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March 1, 2016
Editor: It is high time someone other than a lukewarm Christian Council or Christian base address what is, maybe hidden, maybe demonstrated only by ac...
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March 1, 2016
Editor: Incest is seen as siblings and blood relations, including parents and children, having sexual affairs. Incest is not a recent development, but...
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March 1, 2016
by Jorge Familiar In the future, when we assess Latin America’s history at the turn of the century, the salient feature will certainly be an economi...
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March 1, 2016
by Oswald Fereira The NDP has taken a challenge of the election to Court and must now await the Court to proceed. So what is the point of this demonst...
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February 26, 2016
Editor: I must first say upfront that I am very saddened by the way that the National Day of Prayer here in St Vincent and the Grenadines is being org...
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February 26, 2016
Editor: Being a father is very important. Having recognized the aforementioned fact, it is true to say that many men are not attentive to their childr...
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February 26, 2016
Where do we go from here? by Oswald Fereira The 2015 election has left us a nation divided like it never has been before, a nation in need of total re...
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February 23, 2016
Editor: I’ve been paying very close attention to Dr Gonsalves, since long before he gained the position of the Prime Minister. I have been doing so ...
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February 23, 2016
by Oswald Fereira I left St Vincent in 1967 to embark on my university education. I returned in 1972 for a short sojourn, then left permanently in 197...
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February 19, 2016
The most intriguing case in the sale of passports is not that of St Kitts/Nevis. That accolade goes to the Comoros. These are a group of islands in th...
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February 19, 2016
Editor: The month of February has been designated as "Black History Month” to epitomize the historical achievements of our black ancestors and how t...
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February 19, 2016
Editor: A brother who called in to one of our popular radio programmes recently stated that "happiness is what we are pursuing.” Indeed, that is an ...
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February 12, 2016
Editor: The absence of the love of God in the heart is evident all around us. Acts of violence and crimes of all sorts affect us in one way or another...
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February 12, 2016
Editor: I was delighted to read of Minister Francis’ plans to clean up Kingstown. As an annual visitor to St Vincent and the Grenadines, I have been...
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February 12, 2016
The 2015 Election Campaign - continued by Oswald Fereira Other statements in the 2015 election campain that need specific comment were those about wom...
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February 12, 2016
Editor: I could be committing a crime if I said that the SVGTV  programme: ‘The Law and You’ is the one that sends me rushing for the remote contr...
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February 12, 2016
Editor: On Sunday, 7th February, 2016, I attended the 7 a.m. mass of the St George’s Cathedral congregation at the Anglican Church of the Ascension ...
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February 12, 2016
Editor: My wife and I are elderly Vincentians living on the Leeward side of the island. Our son and daughter have lived abroad for many years and each...
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February 12, 2016
Editor: Being a father is very important. Having recognized the aforementioned fact, it is true to say that many men are not attentive to their childr...
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February 12, 2016
Editor: I took just another look at one of the latest issues dominating the news cycle, that is, the issue of media bias and the recent exchange betwe...
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February 9, 2016
Editor: I am not here questioning the intelligence of any of the current Government’s Ministers, only their qualification and competence to exercise...
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February 9, 2016
Editor: Parents, guardians, imagine receiving a beautiful, precious gift from a dear friend. How would you treat that gift? Once you are thankful and ...
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February 9, 2016
‘On Christ the solid Rock I stand; all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand.’ ‘Whate’er the future brings, our faith...
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February 9, 2016
by Oswald Fereira I viewed this campaign from a distance and I depended on what I read in The Vincentian and Searchlight, as well as on the Internet t...
Remembering Glen Jackson and EG Lynch
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February 9, 2016
Editor: It has been 10 years now since I lost my best friend Glen Jackson. I made myself a promise that once I’m breathing, I’ll keep thoughts of ...
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February 9, 2016
Gratitude means thankfulness, counting your blessings, noticing the smallest pleasures of life, and acknowledging everything that you receive. It is a...
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February 5, 2016
by Oswald Fereira Vincentian Democracy has its roots in the riots of 1935. After those riots, Vincentians received universal adult suffrage in 1951, w...
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February 5, 2016
Editor: The NDP are saying that they won the 2015 General Elections; besides filing two petitions in court, there is nothing coming from the NDP to pr...
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February 5, 2016
Editor: Permit me to make few comments politically. Many times as a Vincentian I wonder if this present crop of politicians in the NDP is serious abou...
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February 5, 2016
Editor: The NDP held a press conference on Thursday, January 28, 2016 to express its views on the 2016 government Estimates. Some time during the pres...
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February 5, 2016
Editor: Even in the face of a plethora of cases and anecdotal evidence, the Unity Labour Party (ULP) administration has consistently and persistently ...
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February 2, 2016
Editor: On Monday, January 25, I listened with rapt attention in disbelief and disgust to Mr Parnel Campbell QC, as he read the contents of a letter p...
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February 2, 2016
Editor: It really is time to stop the nonsense. I listened to a little bit of the NDP Victory Rally in Layou. I couldn’t stomach more than 15 minute...
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February 2, 2016
by Oswald Fereira We have just come through another election campaign and from a distance, all that I have read says it was very acrimonious. Some rep...
17 years of Bolivarian revolution
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February 2, 2016
This February 2, 2016, we commemorate 17 years of the coming into power of Hugo Chávez, after a resounding election victory. It was a break from the ...