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Alvis Cox remembered
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March 12, 2010
by Ken Wyllie - (USA) 12.MAR.10 I was saddened by the news of the passing of Mr Alvis Cox of Troumaca (formerly of Couls Hill). It was also disturbing...
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Farewell, Sylvester ‘Scobie’ Taylor
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March 5, 2010
05.MAR.10 EDITOR: I write to say FAREWELL to Sylvester “Scobie” Taylor following his passing and to thank him for his contribution towards the tot...
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Need for balanced Talk show hosts and journalists
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March 5, 2010
05.MAR.10 Editor: Currently there is a lack of balanced, unbiased journalists and talk show hosts. Most of them are politically biased. They have fail...
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Freedom of Speech in SVG is an illusion
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March 5, 2010
EDITOR: Not long ago, I was reading with a cynical smile on my face about the accolades won by St. Vincent and the Grenadines according to internation...
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Who do you think is fit enough to lead SVG?
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March 5, 2010
EDITOR: My fellow Vincentians, this is an honest cry of love for this nation coming from the depths of my heart, so I pray that you will take the time...
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Church Come up Hither!
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March 5, 2010
05.MAR.10 EDITOR: First, I wish to gratefully thank this newspaper for giving me the opportunity to share with you. Believers of our nation, it has be...
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Just killing all my birds with one stone
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February 26, 2010
26.FEB.10 Editor: I have a little bit to say about different things, so I figured I’d kill all my birds with one stone. 1. Can somebody please do so...
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We are all here to build this nation
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February 26, 2010
26.FEB.10 Editor: According to Eyler Robert Coates Sr (1999), Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, in 1787 stated: “The basis of ...
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A little perspective on the Anesia Baptiste matter
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February 26, 2010
26.FEB.10 Editor: Lost amid the breathless hyperbole and partisan propaganda over the Anesia Baptiste disciplinary proceedings was any semblance of an...
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My piece on Anesia Baptiste
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February 26, 2010
26.FEB.10 Editor: A famous 18th Century Religious writer once said: “No one can be true to principle without exciting opposition”. Every true-hear...
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Will NDP find money to finish the airport?
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February 26, 2010
26.FEB.10 Editor: Statements made recently at an NDP Press Conference by the leader of the party Arnhim Eustace regarding their position on the constr...
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Water woes in Buccament/ Cane Grove area
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February 19, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: Having left the island several months ago for medical treatment, I returned a few days ago only to be informed that a recent surge i...
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Price control should be placed on basic food items
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February 19, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: While striving to make ends meet and survive in these hard economic times, it is important that there be regular checks on goods tha...
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It’s unfair to lock latecomers out
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February 19, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: I must commend the Dr JP Eustace Memorial Secondary School’s principal and teachers on their hard work. Conversely, I am astonishe...
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What is our society really coming to?
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February 19, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: I read with amusement and dismay an article about a young lady and her pet goat, published in your paper on February 5, 2010. I was ...
The founding mothers and fathers of our nation
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The founding mothers and fathers of our nation
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February 19, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: In every nation’s history, governments of the past contributed to National Development through the implementation of economic poli...
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Eustace makes no commitment to airport project
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February 19, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: On Wednesday this week, at a press conference, Mr. Arnhim Eustace clarified his and his party’s position on the Argyle Internation...
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Is the New Democratic Party for real?
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February 19, 2010
19.FEB.10 Editor: Is NDP for real? They seem to be a party uncertain where they stand and without any plan or direction. In the referendum you had Dr....
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Great potential for sea salt
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Editor: I wonder how many Vincentians who harbour our self-imposed status of poverty, have gone into the big Supermarkets and looked at the ...
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Pre-school teachers treated unfairly
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Editor: Pre-school teachers were placed in Early Childhood Centres last September by the Ministry of Education. To date, no official has had...
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The NDP had its own Education Revolution
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Editor: The writer in an article ‘What is NDP’S Position on the Education Revolution’ highlighted the achievement of the education rev...
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A call to the People of God
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Editor: Matthew 24: 7, 8... And there shall be famines and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. All these are the beginning of s...
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Let us rise above the petty politics
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Editor: The recent historical case in which the police officers were fined for abusing the youngster is indeed a welcome sign that police of...
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Stay Awake hosts need to wake up
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 Editor: Permit a little space to respond to the host of “STAY AWAKE” programme. I am in the habit of scanning through radio stations at ...
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God is fully in control, not man
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February 12, 2010
12.FEB.10 EDITOR: As I reflected on what transpired in 2009 in respect of the Referendum, I really wondered why the result went the way in which it di...
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The NDP’s Bad John talk
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February 12, 2010
by: Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox 12.FEB.10 Banter, trading insults, character assassination and abusive language have always been commonplace in exchanges...
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Security search en route to Grenadines
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February 5, 2010
05.FEB.10 Editor: There is a situation in SVG where if you are traveling to a Grenadine Island via plane where you are literally strip searched. On al...
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Did ULP deliver in their 9 years?
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February 5, 2010
05.FEB.10 Editor: When I heard that Prime Minister Gonsalves removed Senator Francis as a Minister I was not surprised. Why? It is said that Mr. Franc...
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An appeal to the NDP and ULP Leadership
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February 5, 2010
05.FEB.10 Editor: Throngs of supporters of the two warring political parties here, the New Democratic Party and the incumbent Unity Labour Party, conv...
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Parking here, there and anywhere in SVG
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February 5, 2010
05.FEB.10 Editor: We have over 24,000 registered vehicles in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, so I expect that we will have many road and safety issues...
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As daring as can be – the New Democratic Party
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February 5, 2010
05.FEB.10 Editors: It is not important how hard we work. More important is the ease with which we work and get things done. Capital Kingstown exemplif...
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Saving the Savers but Controlling the Public Debt
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February 5, 2010
Vincentians do not often get in trouble over investments. Some will say it is because we do so little investing. The biggest investment most Vincentia...
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Rethinking Haiti
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January 29, 2010
by Oscar Allen 29.Jan.10 When the Jamaican John Hearne declared that “History is the angel that we Caribbean Jacobs have to wrestle with to receive ...
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Why us? What are we voting for?
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January 29, 2010
29.Jan.10 Editor: Permit me space in your newspaper to cleanse myself of some things that have been upsetting me. For too long now, the people of Mayr...
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Congratulations
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January 29, 2010
29.Jan.10 Editor: Congratulations are in order for Rose Bank, my village, for winning the Vincy Home Coming competition, and also to the newly formed ...
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Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has served SVG well
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January 29, 2010
29.Jan.10 Editor: It may be said that I am a very biased “Labour Hog”. But I want to believe that I am an objective individual, an independent thi...
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SVG national debt well managed
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January 29, 2010
29.Jan.10 Editor: The well crafted, bold, focused, yet sensitive and caring $913 Million (2010) Budget may have surprised many as it did not have new ...
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Is Ralph a Ground Dove?
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January 29, 2010
by: Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox 29.Jan.10 As this year progresses, I expect the political heat to consistently rise, reaching boiling lava temperature by...
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Leadership is vital in small countries
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January 22, 2010
22.Jan.10 Editor: People vote for all sorts of reasons, some of these are purely emotional and some are rational. Usually there is a mix of both reaso...