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September 24, 2019
Editor: The idea of justice demands that it remains empirically impalpable however, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, justice appears fractured, br...
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September 20, 2019
EDITOR: This writer totally condemns rape and any sexual crimes. These crimes can cause a lifetime of pain and destruction to the victims. We know tha...
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September 20, 2019
EDITOR: I read with a great deal of interest your advertisement on pages 16 and 17 of the Searchlight newspaper for September 6, 2019. I read and re-r...
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September 20, 2019
EDITOR: In your paper of September 6, 2019, the front page with the caption, 48 students awarded National Scholarships, Exhibitions and Bursaries - Sw...
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September 20, 2019
EDITOR: Throughout the world the Gross Domestic Product of a country is used as the most important indicator of a country’s economic progress. One sho...
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September 20, 2019
EDITOR: Pilot asked Jesus what is truth. Pilot wanted to know, but the church does not. The church is preaching, but does not know what to say. They d...
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September 10, 2019
by Lynden Punnett Dip.SpLD Dyslexia A new school year is around the corner. Many teachers will now be welcoming new students to their classrooms. Each...
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September 10, 2019
Editor: After almost eight years there shouldn’t have been anything preventing the enforcement of the Architects Act 2011 (Act). However, at present t...
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September 6, 2019
by Kirk M. DaSilva EDITOR: As Vincentians of all works of life commiserate with the family of the late Sir Vincent, I am sure that Lady Vida and the r...
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September 6, 2019
Editor: For many they are running their last mile home. The frequency of death in the Caribbean and beyond due to several reasons including hurricanes...
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August 30, 2019
Editor: The furore created by the sensational headline of last week’s newspaper has given rise to a number of responses. While some persons are playin...
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August 30, 2019
Lin Chia-lung Minister of Transportation and Communications Republic of China (Taiwan) August 19, 2019 The Convention on International Civil Aviation,...
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August 23, 2019
Dear Dr Smith I have listened and read the articles concerning your bank’s involvement with the misprocurement issue involving the Caribbean Developme...
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August 16, 2019
Editor: I am a well-known personality in St Vincent and the Grenadines, as a journalist and musician. Of late circumstances have impelled me towards c...
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August 16, 2019
Editor: An old farmer went to the capital Kingstown last week trying to get to the Co-op Bank. At the gallery of the Subway restaurant he met a 12-yea...
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August 16, 2019
EDITOR: The Ministry of Education has embarked on a policy where children are placed into primary and secondary schools due to their current address, ...
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August 9, 2019
Editor: While most of the general public is not thinking about Carnival at present, the creators of Vincy Mas are patiently awaiting the Carnival Deve...
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August 9, 2019
EDITOR: There has been some criticism locally over the swearing-in of the new Governor-General, our first female Head of State, on Emancipation Day. T...
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August 9, 2019
EDITOR: In his last weekly column in The Vincentian newspaper (“Half Steppin’ To Emancipation,” Friday, August 2) denigrating the importance of the fr...
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August 9, 2019
EDITOR: Rum made me do it! This is indeed an interesting topic. We have songs promoting rum. So it is now the idea that rum is what makes you a man an...
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August 2, 2019
EDITOR: BRAGSA has been busy these days patching roads and doing other jobs which are indeed necessary. It is commendable the work they are doing and ...
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August 2, 2019
Editor: The filing on Friday, July 26, by two gay men of court proceedings to challenge St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (SVG’s) “buggery” and “gross in...
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August 2, 2019
EDITOR: Treasures can come in different form. They can be in the form of material things. For example gold, diamond, or pearls, or even something that...
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August 2, 2019
Editor: On Saturday July 20, 2019, Dr. the Hon Ralph E Gonsalves announced that H.E. Sir Frederick Ballantyne will demit office as the Governor Gener...
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July 12, 2019
Editor: My father, Azad Hosein, died suddenly and unexpectedly of a heart attack on June 6, 2019 while here in St Vincent and the Grenadines. He was i...
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July 5, 2019
Editor: I am appalled and totally disappointed with the total lack of respect that has be shown to one of our Legends in the music world, namely Ron P...
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July 5, 2019
Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the government and people of St Vincent and the Grenadines on being elected to United Na...
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July 5, 2019
Editor: There is yet another contrived sense of angst from the New Democratic Party (NDP) in its latest press release concerning the outcome of the 20...
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June 28, 2019
EDITOR: June has been a month of inspiration and history. The success of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to gain a non-permanent seat on the UN Securit...
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June 28, 2019
Dr. Rosmond Adams, MD, MSc. (Public Health), M.S (Bioethics), FRSPH In January 2020, St. Vincent and the Grenadines will take up its seat as a non-per...
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June 28, 2019
EDITOR: The Devil has another scheme through which he tries to harm and destroy children. He hates children! Matthew 2:16. In recent times there was a...
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June 28, 2019
EDITOR: Gone should be the days that we hear the name “public servants”. The Deputy Prime Minister Sir Louis Straker and others who spoke at the publi...
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June 28, 2019
EDITOR: The West Indies cricket team continues to flatter to deceive. They are, without doubt, talented individuals, however, the lack of consistent g...
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June 25, 2019
Editor: Within recent times, accessing the services at my credit union has become quite an experience. Firstly there is that ever present, and invasiv...
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June 21, 2019
Editor: In just over six months, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) will assume a seat on the ‘World’ table of the United Nations Security Council (...
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June 14, 2019
EDITOR: The way I know it is that you can, or you used to be able to, I’ve lost track, make changes to entries in Wikipedia. That can never mean you c...
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June 14, 2019
EDITOR: Several Old Testament Books describe the deliverance of the enslaved Israelites from their captivity in Egypt. Instructed by God, saved by His...
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June 7, 2019
Editor: Minister of Health Luke Browne triggered a sensational shake-up in Geneva. His oratorical, mathematical and dramatic skills at the World Healt...
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June 7, 2019
Editor: There will always be a gap between best Health Care practices and those in existence. Bridging this gap is a difficult challenge. The gap mani...
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June 7, 2019
Editor: Arthur Chaskalson, a previous President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and a past Chief Justice of South Africa, stated in the So...
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June 7, 2019
EDITOR: There was a time when one of the gangplanks of the anti-Cuba campaign was the accusation that Cuba was restricting the rights of its citizens ...
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May 31, 2019
Editor: The radio announcement by the Vice-President of the New Democratic Party (NDP), St Clair Leacock, that the reason for the imminent departure o...
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May 31, 2019
Editor: How many times do the organisations representing and championing the causes of disabled persons have to remind us that “Disability is not Inab...
From the Courts, News
November 4, 2025
A teenager, who stole a Corea’s shirt from someone’s clothes line, and wore it in Massy Stores where he allegedly stole more than $100 worth of items ...
From the Courts, News
November 4, 2025
A young man who beat his baby’s mother in her face with a stick, and struck her brother while he was defending her, was remanded pending sentencing. J...
News
November 4, 2025
Leader of the Opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr. Godwin Friday wants the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines to have full confidence in th...
News
November 4, 2025
Persons who want access to a top-class venue for the staging of their events now have access, at a price, to Invest SVG’s newly developed facility on ...
News
November 4, 2025
Madungo, derived from the residue of the arrowroot starch, is more than just food. “It is something steeped in our history, in our society, to which w...
