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National Heroes: Eligibility vs Suitability
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May 3, 2013
Dr J.P. Eustace standing tall Editor: In the Midweek Searchlight edition of April 23rd, 2013, an interesting survey was published. The question posed:...
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Some parents are very ungrateful
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May 3, 2013
Fri May 03, 2013 Editor: This is what I am never quite able to understand. The YWCA, as a provider, gives parents the opportunity to have their childr...
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False prophets blinding us spiritually
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May 3, 2013
Fri May 03, 2013 Editor: Please publish this article, which will hopefully open the eyes of our people who are being led to the slaughter by wolves in...
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334 days – Still no action
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May 3, 2013
Fri May 03, 2013 Editor: May 3 marks 11 months since my father was murdered while attempting to investigate the presence of a Venezuelan vessel in the...
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Our National Essence for Sale – Part 1
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April 26, 2013
Fri Apr 26, 2013 by Louise Mitchell-Joseph and Vonnie Roudette Is our national essence for sale? The answer is a resounding “Yes!” What should we ...
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Stop this, before someone gets hurt
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April 26, 2013
Fri Apr 26, 2013 Editor: I use this forum to bring to everyone’s attention a bad and worrying habit that seems to have become a norm here in St Vinc...
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SVG Will Rise
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April 26, 2013
Fri Apr 26, 2013 by Glenroy Delpeche (Homey) I was born here in this blessed land I am true bred Vincentian But it hurts my heart to see The segregati...
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Message to all workers
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April 26, 2013
Fri Apr 26, 2013 Editor: When things need to be done, we usually stick together, we being workers and it’s usual work for us. Together we fought for...
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Unscrupulous Business Owners and Justice
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April 26, 2013
Fri Apr 26, 2013 Editor: Society's foundation is its people and these are of all ages. The young should be taught values and good qualities at a very ...
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Tourism against crime
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April 23, 2013
Tue Apr 23, 2013 Editor: The region seeks a way to, once and for all, solve the burdening crime situation in our countries. Whether big or small, the ...
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Talk, talk and more talk
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April 23, 2013
Tue Apr 23, 2013 Editor: Grenadian born law professor Simeon Mc Intosh went to his grave a few weeks ago, without seeing his country and nine other CA...
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Cultural anomaly? Hardly!
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April 23, 2013
by Benson Feddows Tue Apr 23, 2013 Sociologist, author, diplomat, politician: the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, predecessor in the United Stat...
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Bet you didn’t know [8]
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April 19, 2013
Fri Apr 19, 2013 by: Frank E da Silva There are those who, either by themselves or through surrogates and assorted sycophants, who publish worthless t...
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Put school buses in private hands
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April 19, 2013
Fri Apr 19, 2013 Editor: School has once again reopened. It is hoped that there would be a solution to the transportation of children to school, both ...
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Come on LIME, this is utterly ridiculous!
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April 19, 2013
Fri Apr 19, 2013 Editor: It’s too much now! It is enough! Utterly ridiculous! Really, is it fair for us to be paying LIME our Internet bills each mo...
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Decisive steps needed now to rescue CARICOM
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April 19, 2013
Fri Apr 19, 2013 Editor: The comment made by Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart that “the regional integration movement is alive and well” ha...
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Leave Chatoyer as our only National Hero
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April 16, 2013
Tue Apr 16, 2013 Editor: It is true that other Caribbean nations have a raft of national heroes, but that does not make it a trend that we must follow...
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Watch that chant!
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April 16, 2013
Tue Apr 16, 2013 Editor: I am not sure how many people in St Vincent and the Grenadines have ever chanted "Yud, He, Vau, He”, or have even had the o...
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Tribute to Mr Ormond Cyril Forde
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April 16, 2013
Tue Apr 16, 2013 THIS lecture series is dedicated to the memory of Mr Ormond Cyril Forde. Mr Forde was a pioneer in the financial development of St Vi...
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In need of political maturity
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April 16, 2013
Tue Apr 16, 2013 Editor: There is need for political maturity in this country. Both the electorate and some politicians have left much to be desired i...
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PM Gonsalves repents: “Caricom on Pause”
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April 16, 2013
Tue Apr 16, 2013 by Adaiah J Providence-Culzac As a good Catholic, Prime Minister Dr The Hon. Ralph Gonsalves was moved to repentance in a February 09...
Little Vincy boy storms Iranian university
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Little Vincy boy storms Iranian university
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April 16, 2013
by Contributor Tue Apr 16, 2013 Recently, there has been a lot of talk (some say hogwash) about the “insignificance” of SVG, and by extension Vinc...
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Sandy Lane Hotel victorious at CCJ
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April 12, 2013
Fri Apr 12, 2013 by D'Andra Lewars, Norman Manley Law School In a recent case before the Caribbean Court of Justice, Ms. Brigitte Laurayne claimed tha...
Baroness Thatcher, an appreciation
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Baroness Thatcher, an appreciation
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April 12, 2013
by Sir James Mitchell Fri Apr 12, 2013 I thought I should place on record, on behalf of our people in St Vincent and the Grenadines, an appreciation o...
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I support PR’s view
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April 12, 2013
Fri Apr 12, 2013 Editor: I must commend and give my support to Bro. ‘PR’ Campbell for the views expressed on Monday of this week in his popular we...
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Bet You Didn’t Know [7]
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April 12, 2013
Fri Apr 12, 2013 Editor: “In spite of law and gospel, despite statues which thralled him and opportunities which jeered at him, he made himself by t...
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People afraid to speak on politics
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April 9, 2013
Tue Apr 9, 2013 Editor: Ninety-nine per cent of Vincentians are afraid to speak on political issues in this country. When one can read the newspaper, ...
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PM Gonsalves repents: ‘CARICOM on pause’
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April 9, 2013
Tue Apr 9, 2013 Editor: As a good Catholic, Prime Minister Dr Hon. Ralph Gonsalves was moved to repentance in a February 9, 2012 letter to Ambassador ...
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George Hamilton Charles and the history of SVG
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April 9, 2013
Tue Apr 9, 2013 Editor: Say the name George Charles in Caribbean circles and people immediately think of George Charles in St Lucia; but there is a Ge...
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The Iron Lady – Margaret Thatcher
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April 9, 2013
Tue Apr 9, 2013 Editor: The passing of Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister, has brought favourable comments from world leaders and other ...
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A low-down, dirty SHAME!
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April 5, 2013
Fri Apr 5, 2013 Editor: I would like to express my deepest disgust for the events of Thursday, March 21, 2013 (Inter-Secondary Schools Sports). Tradit...
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Elections Equations 2015
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April 5, 2013
Thirteen Two, Thirteen Two Zero or Fifteen Zero by Benson Feddows Fri Apr 5, 2013 General elections in St Vincent and the Grenadines are not constitut...
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Enough is enough, Mr Commissioner
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April 5, 2013
Fri Apr 5, 2013 Editor: The Commissioner of Police is clearly benefitting from an extended level of tolerance from the Director of Public Prosecutions...
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Is the teaching of hellfire really true?
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April 5, 2013
Fri Apr 5, 2013 Editor: Is hellfire really a true teaching? Can we imagine that God, who is loving, will torment bad people in fire, for countless bil...
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What does the death of Jesus Christ mean to you?
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April 5, 2013
Fri Apr 5, 2013 Editor: At this time, many professed Christians and others stop to celebrate “Easter”. They say that they are celebrating the deat...
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Easter or Passover?
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April 5, 2013
Fri Apr 5, 2013 Editor: It is certainly a peculiar phenomenon to observe how nominal Christianity has substituted other “holy” days for those whic...