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God’s love proven – Forgiven and pardoned!
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May 16, 2025
Editor: He carried his cross up to Calvary, embraced it. Already flogged by the Romans, he allowed himself to be nailed, hung on this cross. His loved...
Child Month, let’s bring up our children well
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May 13, 2025
EDITOR: This month is designated Child Month, with Mother’s Day being part of it. Sadly, but true most of the mothers are single mothers. This places ...
Beijing or Washington?
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May 9, 2025
Editor: The first Opium War started in 1839. It is called the ‘Opium War’ because of one of its major causes: the British were running opium from thei...
Opposition Representation in Parliament
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May 6, 2025
“When governments fear, follow, serve, and obey the Lord, all will be well. When governments disobey and rebel against God’s good plans, the hand of t...
May 1st and the Unions in SVG
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May 6, 2025
As someone who once played a significant role in the Labour union movement, I am deeply disappointed by the state of the unions here in St. Vincent an...
Setting bush fires is no joke
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May 2, 2025
Editor: Lighting bush fires for some is fun. But it is a dangerous practice and can be very destructive and not fun at all. We are observing there is ...
Grandma’s Faith and Patience
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May 2, 2025
EDITOR: When faced with certain challenges, my grandmother, Ida Ambrose Hutchinson often exclaimed, “Lord, give me faith and patience.” Her husband ha...
Big men must honour their promises
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April 25, 2025
EDITOR: At a recent press conference, the Prime Minister Gonsalves advised, “when promises are made we must exert ourselves to put the promises into e...
When will elections be held in SVG?
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April 25, 2025
Speculations are rife for the 2025 general elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this year, and, interested observer, Dr Anthony G. Stewart beli...
Giving credit where it’s due
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April 17, 2025
EDITOR: As Vincentians, it is important for us to thoughtfully assess the statements made by NDP candidates. Recently, during a meeting in Roseau, par...
Bullies are not born, they are made
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April 17, 2025
EDITOR: No one was born a bully, but rather, many became bullies because of several contributing factors. Environment plays an important role in makin...
Helping to make the  pedestrian crossings safer
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April 11, 2025
Editor: The Traffic Police Branch must be complimented for its stop and check, which will help in ensuring that vehicles are operating according to th...
Some thoughts about cricket
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April 11, 2025
Editor: West Indies cricket continues to be the talk of the town. Today, it is the discussion concerning the latest development in respect to captainc...
Facing the climate crisis
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April 8, 2025
“Physics does not care about our politics, and ultimately the world will continue to warm until we get global emissions of CO2 to (net) zero.” Climate...
Bank Pushing us around “For our own money”
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April 3, 2025
Editor: More and more, I hear complaints about the treatment of customers by some of our leading banks in what can only be tantamount to poor customer...
How can we honour our Senior Citizens?
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April 3, 2025
Editor: A senior citizen is defined by some sources as anyone over the age of 60. Those over 65 are classified as aged. There is much that can be done...
Help needed for men!
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March 28, 2025
EDITOR: Before I get into my topic, let me take this opportunity to apologize for the omission of three doctors from North Leeward in my article of Ja...
Justice for our Dollars
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March 21, 2025
Editor: There are many ways in which we as customers are taken advantage of. Often times we complain about the utility companies taking advantage of u...
Recognition is due to Claude Samuel
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March 21, 2025
Editor: This month is referred to as the Heritage month. A month in which we salute and celebrate our heroes and our own heritage. To this date, there...
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March 13, 2025
Editor: Many wonder how we got that way. We do not balance our budget. We give away money without requiring anything from the recipients. Not that thi...
Trump’s deportation
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February 28, 2025
EDITOR: The executive order by President Trump to deport immigrants can affect us and the Caribbean. Many immigrants worked on farms, doing baby sitti...
What Authority do Churches Represent?
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February 28, 2025
EDITOR: The degree to which the church organization community has abandoned its role was despicably exhibited on the 22nd of January 2025 at the St. M...
We must right our wrongs
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February 21, 2025
Editor: In response to the February 12, 2025 ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal regarding the COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate case, I am deeply ...
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February 21, 2025
Editor: According to Google, a vaccine is a preparation that provides artificial immunity to a particular disease. The safety of vaccines has been ver...
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February 21, 2025
Editor: The global reset is inexorable according to Klaus Schwab World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab and his co-author Thierry Maller...
Farmville Air Services needed now!
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February 7, 2025
Farmville Hospital promised a helicopter to transport critical patients from Union Island and other outlying areas to their premises for emergency tre...
Are we witnessing the death of the newspaper?
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February 7, 2025
Editor: I am one [of]those persons who pick up the local newspapers every Friday. In fact, my weekend is not complete unless I have all three papers t...
Rebuilding our Communities Village by Village
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February 4, 2025
Editor: Everything is local. For our future to be secure, we must strive to build our neighbourhoods. To guide this process, there needs to be some or...
Remembering Ken Boyea
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February 4, 2025
Editor: I attended the official funeral for renowned entrepreneur Ken Boyea last Thursday. I think he had a great and fitting send off for a man who l...
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January 31, 2025
by Deodat Maharaj (Managing Director of the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries) “It was the best of times; it was the wo...
About Balliceaux and the Linley Family
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January 24, 2025
Editor: Given the comments we have seen and heard about Baliceaux and the Linley family lately, we feel it necessary to make this response. We, Anthon...