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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...