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July 7, 2017
Many years ago, calypso legend ‘Black Stalin’, sang a song entitled “Wey my band”, raising issues emanating from growing sponsorship in Carniv...
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July 7, 2017
Editor: I confess that I am not a musician. I am only an ordinary listener of music, who looks back longingly at the days when popular Vincy music ref...
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July 7, 2017
Dear Sir, I am asking you the same favour that I asked your predecessor and that is for you to assign an officer at the site of the cenotaph during th...
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: Is it still true that election petition rules are mandatory? If the answer is yes, can a court condone partial compliance of a mandatory provi...
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: On June 22, the THEODORE MCKENZIE PRE-SCHOOL of Rose Bank held its 25th graduation ceremony, where some 11 children graduated. It is indeed co...
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: Please permit me a space in your newspaper to express my views about the number of shootings that are occurring in St Vincent and the Grenadin...
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: I am disgusted by the security officers at Argyle International Airport (AIA) and in my view, they need training. They have no tact and can’...
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June 30, 2017
Dear Mr Boucher, I write in response to your press conference held on 20th June 2017, in which you seek to question my promotion to an assistant chief...
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June 30, 2017
EDITOR: A merger is defined as “a combination of two things, especially companies, into one.” It is also “a deal to unite two existing companies...
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June 30, 2017
EDITOR: As a parent, I must speak out against the way that the Athletics Association treated my son. I am angry about it and can’t hold back any lon...
Make Luke Browne chair of Kingstown Town Board
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June 30, 2017
Editor: From a newspaper article of October 21, 2016, I learnt that our Minister of Health, Wellness, and the Environment Luke Browne assumed the chai...
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June 27, 2017
EDITOR: I am a supporter of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and my interest is vested in the development of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). One ma...
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June 27, 2017
EDITOR: Waiver is one of two fundamental exceptions to the doctrine of bias (the other being necessity). If, as a litigant, you become aware of any in...
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June 23, 2017
EDITOR: The New Democratic Party’s (NDP) greatest enemy is itself. Why I say so? Let’s look at it with an open mind. While they accuse Prime Minis...
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June 23, 2017
EDITOR: In 2007, a trilogy on the re-publication of essays and commentaries that appeared in the “Flambeau” magazine between 1965 and 1968 in St V...
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June 23, 2017
Poor leadership and discrimination against athletes by Luke Browne I continue today with my commentary on Keith Joseph’s generally poor leadership o...
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June 23, 2017
EDITOR: There are expressions we use to express how we view life – “it is what it is”, “it is what we make it”, “it is what we make it out...
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June 23, 2017
EDITOR: Please permit me a space in your paper to express something that has been on my mind for the last few years. St Vincent is a small country wit...
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June 16, 2017
EDITOR: Sunday will be observed as Father’s Day. Despite the negatives that are said about men and fathers in particular, on this Father’s Day, I ...
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June 16, 2017
My father, Melville Richards, was born on June 6, 1929, in the village of Cane-End, in the lush Marriaqua Valley. He came from a humble family backgro...
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June 16, 2017
EDITOR: According to Nelson Mandela, there are four basic and primary things that persons in society wish for, one of which is sound educational oppor...
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June 9, 2017
There needs to be a serious discussion on the state of the Athletics Association. It does not seem as if that organization is actually concerned about...
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June 9, 2017
EDITOR: Some persons answer the above question with a strong, “Yes!” They say: “After all, a woman must have sexual intercourse with a man or ha...
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June 2, 2017
EDITOR: While prostitution is illegal in this country, it is fast becoming a popular trade in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). It is unfortunate t...
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June 2, 2017
EDITOR: That every injustice has to be paid for, is the principle of retribution, and the agony of the sufferer is sometimes multiplied when it return...
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May 30, 2017
Cultural identity is important to the security of citizens in the context of life in the countries in which they reside. While culture is largely shar...
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May 26, 2017
Dear Chairman, We are mindful of the ever-present and increasing threats of terrorist activity around the world. It is not a localized phenomenon. The...
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May 26, 2017
EDITOR: The Gender Committee of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers’ Union (SVGTU) commends the Ministry of Education, National Reconciliatio...
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May 26, 2017
EDITOR: At times, you may hear statements such as, “The people in Haiti are too wicked! They doing too much iniquity! So they have to suffer! Good f...
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May 26, 2017
Editor: I used this medium to express my sincerest thanks to the present administration. We must not only criticize when it is necessary, but we must ...
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May 23, 2017
EDITOR: The cries of disbelief, disgust, annoyance and anger belong to those Vincentians who are aware of the implications of the improper disposal of...
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May 23, 2017
EDITOR: Knowledge is an easily acquired unreliable asset! The continuous reliance on whatever portrays an individual as “knowledgeable” can, likew...