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November 4, 2005
EDITOR: I have struggled over the years to withhold myself from being like the rest of the family by using the radio and newspapers to air my views. I...
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November 4, 2005
Editor: I don't understand why everyone is in a snit over the treatment of Camillo Gonsalves by his father. I had no idea that it was wrong for a fath...
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November 4, 2005
Editor: With regard to the much discussed Tommy Hilfiger t-shirts, it is my opinion that St. Claire made a MAJOR error. Then on WE FM's Double Trouble...
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November 4, 2005
by Dr. Richard A. B. Cox Once I realised that Dr. Ralph Gonsalves was going to win the elections in 2001 I started pondering on two things: Who is the...
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October 28, 2005
by Camillo M. Gonsalves It may be the altitude. It may be the enormity of the event. But landing in Ethiopia leaves you breathless. In becoming the fi...
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October 28, 2005
Editor: Please permit me space to comment on the utterances of the Hon Prime Minister at his public meeting two weekends ago. He seems to be constantl...
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October 28, 2005
EDITOR: A week or two ago I was stopped in the middle of my afternoon work when Mr. Simon Kamara of World In Focus fame suggested that pornography be ...
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October 28, 2005
EDITOR: Please publish this letter I wrote to the Hon. Prime Minister. I am still awaiting a response. Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadine...
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October 28, 2005
EDITOR: I write to correct a few inaccuracies in Dr. Adrian Fraser's "Point of View" column in your newspaper of Friday, October 21, 2005, regarding t...
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October 21, 2005
EDITOR: Mr. Commissioner, congratulations on your recent promotion. Chief, as you are aware you have a very challenging task ahead with the rapid incr...
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October 21, 2005
EDITOR: Sir Vincent Beache, Your Apology/Explanation is 30 years late and deceptive. It is often said, confession is good for the soul. This writer do...
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October 21, 2005
Editor: Many are of the view that the number of names on the voters' list is much too high in comparison with the 2001 census. I beg to disagree. The ...
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October 21, 2005
EDITOR: Recently, the Prime Minister's comments about race have generated much debate. These debates on race are a welcome departure from "the culture...
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October 21, 2005
Editor: As we are about to celebrate yet another Independence, and as we reflect on our growth over the past 26 years I am sure that we could all conc...
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October 21, 2005
EDITOR: I often wonder how many times certain important issues must be raised before they are adequately addressed by those who have the authority to ...
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October 14, 2005
Editor: On October 27, 2005, St.Vincent and the Grenadines will be celebrating 26 years of independence. This month let us take the time to thank some...
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October 14, 2005
Editor: If one is not politically biased and if one speaks as a true patriotic Vincentian, we would agree that the government has done well. However, ...
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October 14, 2005
EDITOR: I am still of the opinion that Mr. William Harry had the potential to have been the most successful commissioner the Royal St. Vincent and the...
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October 14, 2005
EDITOR: Our Prime Minister, Honourable Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on many occasions said he is the only person who knows when the next General Elections wil...
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October 14, 2005
EDITOR: Your Editorial and the related lengthy article on the psychological ills underlying male underperformance in our nation (and, by extension, th...
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October 14, 2005
EDITOR: Currently the most talked about issue is Universal Secondary Education, which seems to be the cornerstone of the ULP's election campaign. Whil...
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October 14, 2005
by Oscar Allen For a couple days in 1966, students of the Girls’ High School and the Grammar School marched in protest down Back Street in Kingstown...
Psychosocial ills of Caribbean society, cricket
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October 14, 2005
PART II by Dr. C. Malcolm Grant Structured and systematic steps need to be urgently taken in order to rectify the sad state of affairs within West Ind...
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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...