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If money were everything
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March 6, 2009
06.MAR.09 EDITED: Today we now grasp the wisdom and vision of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves when he told a chest thumping Allen Stanford in that fate...
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Open letter to Prime Minister Dr. Gonsalves
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March 6, 2009
06.MAR.09 Re: Amendment to Representation of the People Act... Sir, I wish to draw your attention to an anomaly in the above captioned Act which needs...
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Why is DPP office still woefully understaffed?
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February 27, 2009
27.FEB.09 Editor: Does the Government of St. Vincent have confidence in the young Lawyers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines? I am forced to ask that q...
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Who will bell the cat?
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February 27, 2009
27.FEB.09 Editor: This story is about a bad cat which is terrorizing the rat population. At a general meeting, an old rat suggested that the cat be be...
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Eustace should apologise for gravedigger comment
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February 27, 2009
27.FEB.09 Editor: I was utterly amazed with the recent diatribe that came from the Leader of the Opposition at a townhall meeting. Mr. Eustace, who ad...
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How many are ripped off by faulty meters?
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February 27, 2009
27.FEB.09 Editor: In my experience with these utilities I have found it ironic that there are readers of meters and yet clients are over billed.{{more...
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Clerk of works absentees
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February 27, 2009
27.FEB.09 Editor: A stitch in time saves nine. With the global recession as it is, it’s time for our government to take a good look at its expenditu...
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Today, I am vindicated
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February 27, 2009
27.FEB.09 Editor: Several months ago when the matter of the merger of LIAT and Stanford’s Carib Star airline was being discussed, I voiced the opini...
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Open letter to Prime Minister Dr Gonalves
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February 27, 2009
27.FEB.09 Sir, I would like to draw your attention to the state of affairs at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, MCMH. You have tried your best to giv...
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The Kenneth John Prize for Literature
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February 27, 2009
by Dr. Richard A. Byron-Cox 27.FEB.09 My memory bank records that Dr. Kenneth John first came to my consciousness at the turn of the 70s when he addre...
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Are public servants a privileged group?
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 EDITOR: Since 2001, it appears as though the ULP government has gone out of its way to make public servants, teachers, nurses and the police...
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Death Penalty revisited
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 EDITOR: My sympathies and prayers go out to the Dennie family on the loss of their son. No family deserves to lose a member that way. I am a...
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Rethinking Education
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February 20, 2009
by Nilio Gumbs 20.FEB.09 The emphasis on Early Childhood Education, numeracy and literacy and universal access to secondary education are noble gestur...
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Stop playing that smut on the radio
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 EDITOR: I know the radio stations provide an important service to the community. But I have a big problem with certain radio stations in SVG...
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Toronto Vincies to meet Sunday, February 22
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 Dear Members & Friends, This is to remind you of the general membership meeting of The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Association of Toronto...
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Sir Louis late in congratulating Obama
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 EDITOR: SVG Foreign Minister should hang his head in shame in being 15 days late in congratulating President Barack Obama on his historic in...
Deep potholes eyesore in SVG
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Deep potholes eyesore in SVG
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 EDITOR: A pothole jumped out and grabbed my front tire and as I heard my mudguard crack, I wondered why some potholes never seem to get fixe...
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Cuban women’s group changed my outlook
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 EDITOR: Permit me a small space in your paper to express a few ideas. I was just a part of a three-day visit of two Cuban delegates from two...
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Drivers totally fed up with gaping potholes
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February 20, 2009
20.FEB.09 Editor: The conditions of the road on the Leeward side of the island continue to be in a deplorable condition. The large potholes are gettin...
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Where has all this money gone?
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 EDITOR: I write to you in my capacity as Leader of the socially conscious SVG Green Party and as a concerned citizen of St Vincent and the G...
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A warning to all pitbull owners
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 EDITOR: Is it really a joke to some pitbull owners that these dogs are dangerous? It seems that way. Why do I say so? Some pitbull owners, l...
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Just a simple case of mismanagement
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 EDITOR: Following the broadcast of the statements made by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, a number of workers at the hospital, particula...
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General elections will be called soon
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 EDITOR: I’m of the opinion that Dr. Gonsalves will call general elections before it is constitutionally due. If you are asking why I am sa...
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Empowering the road side vendors
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February 13, 2009
by Nilio Gumbs 13.FEB.09 Some time ago, I wrote an article titled the “Growing Informal Economy”, postulating different reasons for such a recent ...
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The nature and influence of patriarchy
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February 13, 2009
by Althea Perkins 13.FEB.09 Men are the head of households. You can’t do what the guys do and still be a lady. Men are rational thinkers. Women are ...
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A bill to kill
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February 13, 2009
by Oscar Allen 13.FEB.09 The new banana industry bill now before Parliament is completely out of line with the stage that the industry has reached and...
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Is Valentine the same as ancient time?
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 Editor: The celebration of Valentine is linked to a Roman holiday - Lupercalia, which shared most of the customs incorporated today into the...
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Isn’t pilfering stealing, however you look at it?
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February 13, 2009
13.FEB.09 EDITOR: So the Nurses Association concedes that there is “pilfering” at the Hospital, but is of the view that it is small compared to th...
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Free to be… Feminist
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February 13, 2009
Andil Gosine 13.FEB.09 One of the best-kept secrets about feminism is this: women’s liberation is good for men. We have heard a great deal about how...
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The church and its influence
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 Editor: Many persons have claimed that the church has failed to effectively influence our young people in a positive direction. Such a state...
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Crowding out effect in the merchandizing sector
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 Editor: Some time ago, divine intervention spared the government from any diatribe that may have been leveled against it for the removal of ...
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Congratulations on a job well done
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 EDITOR: Fellow Vincentians, without any bias, I must congratulate the staff and inmates of HMP for making us very proud during our last Chri...
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Is the Teachers’ Union being misled again?
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 EDITOR: The current leadership of the SVG Teachers’ Union seems to be misleading their members again. Having erred late last year, in refu...
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This officer needs to go for more training
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 Editor: Please allow me to share my pure views on an article which appeared in the newspapers on January 27, 2009. It appeared in the Search...
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Valentine’s Day: what really is it all about?
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 EDITOR: At this time of the year, and more specifically February 14, which is referred to as Valentine’s Day, many claim to be celebrating...
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Message from Toronto SVG Association
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February 6, 2009
06.FEB.09 Dear SVGAT members, patriots and friends, the time has come when we as people of one nation are called upon to carry the torch as a people o...
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‘Browness’ raising its ugly head again
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: Please permit me a space in your weekly newspaper. I could remember during the year 2008 I wrote about the “browness” that was a...
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Why was SVG Green Party not invited?
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: On Monday, January 26, 2009, a new Supervisor of Elections was sworn in by His Excellency the Governor-General. Representatives from...
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Obama, Ralph and ‘Together Now!’
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 EDITOR: Both Comrade Ralph and President Obama have preached “Together Now”. Ralph must know by now that the Opposition NDP and the NDP-...
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Develop yourself inside out
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January 30, 2009
30.JAN.09 Editor: There is an inner side of us yearning for outward expression but is very often denied the opportunity. Progress and success for many...