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January 18, 2022
EDITOR: I’m a first year Student of SVGCC. And as a new student, I was excited to continue my education level. Unfortunately, all my excitement was be...
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January 14, 2022
Editor: Whether we call it Public Assistance or Poor Relief, it conjures up in our minds “Learned Helplessness.” Handouts that create dependency are n...
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January 14, 2022
Editor: Have we missed the golden opportunity for change when in 2009 we voted NO to a new constitution? As the days and years roll on we are seeing t...
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January 11, 2022
Contributed by: Dr Kumar Mahabir San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Judith Raghunanan I (KM) teach Academic Reading and Writing as well as Anthropolog...
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January 7, 2022
Editor: Greetings to one and all at the beginning of another year, 2022. It is my prayer that we would have a very productive year. Of course we know ...
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January 7, 2022
From a loan secured from one of our financial institutions, he was contracted to put up a building. However, a mentally deranged man is inhibiting the...
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January 4, 2022
The Dunce Cap was put on the head of the slow student who was invariably subjected to ridicule. This practice was discontinued and for good reason. It...
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December 31, 2021
I have read in the papers this week where the Prime Minister stated that he is doing the work of God. Many may disagree but he is right. Jesus said to...
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December 31, 2021
The need for some form of local government is clear. The small things that interest local communities may not attract the attention of the Central Gov...
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December 23, 2021
EDITOR: An experience I have often as a homeless man in SVG is the comment/question: ‘How you do to come so?’ This question always amuses me. How do I...
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December 23, 2021
The Roman Church began formally celebrating (Pagan origin) Christmas on the 25th December in 336 AD during the reign of the Emperor Constantine and he...
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December 23, 2021
At this time of the year, no difference can be seen between many professed Christians and pleasure-seeking worldlings. They all say, “Christmas is a m...
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December 23, 2021
Dear Prime Minister, It has been a very challenging year for you and your cabinet and indeed all of us as citizens (some more than others) of this bel...
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December 17, 2021
STANDING ON THE protest line with teachers and others last Friday I sensed the agony and emotional distress by just looking at the eyes of the protest...
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December 10, 2021
EDITOR: A workman was pouring concrete to make a yard when I asked, “where is the steel?” He said, “Don’t worry, it could work so.” Years later, I hav...
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December 10, 2021
EDITOR: During these challenging economic times where citizens and the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are trying to stay afloat an...
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December 10, 2021
Editor: You may be wondering what you can get your child for Christmas. It has to be something that brings joy to your child, something that stimulate...
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December 10, 2021
“You treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I’ll guarantee you’ll win.” Patch Adams [A biographical comedy/drama movie, 1998]. In thi...
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December 10, 2021
EDITOR: Even as we here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines are distinctly floundering under a pervasive cloud of blight, weighted down by and entangled...
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December 10, 2021
MAYBE AH NOT listing to de Radio enough, but ah not hearing very many of de good ole but meaning-full Christmas Carols like "Christmas Awake, salute t...
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December 10, 2021
TODAY, DECEMBER 10, is commemorated annually as Human Rights Day with focus on the need for the observation of human rights in all countries in the wo...
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December 10, 2021
THE FOLLOWING ARE comments that appeared on an article titled “Unvaccinated teachers who turn up for work will not be paid”, which was published ONLIN...
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December 7, 2021
It was interesting to hear a head teacher outlining the difficulties of Special Needs students and an urgent need for teachers to receive better train...
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December 3, 2021
The Editor: Teachers play an important role in the development of any nation. I am sure you would agree with me that teachers today are not in the sam...
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December 3, 2021
There were anti-government protests and industrial action which were sparked by a proposal to increase pensions for parliamentarians in April 2000. Th...
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November 30, 2021
Editor: To live amicably with other members in our community, we must overlook many things and demonstrate a forgiving spirit. Children have the capac...
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November 26, 2021
11/24/2021 Kingstown St. Vincent and The Grenadines The Prime Minister St. Vincent and The Grenadines W.I. Dear Prime Minister, Re: - Response to Post...
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November 26, 2021
Editor: I begin by making a general statement. Anytime you have a Government who wants to get rid of a governing body of an organization you can ONE H...
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November 26, 2021
EDITOR: I remember fairly well the two gentlemen who served here as British administrators when St. Vincent and the Grenadines was under colonial gove...
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November 26, 2021
by: Renwick Rose Venezuela has been able to successfully hold local government elections with the participation of the major opposition parties for th...
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November 19, 2021
by Renwick Rose As the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) rounds up Teachers’ Solidarity Week, in commemoration of the events of Nov...
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November 12, 2021
EDITOR: We all know that education is not cheap, yet we try to obtain it at a bargain. Despite applying to various funding agencies and financiers, I ...
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November 9, 2021
EDITOR: There is an age old adage that says birds of a feather flock together. This adage is echoed in the sociology theory homophily which argues tha...
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November 9, 2021
The mission of the elected representatives ought to be to effect the will of the people who have given them the privilege of authority. The assumption...
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November 9, 2021
As the world anxiously awaits the outcome of the COP26 international conference on climate change which concludes in the Scottish city of Glasgow this...
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November 9, 2021
THE RECENT REVELATION of the impending acquisition of CIBC First Caribbean by the Bank of SVG is bad news for black entrepreneurship and black economi...
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November 5, 2021
EDITOR: Leaders throughout the world are becoming more and more disrespectful to the rights of the people through their forced COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ mand...
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November 5, 2021
EDITOR: I find myself flat on the ground. Nevertheless, I endeavor to do my important cleaning job albeit with a little less dignity. Although I saw t...
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November 5, 2021
EDITOR: The world has changed considerably…but there is still hope. The pandemic has made us into cold, cold human beings: we can no longer greet by w...
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November 2, 2021
EDITOR: I have read articles in several local newspapers written by different individuals on the state of COVID-19 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. ...
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November 2, 2021
EDITOR: In 2000 Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and the ULP took credit for orchestrating a protest that included the Public Service Union, Nurses Association, Te...
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October 29, 2021
By Lilia Burunciuc Education is a strong pillar for the qualitative growth and improvement of human capital. In the Caribbean, which is home to 11 mil...
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October 22, 2021
EDITED: Schools should have been opened this week for partial or full faace-to-face classes but the option of continued online classes was chosen inst...
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Winners in this year’s Fisherman’s Day competition received their prizes at a special ceremony on Thursday, May 29, 2026, four days after the big fish...
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June 2, 2026
Statistics relating to the fisheries sector demonstrate evidence of recovery and determination by fisherfolk, but there is also warning signs that req...
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June 2, 2026
Nyehma Jack, a year two student at the Technical Division of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC), has been gaining hands-on ex...
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June 2, 2026
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June 2, 2026
Journalist Kenton Chance, on Thursday, May 28, 2026 presented his Letter of Credence as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of St Vincent...
