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Parties must desist from mud-slinging
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October 7, 2005
EDITOR: The SVG Green Party is calling on Politicians and platform speakers from both the ULP and the NDP parties to desist from the shameful and repu...
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Are we just a mediocre society?
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October 7, 2005
Editor: I recently read an article written by Dr. Jules Ferndinand about the dangers of being content with mediocrity. The article brought home a pain...
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Of Presidential state visits and General Elections
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October 7, 2005
EDITOR: Whatever else is true of party politics, and, by extension, of governance in SVG, upfront must be the fact that "there is no new thing under t...
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Prevention is better than cure
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October 7, 2005
EDITOR: Greetings to you today. The Tri-Tri season is now beginning at different rivers and the fishermen are catching Tri-Tri, most of which is safe ...
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Sir James Mitchell was mistaken
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October 7, 2005
EDITOR: Government Minister Dr. Jerrol Thompson is puzzled by Sir James Mitchell's claim that there was no government representation at Dame Eugenia C...
Psychological ills of Caribbean society and cricket
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Psychological ills of Caribbean society and cricket
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October 7, 2005
PART I by Dr. C. Malcolm Grant It's only the naive fan who can inertly and sincerely believe that the WICB and or the coach (of the day) and or poor p...
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In honour of Dr. Earle Kirby
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September 30, 2005
EDITOR: When I first set foot in Kingstown, I was advised to seek out ‘Doc”. "You'll find him there, on Saturday, at the museum", I was told. That...
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Nasty politics and downright disrespect
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September 30, 2005
EDITOR: Much has been made of comments by the Prime Minister regarding the Leader of Opposition, and rightly so. While the comments made were in poor ...
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Sir James’ projects and Airports
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September 30, 2005
by Informed Observer I was very disappointed at the most recent journalistic effort at discussing airport development. The latest discourse by agronom...
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Leadership – building a new society
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September 30, 2005
by Maxwell Haywood National elections will be announced any time now. Voting every five years, while inadequate for achieving full and true democracy,...
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Dispose of dead animals properly
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September 30, 2005
EDITOR: On Monday, September 26, while on my way to take a bus to work, a nasty scent permeating the atmosphere, almost chased me back home. Right at ...
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Political heat picking up
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September 30, 2005
It could be more of the same when the Unity Labour Party (ULP) campaign wagon rolls into the Central Leeward town of Barrouallie this Sunday. There is...
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You can’t be serious!
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September 23, 2005
Editor: I have to pinch ace tennis player John Mc.Inroe's famous line: “You cannot be serious!” That's how he used to rant and rage when he disagr...
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Good move to boost security services
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September 23, 2005
EDITOR: I want to congratulate the government on their recent efforts to prop up our security services. The Mobile Police Units, the new Coast Guard V...
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Decent Henry: Help our kidney patients
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September 23, 2005
Dear Fellow Vincentians: Having been a kidney patient on dialysis for nearly 30 years now, it is with tremendous relief and great joy that I welcome t...
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Don’t kill the goose
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September 16, 2005
Editor: Many thanks and appreciation to the Minister of Transport, Works and Housing and by extension, the Area Representative for giving some attenti...
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Health issues need attention
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September 16, 2005
Editor: We are being warned now by our health officials of the potential deadly effects of leptospirosis, a disease spread through contact with the ur...
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I’m proud to be a roast breadfruit
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September 16, 2005
Editor: Ralph, as an erstwhile comrade, I was and still am quite reluctant to respond to the diet of derogatory comments and racial slurs that you dis...
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Another Five Years
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September 9, 2005
Editor: The rally at Fountain last Sunday was the biggest political event ever held on that spot. Thousands of West St. George residents were joined b...
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Field of dreams
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September 9, 2005
EDITOR: I congratulate the Prime Minister for a huge step forward in making secondary school education available to all Vincentians however if our P.M...
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Who the cap fits!
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September 9, 2005
EDITOR: After reading about the conflict between different groups of Nyabinghi brothers over the legalisation of the order, I realised that very littl...
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Political penguinism of Jomo Thomas
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September 2, 2005
by Dr. Richard A. B. Cox Jomo Thomas returned home about 2 years ago and immediately started fireworks in the political arena, playing the classic pol...
Leacock: NDP not out of steam
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Leacock: NDP not out of steam
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September 2, 2005
This last weekend saw the political temperature rise a few more notches as Vincentians become psychologically prepared for another general election. T...
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Shake Dr. Gonsalves, wake him up!
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September 2, 2005
EDITOR: On reading Dr. Gonsalves’ latest promise 'an airport' on the Internet, I shook my head in despair. Some questions sprung to mind of how ill ...
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Were his remarks Christian?
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September 2, 2005
EDITOR: Oh, that we will not judge situations simply according to our own thoughts, but seek to judge them based on the scriptures, rightly divided. T...
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Vigour Now, should be next revolution
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September 2, 2005
Editor: By the way we have another Revolution to sort out. I understand lots of our men are losing it from the waist down (prostate). We can't afford ...
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Thanks to all who supported me
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September 2, 2005
EDITOR: I am thankful to the past and present Government for the scholarship and support over the 5 years. I always considered myself as more than jus...
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Overwhelmed by ‘Visual Revolution’
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September 2, 2005
EDITOR: I am more than overwhelmed at this Visual Revolution. I call it another revolution because never before in my life have I heard anything like ...
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More questions than answers on new Airport
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August 26, 2005
EDITOR: Top television personality Randy Dopwell with top radio presenter E G Lynch and Historian Dr Adrian Fraser are the right team to present a cur...
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Great initiative by Minister of Transport, Works and housing
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August 26, 2005
Editor: Many thanks and appreciation must be given to the Minister of Transport, Works and Housing for his initiative in presenting a proposal of some...
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Reparation for all!
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August 26, 2005
EDITOR: In his book Salt, Earl Lovelace defines reparation as an offering/act that allows the injured party and the aggressor to stand before each oth...
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Upcoming elections a serious test of our maturity
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August 26, 2005
EDITOR: The consensus is that the next general election would be one of unprecedented and uncompromising political combat. The forecast is that when G...
Sir James and his folly
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Sir James and his folly
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August 26, 2005
Editor: I watched with interest Sir James Mitchell's presentation on the Inside Out TV programme last Sunday evening. During and after the programme, ...
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Idealism?
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August 26, 2005
In neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago a group of high profile citizens has launched "The Principles and Fairness Movement". Its goal is to stimulate a n...
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Congratulations to Dr. Gonsalves on positive moves
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August 19, 2005
EDITOR: The news of an International Airport in St.Vincent is as most people would tell you, is long overdue. If the current Prime Minister does manag...
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The tale of two tails
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August 19, 2005
Standing ram-rod straight at about 6 feet, 7 inches Elias Roache, the musician, shopkeeper and story-teller used to relate lively tales and give lesso...
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Former Prison Inmates stigmatized
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August 19, 2005
Editor: Before I get into my subject, let me remind the Minister of Transport, Works and Housing that the North Leeward Highway needs cleaning. The gr...
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My ‘Vincentian-ness’ cannot be doubted
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August 19, 2005
Editor: I think it necessary to set the record straight regarding my citizenship, inelegantly put in issue by "Sylvina Browne" in her letter of August...
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Are things going from bad to worse?
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August 19, 2005
EDITOR: My reason for writing this letter is to draw your attention to some pressing issues that are facing our people (land), which if not dealt with...
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The Love Vine, Cuba and the SVLP – Part II
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August 19, 2005
EDITOR: After I challenged Bassy Alexander about the accuracy of this statement in Searchlight dated August 5, 2005, I conducted further research on t...
NIS and the international airport
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NIS and the international airport
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August 19, 2005
EDITOR: Since the announcement on August 8, 2005, by the Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves, of the detailed plans for the construction of The Int...
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Divisionism only pulling us down
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August 12, 2005
EDITOR: As the citizens of tiny island states, such as our very own, St. Vincent and the Grenadines struggle to respond and try to solve our many prob...
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Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum
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August 12, 2005
EDITOR: The people of my constituency – South Windward – are outraged. We stand insulted and decidedly so. It is clear that both political parties...
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SVG to launch Climate Initiative to build future resilience
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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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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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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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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...
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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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