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An open letter to the Prime Minister
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May 27, 2016
Dear Mr Prime Minister, I have heard you on more than one occasion commenting on an amount of more than $200 million in taxes owed to the St Vincent G...
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Smoking! What you were not told
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May 27, 2016
by Jason Young, Medical Intern Though many people are unaware of it, studies show that tobacco smoke has effects on every part of the body from crown ...
Play on, Tony Cozier, play on
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Play on, Tony Cozier, play on
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May 24, 2016
by Dr Garrey Michael Dennie Tony Cozier has lived a life worth living. He lived cricket, West Indian cricket. And millions of us lived that life with ...
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Creating a healthy environment at home
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May 13, 2016
Editor: Creating a healthy environment at home is essential to the development of children. This month being considered Child’s Month and also with ...
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‘The buck stops here’
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May 13, 2016
EDITOR: The late Harry S Truman, President of the United States of America, once said, in reference to his responsibility as president – "The buck s...
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The NDP – The way forward?
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May 13, 2016
by Anatol Leopold Scott Many moons before the 2015 election, because of his uncanny bungling of the Garifuna project, I took the liberty of publicly c...
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Has this blessed SVG gone insane?
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May 10, 2016
EDITOR: I lament the fact that St Vincent and the Grenadines, once trumpeted as the gem of the Antilles, has gone insane. A noticeable aspect of this ...
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Help me locate my family in SVG
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May 10, 2016
EDITOR: I am trying to locate family members here in St Vincent. I lived in Trinidad between 1983 and 1987. I stayed with uncle Clyde and family in th...
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Sir James Mitchell looking for attention
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May 10, 2016
EDITOR: Sir James Mitchell served this country well as the Prime Minister; he did what was expected of him, so this country owes him no favours. He go...
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Are there real prophets today?
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May 10, 2016
EDITOR: In recent months, there seems to have been an emergence of self-proclaimed "prophets” and "prophetesses” here in SVG. Their purpose, appar...
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Arnhim Eustace and ‘the Peter Principle’
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May 10, 2016
by Anatol Leopold Scott The following article, slightly modified, was first presented for discussion on an Internet group back in 2014. At the time, I...
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Are we becoming heartless as a nation?
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May 6, 2016
The Editor: Proverbs 14:34 states: "Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people.” The recent frequency of murder, including th...
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The Gospel – the best crime prevention plan
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May 6, 2016
EDITOR: The people of this country continue to lament the glaring increase in crime and violence in our land. The year is not yet half and we have rec...
Caribbean fruits in high demand
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Caribbean fruits in high demand
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April 29, 2016
Even as farmers in the Eastern Caribbean continue to feel the negative effects of the drastic fall-off in banana exports, there are indications in exp...
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Mischievously lighting bushfires is dangerous
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April 29, 2016
EDITOR: We don’t have to be reminded of the dangers of unnecessary bush fires that are lit mischievously throughout the country. While those who lig...
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By all means, carry on!
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April 29, 2016
EDITOR: I’ve always criticized the New Democratic Party for its inability to make the big decisions. For example, to come out in unequivocal support...
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The time to act is now
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April 29, 2016
EDITOR: There has been too much talking and not enough doing on matters that need to be addressed with issues facing workers. I am talking about the w...
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Persons shielded by those in authority
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April 26, 2016
EDITOR: Kindly permit me to use your newspaper to express my views on a very pertinent matter. Thank you for accommodating me in the past and I look f...
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Crime causing serious destruction to our society
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April 26, 2016
EDITOR: There is a menace in this country that is causing serious destruction to our society. This dangerous menace is crime and criminal activities. ...
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Police becoming incompetent at jobs
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April 26, 2016
EDITOR: The local police seem well dispatched to arrest street protesters, and the odd "grass” smoker (misdemeanours), but not so well disposed to a...
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Chateaubelair has potential to be leading town
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April 26, 2016
Editor: Chateaubelair is one of the six towns in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). However, if one has to look at it honestly, it does not resemble...
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Paying tribute to a great man and footballer
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April 22, 2016
A Tribute Morey Millington first caught my eye when he played for the national youth team (U-19) in 1974. I thought at that time that he had exhibited...
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A Success Story
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April 22, 2016
Unemployed Hungry and frustrated As you seek, praying to find Nothing is in sight The quest to solve your many problems Have become a bitter situation...
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Understanding Dyslexia
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April 22, 2016
Lynden Punnett Dip.SpLD (Dyslexia)   London UK. What is Dyslexia?  Dyslexia is a combination of difficulties that affect the learning processes of rea...
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Why do our children speak so badly?
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April 19, 2016
EDITOR: For those of us born in the 60s or 70s, we were fortunate to have been blessed with excellent parents; but today, it’s drastically different...
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FLOW/LIME merger still unsettled – ECTEL
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April 19, 2016
EDITOR: ECTEL announced over three weeks ago that negotiations with Columbus Communications and Cable and Wireless Communications had collapsed, since...
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FLOW spreading propaganda message to public
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April 19, 2016
EDITOR: I read, with little interest, but with a great deal of incredulity, the propaganda message from Mr Hull regarding the corporate re-banding of ...
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Salute to our West Indies champs
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April 19, 2016
EDITOR: Please permit a space in your column for me to express my views about the West Indies men, women and under-19 cricket teams. I am extending my...
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Salute to our West Indies champs
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April 15, 2016
EDITOR: Please permit a space in your column for me to express my views about the West Indies men, women and under-19 cricket teams. I am extending my...
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Welcome to new FLOW – Country Manager
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April 15, 2016
Hello Vincy, Welcome to the new FLOW! We have replaced our signature LIME green brand with our new and refreshed blue FLOW brand – as we literally p...
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Potential for increase of minimum wage
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April 15, 2016
Editor: The National Wages Council is to look into increasing minimum wages. If property and business taxes, licence fees, duties and customs costs ha...
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Damned if you do; damned if you don’t
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April 15, 2016
EDITOR: Have you ever heard this comment "I don’t know why he keeps forcing himself on me; I don’t want to have anything to do with him, yet he ke...
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The cleaning, the promise, the pressure
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April 15, 2016
EDITOR: The Honourable Julian Francis ought to be applauded for having admitted, even in the Parliament, that the capital Kingstown was decidedly in a...
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Keys to establishing a healthy marriage
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April 15, 2016
Editor: Getting married to the right person and for the right reasons does not guarantee automatic smooth sailing. Instead, since none of us are perfe...
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Remembering EG Lynch
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April 12, 2016
Editor: On a visit to SVG five years ago, I sat down with my political spy listening to the programme – New Times, presented by popular radio host E...