Our Readers' Opinions

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We can’t afford bus fare hike
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January 14, 2005
Editor: After listening to a radio station I heard the The National Omnibus Association in January 2005 propose to increase the bus fares again, but I...
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LIAT, we need better service
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January 14, 2005
Editor: For the past 10 years I have been travelling with LIAT, but on December 19, last year, I checked in at the LIAT counter in SVG to board my fli...
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Cable & Wireless giving us a 6 for 9
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January 14, 2005
EDITOR: Season's greetings to you and members of staff, please permit me a space to express my dissatisfaction with the quality of service that we are...
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Sweet surrender
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January 14, 2005
Of all the fundamental rights and freedoms that we enjoy, I treasure most the protection of freedom of conscience and the protection of freedom of exp...
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Communicate with your children
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January 7, 2005
Editor: As a parent, I'm urging all you parents to let us support our children by keeping the line of communication open, so they can call on us anyti...
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Monitoring systems need developing
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January 7, 2005
Editor: The editorial of the News Newspaper of Friday, December 31st, 2004, along with several related articles in that same issue ("Caribbean's vulne...
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The big clash
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January 7, 2005
England is the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world. Over several centuries many written and unwritten laws and customs have come into being br...
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Budget – a time bomb waiting to explode
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December 23, 2004
EDITOR: With much anxiety and great expectation I took time out to listen to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves as he presented his 2005 budget to the...
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Too much crime and mayhem
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December 23, 2004
EDITOR: No amount of preachy statements or pleading with young men to act better will ever work to solve our problems with crime and law breaking. No,...
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Congrats to Cable & Wireless
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December 17, 2004
Editor: I am from Union Island and I operate an Internet café there. I wish to express my appreciation for the changes Cable & Wireless has made to i...
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Was AIDS disease designed by man?
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December 17, 2004
Editor: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) – a very dangerous and frightening condition, which eventually leads to death. What is the origin...
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House of Hope seeking Volunteers
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December 17, 2004
EDITOR: I am a volunteer at the House of Hope. The House of Hope is in the process of opening a hospice for the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadin...
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‘The writer’ totally missed the picture
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December 17, 2004
EDITOR: When I wrote the letter under the caption "Jerry Turning Inside Out Show Upside Down", I never intended to get involved in a tennis-styled vol...
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High praise for public servants
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December 17, 2004
Editor: I have never hesitated to write a letter to the newspapers to criticize bad behaviour on the part of individuals or poor performance on the pa...
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Support for alternative approach to governance
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December 17, 2004
I support Maxwell Haywood's call to freedom-loving Vincentians for a non-partisan approach to poverty eradication in SVG (Searchlight, November 19). I...
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Under Fire?
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December 17, 2004
by R. Andrew Cummings We seem to be numbed and confused by the spate of murders that has hit a record high this year in this our "land of the blessed"...
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The Vinlec Fuel Surcharge – Wrong reason again!
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December 10, 2004
I wish to acknowledge Vinlec's effort to shed some light on the fuel surcharge rate in your December 3rd issue. The writer was on target earlier in pr...
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Stop the violence in our music now!
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December 10, 2004
Editor: We now find ourselves in what appears to be a gang war, with drive-by shootings and gun attacks. What is most disturbing is that unlike in the...
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That death penalty
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December 3, 2004
Editor: The death penalty has always been a topical issue. It has engendered and continues to engender much discussion worldwide, and in our country (...
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Civilization or partisanisation?
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December 3, 2004
Editor: The party political conflict that abounds drains the intelligence and creative stamina of the nation and plunges us into a quagmire of jealous...
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Politics – the NDP style
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December 3, 2004
Editor: Politics, they say, is about people: the greatest benefit for the greatest members, the lowest and the middle lowest. There is also this falla...
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S.O.S.: Save Our St. Vincent
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December 3, 2004
Editor: The recent spate of violent crimes has baffled us. Lucky Dube came to this country to commemorate our 25th anniversary of independence; many o...
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Retract labelling of my brother!
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December 3, 2004
Editor: In response to our previous conversation, regarding my brother Chreston Cuffy whose name was misspelt in your article, and also your reference...
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Sticking hands in Vincentian eyes
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November 26, 2004
editor: Elected politicians, clergy, concerned Vincentians at home and abroad, opposition political parties, media – print and electronic – ought ...
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Enlightening our minds
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November 26, 2004
We as Vincentians have come a long way, and I strongly believe that we are on the path of intertwining ourselves with the rest of the world on social,...
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North Leeward needs this road
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November 26, 2004
EDITOR: Many are against or for the cross country road because of their political affiliation. The government does not seem to instil enough public aw...
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Jerry turning Inside Out show upside down
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November 26, 2004
Editor: Last Sunday night, Vincentians were treated to the most ridiculous and disgraceful “Inside Out” programme on St. Vincent and the Grenadine...
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Shocking changes in Common Entrance Exam
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November 19, 2004
Editor: I am soon to enter Grade 6 of the C.W. Prescod Primary School. One day, the senior Grade 6 teacher came into the class with some letters, tell...
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Be tougher on crime, apply death penalty!
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November 19, 2004
Editor: The continual rapid increase of crime in our society is valid enough reason for the use of the most severe penalty. They must. “Drive-by kil...
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Friends of Poverty Eradication Policies
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November 19, 2004
Editor: While addressing the nation on matters of social and economic concerns at a press conference recently, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves warn...
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May God bless you, Sister Patricia Caruth
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November 19, 2004
Editor: This is to commend the work of a nursing veteran, Senior Nursing Officer (SNO) Community Sister Patricia Caruth. “You are an outstanding per...
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Rural areas need more doctors
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November 19, 2004
Editor: Why are medical graduates not working in the rural areas? In reference to the article "Doctors At Large" in your last edition, please help me ...
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Seeking solutions to violence
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November 12, 2004
Editor: It is evident that most people are concerned about the violent trends plaguing the nation, and the suffering experienced by the victims of vio...
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NDP attacking Taiwanese
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November 12, 2004
After 17 years in which the NDP destroyed most of the industries – sugar, coconut oil, Diamond Dairy and stone crushing – they are now in the oppo...
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Why no challenge from revolutionaries?
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November 12, 2004
EDITOR: It is important that we examine the term “revolution”, especially since there is so much claim to revolutionary ideas as we begin our 26th...
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Being relevant in a constantly changing world
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November 12, 2004
Editor: As globalisation continues to affect our tiny nation, permit me to ask if our leaders see the need for the country to move to a knowledge-base...
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Political mudslinging in SVG must stop now
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November 12, 2004
EDITOR: My concerns about partisanship in this country is not so much about the level of tribalism that it is said to generate, but the lack of profou...
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Crime within the police force?
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November 5, 2004
Editor: We have to be careful, in reacting to the escalating crime situation, not to allow individual and collective freedom to be eroded under the gu...
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Put country before party
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November 5, 2004
Editor: The letter carried in last week’s edition by Francis Periera on the controversial cross-country road makes interesting reading, since the wr...
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Postal Service making strides
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November 5, 2004
Editor: I wish to respond to a letter appearing in the October 22, 2004 edition of your paper, under the caption "St Vincent postal service behind tim...