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January 25, 2019
Editor, HAVE WE as a people lost the fear of God in our lives? Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance. P...
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The efficacy of a unified regional response to Venezuela’s political, economic and social challenges
January 22, 2019
Editor: On January 10 2019, in Washington, D.C., the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution “to not recog...
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January 22, 2019
The Caribbean Public Health Agency has confirmed an outbreak of Dengue Fever in Jamaica. The last outbreak of Dengue Fever in St Vincent and the Grena...
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January 22, 2019
by David Comissiong, Ambassador to Caricom, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados Yesterday, Monday, the 21st of January 2019 was th...
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January 18, 2019
EDITOR: On Monday, 10th December 2018, I was walking through the Vegetable Market, to I man surprise I saw Rastafarian brothers demonstrating in front...
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January 18, 2019
Editor, A trip to the beach, and you would enjoy the golden sunshine, the sounds of Sea Birds flying over the ocean, the exquisite sounds of waves cra...
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January 18, 2019
EDITOR: I, along with many Vincentians am disappointed by the non attendance at the meeting at the Prime Minister’s office of the Union Leaders of the...
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January 18, 2019
EDITOR: I was flabbergasted by news of the behaviour of the leaders of two Unions (the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union and the Public Se...
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January 11, 2019
EDITOR: On a recent trip from the Southern Grenadines I was pleasantly surprised with the manner with which a police officer dealt with a group of you...
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January 11, 2019
EDITOR: One P.R. Campbell was once my mentor, whom I followed with upraised fist around Grammar School’s lawn in Black Power protest during the mid 19...
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January 8, 2019
EDITOR: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antarctica. Humans live, work, and play on the seven continents. Humans sail th...
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January 4, 2019
EDITOR: The issue of legalisation of ganja has become a popular issue in the global discourse on drugs since the pioneering role of countries such as ...
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December 28, 2018
EDITOR, The prisons recently celebrated prison week. It is important that thanks and appreciation be shown to those who over the years try to assist i...
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December 28, 2018
EDITOR: In discussing issues of cannabis, I always like to begin from the premise of the traditional grower, from the premise of that class of people ...
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December 21, 2018
EDITOR: In a few days time we would celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Yes, we are aware that is some debate as to the date of ...
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December 21, 2018
EDITOR: Have you ever considered that the Sacred Scriptures do indeed inform us of the date when the Messiah was actually born? Nominal Churchianity d...
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December 14, 2018
EDITOR: Disclaimer. I have never used the products of the marijuana plant, and I have no intention of doing so. Every baptized Seventh-day Adventist t...
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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...
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 ...
