Our Readers' Opinions

Our Readers' Opinions
Become an educated voter
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November 10, 2015
Editor: Most Vincentians can read (maybe), but most Vincentians don’t—a fact. Whether in the newspapers or on the Internet, critical information, ...
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Please stop all the shootings
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November 10, 2015
Editor: Please permit me a space in your column to express my views about the recent shootings that occurred some weeks ago. I must admit that the rec...
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Where is the NDP campaign going?
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November 10, 2015
Editor: I’m entirely confused about the direction of the NDP campaign. Earlier they launched plans and policies for women at a press conference at t...
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Believe it or not
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November 6, 2015
Editor: Believe it or not, but it is a natural reality. When the political dust has settled in this St Vincent and the Grenadines 2015-2016 general el...
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Tears for my Parish Church
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November 6, 2015
Editor: An event of Saturday, October 17 has caused discord which openly conflicts and contradicts oneness within my worshipping community at St Phill...
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Out of hand behaviour on school buses
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November 6, 2015
Editor: “Out ah hand, dem ah get out ah hand!” Jamaican artiste “Yellowman” sang these words about young girls some years ago. Today, in the s...
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Are NDP for real?
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November 6, 2015
Editor: Are NDP for real? It is hard to believe that they are for real. In the Weekend Searchlight newspaper of October 30, 2015, it is mentioned that...
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We are, by tradition, self-reliant
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November 6, 2015
Editor: Yesterday, I watched a video of Nigel ‘Nature’ Stephenson explaining what I now believe is responsible for Vincentians’ transformation f...
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West Indies cricket
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November 3, 2015
Editor: Once again the West Indies cricket team has lost another test series. This has become an all too familiar story. If West Indies continue in th...
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Fire in the House
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November 3, 2015
by Frank E da Silva On Saturday, October 6, the "presenter” on a Nice radio program made a call for protest action at the next sitting of the House ...
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Chinese investment in the UK
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November 3, 2015
It must have come as a surprise to some, not aware of the extent to which economic interests override political and ideological ones, to see the Chine...
Dos and Don’ts of Bamboo Blowing
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Dos and Don’ts of Bamboo Blowing
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October 30, 2015
Bamboo blowing is a technique used by mainly young males in November to represent/imitate the cannon, a powerful gun, which used an iron ball and gun ...
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2015 political campaign
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October 30, 2015
Editor: I must confess that ULP is ahead of the NDP by far. What I observe also is that gutter politics is being phased out, because most voters want ...
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Should Christians celebrate Halloween?
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October 23, 2015
Editor: October 31 has long been known as "the festival of the dead.” In occult and witchcraft circles, October 31 represents a day of worship calle...
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I was the first!
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October 23, 2015
Editor: I would like to put on record the following: I was the first Vincentian last year, 2014, to pen a short piece recommending that our current Pr...
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Teachers’ Union – ‘bunch of sell-outs’?
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October 23, 2015
Editor: In the aftermath of recent activities outside and within the SVG Teachers’ Union, it is only fitting that the voices from below be heard. I ...
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Why was CARDI silent?
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October 20, 2015
Editor: CARDI, I understand is the acronym for Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, which has been around for many years and the...
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Whose mandate, Mr President?
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October 20, 2015
Editor: The SVGTU has a strong democratic process that is formalized in its constitution. As a former leader of the union, I have participated in all ...
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Common sense and leadership
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October 16, 2015
Editor: Kindly publish this article to highlight the meaning of "COMMON SENSE and LEADERSHIP” as it relates to the current situation in SVG with the...
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ACT like you really value teachers!
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October 16, 2015
Editor: Teachers and public servants definitely deserve a one-month tax-free salary, in lieu of salary increases since 2011. While some label teachers...
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The eve of the post-Gonsalves era
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October 13, 2015
Editor: This society has survived and in some ways prospered because its economy was secured on a strong agricultural base, so that although we were n...
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The laws of ‘Stop and Search’ in SVG
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October 13, 2015
Editor: I have heard on several occasions the statement by a member of parliament that they will discontinue stop and search by the police at certain ...
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Transform the indigent into gainfully employed
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October 9, 2015
Editor: The Government has said it is increasing benefits for the poor. It may be politically incorrect to call the indigent incompetent, unemployable...
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Financial Information Month – October 2015
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October 6, 2015
So, here we are at the start of October 2015. This year is quickly coming to an end. There is a lot happening. Of course it’s the month in which we ...