Our Readers' Opinions
June 12, 2020
EDITOR: Let’s begin here: Many black Vincentians resent being referred to as black. Many of us do not want our black children to be termed black. Why ...
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June 9, 2020
EDITOR: My entire life has been devoted to writing, yet I am unable to put into words the outrage that has struck at the very core of my being followi...
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June 9, 2020
EDITOR: Do you know that you can actually read the entire Bible and receive the very same message from both Old and New Testament? The entire Bible th...
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June 9, 2020
EDITOR: I was watching SVG TV news via its YouTube channel on May 27th, 2020 and a particular news excerpt caught my attention. The broadcaster report...
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June 5, 2020
EDITOR: With the advent of Corvid-19, there is apparently some who have neither experience nor expertise in the area purporting to prescribe solutions...
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June 5, 2020
EDITOR: The brutal murder of George Floyd is the most depressing video I have seen. This incident has occupied the centrestage around the world and ma...
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June 5, 2020
EDITOR: It’s not as easy as some may make it out to be a young person in Vincy. The extreme difficulty we face as young adults or teens; the struggles...
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June 5, 2020
EDITOR: I learnt from the Editorial of the Searchlight of May 22nd, that the PRYME Programme, an initiative of the Government of SVG, which provides g...
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May 29, 2020
EDITOR: I am a Cruise and Vacation Specialist in Toronto, Canada, my job is to recommend different and emerging Caribbean ports to clients and so I wa...
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May 26, 2020
EDITOR: While the world continues to battle with the COVID-19 with some nations experiencing the sad situation of rising death, we have, thankfully, h...
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May 26, 2020
EDITOR: Too many students are being needlessly left behind during this Covid-19 crisis. In times of difficulties, we need to emphasize the basics and ...
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May 26, 2020
Editor: One misconception is that people are starving due to the pandemic in other countries, this is completely untrue. In fact, a negative impact of...
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May 22, 2020
EDITOR: Do you know that you can actually read the entire Bible and receive the very same message from both Old and New Testament? The entire Bible th...
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May 15, 2020
Editor: I read with interest the article on repatriation of students from Jamaica. I do not want to dwell on the “politics” of who should be responsib...
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May 15, 2020
EDITOR: Some time ago I raised the issue of the rampant effeminisation of the men of the society and made the observation that this erosion of manhood...
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May 15, 2020
EDITOR: The fear of the spread and potential impact of the novel Covid-19 disease has led to an unprecedented disruption of life throughout the world....
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May 12, 2020
by Kwame Venner Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has left a trail of destruction in its path, including but not limited to plummeting business and gov...
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May 12, 2020
By Renitta Peters-Morris The emergence of a coronavirus relatively unknown to the Caribbean six (6) months ago, has caused a major shift in normal ope...
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May 8, 2020
EDITOR: Nothing stifles an economy like unpaid debt, goods borrowed and not returned, lack of confidence, injustice, unfairness, lack of meritocracy, ...
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May 8, 2020
EDITOR: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how the world conducts day to day business. Although change was necessary, it can be overwhelming at times. ...
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May 8, 2020
EDITOR: Once again the Public Service Commission (PSC) has lost another case. Once again the successful lawyer was Jomo Thomas. This once again brings...
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May 8, 2020
Editor:I was heartened to hear veteran trade unionist Bro. Noel Jackson, speaking out on workers’ rights in his address on the occasion of May Day. Br...
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April 30, 2020
EDITOR: Once again the Public Service Commission (PSC) has lost another case. Once again the successful lawyer was Jomo Thomas. This once again brings...
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April 21, 2020
EDITOR: As the World struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Shipping Industry is struggling as well. In the Caribbean, full containers of non-essen...
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April 17, 2020
EDITOR: I am writing as a concerned parent who has sons, nieces and nephews in different secondary schools throughout St. Vincent and the Grenadines. ...
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April 17, 2020
EDITOR: The current global pandemic has affected just about every country in the world save a few, SVG being no exception. As a matter of fact, the si...
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April 17, 2020
EDITOR: Men often love to receive praise when they do well, but these same men shun scrutiny, criticism and correction when their actions are irrespon...
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April 9, 2020
EDITOR: In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) which has been characterized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic, there have been many...
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April 9, 2020
EDITOR: It is obvious the St Vincent and the Grenadines politicians and politicians globally have already failed pandemic economics. Firstly, never in...
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April 3, 2020
Editor: Language is the key to a child’s educational development. Today, I urge persons with infants to spend time speaking WORDS not NON-WORDS with y...
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April 3, 2020
Editor: The Cuban contingents of doctors and nurses currently being deployed throughout the Caribbean and Latin America as well as countries like Ital...
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April 3, 2020
Editor: As I write, the world is working through a pandemic with Covid-19, a new or novel strain of the Corona family of viruses. A few important take...
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April 3, 2020
EDITOR: Some educators are of the opinion that if a teacher reads the instructions and items of a test to students who cannot read well, the teacher i...
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March 31, 2020
EDITOR: We have all noticed the large number of online jokes about the suffering married couples who have been forced into quarantine together. Marrie...
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March 27, 2020
ACCORDING TO the World Health Organization, “about 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner vio...
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March 27, 2020
EDITOR: This is election year and Patel is going crazy with meetings, while Carlos is busy at work. If the truth be told, Patel as a representative ha...
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March 27, 2020
EDITOR: It’s with a heavy heart I write these lines concerning one of the most unfortunate and tragic events that has touched me personally and dearly...
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March 27, 2020
EDITOR: Sometime ago when there was no one else available to teach English A at the CSEC level I undertook the task. We began the classes from the beg...
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March 20, 2020
EDITOR : There is much talk recently about Food Security. This consciousness therefore begs the question: Food security for whom and at what level? Do...
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March 20, 2020
EDITOR: According to the comment made on SVG TV news concerning Coronavirus and Vincy Mas... Please be reminded that this is a 2x4 country with open s...
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March 10, 2020
EDITOR: It is with great pain that I am compelled to write this letter as I sit in silence contemplating the safety of women in St Vincent and the Gre...
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March 10, 2020
EDITOR: Malcolm Gladwell (author) opened my eyes to a possibility connected to recent events involving the United States of America (USA) and the Isla...
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March 10, 2020
EDITOR: Please, if you will, permit me to discuss with you what I consider to be some of the main root causes of domestic violence and abuse and suppo...
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