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Students need their real teachers
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April 8, 2022
EDITOR: Last year I heard comments to the effect that the examination results were satisfactory. Having not gotten access to the statistics, I take th...
The ‘jobs mantra’ contributes to dependency
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April 5, 2022
EDITOR: The economic situation in our country which inevitably affects the job market is undoubtedly dire. Nevertheless I do feel that the “jobs mantr...
It’s time to unmask!
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April 1, 2022
EDITOR: The recent announcement by PAHO that herd immunity is the only effective way to combat and survive covid, is more than a year late, but better...
Make better provision for office attendants!
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April 1, 2022
EDITOR: Office attendants are workers too and deserve to be treated better. It is time to have a heart for them. While it is commendable to change the...
Tell me, how many more must die?
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April 1, 2022
EDITOR: We are surrounded by water. We make a living from it. Many are sailors, some are fishermen, some farm sea moss, but most use the sea for recre...
Not too late for EIA on Richmond quarry project
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March 25, 2022
Editor: The pen is always mightier than the sword … straight to the point! I was shocked but not surprised when I heard our PM slighting the residents...
Journalists and talk show hosts
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March 25, 2022
Editor: Since the passing of Glen Jackson radio talk show and journalism is much to be desired. We need talk show hosts who are not afraid but with th...
Providence writes UWI on Open Campus facility
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March 25, 2022
EDITOR: I have been for the last several months a keen viewer of “105 TV”. I have found many of the programs to be intellectually stimulating and refl...
Chelsea FC and Russia’s war with Ukraine
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March 18, 2022
EDITOR: In 2006 I became interested in the sport of football/soccer mainly because of FIFA World Cup Soccer. I recall being devastated after France lo...
The Order of things
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March 18, 2022
EDITOR: In contrast to the current Rat Race, where Survival of The Fittest rules, our childhood world was well ordered and fostered a co-operative spi...
There is a need for an organised bus system
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March 18, 2022
EDITOR: The bus system continues to be a problem to commuters throughout the island. Let us take for example, North Leeward. On any given day coming h...
People must be allowed to be who they are
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March 11, 2022
EDITOR: Most people are kind, compassionate, and caring, but some have allowed outside forces to change who they are. Each of us should be comfortable...
Are we empowering women and neglecting our men?
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March 11, 2022
EDITOR: Are our ladies empowered and do they have a voice? Let us have an honest analysis. It is estimated that over sixty percent (60%) of all Perman...
Waste to Energy – A game changer or not?
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March 11, 2022
Editor: Garbage is waste material or unwanted things that you throw away which come from homes, schools and businesses. Special days are usually alloc...
Economic Endangerment
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March 4, 2022
EDITOR: Poor leadership in our economic affairs has endangered the economic development of our country. The main problems are the lack of financial ad...
Are West Indies comfortable losing?
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February 25, 2022
Editor: West Indies cricket team continues to be a talking point. The dismal performance of the West Indies cricket is not anything new. As a matter o...
When Elephants Fight…
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February 25, 2022
Editor: There is an old African saying that goes like this: “when elephants fight, the grass suffers”. In other words when the goliaths of the animal ...
A Poem to my Brother The M T genius
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February 22, 2022
And so he’s gone! To where? Yet in despair as I felt that tingle in my ear; And so immediately comes a tear For the loss of a brother who’s so very de...
All lives matter!
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February 18, 2022
EDITOR: All lives matter. Of recent times we are greeted with sad news of death and possibly human trafficking. These cases we know involve both males...
Is this not  victimization?
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February 4, 2022
Editor: West Indies cricket coach, Simmons makes it seem like it was either Powell or Smith but in reality the victimization is in the context of the ...
The global impact of fuel price
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February 4, 2022
Editor: The fuel price has a global impact economically. Almost every item is impacted and price of the commodity rises as fuel price rises. Therefore...
Discover St Vincent and the Grenadines
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February 4, 2022
Editor: Many were disappointed that Columbus did not discover our country on 22nd January. This creates the opportunity for us to write our own Histor...
The realities of climate change (+ Video)
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January 28, 2022
Countries need to wake up and smell the coffee and understand that climate change is real and it would continue to affect our lives and the environmen...
Gradually, then suddenly
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January 28, 2022
While I have often tended to keep my own counsel, a recent personal experience that landed me at the sometimes-unappreciated intersection of divinity ...
Following Orders
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January 28, 2022
There is no excuse for doing wrong. God has made us free moral beings and, in every circumstance and situation, it is our opportunity to choose to do ...
Are we under  Leviathan Palms?
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January 28, 2022
It is now 2:20 am Sunday December 12th 2021 and I have just been speaking with Corporal Nanton of the Calliaqua Police Station, whom I had called to r...
Independent thinkers
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January 28, 2022
Editor: The quota of independent thinkers in this country is small. This to me is one of our weaknesses and shows signs of immaturity. Often times we ...
End dismissal stress!
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January 21, 2022
EDITOR: In a piece last week I pointed out that the State’s or government’s position to dismiss its workers for failure to take a vaccine is unreasona...
A Beggar’s Budget
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January 21, 2022
Editor: When Uncle Venley of blessed memory begged, he always showed you the money he had, while requesting the amount he wanted. The principle he dis...
Corrective work needed for on-air presenters
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January 21, 2022
Editor: I am writing this letter with the hope of betterment in some pronounciations we hear in the media today. The national media is the face of lif...
The homes from which they came
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January 21, 2022
Editor: The homes from which they come play an important role in which a child behaves and becomes. While the aforementioned is debatable, we can not ...