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Stop burning plastics, synthetic materials
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December 30, 2016
Editor: Seasons Greetings! Could you kindly address in your organization the burning issue of the dangers of burning plastics and synthetic materials ...
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God and his son see you! Watch your conduct!
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December 30, 2016
Editor: Ask most persons the question, do you love God and his Son? The answer from them all is most likely "Yes,” especially around this time of ye...
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Another thought on Christmas
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December 30, 2016
Editor: In case someone wishes to continue the debate about Christmas, let us consider what Christ did in a similar situation. The Bible says Jesus wa...
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A Merry Christmas from UN and Obama to Palestinians
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December 30, 2016
Editor: “Unless America adopts an ‘Even Handed’ policy towards the Arabs, there would be no Peace in the Middle East”. The above statement was...
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Be sensible! Stop cheating!
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December 30, 2016
Editor: As we know quite well, many men are cheating on their wives. They feel that doing so makes them each a “macho” man, the real man! Men, che...
DRP – Rekindling hope for SVG
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DRP – Rekindling hope for SVG
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December 30, 2016
by Anesia O Baptiste President of the Democratic Republican Party (DRP) Thank God for bringing us to 2017 by His grace. The DRP pledges to work for th...
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Facts, not fiction – I need a pothole Santa
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December 23, 2016
Editor: An online Google search gives the definition of a pothole as: 1. a deep natural underground cave formed by the erosion of rock, especially by ...
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Orange Hill vs Glen – a patient’s perspective
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December 23, 2016
by Colin King Patient RJ dreaded to move to Orange Hill three years ago, as did many of the semi to permanent residents of the Glen Mental Health Cent...
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Merry Christmas
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December 20, 2016
Editor: I wish to all a Merry Christmas at this time of year. Christ is the central theme, not the party, the drinking, not the food, not the religiou...
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ISSUE 3: ‘The right to know’
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December 16, 2016
by The SVG Human Rights Association In the two previous issues, the Association focused on the origin and terminology of Environmental Democracy. It f...
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Invest more tourism money in North Leeward
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December 16, 2016
Editor: As we move towards the closing of another year, there are always many things to reflect on. Also it is a time when many evaluate and make plan...
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Love, Christmas and religious hypocrisy
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December 16, 2016
Editor: The love of the Saviour to humanity is very great. So wondrous is this love that "God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, t...
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Take threats seriously!
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December 16, 2016
Editor: As the Last Days glide on, people keep going from bad to worse. 2 Timothy 3:1, 13. So, when someone threatens you for some reason, it is wise ...
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Who should we blame for losing our values?
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December 13, 2016
Editor: Living in today’s society can be very challenging; humanity seems to be a thing of the past. Vincentians once demonstrated love, kindness, v...
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Failed attempts for a brighter future
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December 13, 2016
Editor: Since leaving school in December 1943, I worked for a period of 53 years, including 25 years at Frank B Armstrong (St Vincent) Ltd, as their g...
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Issue 2: ‘The right to know’
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December 13, 2016
by The SVG Human Rights Association In the previous issue, the Association spoke to the term "Environmental Democracy” or ED, which specifically add...
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Salary offer for psychiatrist a joke?
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December 13, 2016
Editor: The EC $117,000 a year the Government is offering for a psychiatrist is a joke – or worse, an insult; that’s less than US $44,000 per annu...
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Allen Stanford loses his final bid for freedom
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December 9, 2016
Editor: Allen Stanford, the man who spent tens of millions of dollars to promote the shorter version of cricket in the Caribbean, has lost his final b...
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The solution to red rain
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December 9, 2016
Editor: Murders committed with illegal guns are taking a catastrophic toll on the island of St Vincent and if the hemorrhaging from violence does not ...
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Spokespersons for NDP failed Mr Eustace
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December 6, 2016
Editor: Under the leadership of Mr Eustace, the NDP has been in opposition for 16 years with his brand of politics, which was kinder and much gentler ...
World AIDS Day
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World AIDS Day
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December 6, 2016
by Minister of Health Luke Browne I am heartened to see here today so many people who have distinguished themselves in the fight against HIV and AIDS....
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The right to know….
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December 6, 2016
by The SVG Human Rights Association The St Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association has a mission to promote the civil, political, economic...
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Succession planning – Is there a need for it?
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December 2, 2016
Editor: What really is succession planning? Does succession planning evolve naturally or it’s just a random way of nature and life?{{more}} From the...
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Fidel Castro’s mark on the world
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December 2, 2016
by RT Luke V Browne lukebrowne@yahoo.com My first public undertaking as a young graduate of the University of the West Indies was a lecture series in ...
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Why should we pay for disrupted Internet service?
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December 2, 2016
Editor: I usually refrain from public discourse, not because I think it is a bad thing, but because it has now become abused. Far more passionate and ...
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Be aware of climate change prostitutes
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December 2, 2016
by Hayden K Billingy Climate change prostitutes are those persons or countries that do not genuinely care about the phenomenon, do not understand the ...
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Fidel Castro reminiscences
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December 2, 2016
by Sir James Mitchell The last time I met President Fidel Castro was at the Japanese reception in New York during the Millennium Summit of the United ...
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Should women exercise authority in the Church?
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November 29, 2016
Editor: God loves women, whom he created in his image and also as a helper for men. Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:18. Jesus honoured a woman at a well by sp...