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Fruits of our inaction
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September 29, 2017
Editor: My father once told me that we reap the fruits of our inaction later on in life. This is, with regard to our failure to love and reach out to ...
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What is our exit strategy?
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September 29, 2017
Editor: “For the first time in its history, The Bahamas evacuated whole communities to safe quadrants ahead of Hurricane Irma. What’s next: wholes...
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Mother’s cry
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September 22, 2017
Echos from the radio, hurricane warning they say, kids taken from school, work closes for the day, all ships they say must stay at bay. Supermarkets p...
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Adult education
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September 22, 2017
EDITOR: Before I get into what I want to write about, congratulations are in order for the traffic branch for placing a “NO UTURN SIGN” at two are...
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Vincentians, say NO to back-stabbing!
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September 22, 2017
EDITOR: Ouch!!!!! That hurts!!!!! It is a norm in society for persons to be back-stabbing others, while pretending to be their friends. They often spe...
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Parents, rally around, cheer on your children
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September 15, 2017
EDITOR: Another UNESCO International Literacy Day, September 8, 2017, has come and gone. Yet it is still early days in the new school academic year 20...
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Violence against women is still on the rise in SVG
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September 15, 2017
EDITOR: I am writing once again to indicate to everyone that violence against women is still on the rise, and really needs to be addressed. If the aut...
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An Absentee Vincentian
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September 15, 2017
by Marlon Roudette So, what’s it like to be an absentee Vincentian? To carry your island with you and breath in deep with every mention? In a far fl...
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SVG, it is time we seek the Lord
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September 5, 2017
Editor: We have been hearing quite frequently of killings, accidents and disappearance at sea. Indeed such frequent occurrence is reason enough for us...
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Death virus
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September 1, 2017
EDITOR: Policies in abstinence and fidelity defense have been proposed by those present at the “International AIDS Conference,” which closed in th...
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The Greatest Tragedy
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September 1, 2017
The greatest tragedy Of life and love, has got to be The infiltration of domestic violence within our society But how could this epidemic silently Bec...
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No child left behind?
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September 1, 2017
EDITOR: The introduction of universal access to secondary education by the ULP administration in 2005, dubbed the Education Revolution, arguably has b...
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Time for action! A case for medical marijuana
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September 1, 2017
Editor: Scenario 1: A Vincentian who served in the foreign military returns for a visit and has a valid prescription for Medical Marijuana (MM) which ...
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We unknowingly allow evil spirits in our homes
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September 1, 2017
Editor: Maybe ignorantly we have allowed evil spirits into our home and by extension, into our lives. These spirits no doubt are a contributing factor...
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What ever happened to the Ottley Hall shipyard?
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August 25, 2017
EDITOR: I would like to know what is the current status of the Ottley Hall shipyard, relative to its activity and numbers employed. Since its financia...
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Remembering a poet icon
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August 25, 2017
EDITOR: Death comes to every home. The Bible states in Hebrews 9: 27 that there is an appointment for death. Unfortunately, we normally wait until a p...
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Where is Heaven? Is it on Earth?  
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August 25, 2017
EDSITOR: Time and again people are debating the above questions. Some say heaven is on earth. Others say heaven is somewhere above the earth. Still ot...
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An intolerable hell
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August 25, 2017
“I saw the best minds of my generation dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix and imperious drug,” – All...
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Seek guidance as you make the next step
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August 15, 2017
This week is a time of anticipation and uncertainty for thousands of our young people, as they anxiously await the release of the results of the CSEC ...
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An Open Letter to Sharda Bollers/FSA
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August 15, 2017
Dear Mrs Bollers, After the recent financial fiasco with St Vincent Building and Loan Association, and the uncovering of the inner workings of the Ass...
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Free our homes; free our land
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August 11, 2017
EDITOR: Nothing in life comes free, not even freedom. For too long we have been chained. Trained to think that we are still enslaved and the only way ...
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Accreditation
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August 11, 2017
Officer Officer !!! Do help me Please!!! Yesterday, Stella cried in vain To the police she explained Not cash from m-o-n-o-p-o-l-y I paid for this cou...
Saluting Oscar Allen from under the zaboca tree
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Saluting Oscar Allen from under the zaboca tree
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August 11, 2017
EDITOR: From my vantage point here, and on the basis of my interaction with him for a period of over 50 years, OSCAR ALLEN seemed to have lived a life...
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We must take health issues seriously
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August 8, 2017
EDITOR: In this the 21st century, in a territory of this Caribbean civilization, to be more specific, in this our homeland St Vincent and the Grenadin...
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Vincentians need to be more responsible
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: Vandalism is quite common in this blessed land of ours. This practice is done in many government institutions across this nation. Maybe there ...
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Take note of number plates!
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: In certain countries we regularly hear of adults, teenagers, and young children missing after spending time with a relative or friend, or out ...
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Dangerous tiles at Financial Complex
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: It is important that whenever we see anything amiss in our environment and surroundings where it puts the public at risk we bring it to the fo...
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Thank you, Mrs Bowman
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: Thanks to Mrs Andrea Bowman for all that she has done at our beloved Girls’ High School (GHS) and beyond. As she retires from the school, we...
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Modern day ‘wonder women’ of SVG
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July 28, 2017
EDITOR: Traditionally, the duties of women were to stay at home to maintain the house and ensure that the children were well taken care of, while the ...
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Kudos to the hard-working traffic police officers
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July 28, 2017
EDITOR: We must compliment the hard-working traffic police, who are doing a good job. Of course, there would be the good and the bad; no system is per...
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Vincentians, Carnival is on verge of extinction
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July 25, 2017
Dear Vincentians: The festival you have spent the last 40 years cultivating is on the verge of extinction. Private promoters and foreign deejays are s...
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Venezuela under attack
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July 21, 2017
Donald Trump threatens the homeland of Bolivar Open letter to the Vincentian public Last Monday, July 17th, the government of the US President Donald ...
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Madame, you are stone wrong!
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July 18, 2017
EDITOR: There are four basic grounds on which an objection to recognizance/surety in an election petition can be made and a finding of insufficiency c...
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A vote of confidence for Carlos James
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July 18, 2017
EDITOR: I offer a vote of confidence for Senator Carlos James as the representative who I believe will replace the incumbent Roland “Patel” Matthe...