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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...
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Back ‘n neck chicken: myth or reality?
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March 28, 2013
Thurs Mar 28, 2013 Editor: When the “Professor” sang the song “Big Belly Urmin”, at one point in between verses he was mockingly referring to ...
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Why do we pay NIS?
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March 28, 2013
Thurs Mar 28, 2013 Editor: I want to highlight a recent situation where I accompanied a close friend of mine to a Medical Board meeting at the Nationa...
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The new gay Bible and its perversions
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March 28, 2013
Thurs Mar 28, 2013 Editor: In a previous letter captioned “Christianity, the homosexual’s worst nightmare”, published in your newspaper two week...
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Use the intelligence, free will God gave us
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March 28, 2013
Thurs Mar 28, 2013 “Justice hath fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason.”– [Julius Caesar, Act III Scene 2, Anthony speaking.] E...
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Unfinished tasks in diaspora affairs – Part Two
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March 28, 2013
Thurs Mar 28, 2013 by Maxwell Haywood In part one of this article, I presented a brief overview and context of the relations between SVG and its sons ...
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Hanging in there
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March 28, 2013
The great economist, Kenneth Galbraith, long ago pointed out that according to the laws of thermodynamics, the bumblebee is not supposed to fly, but i...
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The abused need to emerge from their silence
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March 22, 2013
Fri Mar 22, 2013 Dear ST Vincent: International Women’s Day triggered a rash of public discussions and writings about violence and abuse, women’s ...
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Treat precious women better!
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March 22, 2013
Fri Mar 22, 2013 Editor: I commend the men of today’s society who treat women properly. Congrats! Keep it up! How great it will be if other men, who...
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The dyad of “Comrade” & “Son”
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March 22, 2013
Fri Mar 22, 2013 Recently, in this newspaper my article titled: “Greek Mythology and Vincy Politics” was published. Subsequent to the publication ...
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We will remember Hugo Chávez
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March 22, 2013
Fri Mar 22, 2013 Editor: I saw Hugo Chávez in action when I visited Venezuela in April 2010 for the ninth ALBA summit and to participate in that coun...
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Economic sustainability – SVG – Part 3
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March 19, 2013
Tue Mar 19, 2013 Editor: To further elaborate on the previous points made, if a country’s economy cannot find its head above water, one can be sure ...
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Commissioner, let your conscience be your guide
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March 19, 2013
Tue Mar 19, 2013 Editor: “Let your conscience be your guide, boy.” Even as I am now a man, I can still hear my mother’s words ringing in my ears...