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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...
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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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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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November 3, 2020
EDITOR: Let me encourage you to continue your balanced form of reporting. I read with dismay, the viciousness of the NDP supporters in response to an ...
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November 3, 2020
by ALICIA A. DELLS THE PAST FEW MONTHS, marred by a global death toll surpassing one million due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have brought into sharp foc...
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November 3, 2020
EDITOR: ”Strange Fruit” is a protest song (lyrics by Abel Meeropol) about the post emancipation era lynchings in the USA. It was immortalized on its r...
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November 3, 2020
Dear fellow citizens, I am making this public statement to correct and respond to the several public statements that are incorrect allegations regardi...
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November 3, 2020
by VAUGHAN TONEY I WAS LISTENING RECENTLY to the Prime Minister’s presentation of his Unity Labor Party’s Election Manifesto when, at the end of his r...
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October 30, 2020
by Dr. Chen Shih-chung Minister of Health and Welfare Republic of China (Taiwan) Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there have more than 40 million ca...
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October 30, 2020
by Dr Jerrol Thompson Many people may not know the Marijuana plant come in two sexes. (A) Female plant and (B) Male Plant. Female plants produce flowe...
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October 30, 2020
EDITOR: The Cannabis Revival Committee (CRC) is an organization of Traditional Cultivators of Marijuana in St Vincent amd the Grenadines, with a membe...
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October 30, 2020
EDITOR: It is indeed a sad tale and almost an embarrassment when learned persons fall prey to hapless self-subterfuge based on intellectual gymnastics...
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October 30, 2020
by MISC Part One of Elections Watch appearing in the SEARCHLIGHT e-paper of October 27, 2020 examined the constituencies of North Windward, North Cent...
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October 27, 2020
by MISC With less than two weeks to go to the November 5th, 2020, General Elections, there is no better time to reflect on the immediate past election...
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October 27, 2020
Dear Fellow Vincentians, NDP is a party that wants nothing progressive and does not understand the meaning of nation building, bearing in mind Vincent...
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October 23, 2020
by Renwick Rose Wednesday, October 21, marked the 85th anniversary of one of the most important chapters in our history, the rebellion of 1935. Unfort...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: I would like to forward an appeal to the Ministry of Education to initiate an honorary gala to host the students who have returned such stella...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: God has given me a message for the nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On the 13/09/2020 between sleep and wake, I clearly heard in my s...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: In recent times there has emerged the Pyramid scheme which has robbed hundreds, maybe thousands across the Caribbean and beyond. Here in SVG i...
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October 16, 2020
Editor: In 2017, I applied for an International Cooperation and Development Fund Scholarship to study Journalism and Mass Communication, in Taiwan. My...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: This is an appeal to the authority in Education to provide us with the real school report for this year’s CSEC examination. What we really wan...
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October 16, 2020
EDITOR: It’s once again that time when the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will be heading to the polls. The two main political parties...
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October 13, 2020
by Renwick Rose WHILE IT is true that the COVID pandemic is affecting the global economy badly, more and more facts are being revealed that it is rein...
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October 13, 2020
By Gordon J.P. Shallow Phytopathologist AS WE CONTINUE in our forward thrust in nation building, rejuvenating, and reinvigorating ourselves, truly cap...
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October 9, 2020
by Renwick Rose We have entered the month of October, a very significant one in the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and it is only natural ...
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October 6, 2020
by Vakeesha John WHAT MAKES a child think that he/she cannot achieve excellence unless the child attends a particular school? How is it that these stu...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: The proposed referendum on same sex marriage to be held in Barbados is indeed a very interesting development and I am certain would trigger di...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: On September 19th, 2020 our Health Minister and the ULP candidate for East Kingstown did something very disturbing when opening his campaign o...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: Congratulations to all of our graduates this academic year. The year 2020 has been a challenge with the COVID-19 pandemic and all that it impa...
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October 2, 2020
EDITOR: The history of the St Vincent Building and Loan Association states that “We are owned and managed by Vincentians, for the benefit of Vincentia...
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September 25, 2020
Editor: The position of the ECCB in 2008-2009, must be referred to in any discussion on the prevalence of non-communicable diseases in St Vincent and ...
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September 25, 2020
Editor: For whatever reasons the Bar Association and for that matter individual lawyers are apparently muzzled and deny the general public knowledge o...
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September 18, 2020
Editor: In today’s fraught society, the repugnant connotations of the word ‘elitism’ surpass its denotative meaning. So when these connotations collid...
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September 18, 2020
EDITOR: The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought the entire aviation community around the world to its knees and in many places to a virtual standstill. Prio...
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September 18, 2020
EDITOR: Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you. Join the line and wait at the bank, in the emergency room, at the doctor’s office, at th...
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September 18, 2020
EDITOR: Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is making an effort to reach out to Vincentians via NBC Radio. I took the opportunity to call NBC Radio Stat...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: LIFT SVG HIGHER is a slogan being used by a party in these upcoming elections. In Proverbs 14:34 it is stated that, “Righteousness exalts a na...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: This is the rule that we sometimes adopted when we played ‘Wind ball’ Cricket, but it seems to find its way in many operations of our larger s...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: The Coronavirus pandemic has had, and continues to have, a devastating effect on the global economy. Here in St Vincent and the Grenadines, fo...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: We have heard the term ‘pyramid scheme’ and quite frankly the name/term carries certain negative connotations, particularly in the height of a...
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September 11, 2020
EDITOR: It is indeed remarkable and disgracefully so, the extent to which basic services elemental to the welfare of the citizens have been so reckles...
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September 4, 2020
by Charles F. Geddes Lovely St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sun-kissed gems of the Caribbean Sea, All unspoilt havens of magical dreams, Where a lesson...
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September 4, 2020
EDITOR: We are aware that general elections will soon be held. The Unity Labour Party (ULP) is seeking a fifth term. While, they are claiming five in ...
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