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October 18, 2013
Fri Oct 18, 2013 Dear Searchlight, Please accept my sincere apologies for errors which crept into my Round Table feature of 15-10-13. The title of my ...
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October 15, 2013
Tue Oct 15, 2013 Editor: As we celebrate independence we should remember Robert Milton Cato. Putting aside our political affiliation, we must agree th...
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October 11, 2013
Fri Oct 11, 2013 Editor: A student writes an offensive note and for this she is expelled, I certainly do not condone insolence, but as parents and, by...
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October 11, 2013
Fri Oct 11, 2013 Editor: Recently with the naming of three new senators in the house of Assembly, the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines ...
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October 11, 2013
Fri Oct 11, 2013 Editor: While selfishness would have kept me miles from writing this letter, I have decided that it is true that man must be his brot...
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October 11, 2013
Precis of Information concerning the colony of Saint Vincent â prepared by Lt. Governor George Dundas, December 31, 1879 "Kingstown, the capital, is...
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October 11, 2013
Fri Oct 11, 2013 Editor: I am a student from Richland Park now studying at St Augustine, UWI. I have met Mr Kirk Da Silva on at least three occasions ...
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October 8, 2013
Tue Oct 8, 2013 Editor: The legalizing of homosexuality is a deliberate disobedience of Godâs command.{{more}} Leviticus chapter 18, verse 22 says: ...
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October 8, 2013
Tue Oct 8, 2013 Editor: There continues to be much discussion on the use of marijuana for medical purposes. While we can agree that it is the least ha...
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October 8, 2013
Tue Oct 8, 2013 Editor: St Vincent and the Grenadines is a small country with a high density of ethnicities contained in a small area. Additionally, t...
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October 8, 2013
Tue Oct 8, 2013 Editor: Iâm assuring you that Iâm not losing my mind; the way things are going, I have to remain focused. Whenever I write or shar...
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October 8, 2013
Tue Oct 8, 2013 Editor: Most of SVG is aware of the present crisis in St Josephâs Convent, Kingstown. Unfortunately this scenario also affects the M...
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October 4, 2013
Fri Oct 04, 2013 Editor: I am grateful to have this article published in your weekly newspaper. I am indeed obliged to write because of the seemingly ...
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October 4, 2013
Fri Oct 04, 2013 Your money is a huge part of your life. It can determine what you can or cannot do and where you can or cannot go. Learning how to ma...
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October 4, 2013
Kingstown in the 1820s Kingstown...is long and narrow. There are three long streets running parallel from one end of the town to the other. The bay st...
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October 4, 2013
Fri Oct 9, 2013 Most of the speaking we do every day is spontaneous or impromptu speaking. Whether we are in informal discussion with colleagues, havi...
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October 1, 2013
Tue Oct 01, 2013 Editor: When Commissioner Mr Keith Miller was sent home on pre-retirement leave, I remember the SEARCHLIGHT newspaper anticipating th...
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October 1, 2013
Tue Oct 01, 2013 Editor: I happened to be passing outside one of the leading secondary schools while assembly was being held and was very disappointed...
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October 1, 2013
Tue Oct 01, 2013 by Suzanne Joachim B.B.A, MA (HRM - Merit) Anecdotal evidence suggests that trade and investment agencies, such as Invest SVG (former...
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October 1, 2013
Tue Oct 01, 2013 Editor: St Vincent and the Grenadines is a small country with a high density of ethnicities contained in a small area. Additionally, ...
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September 27, 2013
by Oscar Ramjeet Fri Sep 27, 2013 THE Magna Carta of 1215 secured trial by jury -- 12 men to make a decision or examine findings of fact, which are th...
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September 27, 2013
Dr. A Nicholls' Trip to St.Vincent and the Grenadines (May 8 to June 18,1891) "Visit to Owia" "After reaching the Carib settlement, the coast becomes ...
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September 27, 2013
Fri Sep 27, 2013 Editor: How did humanity, in particular the youth, manage to survive the scourge of openly available marijuana for all of civilizatio...
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September 27, 2013
Fri Sep 27, 2013 Part 1 by Robertson S. Henry and Andre de Caires  By letter dated September 02, 2013, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadin...
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September 24, 2013
Tue Sep 24, 2013 Editor: My friend Jomo is now a new senator in Parliament. I read and heard about Mr Jomo Thomas in 2008; I always wanted to meet him...
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September 24, 2013
Tue Sep 24, 2013 Editor: The recent statements by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in response to a question of decriminalizing homosexuality in SVG is ...
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September 24, 2013
Tue Sep 24, 2013 by Tyrone Jack Chief Pharmacist Marijuana plants have been used since antiquity for both herbal medication, religious ceremonies and ...
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September 24, 2013
Tue Sep 24, 2013 Editor: Ethanol (ethyl alcohol, drinking alcohol) is a psychoactive drug and the main psychoactive ingredient in alcoholic beverages....
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September 24, 2013
Tue Sep 24, 2013 by Dr. Victor M. Villalobos Director General of IICA Following the gracious invitation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Fa...
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September 20, 2013
Fri Sep 20, 2013 Dear Jomo, Warm greetings on this blest day. I write to assure you that, as you enter Parliamentary politics in the fold of the Unity...
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September 20, 2013
Fri Sep 20, 2013 Editor: Homosexuality is a sin against the very nature of God. In the Bible, we are told that God made both male and female (Mark 10:...
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September 20, 2013
Fri Sep 20, 2013 Editor: Now that Iâve had time to assimilate whatâs been really going on in our country, after returning home for the past four m...
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September 20, 2013
by Frank E. da Silva Fri Sep 20, 2013 âThis is not a moral judgment although one might observe that marijuana consumption probably wreaks no more ha...
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September 17, 2013
Tue Sep 17, 2013 Editor: While the crime rate continues to rise in our country and worldwide, some churches seem to be breeding grounds for lawlessnes...
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September 17, 2013
Tue Sep 17, 2013 Editor: The promotion of nuclear energy as a safe form of energy comes from a one-sided view on the issue. The argument that nuclear ...
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September 17, 2013
Tue Sep 17, 2013 Dear St Vincent, It is some time since I have written to you, as I continue to process the trauma of past events. Each time I hear ab...
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September 17, 2013
Tue Sep 17, 2013 by Oscar Ramjeet St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is busy dealing with reparations from the United Ki...
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September 13, 2013
Tue Sep 13, 2013 September 6, 2013 Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing to express my total disappointment and disgust with your flight attendant on duty yest...
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A teenager, who stole a Corea’s shirt from someone’s clothes line, and wore it in Massy Stores where he allegedly stole more than $100 worth of items ...
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November 4, 2025
A young man who beat his baby’s mother in her face with a stick, and struck her brother while he was defending her, was remanded pending sentencing. J...
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Leader of the Opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), Dr. Godwin Friday wants the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines to have full confidence in th...
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Persons who want access to a top-class venue for the staging of their events now have access, at a price, to Invest SVG’s newly developed facility on ...
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