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December 14, 2018
EDITOR: Single use plastics can be defined as any plastic that is used once and is discarded - for example, plastic bottles, plastic straws, plastic b...
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December 14, 2018
EDITOR: And God said, “see, I have given you every herb (including marijuana) that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree w...
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December 11, 2018
by Sir James Mitchell former Prime Minister of SVG ALL THE TRIBUTES around the world proclaim the essential dignity of President Bush senior. He is in...
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December 4, 2018
Editor: On November 27, 2018 Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) announced that it had entered into an agreement with Scotia Bank to purchase S...
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December 4, 2018
Editor: There seems to be a perception by some persons that they are more learned than anyone else, that they can throw insults at others who do not h...
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November 30, 2018
Editor: The on-going conversation is lively, as it is varied, but there is ONE underlying commonality… FREE UP THE HERB! … and for good reason too. Al...
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November 30, 2018
Editor: Earlier in the month of November, children asked about jumbie - spirits of dead people who came out of their graves and roamed the streets. Th...
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November 13, 2018
Editor: Once again the major shareholders in LIAT have met and produced a communiqué that says nothing. They have just rehashed what they always say. ...
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November 13, 2018
Editor: Each era has a legacy … those of us who went to school in the 60’s and 70’s were accustomed to GCE O Level and A level, the Cambridge and Lond...
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November 13, 2018
Editor: During last Tuesday’s mid-term elections in the United States, many people got caught in the fog of expectations and emotions and failed to re...
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November 13, 2018
EDITOR: Construction has started on the development of the Black Sands Resort and Villas at Peters Hope. This resort is reported to have 400 rooms, in...
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November 9, 2018
Editor: Highway robbery is very common but goes unnoticed many times. When lawyers rip off clients and rob them that is highway robbery. There are som...
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November 9, 2018
Editor: A vision for TVET as described by UNESCO (2004) is “the master key that can alleviate poverty, promote peace, conserve the environment and imp...
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November 9, 2018
Editor: Many years ago a former Prime Minister of one Caribbean country lamented the indignity of a certain kind of death when he said that prime mini...
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November 6, 2018
THE CHRISTIAN COUNCIL & OTHER CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS RESPONSE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEDICAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY IN SVG (PART 2) The St. Vincent and th...
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November 2, 2018
EDITOR: Earlier this week I had the privilege of being invited to an Independence pageant in the rural side of the Island. The show, besides being poo...
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November 2, 2018
Editor: Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Hebrews 13: 4. However, we are hearing o...
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October 26, 2018
Editor: Proud congratulations to the TWENTY-FIVE members of the 2016 GHS Graduation Class who received scholarships, exhibitions and bursaries as a re...
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October 26, 2018
EDITOR: The current media blitz surrounding Prince Harry’s Australia tour made my mind go back to the poor excuse of a visit he paid us in SVG during ...
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October 26, 2018
Editor: Do you look at the breakdown of the “fare” when you book a LIAT ticket? I suggest next time you have a close look at where your money goes. I ...
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October 23, 2018
EDITOR: St. Vincent and the Grenadines needs a new language of politics that serves to edify and uplift the nation, and which distances itself from th...
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October 19, 2018
EDITOR: In 2018 we have the opportunity to celebrate 39 years of independence of St Vincent and the Grenadines on October 27. In 2018, we also have th...
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October 19, 2018
by Dr. GARREY MICHAEL DENNIE THE VINCENTIAN LOVE LETTER is dead, and it may never be resurrected. Searchlight’s publication of the whatsapp text messa...
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October 12, 2018
EDITOR: I’ve travelled to St Vincent from the UK for over 30 years, on average once a year. While I have lots of friends and family there I don’t thin...
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October 12, 2018
EDITOR: Parenting plays a vital role in determining what a person will eventually become. Of course we know that there are exceptions and that some ch...
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October 9, 2018
by Trelson L. Mapp It’s not uncommon for Vincentians in the Diaspora to convey attributes of Vincy funerals to colleagues abroad. “You need to experie...
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October 5, 2018
Editor: While we recognize that because of our strangled economy, resources are scarce with which to address all the services that have been tradition...
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October 5, 2018
EDITOR: Someone accosted me in the street and demanded to know why I wouldn’t fix my phone. She said she had been trying to call me for a while but th...
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October 5, 2018
EDITOR: Even before the deadline for the technologically-based i2 competition organized by the NTRC closed on September 27, it was already too late fo...
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October 2, 2018
by Pastor Dermoth BaptistePresident, SVG Mission of Seventh-day Adventists The increasing awareness of the needs and challenges that transgender men a...
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September 28, 2018
by Vilma Reyes Ambassador of Cuba to SVG On October 31, for the 27th consecutive occasion, the General Assembly of the United Nations will consider th...
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September 28, 2018
EDITOR: If I were a criminal, being inclined to rob or hurt people, this is how I should reason: “How would I feel if someone were to hold me up at gu...
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September 28, 2018
EDITOR: It is rather encouraging the increase in arrests, by police, of suspects involved in crimes. We always bash the police, but if we are honest w...
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September 21, 2018
Childhood Cancers are cancers that occur between birth and 15 years of age. Although these cancers are rare they may vary from adult cancers based upo...
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September 21, 2018
The True and De Jure Natural Peoples - Heirs of the Land - Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanos - - I.S.L.A.M - To: The Minister of Agriculture, Fores...
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September 21, 2018
EDITOR: While many Vincentians are joining the Prime Minister in his call on the churches to start the conversation on the LGBT issue, it seems like t...
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September 21, 2018
EDITOR: Permit me to share the displeasure I experienced on Monday, September 17, at Going Places Travel. I turned up at that business place at approx...
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September 21, 2018
A wise one penned these words – Who will sing my Name? “When I see the Eagle no more Will you call my name? When I am gone, who follows me, Who will c...
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September 14, 2018
EDITOR: I enjoy the bread and baked goodies available at Randy’s bakery along ‘’hospital road”. Indeed this bakery has won a Best of SVG Award for the...
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September 14, 2018
Dear Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, Your administration owes us an apology and an explanation for your refusal to give basic human rights to LGBT Vin...
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September 14, 2018
EDITOR: Both Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and Anglican Bishop Dr. Leopold Fridayhave been shying away from the discussion on gays. Well, as reade...
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September 14, 2018
Editor: At Calliaqua, a strutting crossdresser catapulted homosexuality and our society into the spotlight. It seems young lawyer Llewellyn was right ...
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September 11, 2018
by Pastor Dermoth Baptiste President, SDA Church The issue of homosexuality has become a special focus of public attention in recent times to the exte...
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THE 2026 PROGRAMME of activities to celebrate National Heroes and Heritage Month was unveiled at a media launch on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at the U...
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February 13, 2026
TOTAL OF $62 million is allocated in the 2026 Budget, for airport development across St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Word of this came from Prime...
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February 13, 2026
THE NEW government in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), is on a mission to change how Mathematics is taught, with the hope of getting better result...
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SOME PERSONS IN St Vincent and the Grenadines are surviving on $10 per day. This was highlighted by Prime Minister Dr Godwin Friday, during his Budget...
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