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Not leaving behind unfinished task
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Not leaving behind unfinished task
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
IT IS VERY interesting to hear of the machinations of the people whom we had thought were earnestly prepared to advance the interest of our nation. Ju...
First blood
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First blood
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
EDITOR: For the first time in the history of SVG, the blood of a sitting parliamentarian and Prime Minister has been spilled at the hands of violent o...
Why were FIRES used during Thursday’s protest ?
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Why were FIRES used during Thursday’s protest ?
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
EDITOR: My mother tended to become physically sick...she vomited...at the sight of open flames in public spaces. Fires are extremely upsetting to many...
Health and safety
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Health and safety
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
EDITOR: If they are any major interruption to the 2021-2022 school year due to an outbreak of Covid 19 then we stand to lose a generation of students ...
To vaccinate or not to vaccinate: Where did we go wrong?
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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate: Where did we go wrong?
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
EDITOR: The emergence of the COVID-19 virus has undoubtedly created a catastrophic atmosphere within the Caribbean region and the wider world. At the ...
This amendment has set a bad precedence
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This amendment has set a bad precedence
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
Editor: I cannot say how utterly aghast I am that this Government, in its attempts to get people to take the vaccine, would go to such a questionable ...
Hatred is one hell of a thing
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Hatred is one hell of a thing
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
Editor: Hatred of any kind is one hell of a thing. We often overlook hatred as a sin and something dangerous. Even in the religious circle, hatred is ...
On the Rampage
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On the Rampage
Webmaster 
August 13, 2021
There was a time when they cared for us and we cared for them. Those were the good old days when we had a symbiotic relationship. We were provided wit...
Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations condemns attack on PM
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Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations condemns attack on PM
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August 10, 2021
THE EXECUTIVE and the general membership of the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations is shocked and deeply saddened by the recent assau...
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Premier Farrell condemns physical attack on the Prime Minister of SVG
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August 10, 2021
Saturday, August 7, 2021 — Montserrat’s Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Joseph E. Farrell condemns the physical attack on the Hono...
UWI Vice-Chancellor condemns attack on PM
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UWI Vice-Chancellor condemns attack on PM
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August 10, 2021
FRIDAY, AUGUST 06, 2021—The University of the West Indies expresses its dismay and disappointment in the development in Kingstown, Saint Vincent that ...
Government of St Lucia extends best wishes to Prime Minister Gonsalves
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Government of St Lucia extends best wishes to Prime Minister Gonsalves
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August 10, 2021
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2021 — The Government and the People of Saint Lucia wish to extend best wishes and speedy recovery to the Prime Minister of Saint Vi...
Bloody Thursday: a day that will live on in infamy
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Bloody Thursday: a day that will live on in infamy
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August 10, 2021
by Dr. GARREY MICHAEL DENNIE ON THURSDAY, August 5, 2021, an assailant threw a rock at the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Go...
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OECS Commission condemns violence on PM Gonsalves
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August 10, 2021
THE COMMISSION of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States, at its recently concluded 3rd Special Meeting held on 6th August 2021, wishes to a...
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Attack on Prime Minister Gonsalves a ‘reprehensible act’ – CARICOM Secretary-General
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August 10, 2021
THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) condemns in the strongest terms the violent attack on the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. The ...
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Government of Anguilla wishes PM Gonsalves a speedy recovery
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August 10, 2021
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021 — The Government and the people of Anguilla wish a speedy recovery to the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...
SVG Red Cross conducts multi-hazard disaster workshop
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SVG Red Cross conducts multi-hazard disaster workshop
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August 6, 2021
MORE THAN 50 persons representing Community Disaster Response Team (CDRT) groups and other volunteers of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross ...
Stop tormenting us with the use of malathion
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Stop tormenting us with the use of malathion
Webmaster 
August 6, 2021
EDITOR: We have been using malathion in this country for at least four decades. I write with respect to my first contact with the billowing toxic smok...
Emancipation Day in Union Island
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Emancipation Day in Union Island
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August 6, 2021
IRONICALLY, Emancipation Day in Union Island was usually celebrated with everyone expecting to be charged with various offences leading to the certain...
A Brief Tribute to the Genesis and Growth of the 40 years of relationship of SVG and Taiwan
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A Brief Tribute to the Genesis and Growth of the 40 years of relationship of SVG and Taiwan
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August 6, 2021
LESS THAN TWO years after St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) obtained its independence from Great Britain, the Labour Party Government, led by the Pr...
Are we truly emancipated?
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Are we truly emancipated?
Webmaster 
August 6, 2021
EDITOR: Are we truly emancipated? We have just celebrated emancipation day but can we honestly say that we are truly emancipated? Yes we have been fre...
Anti-vaccination and the economy
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Anti-vaccination and the economy
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August 6, 2021
EDITOR: In every rum shop or street corner the issue of vaccination is dominating the public discourse, mainly from the stand point of taking or not t...
Mandatory vaccination is a must!
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Mandatory vaccination is a must!
Clare 
August 4, 2021
“When a strong arm resorts to slight-of-hand, you know the will is unbending” – On-Foot Observer This article is based on the press release from the p...
Responding to Drs Garrey and Nneka Dennie
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Responding to Drs Garrey and Nneka Dennie
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July 30, 2021
EDITOR: In a spiteful invective designed to soothe the sagging spirits and sinking hearts of all those who took the vaccine on the ground that it is s...
Open schools in September
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Open schools in September
Webmaster 
July 30, 2021
EDITOR: This school year that is ending has been very disruptive and it is time to return to whatever semblance of normalcy we can muster. Too much ha...
St Vincent and the Grenadines health care seems to be stuck in a stagnant time warp
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St Vincent and the Grenadines health care seems to be stuck in a stagnant time warp
Webmaster 
July 30, 2021
EDITOR: I consider myself to be a patriotic Vincentian who has lived abroad for several decades. I, like many of my fellow retirees, have always cheri...
SVG Medical  Association  endorses  Public Health efforts
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SVG Medical Association endorses Public Health efforts
Webmaster 
July 30, 2021
The St. Vincent & the Grenadines Medical Association writes to endorse the Public Health efforts of the Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environme...
Keeping Hunter’s Spirit Alive – helping kids pursue their dreams
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Keeping Hunter’s Spirit Alive – helping kids pursue their dreams
Webmaster 
July 30, 2021
EDITOR: I’m an entrepreneur and a change maker. I have been my whole life. So, it feels good to support Hunter’s Fund to lend a hand to young people w...
Certain questions that must be answered before removing coral reefs
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Certain questions that must be answered before removing coral reefs
Webmaster 
July 27, 2021
EDITOR: Inevitably, as all things on this small island nation do, the debate over the removal of coral reefs has now become a platform for personal at...
The Covid 19 Vaccine
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The Covid 19 Vaccine
Webmaster 
July 27, 2021
EDITOR: It is a known fact that the Corona Vaccine has sparked much discussion. Interestingly many health personnel and workers have refused to take t...
Plain rubbish from Jomo Thomas
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Plain rubbish from Jomo Thomas
Webmaster 
July 27, 2021
EDITOR: I write with respect to the Plain Talk column of July 9, 2021 that was written by one Jomo Thomas and entitled “High Society always protects i...
Jomo’s deadly errors measuring risks in the Covid-19 pandemic
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Jomo’s deadly errors measuring risks in the Covid-19 pandemic
Webmaster 
July 23, 2021
by Dr Garrey Michael Dennie and Dr Nneka D Dennie Jomo Thomas sits atop the bleakest barricade of lies, deceit, misinformation, and disinformation tha...
Rocks, coral and misguided outrage
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Rocks, coral and misguided outrage
Webmaster 
July 20, 2021
Editor: Life is a balance between holding on and letting go. (Rumi) Mr. Raffique Dunbar, an investor behind the recently renovated Grand View Hotel at...
What Follows Disaster is Up to Us
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What Follows Disaster is Up to Us
Webmaster 
July 20, 2021
by MARCIA HAROLD HINDS We hope for days more bright With greater comfort and delight. So, give us, Good Lord, wisdom and might, To solve the problems ...
Staff of Her Majesty’s Prisons are stars and unsung heroes
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Staff of Her Majesty’s Prisons are stars and unsung heroes
Webmaster 
July 20, 2021
EDITOR: Someone said, “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about.” Today, I ...
Follow Christ, forgive and love your enemies… put away hatred!
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Follow Christ, forgive and love your enemies… put away hatred!
Webmaster 
July 20, 2021
EDITOR: Lack of forgiveness and hatred are two of the most prevalent wrongs in our society that are hardly talked about. Yes we know that in life ther...
A Lesson From Nature’s School
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A Lesson From Nature’s School
Webmaster 
July 16, 2021
LOVELY ST VINCENT and the Grenadines, Sun-kissed gems of the Caribbean Sea, All unspoilt havens of magical dreams, Where a lesson from Nature was give...
That Vow to make the country ungovernable!
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That Vow to make the country ungovernable!
Webmaster 
July 16, 2021
EDITOR: WE ARE UNDER the spell of this vow and the leadership and membership of the Labour Party need to unconditionally withdraw, rescind, and break ...
Rest in peace Kenneth
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Rest in peace Kenneth
Webmaster 
July 16, 2021
EDITOR: There is an African Proverb that says: “When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.” This could not be better demonstrated than in th...
Truth about the prophets
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Truth about the prophets
Webmaster 
July 16, 2021
DEAR PEOPLE OF the world, Otis once more again to the scattered Israelite children. Wisdom is supreme so listen to what the true part of prophet says ...
Is John being used as the scapegoat?
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Is John being used as the scapegoat?
Webmaster 
July 16, 2021
EDITOR: Maybe my intelligen[ce] is not too good or maybe I am just plain dunce. As I see it, the question rings in my head is, “Mr. Cornelius John bei...
Letter to Physical Planning re: development plans to  remove reef at Indian Bay
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Letter to Physical Planning re: development plans to remove reef at Indian Bay
Webmaster 
July 13, 2021
Ms. Dornet Hull Secretary Physical Planning and Development Board Kingstown St. Vincent Re. Development Plans to Remove Reef at Indian Bay Dear Madam ...
The anti-vaccine idiocies of a Vincentian nurse
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The anti-vaccine idiocies of a Vincentian nurse
Deadly Delusions
Webmaster 
July 9, 2021
by DR. GARREY MICHAEL DENNIE FOUR MILLION dead and rising across the globe.  ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT SIX MILLION infected and rising across the globe.  ...
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St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
News
St. Joseph’s Convent T&T wins Inaugural UWI International Reparation Debate
Webmaster 
May 13, 2025
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO has clinched victory over Jamaica in the inaugural International Reparation Debate, hosted by the Centre for Reparations Research ...
District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
News
District Stairs spruces up Police Public Relations and Complaints Office
Webmaster 
May 13, 2025
DISTRICT STAIRS SVG Ltd., a company with operations in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Canada, has demonstrated its commitment to corporate social ...
Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
News
Government launches GYVE programme targetting Youths
Webmaster 
May 13, 2025
A NEW PROGRAMME in which the government is targetting youth volunteerism across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), was launched on Monday, May 12, 2...
Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
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Man with 46 convictions to be sentenced for stealing from church
Webmaster 
May 13, 2025
A 45 YEAR OLD man who has been convicted 46 times, is awaiting sentencing after he confessed to six more offences, including stealing a transformer an...
Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
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Thousands on temporary electricity connections after expiration date
Webmaster 
May 13, 2025
MINISTER OFTRANSPORT and Works, Montgomery Daniel, has praised the “excellent work” being done by the Electrical Inspectorate Unit, but expressed conc...

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