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40Th anniversary of 1981 bills- final installment:
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40Th anniversary of 1981 bills- final installment:
Significance of power of people
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June 18, 2021
For the last eight weeks or so, we have been devoting this space to cover what has been one of the most significant political and social developments ...
I need answers
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I need answers
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June 18, 2021
Editor: If we are honest enough we would admit that BRAGSA did a splendid job in clearing the roads throughout the country and making lives a bit more...
Lost in Cyberspace
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Lost in Cyberspace
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June 18, 2021
Many are wondering where are our children today? The answer is that they are literally lost in cyberspace. What are they doing there? How are they far...
Examples of responsible relief spending
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Examples of responsible relief spending
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June 15, 2021
EDITOR: Monies are only expended in the recipient’s area of interest. The preferred mode of disbursement is low or no interest loans or advance paymen...
PSU wants justice for shooting victim
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PSU wants justice for shooting victim
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June 11, 2021
Editor: The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union makes the following public statement regarding the alleged involvement of Senator Morg...
Black Wall Street
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Black Wall Street
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June 11, 2021
Editor: I was hoping someone else in last week’s papers would have reminded us about what occurred in Tulsa, because if we forget, it would be like wh...
Reading is still necessary
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Reading is still necessary
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June 8, 2021
EDITOR: They are mostly senior citizens, persons over 60 years. A few are younger and fewer still are students. They read widely frequenting the Publi...
Those who were silent are now blame-able
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Those who were silent are now blame-able
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June 4, 2021
Editor: Dr. Godwin Friday’s expression of vehement disapproval of the Government’s accommodating in Parliament the senator implicated in the incident ...
Something is rotten in the state of SVG
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Something is rotten in the state of SVG
Vol.2
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June 4, 2021
The Rule of Law is “ the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating to well defined and established laws” (Oxford). Laws are nece...
Make medical marijuana available in Gaol
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Make medical marijuana available in Gaol
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June 1, 2021
EDITOR: We might argue and say, ‘why the hell they are in gaol (jail) in the first place’ and justifiably so, but we must remember that we are not liv...
We are one Global family
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We are one Global family
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May 28, 2021
Editor: We are one Vincy family! One Caribbean family! One Global family! When La Soufriere Volcano started erupting explosively, the response to our ...
System 3 Sports Academy seeks answers
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System 3 Sports Academy seeks answers
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May 28, 2021
Editor: This executive keeps outdoing itself. Not only makng a joke of having an investigation into allegations against players, while not really inve...
An independent prosecutor and the rule of law
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An independent prosecutor and the rule of law
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May 28, 2021
by Dr Garrey Dennie and Marlon Bute   An unprecedented crisis now confronts the justice system in SVG.   The Commissioner of Police has acknowledged t...
Build back better
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Build back better
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May 28, 2021
Relief monies are available and we must be very careful how they are spent. All of it should be channelled to the productive sector. Monies given with...
40th anniversary of 1981 bills – Part 9
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40th anniversary of 1981 bills – Part 9
Russell sends damning resignation
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May 21, 2021
As St Vincent and the Grenadines entered the last two weeks of May 1981, it was a veritable cauldron, seething and bubbling with dissatisfaction and u...
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1981 BILLS – Part 8
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40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1981 BILLS – Part 8
A national umbrella formed to defend rights
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May 14, 2021
We are coming close to the completion of the series to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the epic Peoples struggle of 1981 which forced the governme...
Where do we go from here?
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Where do we go from here?
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May 14, 2021
Despite the mixed feelings following the most recent string of disasters that have impacted St. Vincent and the Grenadines, it can be agreed by all th...
Philbert Chambers
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Philbert Chambers
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May 11, 2021
By Keresha Chambers Despite all the good you’ve done you did get one thing wrong You left a hole in our hearts now that you’re gone Though Heaven has ...
40th anniversary 1981 Bills: Essential Services – Part 7
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40th anniversary 1981 Bills: Essential Services – Part 7
“A dagger deep into the throats of workers”
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May 7, 2021
As the industrial climate in SVG worsened during the month of April 1981, rumours began to be circulated that the government was planning to introduce...
Let us take a look beyond the mirror
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Let us take a look beyond the mirror
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May 7, 2021
EDITOR: The time is here again. What time am I speaking about? International Labour Day or Workers Day. Why the emphasis on this? This day is when wor...
We must uphold the rule of law in SVG
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We must uphold the rule of law in SVG
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May 7, 2021
Editor: In 1885, Albert Venn Dicey, a professor and leading constitutional scholar in England helped to popularise the phrase “the rule of law”. The t...
Caribbean water deficits
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Caribbean water deficits
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April 30, 2021
By Garth SaunderSs CEO of the Central Water and Sewerage Authority-CWSA At least four eastern Caribbean territories are currently feeling the effects ...
La Soufriere Volcano- My Side of the Story
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La Soufriere Volcano- My Side of the Story
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April 30, 2021
By Mida Mason Here I stand, over four thousand feet in altitude I have tried my best to enjoy my solitude But you keep coming up to provoke me, why? Y...
Eruption, similar to 1902?  
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Eruption, similar to 1902?  
Recollections
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April 23, 2021
By Renwick Rose In this the second and final part of a look at the eruptions of 1812 (done last week) and 1902, I try to bring the highlights of those...
CXC: Money over the lives of students
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CXC: Money over the lives of students
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April 23, 2021
I am currently of the opinion that CXC prefers to satisfy its major stakeholders if it means possibly sacrificing the futures of this year’s students....
Excerpts from eruption of 1812
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Excerpts from eruption of 1812
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April 16, 2021
By RENWICK ROSE GIVEN the unfortunate series of events which have overtaken us in relation to the violent eruption of the Soufriere volcano, I have de...
A Letter from the West to the East
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A Letter from the West to the East
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April 16, 2021
GREETINGS FROM St Vincent and the Grenadines. The events of April 9, 2021 have propelled me to pull out my much treasured history book “The Cradle of ...
Turn and believe
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Turn and believe
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April 16, 2021
I WAS THE one that gave the message of the volcano. I was called all kinds of names. One of these names was ‘devilish seer’. Now they want answers and...
40th Anniversary of 1981 Bills – Part 6
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40th Anniversary of 1981 Bills – Part 6
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April 9, 2021
THE GOVERNMENT BRACES FOR A FIGHT WE HAVE Looked at some of the conditions which provided the background to the social and industrial crisis of 1981, ...
COVID-19 psychosis – spinning my head
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COVID-19 psychosis – spinning my head
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April 9, 2021
EDITOR: My head spins every time I read something new about our country’s reaction to COVID-19. Call it COVID-19 psychosis, which is also causing lots...
The dishonest disinformation dozen
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The dishonest disinformation dozen
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April 9, 2021
EDITOR: What are the origins of the Anti-vax movement and those false claims you have been receiving? Part of the origins lie in the different ways do...
40th Anniversary Of 1981 Bills-Part 5
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40th Anniversary Of 1981 Bills-Part 5
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April 1, 2021
THE HEAVY HAND COMES OUT St Vincent and the Grenadines entered the month of April 1981 in a state of deteriorating social and economic conditions with...
Admiration for the Nurses
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Admiration for the Nurses
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April 1, 2021
EDITOR: Even though there are reductions in positive cases for the COVID-19, we know that it is here with us and will be for some time. Plenty praise ...