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Caribbean states must take terrorism seriously
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June 21, 2016
Editor: Terrorism has become a major challenge which confronts the world in this 21st century. September 11, 2001 was a wake-up call for most countrie...
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It is not “FLOWING”
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June 17, 2016
Editor: Please permit me a space to express something that is on my mind. I am not sure who I should be addressing here. I am a Vincentian living in t...
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Has the church failed?
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June 17, 2016
Editor: With the increase in criminal activity, the question has been asked frequently: "Has the church failed?” The church is comprised of all Chri...
Who cares for the carers?
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Who cares for the carers?
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June 17, 2016
An OP-ED on the 5th anniversary of ILO Convention No 189, the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011. By Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International L...
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Congrats to Allen Chastanet
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June 14, 2016
Editor: This country’s Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves congratulated St Lucia’s newly elected Prime Minister Allen Chastanet on his success in w...
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My Father
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June 14, 2016
My father is the greatest man I’ve ever known. Love and tenderness in you are there to stay. You listen, suggest and defend me in every way. It seem...
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Stop using indecent language!
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June 10, 2016
Editor: How would you feel if someone were to tell you, “Look! I see rotten vegetables and fish coming out of your mouth!”  Most likely you will g...
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Let us fish in the Atlantic Ocean
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June 10, 2016
Editor: During the press conference hosted by the Prime Minister on June 7, 2016, Minister Camillo Gonsalves, in commenting on the need for us to incr...
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Let us all re-unite in the fight against crime
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June 10, 2016
Editor: Please permit me to write on a burning issue which is confronting our country today and which would have severe consequences if we do not appr...
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The PM did the right thing
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June 10, 2016
Editor: Please permit me a space in your column to express my views about the new rule in Parliament where parliamentarians do not have to swear to al...
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The Greatest!
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June 10, 2016
Editor: Noms de guerre and sobriquets, no matter their grandeur or lofty claims, save no one from their guaranteed mortal destiny. ‘The Greatest’ ...
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Gun violence is really out of control
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June 3, 2016
Editor: Please permit me a space in your column to express my views about the gun violence that is escalating in St Vincent and the Grenadines. I must...
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Will we obey Christ’s command?
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June 3, 2016
Editor: While travelling in a minivan on the way home, it was so heartening to hear a conversation a man was having with a Christian lady. In part, th...
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Are we moving in the right direction?
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June 3, 2016
Editor: Many years ago when I first read Ruth Benedict’s "Patterns of Culture”, I concluded that there are no superior or inferior cultures, only ...
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Election aftermath
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June 3, 2016
Editor: The atmosphere in our country, following the results of the 2015 General Elections, is tense and uneasy. The feeling of ‘brotherhood and tog...
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Break the silence of abuse!
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May 31, 2016
My name is Me! I live out there Wrapped in my fear I need an ear Someone to listen to share my pain Someone to tell before I go insane{{more}} Many se...
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Treat the name ‘God’ with respect
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May 31, 2016
Editor: Who has the GREATEST name in the entire universe? Of course, God. In the Bible, we find God’s name in a number of places, including Exodus 6...
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Devil finds work for idle hands
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May 31, 2016
Editor: The devil does find work for idle hands to do, but it is said at times that he cries, for he thinks that some humans blame him unnecessarily. ...
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The roses, the wreaths, civic responsibility
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May 31, 2016
Editor: On the question of civic responsibility, I must reflect on the abandonment by those who had once been deemed to have the capability to lead an...
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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...