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Why are vans allowed to carry so many, but large churches so few?
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Why are vans allowed to carry so many, but large churches so few?
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January 15, 2021
EDITOR: The Coronavirus continues to be of great concern around the world and here in SVG. The alarming rate of the local cases is indeed very serious...
A letter to Michelle Forbes,  Chief Executive Officer of NEMO
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A letter to Michelle Forbes, Chief Executive Officer of NEMO
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January 8, 2021
January, 04, 2021 MATTHEW THOMAS COXHEATH, EDINBORO P.O BOX 938 TEL 4572067/ 4562133 EMAIL mattpharm@hotmail.com MICHELLE FORBES (CEO) National Emerge...
The significance of education
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The significance of education
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December 18, 2020
EDITOR: For long we have touted far and near the famous Education Revolution. While there are discordant views on the nature of this ‘revolution’, the...
Thank you! Have a  Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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Thank you! Have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
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December 18, 2020
EDITOR: 2020 has been a challenging year. This past July was 15 years since we had our very successful Villagers reunion in St. Vincent and the Grenad...
Jesus is NOT the reason for the Christmas season!
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Jesus is NOT the reason for the Christmas season!
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December 18, 2020
EDITOR: Christmas today involves house decorating, extravagant shopping, excess drinking and eating, gift exchanging, parang singing, prize winning an...
Search the prison officers !  
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Search the prison officers !  
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December 18, 2020
EDITOR: Two dangerous men had recently escaped from prison and people are still questioning how that happened. Might it be that a prison officer or of...
Lift SVG Higher through jobs and education
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Lift SVG Higher through jobs and education
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December 18, 2020
EDITOR: We welcome the new Minister of Education and hope that he would bring a change in policy to benefit the sector. We have great expectations of ...
Is Church a money making business?
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Is Church a money making business?
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December 11, 2020
EDITOR: Is the church a business? The social media, television and even here in our local congregation much of what is seen give rise to the aforement...
Are we just making sport?
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Are we just making sport?
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December 11, 2020
EDITOR: The Principal said: “We are not having sports this year”. When I enquired, he informed me that the playing field was not cut. My response was ...
Keeping the village connected virtually
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Keeping the village connected virtually
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December 11, 2020
EDITOR: 2020 has been a challenging year. This past July was 15 years since we had our very successful Villagers reunion in St. Vincent and the Grenad...
Chicken grown in a lab – Would you eat it?
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Chicken grown in a lab – Would you eat it?
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December 8, 2020
If you went to a restaurant for a chicken meal but on the menu is chicken nuggets, not the regular ones, but nuggets from chicken produced in a lab, n...
We need fair and transparent parameters to measure performance in the civil service
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We need fair and transparent parameters to measure performance in the civil service
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December 8, 2020
EDITOR: I am a government employee in a department that I prefer to keep anonymous. I have been working in this particular ministry for the past 12 ye...
National Health Insurance –  the way to go!
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National Health Insurance – the way to go!
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December 4, 2020
EDITOR: Let me first say thanks to all who provided positive feedback to my recent writings encouraging our politicians to move in the direction of pr...
Vincentian-style political strikeouts and home runs
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Vincentian-style political strikeouts and home runs
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December 4, 2020
EDiTOR: The American bat-and-ball game of baseball is the national sport in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean whose three countries make up most of the p...
‘Mini’ was an excellent candidate; wrong party
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‘Mini’ was an excellent candidate; wrong party
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December 4, 2020
EDITOR: The election is finished. I am from the constituency of South Leeward and it is unfortunate that Dr. Mineva Glasgow “Mini” lost the seat. She ...
Why ULP won, NDP lost the  November 5th General Elections
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Why ULP won, NDP lost the November 5th General Elections
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December 4, 2020
EDITOR: The ULP, led by their charismatic and very experienced political leader Dr Ralph Gonsalves, secured an unprecedented 5th term in office in the...
ULP Government has been fair as regards contracts
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ULP Government has been fair as regards contracts
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December 4, 2020
EDITOR: It appears to be normal for Opposition parties to accuse governments they wish to replace as corrupt. St. Vincent and the Grenadines is no exc...
SVGCC discriminating against some males with long hair
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SVGCC discriminating against some males with long hair
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December 1, 2020
EDITOR: Please allow me a space in your publication to put focus on a matter that not only affects me but many other male students at the St. Vincent ...
Plus and Minus in SVG 2020 Elections
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Plus and Minus in SVG 2020 Elections
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December 1, 2020
Editor: I had the opportunity to follow up the general elections in Trinidad and Guyana. In the Trinidad Election Campaign, the Prime Minister of Trin...
Remember those office attendants
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Remember those office attendants
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December 1, 2020
EDITOR: Civil servants play a very important role in any country. They can make or break governments. With this in mind, it is important that they do ...
What makes the female run?
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What makes the female run?
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December 1, 2020
EDITOR: Since we claim to be a member of the British Commonwealth maintaining our status as followers of the rich tradition of Western Democracies, th...
Taiwan is crucial to the global fight against cybercrime
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Taiwan is crucial to the global fight against cybercrime
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December 1, 2020
Huang Ming-chao Commissioner Criminal Investigation Bureau Ministry of the Interior Republic of China (Taiwan) November 27, 2020 Taiwan’s national ant...
There is no minority government in SVG – These are the facts!
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There is no minority government in SVG – These are the facts!
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November 27, 2020
EDITOR: Let the truth be told, these are the facts: There is no crisis of governance and no minority government in office in St Vincent and the Grenad...
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Defining Occupational Fraud and Abuse
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November 24, 2020
by Kirk M DaSilva Fraud week was first organized around the year 2000 by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE is the world’s ...
SVG Elections – A Grassroots Analysis
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SVG Elections – A Grassroots Analysis
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November 24, 2020
Editor, The Elections Just before I begin to analyze the election process, I crave your indulgence to mention a few more things that occurred in the r...
Lift SVG higher through jobs, education
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Lift SVG higher through jobs, education
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November 20, 2020
EDITOR: We welcome the new Minister of Education and hope that he would bring a change in policy to benefit the sector. We have great expectations of ...
Thank you, to the people of Northern Grenadines
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Thank you, to the people of Northern Grenadines
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November 20, 2020
To the People of the Northern Grenadines, Now that the election season has ended, I express heartfelt thanks to those who have taken this journey with...
Let us work together to build  St Vincent and the Grenadines
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Let us work together to build St Vincent and the Grenadines
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November 20, 2020
EDITOR: Now that elections are over, life continues. Both parties, I believe, are not happy with the results. NDP is disappointed that they were not a...
Leave Pastor Dermoth Baptist alone!
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Leave Pastor Dermoth Baptist alone!
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November 20, 2020
EDITOR: Of late, particularly, since the end of the November 5, 2020 general election, several persons, via mainly social media have vent a barrage of...
Let us put aside malice
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Let us put aside malice
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November 20, 2020
Editor: Now that elections are over, life continues. Both parties I believe are not happy with the results. NDP was disappointed that they were not ab...
Saluting Alphonso Dennie, the teacher
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Saluting Alphonso Dennie, the teacher
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November 17, 2020
EDITOR: In the tender years, I knew Aphonso Dennie, when he began his teaching career at our Troumaca Government Primary School which then served the ...
Labour now
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Labour now
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November 13, 2020
Editor: The true meaning of Labour Now is that everyone would find virtue in the dignity of work. Each of us will treasure the fact that we can contri...
Women making political waves, but still far from parity
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Women making political waves, but still far from parity
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November 13, 2020
Editor: The praises for the electoral performances of the Vincentian women who were candidates in our recent general elections come from right across ...
What of our women?
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What of our women?
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November 13, 2020
Editor: Statistics say that women make up approximately 50% of our population and even more importantly 50% of persons who are able to vote. Statistic...
SVG Elections – A Grassroots Analysis – part 1
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SVG Elections – A Grassroots Analysis – part 1
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November 13, 2020
Editor: I am not a political pundit; nor am I one of those persons with an axe to grind. Instead I wish to give a balanced perspective of SVG election...
Is 70 votes a mandate to Govern?
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Is 70 votes a mandate to Govern?
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November 10, 2020
EDITOR: What a relief! The elections have ended. Congratulations to the Unity Labour Party on their victory. A win is a win based on the rules of the ...
The real winners  of this elections
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The real winners of this elections
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November 10, 2020
EDITOR: Permit me to forward an objective postmortem of the general elections held last week and the winners it revealed. Of outstanding performance i...
Another call to repair Yambou Road before  catastrophe strikes
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Another call to repair Yambou Road before catastrophe strikes
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November 10, 2020
Editor: A letter was published in the media on Thursday July 9th 2020 entitled ‘Yambou Road Needs Serious Attention’ and on the Friday 10th of July it...
What Aristotle teaches us of the ULP’s victory
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What Aristotle teaches us of the ULP’s victory
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November 10, 2020
EDITOR: Following the November 5, 2020 General Elections, Vincentians reflect on a most riveting and nail-biting culmination of the elections results ...
Elections 2020 – Where do we go from here?
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Elections 2020 – Where do we go from here?
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November 7, 2020
EDITOR: Once again, congratulations are in order to the Comrade and his team for creating history, not only in SVG, but in the region, for setting and...
NDP refuses to make fundamental changes required for mass appeal
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NDP refuses to make fundamental changes required for mass appeal
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November 7, 2020
Editor: Unsurprisingly NDP has lost the elections and I expect that rather than introspection and an objective analysis they will likely be blaming ev...
Five-Star General?
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Five-Star General?
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November 3, 2020
by PETERWICKHAM THE TITLE of this article is borrowed from one of the ULP’s campaign slogans and should not be interpreted as an assertion, but a sugg...
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Election Watch – Part 3
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November 3, 2020
by MISC OF THE NINE SEATS already analyzed, Elections Watch has so far called five seats for the ULP and four seats for the NDP. Part three will compl...
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News
OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
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OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Development Cooperation Fund (DCF), has approved a US$125,000 project for the Centre for Enterp...
Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
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Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) and Cable & Wireless St Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (Flow) officially signed a contra...
History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
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History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
A document of our story, written by our own Vincentians, is how Minister of Culture, Carlos James, has described Volume One of the History of Saint Vi...
Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
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Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The exhibition and hand over ceremony for a bucket truck that marked the end-of-phase for the Enhancing Public Safety with Intelligent Video Analytics...
Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
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Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF) said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal 603 Selman Bailey, who died on Satu...

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