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That’s right, Jomo Thomas
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November 20, 2015
Editor: I am hearing many ideas coming from the candidates of all the political parties. I especially like ULP’s candidate Jomo Thomas’ idea, as e...
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The future of health care – Part 2
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November 20, 2015
by Dr Jerrol Thompson (Last Tuesday, I began re-examining the 10 critical health problems inherited by the ULP from the NDP in 2001 and discussed how ...
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An open letter to pastors
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November 17, 2015
Dear Pastors, I beseech you in the Mighty name of the Most High God to refrain from preaching and teaching that which will further divide the citizens...
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Patel vs Carlos; who is the better candidate?
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November 17, 2015
Editor: Patel versus Carlos is indeed an interesting comparison. Both candidates are trying to be the elected representative on elections day. Compari...
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The future of health care – Part 1
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November 17, 2015
by Dr Jerrol Thompson Today, all nations worldwide battle with the growing challenges and demands of modern health care (access, affordability, qualit...
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Many blunders in NDP’s hospital plan
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November 17, 2015
Editor: I read with amusement the NDP’s attempt to shift attention away from the blunder they made in their plan to replace the Milton Cato Memorial...
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The UWI and West Indian Cricket
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November 17, 2015
Editor: The University of the West Indies (The UWI), as a sister regional institution, recognizes and respects the long and mostly effective service o...
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Politics has sunk to a new low in SVG
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November 13, 2015
Editor: It is with a sad heart that I write to you about the level to which our politics has sunk. I am still in a state of shock that political exped...
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Attention all guitarists
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November 13, 2015
Editor: I write to give guitarists some information which I expect may be of interest to them. Some time ago, my musician friend “Spragetts” sent ...
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Express Lane through Cane Garden
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November 13, 2015
Editor: As a citizen of St Vincent and the Grenadines, I notice that we have a trend of making insensible decisions and when things hit the fan, no on...
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What was the real intent of the Ms Heritage show?
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November 13, 2015
Editor: I listened each day to the advertisement of the Ms Heritage show and for every moment I wondered what was the real purpose of the show. I woul...
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Occult may be responsible for some mental illness
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November 13, 2015
Editor: In a previous piece written maybe three years ago, I discounted occult systems such as voodoo and obeah as having nothing to do with the onset...
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Guarding the change
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November 13, 2015
Editor: Comrades, let us rekindle the passion we felt for this ground-breaking campaign of LABOUR LOVE and turn out in large numbers on December 9 to ...
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What are they going to do for Calliaqua?
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November 13, 2015
by Vaughan Toney With the election now called for December 9 and the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) favoured by many to win a fourth term in office, ...
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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...