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Keep tobacco out of your mouth!
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May 9, 2014
Fri May 9, 2014 by DR BETTE JEAN-BAPTISTE ADAMS, DDS (SVG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION - 2014) The use of tobacco is a risk factor for so many diseases, and so...
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May 6, 2014
Tue May 6, 2014 Are Carnival bands, artistes or DJs taking full advantage of social media? We live in a world that is all but conquered by social medi...
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May 6, 2014
Tue May 6, 2014 Editor: It is really pitiful when walking through Kingstown or elsewhere, you say "hi” to some people – including adults and secon...
I Bet You Didnt Know
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May 6, 2014
Tue May 6, 2014 Many persons may know Roseanne Small-Morgan to be the woman behind the popular advice column in the SEARCHLIGHT newspaper, "Hey Rosie....
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May 6, 2014
Tue May 6, 2014 by Reshadi Blue St Vincent and the Grenadines is a beautiful country at first glance – sunny days for the most part, breathtaking se...
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May 2, 2014
Historical Notes for May 2 The Grammar School Moved into its new home in 1913 "By a very happy coincidence the opening of the Grammar School last Mond...
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May 2, 2014
Fri May 2, 2014 Editor: Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, the current chair of CARICOM (Caribbean Community Secretariat), along with other Caribbean lea...
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May 2, 2014
Fri May 2, 2014 Editor: Can we really trust NDP when it comes to corruption and petty theft? According to the Leader of the Opposition, when they get ...
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May 2, 2014
Fri May 2, 2014 Editor: Now that we have just come to the end of the crucifixion memorial season let us look back at the crucifixion politics.{{more}}...
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May 2, 2014
Fri May 2, 2014 They say that things always get worse before they get better. But since the global economic downturn, nothing seems to be getting bett...
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May 2, 2014
Fri May 2, 2014 Editor: Please grant me a space in your newspaper. There is a burning issue that has been confronting me for a few weeks now. It has t...
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May 2, 2014
Fri May 2, 2014 Editor: Several prominent legal luminaries in the region are calling for abolishment of jury trials. I have not heard any official cal...
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May 2, 2014
Fri May 2, 2014 EDITOR: It is without doubt that the ULP has done remarkably well with the recovery effort in North Leeward and other parts of the cou...
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May 2, 2014
Yesterday, May 1, workers all over the world held activities to celebrate their special day, May Day or Workers Day. It is an occasion which took the ...
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April 25, 2014
Fri Apr 25, 2013 Editor: The Organization of American States (OAS) recently concluded an initiative to help its six OECS member countries scan some 2....
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April 25, 2014
Fri Apr 25, 2013 EDITOR: The Girl Guides in St Vincent and the Grenadines are celebrating 100 years of Girl Guiding in St Vincent and the Grenadines. ...
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April 25, 2014
Fri Apr 25, 2013 Editor: I am one conflicted farmer right now. When I study the scarcity that many Venezuelan people have to endure, while we Vincenti...
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April 25, 2014
In times past, marriage was considered very sacred, at least in our part of the world, divorces were not an everyday option for marriages gone sour. T...
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April 25, 2014
Memorandum - Caribs at St Vincent (May 1833) “Sir George Hill’s proposal for improving the Caribs is to locate them upon Crown lands granted to Tr...
Roadblock in Bequia
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April 25, 2014
by Louise Mitchell Joseph Fri April 25, 2014 The dream of Tom and Gladys Johnson was to build a community in harmony with the environment. Tom built m...
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April 17, 2014
Petition from the Caribs of Morne Ronde following the 1902 Volcanic Eruption "May it please your Gracious Majesty; We Your Majesty's humble servants p...
Tribute to A.N.R. Robinson – A Remembrance.
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 Among the many epitaphs and eulogies to A.N.R. Robinson, may I add my own as a fellow West Indian. It was as a West Indian that I ...
Tribute to Norman Girvan
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) pays tribute to Professor Norman Girvan ...
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April 17, 2014
It is often said that prostitution is “the world's oldest profession,” though many feminists frown at such stigmatizing of women. What is undisput...
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 EDITOR: It is widely known that the St Vincent and the Grenadines diaspora in North America, the United Kingdom, and other parts o...
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 What really is the “Good News” about the Gospel Today, there are millions of professed preachers throughout the world who invi...
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 Editor: Easter is about the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, sadly, we have declined in many ways and as a...
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 EDITOR: It is the Easter season again in St Vincent and the Grenadines and most Vincentians will be preparing this weekend for obs...
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 EDITOR: I was very happy to see an article about Mc Neil Trotman in the SEARCHLIGHT newspaper last week and thought that it was a ...
‘Vote No’ vindicated – DRP president
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April 17, 2014
Thur April 17, 2014 by Anesia Baptiste Since November 25th 2009, I have heard politicians of the "vote yes” side of the debate pronounce on how the ...
Caribbean cricketers seek IPL showcase
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April 11, 2014
For at least nine members of the disappointed West Indies semi-final team in the just concluded T20 World Cup, the seventh edition of the Indian Profe...
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April 11, 2014
Fri Apr 11, 2013 Editor: Previously, I would have written about the employer’s responsibility in ensuring that the workplace has a healthy environme...
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April 11, 2014
“Carnival” (The Times, February 4, 1915) “We are reminded that the days of Masquerade are approaching by the practices which are being indulged ...
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April 11, 2014
Fri Apr 11, 2013 EDITOR: The Argyle international airport is progressing at a reasonably fast rate, to the satisfaction of many ardent patriots who ar...
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April 11, 2014
Besides the mystery of the disappearing Malaysian airlines plane, the gripping stories internationally have been the trial of the South African Olympi...
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April 11, 2014
In the first part of this article last week, I gave a background to our approaches in selecting candidates to contest general elections and therefore ...
Caribbean has lost another legal legend
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April 11, 2014
Fri Apr 11, 2013 by Oscar Ramjeet The Caribbean has lost another legal legend. Dr Joseph S. Archibald, QC, died suddenly last Friday at his home in Ro...