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Excessive, or still too lenient?
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July 1, 2014
Tue Jul 01, 2014 Editor: Suarez’s ban for biting an opponent while playing at the World Cup for Uruguay means he would miss 13 matches for Liverpool...
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June 27, 2014
Fri Jun 27, 2014 Editor: Many congratulations to the boys and girls who passed the CPEA and special congratulations to the many rural schools that did...
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June 27, 2014
Fri Jun 27, 2014 Editor: I would like to ask Mr Kennard King a question, following his letter to this paper last week: “Where is the decency in men?...
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June 27, 2014
1862 RIOTS Extract from correspondence sent to the Anti-Slavery Society about the 1862 Riots (January 1, 1863) “It appears, that in September last, ...
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June 27, 2014
Fri Jun 27, 2014 Editor: Anyone can want to lead: that’s quite okay. If, however, someone wants to lead an enterprise, a group, a movement or anythi...
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June 27, 2014
Fri, Jun 27, 2014 Editor: When Barack Obama became the first black President of the United Stated of America in 2008, almost the whole world was in a ...
Help! I need sponsorship for my event/idea!
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Business Buzz by Candice Sealey In our last article, I touched on if one’s business is truly receiving mileage from sponsorship de...
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June 24, 2014
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 Editor, I am a Vincentian who loves his country, but our blessed country St Vincent and the Grenadines has a major problem that has ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, ...
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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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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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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...