetin...
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I hate ‘party politics’ !!!
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November 18, 2005
EDITOR: We claim to have been independent for 26 years and are still encumbered by the millstone of colonialism in the form of the westminster parliam...
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Ten reasons why I can’t vote for the NDP
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November 18, 2005
Editor: The country will vote on December 7, 2005, and there are a few people here and there who are still undecided as to who should get that all-imp...
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Choose substance over promise
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November 18, 2005
by Dr. Richard A. B. Cox The bell has gone signalling the last lap in the elections and the use of every conceivable ploy to win votes. This is nothin...
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To vote or not to vote
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November 11, 2005
Part II by Oscar Allen One of the men on the block in Diamond Village presented me with this placard message, two weeks ago: DIAMOND PEOPLE, WE VOTING...
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We don’t need to hear about family relations
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November 11, 2005
Editor: I'm studying abroad, but I try to stay abreast with what's happening in the country. Now seems to be a time of much activity with election fev...
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Eustace must change position on Education
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November 11, 2005
Editor: The issue of education has always played a major part in general elections. This time around is no different, in light of the much talked abou...
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Seven is the number of completion or perfection
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November 11, 2005
Editor: It is a widely known biblical fact, especially by persons who search the scriptures, that seven (7) is the number of perfection or completion....
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Michael, and my father
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November 11, 2005
Editor: Referring to comments made Sunday night, I would like to make a public appeal to Mr. Julian Francis. I am asking you not to piggy-back on Mich...
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SVG Television supporting a ULP Victory?
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November 11, 2005
Editor: I was dismayed viewing last Tuesday night’s newscast on SVG television to see the biased reporting coming from our only television station. ...
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You shattered my dreams!
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November 11, 2005
Editor: I must congratulate Ms Murphy for her outstanding comment about the Prime Minister and the relationship with his son Camillo Gonsalves in an a...
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Close to the end for Arnhim Eustace
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November 11, 2005
EDITOR: When former Prime Minister Sir James Mitchell handed over the leadership of the New Democratic Party, NDP, and also the entire nation to Arnhi...
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This tax-free bonus must be earned
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November 11, 2005
EDITOR: The most indelible legacy of colonialism in an independent St. Vincent and the Grenadines is language. Vincentians are by nature monolingual â...
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ULP team deserves another term
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November 4, 2005
EDITOR: It is my intention to "big up" all the ULP candidates who are contesting the upcoming General Elections. I shall be writing about their indivi...