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What has become of Anansi and his stories?
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February 5, 2013
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 Editor: If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would be at a great loss – Francois de la Rouchefoucauld.The tales of ...
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Let us not pass judgment on one another
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February 5, 2013
Tue, Feb 5, 2013 Editor: Over the weeks, I’ve read several interesting articles in this great paper regarding the gay lifestyle and with regard to G...
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Feed the children; the programme is for them!
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February 1, 2013
Fri, Feb 01, 2013 Editor: I was happy when the Hon. Girlyn Miguel mentioned in Parliament that no child should be deprived of lunch on the School Feed...
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PM and Police Comissioner, please call a meeting
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February 1, 2013
Fri, Feb 01, 2013 Editor: In last week’s newspaper, I read about a lad who alleged that some policemen of the Rapid Response Unit physically abused ...
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The best kept secret exposed
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February 1, 2013
Fri, Feb 01, 2013 Editor: There are some persons who regularly hurry expectantly to the Kingstown Methodist Church at midday every Wednesday throughou...
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STOP it! God did not make anyone gay
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February 1, 2013
Fri, Feb 01, 2013 Editor: It seems like the writer of the article " Don’t use God as the excuse for your animosity” was solely interested in accus...
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The BSA, no vision, no development plan
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February 1, 2013
Fri, Feb 01, 2013 Editor: Please permit me a space in your weekly newspaper to address an issue that I have found to be a worrying one. In your newspa...
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Let us not waste the ongoing financial crisis
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February 1, 2013
The OECS is in crisis. The crisis his manifested in several ways. Mainland Caricom countries have been growing at between three and four per cent per ...
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Don’t use God as the excuse for your animosity!
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January 29, 2013
Tue, Jan 29, 2013 Editor: I read, honestly with amusement, the views espoused by Ann-Marie Ballantyne (in her letter on 1/25/13) in regard to homosexu...
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Congratulations to Leroy Mulraine and F.I. Jack
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January 29, 2013
Tue Jan 29, 2013 Editor: Congrats are in order for those who have been given awards from the queen. I do, however, agree with my good friend Rollin St...
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Nature – observe and appreciate
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January 29, 2013
Tue, Jan 29, 2013 Editor, Everything you can imagine, nature has already created - Albert Einstein An act of creation, The art of imagination, Lent to...
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Signs of the Last Days
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January 29, 2013
Tue Jan 29, 2013 Editor: Based on the prophecies recorded in the Holy Bible, I have joined in the conclusion that we are in the last days. The Bible w...
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CXC celebrates 40th anniversary
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January 25, 2013
Fri Jan 25, 2013 Forty years ago on the 11th January 1973, the inaugural meeting of the Caribbean Examinations Council was held in Barbados. At this h...
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Questions for Karib Cable
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January 25, 2013
Fri, Jan 25, 2013 Editor: I kindly request publication of these few questions to Karib Cable for my edification. Dear Karib Cable, Your cable box cost...
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Politicians, it’s time to get serious!
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January 25, 2013
Fri, Jan 25, 2013 Editor: I am a frequent visitor to your lovely island. While here, I rely on the newspapers and radio to keep me informed on what is...
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Vincentians, examine your heARTs
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January 25, 2013
Fri, Jan 25, 2013 Dear St Vincent, Today is January 17, seven months to the day since a bullet entered the chest of our dear sister Jennifer and she d...
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Bet You Didn’t Know [4]
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January 25, 2013
Fri, Jan 25, 2013 Editor: This week the world is abuzz with the inauguration of the US second black president (hamburger eating, saxophone playing, si...
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Legacies of our lives
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January 22, 2013
Tue, Jan 22, 2013 Editor: Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you ...
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Canash…The Whole Truth (Part 1)
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January 22, 2013
Tue, Jan 22, 2013 Editor: Over the weekend, I came across video on the popular social network Facebook that featured the deplorable conditions of Cana...
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A Baby’s Cry
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January 18, 2013
Fri Jan 18, 2013 Mommy please don’t do this Please don’t give me my first and last kiss I was on the inside Waiting to see the outside To be in my...
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Bet you didn’t know [3]
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January 18, 2013
Fri Jan 18, 2013 Editor: “In regard to the colored people, there is always more that is benevolent, I perceive, than just, manifested towards us. Wh...
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The God Challenge
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January 18, 2013
Fri Jan 18, 2013 by: Adaiah Providence-Culzac Zhejiang University, China I have followed with delight Jomo Thomas’ Plain Talk column in the Vincenti...
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Some comrades are more equal than others
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January 15, 2013
Tue, Jan 15, 2013 Editor: Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves recently spoke at Hugo Chavez’s inauguration in Venezuela stating emphatically "Hugo Chavez...
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The sensibilities of spending
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January 15, 2013
Tue, Jan 15, 2013 The most substantial people are the most frugal; and make the least show and live at the least expense – Francis Moore Editor: Wit...
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Re: De Love Vine – Canada We Coming
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January 11, 2013
Fri Jan 11, 2013 Editor: I read with some interest and a good measure of amusement Bassy’s piece on the above caption which appeared in the Searchli...
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We must do something about LIME
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January 11, 2013
Fri Jan 11, 2013 Editor: We must do something about LIME. We cannot sit idly by and watch this company execute a policy that is inimical to the public...