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Why are we celebrating Christmas?
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December 20, 2011
Fri, Dec 20. 2011 Editor: As we celebrate Christmas, we often hold the impression that the rest of the world is also celebrating the birth of Christ. ...
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Who is Ernesto Cooke?
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December 20, 2011
Fri, Dec 20. 2011 Editor: About three months before the December 13, 2010 general elections, Ernesto Cooke, news announcer on WE FM Radio, approached ...
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Happy Birthday to our Centenary Headmistress
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December 16, 2011
Fri, Dec 16. 2011 Editor: Mrs. Andrea Clare Bowman née Keizer grew up in the walls of the Girls’ High School initially as a child of a teacher, the...
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Keep on improving, SEARCHLIGHT
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December 16, 2011
Fri, Dec 16. 2011 Editor: I must first of all congratulate SEARCHLIGHT NEWSPAPER in making the effort to be investigative in some of its reporting. Ke...
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Deputy Passes test
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December 16, 2011
Fri, Dec 16. 2011 Editor: The Deputy Police Commissioner Hadaway has passed his first test on the job.{{more}} His training as an SSU officer led to t...
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Something in the mortar besides the pestle?
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December 16, 2011
Fri, Dec 16. 2011 Editor: I write to endorse the sentiments expressed in Oscar Allen’s article on this country’s cocoa agreement with Armajaro whi...
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Open Letter to ‘One Love’ Bassy
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December 13, 2011
Tue, Dec 13. 2011 Dear One Love, “Mout open, ‘tory jump out”. How come yuh never told me that your girl Lieza can’t read nor write, but she kn...
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Let us be more caring this Christmas season
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December 13, 2011
Tue, Dec 13. 2011 Editor: It is the Christmas season, once again, and many are preoccupied with cleaning, painting and shopping. We no longer pay atte...
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Why Eustace’s IMF predictions fell flat
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December 13, 2011
Tue, Dec 13. 2011 Editor: We all know the story of the Boy who cried Wolf and the fatal lesson that boy learnt. There have been many attempts by the N...
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Time To Stand Against Crime and Violence
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December 13, 2011
by Dillon Ollivierre Tue, Dec 13. 2011 Time to stand! Time to counteract the crime and violence which seem to hold our country at ransom Time to unite...
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Is mum the word?
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December 13, 2011
Tue, Dec 13. 2011 Editor: I am beginning to feel that we have a bunch of “mouth champs” leading the countries in CARICOM. They are all - every las...
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Vincy bananas changing colours – What’s next?
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December 9, 2011
Fri, Dec 9. 2011 Editor: Through our fore-fathers, we have become involved in a multi-billion dollar global industry with one of the world’s most po...
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It is not too late to reduce the crimes
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December 9, 2011
Fri, Dec 9. 2011 Editor: The continued rise in crime and murder has raised the discussion on what can be done to improve this situation and minimize t...
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Cocoa questions need some answers
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December 9, 2011
Fri, Dec 9. 2011 Editor: The articles this MIDWEEK and last week on Cocoa by Oscar Allen have raised my interest in this project, not because I am a f...
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SVG, please wake up!
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December 9, 2011
Fri, Dec 9. 2011 Editor: Let me say something about the continuing and escalating violence in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.{{more}} I refuse to part...
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Government should re-employ the Teachers
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December 9, 2011
Fri, Dec 9. 2011 Editor: I have not felt this way about any government action since 1998. This feeling has welled up in me since October, when I reali...
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Renwick Rose – A true Vincy hero
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December 6, 2011
Tue, Dec 6. 2011 Editor: My name is Shemroy Roberts and I am a second year student at the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Community College, Division...
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Congrats to my friend Daniel Gaymes
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December 6, 2011
Tue, Dec 6. 2011 Editor: I wish to extend my congratulations to Daniel Gaymes who is celebrating his 59th anniversary as a pharmacist.{{more}} For tho...
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Let us apply ourselves to problem solving
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December 6, 2011
Tue, Dec 6. 2011 Editor: The crime rate in this country is very much cause for serious concern. Every crime committed is one too many, but the murders...
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A call for peace here in SVG
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December 2, 2011
Fri, Dec 2. 2011 Editor: We are witnessing a high rate of criminal activities in this our blessed land. Although it is rising, it is not as high as ma...
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Questions, answers about cocoa projects
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December 2, 2011
Fri, Dec 2. 2011 Editor: Q1. What is this cocoa company, Armajaro Trading Ltd. (ATL)? A1. ATL is a large company that is based in Mayfair, England. It...
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Of National Heroes and National Honours
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December 2, 2011
Fri, Dec 2. 2011 Editor: We have criteria for selecting national heroes, and we have a national hero. The urgent need - a need that should have been f...
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What can you do to help sport in SVG?
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November 29, 2011
Tue, Nov 29, 2010 Editor: Soccer is now midway through its season. Some teams seem to be better organized now, after playing their first five games.{{...
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The Netbook – The Real Education Revolution
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November 29, 2011
Tue, Nov 29, 2010 Editor: The one laptop per child initiative is the greatest educational investment in St Vincent and the Grenadines. The impact of t...
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It is important for our children to be confident
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November 29, 2011
Tue, Nov 29, 2010 Editor: The confidence of an individual more often than not determines his or her success in life. Someone who is confident and of h...
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Please stop the violence!
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November 25, 2011
Fri, Nov 25. 2011 Editor: Soroptimist International St. Vincent and the Grenadines is committed to support all actions to end all forms of violence ag...
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Education on the move in SVG!
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November 25, 2011
Fri, Nov 25. 2011 Editor: The perception of education in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has been growing and continuing successfully across the coun...
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Open letter to Prime Minister of Britain
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November 25, 2011
Fri, Nov 25. 2011 Dear Prime Minister, I read with some concern your comments that the Government of the United Kingdom will be withholding financial ...
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The refugee status situation
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November 25, 2011
Fri, Nov 25. 2011 Editor: The refugee status situation, where many Vincentians have applied for refugee status in Canada, is not a situation that shou...
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Managing small states: It’s not easy!
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November 25, 2011
by Nilio Gumbs Fri, Nov 25, 2010 SIDS is the acronym for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and also for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which metap...
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Take note of your energy
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November 22, 2011
Tue, Nov 22. 2011 Editor: Last week was recognized as Energy Week and persons were reminded of the sources of energy, the effect on the environment an...
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Assisting others break Canadian laws
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November 22, 2011
Tue, Nov 22. 2011 Editor: So the leader of the party in opposition (I refuse to refer to Arnhim Eustace as the Opposition Leader in SVG) is smart enou...
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Unintended consequences
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November 22, 2011
Tue, Nov 22. 2011 Editor: The article that appeared in the Toronto Star newspaper on November 12th brings to light a situation that has long been an o...
Universal Children’s Day
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Universal Children’s Day
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November 22, 2011
Tue, Nov 22. 2011 Universal Children’s Day Message by H.E. Jan Kavan, President of the Fifty-seventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly ...
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Tennis in SVG… My Perspective
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November 18, 2011
Fri, Nov 18. 2011 Editor, I have pondered for some time now as to whether I should voice my feelings on the game of Tennis in SVG. In particular to po...
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