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A call for young persons
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August 3, 2012
Fri, Aug 3. 2012 Editor: The majority of adults today may see us as trees in the wilderness. Some of us are evergreen while others are everbrown. The ...
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Black Consciousness
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August 3, 2012
Fri, Aug 3. 2012   by Adaiah J Providence-Culzac cemsvg@gmail.com Have you ever forgotten that you were black? In the recent past, a few commentators...
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Protecting Bequia community assets
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July 27, 2012
Fri, Jul 27. 2012 Editor: This article is written to make transparent the recent attempts by Bequia Paradise Primary School to take over property and ...
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Sports article gives wrong impression
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July 27, 2012
Fri, Jul 27. 2012 Editor: Firstly, let me on behalf of the SVG Basketball Federation congratulate the Bequia Basketball Association for staging the op...
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Pay some attention to our hard-working nurses
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July 27, 2012
Fri, Jul 27. 2012 Editor: Some attention needs to be paid to the nurses and their services rendered. We cannot dispute that our nurses are caring and ...
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The gold rush
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July 27, 2012
Fri, Jul 27. 2012 Editor: Every 4 years the entire world makes a custom of competition called the Olympics, which rotates from country to country acco...
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Husband and wife serving as judges on OECS bench
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July 27, 2012
Fri, Jul 27. 2012 Editor: Guyana’s economic situation is going from bad to worse. Its export in rice, bauxite, sugar, gold, lumber and agriculture i...
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Stop violence against women
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July 27, 2012
Fri, Jul 27. 2012 Because He Loves Me by Heidi W. Badenock and Shamora L. Scott I cower in the corner as he stands nearby I cover my mouth as I try to...
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NEMO – an interesting organization
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July 24, 2012
Tue, Jul 24. 2012 Editor: I have been working for three decades, voluntarily and involuntarily, in institutions and organizations. However, I find the...
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Village Life and Arrowroot
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July 24, 2012
Tue, Jul 24. 2012 by Oswald Fereira madungo@shaw.ca There was a time when arrowroot was King in St Vincent. I grew up in the village of Park Hill, whe...
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Day of Fasting and Prayer
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: I am inviting all citizens of St Vincent and the Grenadines to join me in a day of fasting and prayer on Wednesday 25th July...
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Please represent SVG, Miss SVG
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: Please allow me a little space to express my views and observations on the recently held Miss Carival Show. A few weeks ago,...
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Agriculture and Sustainable Development in SVG
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: The Prime Minister made it clear, at the opening ceremony for the tissue culture laboratory in Orange Hill on June 19, that ...
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Change your ways, Mr Driver!
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: I feel impelled to write this article concerning a minibus driver who operates on the Leeward side of the island.{{more}} Th...
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Maintaining the Momentum
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”- Thomas Edison Having achieved...
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Life is truly amazing
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: Unlocking the mystery of life is one of the greatest challenges facing scientists today. Very few would doubt that we are bo...
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The church isn’t silent
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: Is the church silent? The answer is NO. Far too often the church is accused of being silent when it comes to national issues...
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PM Gonsalves, over to you, sir
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: RE SEARCHLIGHT ARTICLE “EMPRESS A BIT SAD AFTER CARNIVAL SUCCESS”- page 19 of July 13, 2012 edition. When I penned and p...
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Open letter to the Minister of Education
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: It is almost two years since the nation witnessed the emergence of a new set of faces at the helm of the Ministry of Educati...
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Wonderful nurses of SVG
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: I was admitted to hospital three months ago. I had to stay at male medical ward for a couple of days. As we all know, they a...
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Students act uncivilly at library
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: The National Public Library of St Vincent, sponsored by the Taiwanese government and ceremoniously opened on December 7th, 2...
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Village life in days of yore – Part 1
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July 17, 2012
by Oswald Fereira Tue, Jul 17. 2012 In this series, I will relate the relationships of village life in SVG as I experienced it growing up as a child i...
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Observations from 2012 Calypso Monarch finals
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: Sunny Banks’ Fire was put out by the Tsunami Fya Empress. Banks won an election for De Comrade, but could not win a calyps...
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Other Unionites made a bigger contribution
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: I here respond to a letter of July 6, 2012, titled “Is Lawyer Emmanuel Fatima Adams a forgotten hero?” I was dumbfounded...
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SVG should break with Scientology now!
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: In view of charges of child abuse by the church of Scientology (numerous references, including ABC’s Lateline and New York...
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Mothers, wake up and smell the coffee!
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: Traditionally, the cases of teenage pregnancy and the number of teenagers who had sexually transmitted infections were fewer...
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We are male deficient
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: It is often difficult to determine whether we are moving forward, marking time or going backwards. It depends on what aspect...
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Only in St Vincent and the Grenadines
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: Radio stations in SVG and their so-called talk show hosts are getting away with murder, because there are no human rights law...
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It’s time enough!!!
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: All business houses in SVG and, by extension, the entire world, depend on customers to make their enterprise profitable, but ...
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Netball tournament closing disgraceful
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: Disgraceful. That’s how I view the closing ceremony of the just concluded National Netball Tournament held on Monday, July ...
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Let us continue to pray for this nation
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: We are nearing the end of the carnival season. This weekend, no doubt, will be very active with carnival activities. While th...
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The justice system in SVG stinks!
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: We are Vincentians by reason of geography and law. Geography has only to do with the physical boundaries or the land which we...
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Is the YES programme a scam?
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July 3, 2012
Tue, Jul 3. 2012 Editor: I am a single parent mother of two. I have obtained O’levels from a well-known secondary institution about 9 years ago. I w...
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Re-hire ‘NDP teachers’
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July 3, 2012
Tue, Jul 3. 2012 Editor: There has been much debate and discussion on the failure by Government to rehire the three teachers who ran as candidates for...
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Grab and go with safe food
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July 3, 2012
Tue, Jul 3. 2012 We are definitely in the advanced stages of Vincy Carnival 2k12 and locals, as well as visitors, are enjoying the mas, music and the ...
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