Our Readers' Opinions

Our Readers' Opinions
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 ...
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Importance of parental influence on children
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October 6, 2015
Editor: The recent sex video and actions by the children are cause for concern. Children are products of the home. The society and nation are also pro...
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Nicole Sylvester, a loss to Grammar School
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October 6, 2015
Editor: The rampant effeminization of the males in SVG has probably put a tremendous burden on our poor women, to the extent that they have been overw...
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Parents – Talk! Talk! Talk to your children!
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October 2, 2015
Editor: Bam, Bam, Bam!!!!!! Shame!!!!! What a disgrace!!!! Yes, that sex tape that went viral!!!! Parents, are you really seeing the need to talk to y...
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West Indies cricket needs Sir Viv
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October 2, 2015
Editor: Please permit a space in your column to express my views about the West Indies Cricket Board and the team. Having read about the hiring of Sir...
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Responding to Dr Richard A Byron-Cox
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October 2, 2015
Editor, "At an NDP meeting, Jules Ferdinand paraded with a pitchfork. Many expressing shock, interpret this action as dangerously provocative and may ...
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Public flogging: might it be child abuse?
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September 29, 2015
Editor: People, think on this scenario. I went to a school in the suburbs and met a young boy, about 10 or 11 years old, crying his heart out. Why? He...
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New roundabout at Crick Corner a waste of time
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September 29, 2015
Editor: During this past week, I happened to hear some of the talk-in programme on Star Radio, hosted by Mr King. During a portion of the programme I ...
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The Missing Details: On the NDP Garifuna Conundrum
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September 29, 2015
The next day, Friday, July 31, it was on to The Grenadine House for a meeting with the entire Executive of the NDP. Once again, in her officious and r...
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Jules Ferdinand and the devil’s pitchfork
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September 25, 2015
Editor: My mother cautioned me, “It’s very easy to make an angel of yourself and a devil of everyone else.” So I begin by telling you I am worse...
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Europe’s refugee crisis is a humanitarian crisis
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September 25, 2015
Editor: As if the enormous economic problems confronting Europe were not enough, that continent is currently facing a massive social and humanitarian ...
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National Day of Prayer and Reconciliation for SVG
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September 18, 2015
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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The Crosswind myth at Argyle!
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September 18, 2015
by Mike Arthur First, allow me to introduce myself. I retired as a professional pilot recently, but continue to fly privately. I have over 21,000 hour...
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Our value system has changed
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September 15, 2015
Editor: As a citizen and a voter I am alarmed and angered by the change in our value system that seems to have become accepted over the past 15 years ...
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Vincentian dictators
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September 15, 2015
Editor: Vincentians, today, I am asking us to tune out of the emotions and just rent logic and reason for a brief moment in considering our behaviour,...