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Facebook and Christmas
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November 15, 2013
Fri Nov 15, 2013 by Candice Sealey I am always happy to answer the many questions businesses and event organisers have about Facebook so today I tackl...
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Very, very poor customer service
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November 12, 2013
Tue Nov 12, 2013 Editor: I always say that for many businesses to prosper, there must be trained staff. For years now, I’ve not only noticed, but ha...
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The Caribbean airline
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November 12, 2013
Tue Nov 12, 2013 by G. E. M. Saunders LIAT, the Caribbean airline, is once again under the regional microscope, as it continues to be plagued with ind...
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Is there no place for critical thinking in SVG?
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November 8, 2013
Fri Nov 8, 2013 Editor: I was motivated to ask this question having read Cecil Blazer Williams' column in THE NEWS of 01/11/2013, under the caption: O...
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Festive buzz
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November 8, 2013
Fri Nov 8, 2013 It only comes once a year, but it’s the one time on the calendar where the public is primed to spend. However, if you’re not putti...
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Historical Notes
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November 8, 2013
A labourer from Overland speaks about the 1902 volcanic eruption Charles Alexander, a 40-year-old labourer from Overland who had gone to the Georgetow...
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Get real, Gonsalves!
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 Editor: I have the utmost respect for Dr Ralph Gonsalves’ scholarship, his political and economic skills. But I’m totally opposed...
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USVU pushes for freedom of movement within CARICOM
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 Editor: Freedom of movement is being advocated by two heads of government in the region – one from a US territory and the other fro...
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On the matter of Reparation
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November 5, 2013
by Oswald Fereira Tue Nov 05, 2013 I have been skimming some recent articles on the subject of reparation in The Searchlight. I must admit that I have...
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One+1 explained!
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 Editor: “One one does full basket.” The above is an old saying of great philosophical meaning. In basic arithmetic, we were taugh...
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Local businesses need to be more innovative
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November 5, 2013
Tue Nov 05, 2013 EDITOR: While some businesses locally are closing down, foreign businesses are expanding. So, is it really because of the poor state ...
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The cenotaph on Facebook
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: An American friend who saw my August 2013 article on the cenotaph’s vandalism asked me if it had been cleaned yet. He was s...
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I wish continued prosperity to all in SVG
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: Good morning St Vincent and the Grenadines. Greetings to everyone. My name is Hugh Providence and I am from Sharpes Dale, Kin...
Independence 34, with ‘black ignorance’
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Independence 34, with ‘black ignorance’
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: “Black Ignorance” was a lament that I heard when Professor Ms Verene Shepherd delivered the 15th UWIOC Indepen­dence lec...
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Professor Verene Shepherd was a disappointment
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: Professor Verene Shepherd delivered the UWI Open Campus Independence Anniversary Lecture last Tuesday night. She gave a fair ...
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Reparations – Yes or No?
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Editor: I find the reparations topic a most interesting and important one at this point in our development as a Caribbean civilizatio...
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Historical Notes
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November 1, 2013
Diary of Sir William Young's Tour Through the Windward Islands (1791-1792) "Wednesday, December 7 at day-break, St.Vincent's in sight. At 3 p.m. the s...
New hope from service to the people
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New hope from service to the people
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November 1, 2013
Fri Nov 01, 2013 Sons and Daughters of Liberty, as we continue to reflect on our 34th year of independence from British colonial rule, the Democratic ...
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Historical Notes St Vincent and the Grenadines
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October 25, 2013
The 1898 Hurricane (The Sentry newspaper) "...On Sunday morning the 11th instant the most terrible hurricane that has perhaps ever occurred in the Wes...
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Open letter to the Ministry of Education
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October 25, 2013
Fri Oct 25, 2013 Editor: I went through the education system of St Vincent and the Grenadines and began my primary education at a public school in Kin...
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We ought to be proud to be called Vincentians
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October 25, 2013
Fri Oct 25, 2013 Editor: As we reflect on our independence, without political bias, we have to agree that we have developed as a nation. Every leader ...
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Entrepreneurship: The nature-nurture debate
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October 22, 2013
Tue Oct 22, 2013 Editor: "Entrepreneurs may be made rather than born, but … research has found that entrepreneurs will typically exhibit a combinati...
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Farmers plan to resurrect bananas
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October 22, 2013
"We can produce 50,000 tons of export quality bananas per year, here in SVG”. That was the conviction of the farmers at a meeting held last week at ...
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The Origins of Nine Mornings
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October 22, 2013
Tue Oct 22, 2013 by Oswald Fereira I read recently in SEARCHLIGHT in Dr Adrian Fraser's column that there is soon to be a recognition of the 100th ann...
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Peter pay for Paul society?
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October 22, 2013
Tue Oct 22, 2013 Editor: Last weekend, the front page of your publication carried a story relating to the possible banning of the wearing of hoodies i...
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Some of our youth have no respect, no self-esteem
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October 18, 2013
Fri Oct 18, 2013 Editor: I remember when I was growing up in my hometown Barrouallie I was always taught to respect the elders and show courtesy to ev...
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Pay some attention to Port Chateaubelair
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October 18, 2013
Fri Oct 18, 2013 Editor: The Chateaubelair port is labelled as a port of entry. How interesting it is, that it is labelled as such. It would be intere...
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Customs Department retarding business
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October 18, 2013
Fri Oct 18, 2013 Editor: I recently set up a small business which involves buying and selling, meaning that I am buying from overseas to sell to the l...
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Historical Notes St Vincent and the Grenadines
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October 18, 2013
First Impressions "I beheld the West Indies for the first time, when, at sun-rise, on the last day of December 1820, we anchored in the lonely bay of ...
Founder – DRP speaks the truth
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Founder – DRP speaks the truth
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October 18, 2013
Fri Oct 18, 2013 I, Anesia Baptiste, founder and leader of the newest political party in SVG – the Democratic Republican Party (DRP) held a Town Hal...