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Principals, take a hint from student
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July 12, 2013
Fri Jul 12, 2013 Editor: At a recent primary school’s graduation ceremony, a female student did something noteworthy that we all can appreciate.{{mo...
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Discontented with KFC
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July 12, 2013
Fri Jul 12, 2013 Editor: I would like to air my dissatisfaction on the limited and unhygienic services provided by KFC during the Carnival season. I w...
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Let safety be your watchword for Carnival 2013
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July 5, 2013
Fri July 5, 2013 In the midst of all the fun and revelry, SEARCHLIGHT encourages everyone to play it safe as we approach the climax of the 2013 festiv...
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Historical Notes
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July 5, 2013
Historical Notes this week focuses on 1963 Carnival because of the big hype about the 50th Anniversary of Band of the Year. I was somewhat sceptical a...
Be careful of what you consume for Carnival 2013
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Be careful of what you consume for Carnival 2013
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July 5, 2013
FOOD HANDLERS AND BUYERS, PAY ATTENTION TO THESE TIPS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE AN INCIDENT FREE CARNIVAL. 1. Hot foods need to be sold hot and cold food, s...
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Carnival – whose festival?
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July 5, 2013
Fri July 5, 2013 Editor: The time of year is here which revellers would desire to have all year round. A time of "feting, drinking, masquerading, gett...
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Potential Power
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July 2, 2013
Tue July 2, 2013 Editor: Potential Power Dormant but not extinct Is the clear cut voice Of the youths Overlooked by our leaders,{{more}} Is a loose of...
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Let Mount Wynne/Peter’s Hope be our Disneyland
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July 2, 2013
Tue July 2, 2013 Editor: Don’t be confused. This is "food for thought”; hence, let’s chew upon it. Where I live at Coxheath, Edinboro, I have a ...
How not to treat your pets
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How not to treat your pets
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June 28, 2013
Fri June 28, 2013 Editor: Last week, VSPCA received a call from someone in Calliaqua about a neighbour’s dog who they felt was being abused. When on...
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Pay some attention to Glen and Lodge Village
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June 28, 2013
Fri June 28, 2013 Editor: Many thanks to the government for patching holes in some of the areas from Layou upwards. We know it is not the ideal soluti...
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Historical Notes
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June 28, 2013
All for Steel Pan! “A Man Preparing for Carnival” (The Vincentian, February 11, 1950) “Alfred Audain of Layou was arrested and charged for the l...
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A word to the wise is enough
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June 25, 2013
Tue June 25, 2013 Editor: It might be shocking to many persons to hear that Satan the Devil is on the prowl day and night right in our very neighbourh...
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SVG retired nurses’ association launched
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June 25, 2013
Tue June 25, 2013 Editor: The St Vincent and the Grenadines Retired Nurses Association (SVGRNA) would like to express their heartfelt thanks and appre...
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Abolish appeals to Privy Council
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June 25, 2013
Tue June 25, 2013 Editor: Now that the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has ruled that there is no need for a referendum for St Lu...
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Charity begins at home
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June 25, 2013
Tue June 25, 2013 Editor: One of the things that I like to do is listening to the news, whether local, regional or international, because I do not wan...
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The Education Revolution
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June 21, 2013
Fri June 20, 2013 Editor: I believe that the Education Revolution will be tested in the 2015 General Election. For instance, children who were six yea...
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Stop making fools of yourselves on Facebook
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June 21, 2013
Fri June 20, 2013 Editor: I want to bring to the attention of the public, and especially all users of Facebook, the need to act wisely, with common se...
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Shooting yourself in your own foot
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June 21, 2013
Fri June 20, 2013 Editor: On Friday May 31, 2013, I wrote an article in The News newspaper with the caption "Disturbing”, and then on June 4, it was...
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Justice system is too fenced in
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June 18, 2013
Tue June 18, 2013 Editor: Our justice system is operating from laws and principles which are found in God’s word – the Holy Bible. The Bible conta...
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It’s time to take stock
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June 18, 2013
Tue June 18, 2013 Editor: We are in the heat of the carnival. It is considered a time for revelry, jumping up and drinking of alcohol, as well as a ti...
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Those bright white lights
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June 18, 2013
Tue June 18, 2013 EDITOR: I have been driving for the last 29 years and I know that as a driver, you have to be considerate to other road users, but d...
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West India Regiment’s radio programme
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June 18, 2013
Tue June 18, 2013 Editor: On Sunday, June 9 2013, the West India Regiment, as part of their 6th biennial reunion, had a radio programme on Hitz FM, ho...
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The protection of pensions and retirement funds
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June 18, 2013
Tue June 18, 2013 Judith Veira's supreme command of long-term risk management issues was demonstrated at the Peace Memorial Hall on April 17, 2013, wh...
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Outrider nearly killed me
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June 14, 2013
Fri June 14, 2013 Editor: I was driving south on the Road to Leeward one afternoon, and having passed CWSA, was approaching the “Bottom Garden’s G...
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A response to Jomo – My take on the 1935 riots
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June 14, 2013
l Continued from last week This is my third article on the 1935 riots, which started as a response to Jomo. I wanted to make a few points then, but ha...
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The Caribbean: In search of lost competitiveness
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June 14, 2013
Fri June 14, 2013 Over the past two decades, the Caribbean has experienced relatively low economic growth, particularly in its tourism-based countries...
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Where is the Caribbean in the OAS Drug Report?
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June 14, 2013
Fri June 14, 2013 by Adaiah J Providence-Culzac Since the "revolt" by drugs wary countries of the region at the Sixth Summit of the Americas in 2012, ...
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33rd anniversary of the death of Walter Rodney
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June 11, 2013
Tue June 11, 2013 Editor: It was on June 14, 1980, when, for the first time, the BBC 7:15 Caribbean report was blocked from the Guyana Broadcasting Co...
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Unite for a better future
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June 7, 2013
Fri June 7, 2013 Editor: This is for the ordinary people. For too long the system has been designed to deprive us of having a better standard of livin...
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Meritocracy
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June 7, 2013
Fri June 7, 2013 Editor: Meritocracy is a good idea, but how practicable is it in SVG? In meritocracy, jobs are given based on merit, in terms of qual...