Our Readers' Opinions
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...
Our Readers' Opinions
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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
From the Courts, News
September 15, 2026
A 20-year-old farmer of Fitz Hughes, who has been charged with the offence of criminal assault, will appear at the Magistrate’s Court in Chateaubelair...
News
September 11, 2026
A POLICE OFFICER investigating a crime in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) cannot, by law, conduct a search of a cellular device, without a warrant...
News
September 11, 2026
by JADA CHAMBERS THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION has released the updated preliminary results for the May–June 2026 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificat...
From the Courts, News
September 11, 2026
THE POLICE, on September 5, 2026, arrested and charged Liane Jaxon-Defreitas, a 33-year-old consultant of Green Hill, with three counts of deception. ...
News
September 11, 2026
THE VINCENTIAN PUBLIC has chosen Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Lyndon Oliver, as the most outstanding police officer in St Vincent and the ...
