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Coping in challenging times
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Editor: These are undoubtedly challenging times in our world and country. Many are facing seemingly unsurmountable problems. It is e...
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An enquiring mind on the Registrar matter
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Editor: The call for the removal of the Attorney General from her post by “Concerned Citizens of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ...
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Are we prepared to forgive?
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Editor: The issue of reparation has once again been placed on the front burner with discussions recently held in Parliament. I do no...
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Vinlec needs to improve its service
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Editor: I have been out of the country for the past three months. During this time I have tried to contact Vinlec about my electrici...
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Historical Notes – St Vincent and the Grenadines
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June 20, 2014
Extracts from “A Brief History of Paul’s Lot” by Dr Errol King “A recollection of the events occurring in this section of Kingstown is useful ...
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‘Where is the decency in women?’
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June 20, 2014
Fri Jun 20, 2014 Editor, We know that Carnival is regarded as the premier cultural festival in SVG. However, it is rather shameful the way many girls ...
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Freedom of conscience fights back
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June 20, 2014
Fri Jun 20, 2014 Editor, I was happy to see on the weekend, evidence of the asserting of freedoms of conscience, opinion, expression and speech of Dr ...
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Something to celebrate
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June 20, 2014
Fri Jun 20, 2014 Editor, The 2014 Graduating class of the Lowmans Windward Anglican School (LWAS) has done us proud and has erased some of the ill-fav...
Swim for your life
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Swim for your life
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June 20, 2014
Fri, Jun 20, 2014 Editor: I left Rose Place feeling elated with the outstanding performances in the annual Fisherman’s Week open water swim, organiz...
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Let’s talk a little politics
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June 17, 2014
Tue Jun 17, 2014 Editor, Let's talk a little politics. I believe that the upcoming general elections would be a tight one. We know that both sides are...
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Judgments of the CCJ not honoured
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June 17, 2014
Tue Jun 17, 2014 Editor, It seems as if judgments of the highest court of the region, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) are not readily honoured by...
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Homes are yearning for faithful fathers
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June 13, 2014
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 by Yvette Gittens The need for faithful fathers! This cry rings out around the world The cry from the voice of mothers A little boy ...
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Does the WI team look any better?
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June 13, 2014
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 Editor: A pleasant good day to all West Indians throughout the world looking at this test match that was hyped by Chris Gayle’s 10...
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Historical Notes
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June 13, 2014
How They Saw the Steelband The Vincentian, Editorial, February 23, 1946: "Many young people have been so strongly influenced that for a single day or ...
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Reparations must be discussed objectively
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June 13, 2014
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 Editor: I listened with rapt attention last Sunday evening to a repeat, on IKTV, of Professor Hillary Beckles being interviewed by T...
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Vincy Mas – from dance to fete
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June 13, 2014
Fri, Jun 13, 2014 Editor: It is Vincy Mas again and we are looking forward to the usual mas and music; but in all this celebration, I cannot help but ...
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You need to read your Bible!
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June 6, 2014
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 Editor: I refer to a letter entitled “Re-examine God’s True Identity” by “A Matter of Serious Concern,” published in your ...
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Thank you, Minister Daniel!
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June 6, 2014
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 Editor: I would like to put on record publicly my sincerest thanks to the Hon Minister of Housing, Montgomery Daniel. The Minister, ...
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Historical Notes
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June 6, 2014
UNION ISLAND "Union Island... An Historical and Geographic Sketch” by John Adams (Caribbean Studies volume 18) "...In 1791 Great Britain partitioned...
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Carnival – a culture of looseness
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June 6, 2014
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 Editor: Scantily dressed young ladies parading the stages, half naked men, women and children masquerading the streets, revealing co...
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Do Christianity and science conflict?
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June 6, 2014
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 Editor: Archaeologists in Argentina have recently discovered what they described as fossils of the largest dinosaur to be discovered...
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Pentecost or Whit Sunday?
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June 6, 2014
Fri, Jun 06, 2014 Editor: Almost all of the sacred appointments proclaimed in the Holy Scriptures have lost their true significance to mundane activit...
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Let us try to go about our daily lives in peace
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June 3, 2014
Tue, Jun 03, 2014 Editor: Proverbs 16:18: “Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.” Remember Sodom and Gomorrah? Well, ...
Bet you didn’t know!
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Bet you didn’t know!
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June 3, 2014
Shadeisha George (ms SVG 2014) 1. Since I was in secondary school I have been the same weight: 122 pounds 2. I’m a neat freak! I can’t focus in an...
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Rise of ‘the Right’ in European backlash
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May 30, 2014
For years, resentment has been mounting in Europe against what is perceived as the increasing power of the European Commission, simply identified as â...
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Historical Notes St Vincent and the Grenadines
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May 30, 2014
St Vincent (from G.J Chester’s Transatlantic Sketches in the West Indies, South America, Canada and the United States,... 1869) “In four hours aft...
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Extortion by Commercial Banks
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May 30, 2014
Fri May 30, 2014 Editor: I found the revelations about the imposition of withdrawal fees by certain commercial banks in this country to be quite troub...
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HIV in the Caribbean:
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May 30, 2014
Fri, May 30, 2014 By Dr Ernest Massiah, UNAIDS Caribbean Regional Support Team Director Recently, the discussion on HIV has been a mix of the selectiv...
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Show consideration to other road users
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May 30, 2014
Fri, May 30, 2014 Editor: I read with some surprise and not a small degree of incredulity the article in local newspapers last weekend wherein Mr Bacc...
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Re-examine God’s TRUE identity!
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May 30, 2014
Fri, May 30, 2014 Editor: The Scriptures are pretty simple on this matter. They teach that there is ONE true God. For example, at John 17:3 Jesus said...
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Judgment against the churches!
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May 27, 2014
Tue, May 27, 2014 Editor, “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of I...
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Sammy’s replacement no surprise
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May 27, 2014
Tue, May 27, 2014 Editor: It is not surprising that Darren Sammy was replaced as test captain. It was a long time on the cards. He was constantly bein...
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ATMs for customers’ benefit – an untruth!
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May 27, 2014
Tue, May 27, 2014 Editor: I contact you with regard to the recent announcement that we, the poor paying customers, are to be subjected to yet another ...
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Exposing sodomite sex agenda
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May 27, 2014
Tue, May 27, 2014 Editor, There is an agenda in the world to push Sodomite (gay/homosexual/lesbian/transvestite/ bisexual/intersex) behaviour upon the...