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Urban renewal in SVG
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May 26, 2006
by Sherrill-Ann Mason  26.MAY.06 It was with pleasure that I welcomed the establishment of the new Urban Development Ministry and more recently the c...
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Christians and carnival
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May 26, 2006
26.MAY.06 Editor: Carnival, which is widely regarded as culture, is loved and participated by many, including Christians. But should a Christian be in...
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Is freedom of speech still alive?
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May 19, 2006
19.MAY.06 Editor: Some persons are saying freedom of speech is under threat in this country. When Dr. Gonsalves came on the scene, I felt that he brou...
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The Church as a nation builder
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May 19, 2006
19.MAY.06 Editor: Many people knock the government. Few people knock the Church. This is unfair, because the Church is the senior partner in the kingd...
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Salt and Pepper work Together Now!
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May 19, 2006
19.MAY.06 EDITOR: I am responding to Pepper's letter in the Searchlight of April 28, 2006. In the article The A.P.A. Normalization of Homosexuality, a...
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Gov’t should say no to legalised prostitution
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May 19, 2006
19.MAY.06 Editor: This is in response to Oscar Ramjeet’s letter in your May 12 issue “Should Oldest Profession Be Legalized?” Isn’t it enough ...
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One year since passing of a Caribbean legend
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May 19, 2006
19.MAY.06 Editor: It seems like yesterday when I received the news at 8:45 p.m. on May 20, 2005 on the passing of my best friend and spiritual rock, S...
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Phonological awareness essential for beginners
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May 19, 2006
19.MAY.06 Editor: In response to HJA's letter on "Understanding English Language", Searchlight Newspaper – May 5, 2006, about his/her concerns in te...
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Should oldest profession be legalized?
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May 12, 2006
Editor: Do you think that prostitution should be legalized? This discussion or argument is presently being addressed by member states of CARICOM. With...
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Just speak the truth!
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May 12, 2006
Editor: While listening to the "New Times" Programme on Nice radio on Thursday the 4th of May, Mr. Lynch expressed disagreement with an expression tha...
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Agriculture and Tourism
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May 12, 2006
by Cedric B Harold My previous two articles dealt with agriculture as the natural focus for developing a strategy for national development. It has bee...
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Let us as a nation return to God
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May 5, 2006
5.MAY.06 Editor: Before I get into my article let me on behalf of the Rose Bank Development Association (ROBDA) sincerely apologize to Mr. Akers of Tr...
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Argyle move is a ‘hard sell’
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May 5, 2006
5.MAY.06 Editor: Please allow me space to draw your attention to an article that appeared in your paper dated April 13, 2006, headlined, "United Kingd...
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Agri-Culture – Nature’s legacy discarded
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May 5, 2006
5.MAY.06 EDITOR: Many people are commenting about the demise of agricultural, a sign that they realise as agriculture disappears, we are losing an inh...
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The CCJ is grossly underutilized!
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May 5, 2006
5.MAY.06 Editor: I recall 18 years ago, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica were in the forefront in plans for the abolishment of the Privy Council and th...
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A Tribute to Glenn
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May 5, 2006
by Josiah Bobb    5.MAY.06 Jackson my brother what have you done? They cut you down by the bullet of a gun Jackson, my brother, they set your sun Bu...
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Understanding English language
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May 5, 2006
5.MAY.06 EDITOR: I read with great interest the article by Lyden Punnett on the subject of Phonological Awareness in the April 21 issue of SEARCHLIGHT...
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Never discuss philosophy among fools
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May 5, 2006
Dr. Richard A. B. Cox  5.MAY.06 According to a recent issue of the Searchlight, Prime Minister Gonsalves expressed a wish to have more discussion on ...
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What is the long term plan for SVG?
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Editor: As we sell off our precious lands across St. Vincent and the Grenadines to raise money for the land for the International airport, I...
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Pepper meets Salt
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Editor: Had I not been a regular reader of the local newspapers I would have been completely taken by Salt's call for respect in last week's...
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Learn to read, pass or leave!
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 EDITOR: I am rather amused that the Ministry of Education has suddenly seen it fit to address the problems of literacy in our primary school...
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We will all have to pay the price?
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April 28, 2006
28.APR.06 Editor: I wish to raise a few points regarding a letter captioned "Anomalies, Ironies, in the Public Service” in your newspaper dated Apri...
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Development fundamentals
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April 28, 2006
by Cedric B Harold 28.APR.06 What does SVG have in common with Singapore? Singapore is a city-state with no hinterland of agricultural acreage. SVG, o...
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Have some respect!
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April 21, 2006
EDITOR: In The Vincentian newspaper of Friday, April 7, 2006 an article regarding the film BrokeBack Mountain referred to Vincentians' general aversio...
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Who really should administer punishment?
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April 21, 2006
Editor: "Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with a rod and shalt deliv...
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Agriculture at a crossroad, which direction?
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April 21, 2006
EDITOR: I was quite surprised to see two strikingly contrasting articles in last week's issue. Cedric B. Harold's article, on page 8 "Technology in Ag...
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Paediatric Ward touched by angel
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April 21, 2006
Editor: For three months – December, 2005, through March 2006, the Paediatric Ward of the Hospital was befriended by Mrs. Sylvia DeFreitas. Tuesdays...
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Come clean with sexual preference
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April 21, 2006
Editor: It a real shame that in this day and age people still have to hide about who they really are. I know for a fact that there are many gay men an...
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Find best alignment for Argyle airport
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April 21, 2006
Editor: It is very wonderful that our country, our home land is really on its way to getting an International airport. From the time the NDP got in po...
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Children’s attitude to learning changing
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April 21, 2006
Editor: Why are so many school leavers so mathematically illiterate? Who is responsible? Is it the teacher? Is it the learner? As a practicing classro...
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Plagued by poor English
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April 21, 2006
Editor: A story expressing the displeasure of Mr. Luis DeShong, of the Ministry of Education, with regard to the use of English in schools in last wee...
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Just toying with some ideas
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April 21, 2006
Editor: A friend in England recently attended a meeting and our esteemed prime minister was the keynote speaker. Gonsalves spoke to the Vincentian Dia...
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Airport development – 10
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April 21, 2006
by G.E.M. Saunders Airport Development 1 dates back to August 1999, just after Sir James publicly announced plans to develop our International Airport...
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Technology in Agriculture
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April 13, 2006
by Cedric B. Harold The first technological revolution in human history is the revolution in agriculture. It had several components, from plant and an...
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Stop the littering at Fort Charlotte
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April 13, 2006
Editor: There seems to be a creeping tendency of irresponsibility by some persons here. It has to do with a slow and steady build up of garbage at For...
Baptiste a good choice to lead SVG
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Baptiste a good choice to lead SVG
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April 13, 2006
Editor: One of my dreams came true when Portia Simpson-Miller became Jamaica's first woman Prime Minister. I would like to take this opportunity to co...
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Crime rate reaching alarming proportions
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April 13, 2006
EDITOR: St Vincent recently recorded four murders and several other victims of crime in the space of one month, with Glenn Jackson's death being the h...
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Is left hand not sure of what right is doing?
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April 13, 2006
Editor: Some recent events have made me begin to wonder what exactly is going on with the running of this country. We are about to become signatories ...
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Anomalies and ironies in SVG Public Service
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April 13, 2006
EDITOR: Some ironies and anomalies personally observed within the St. Vincent and The Grenadines Public Service: 1. Nominally and titularly, the impli...
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Clarification on Points of Language
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April 7, 2006
EDITOR: "Teaching standard English as a second language” does not mean that it should be the secondary language of the nation but refers to the fact...
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Far too many marriages ending in divorce
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April 7, 2006
Editor: The scripture says, "Marriage is honourable in all and the bed undefiled." – Hebrews 13:4. Thus marriage is something to be cherished. It is...
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Cricket and Maths
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April 7, 2006
Editor: Cricket, lovely cricket! I desire not to remind us that our beloved West Indies cricket team has just lost yet another test series. Instead, I...
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Mrs. Jackson has put us to shame
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April 7, 2006
Editor: With her sterling example Mrs. Jackson has put us to shame. We are so often most vindictive to the ones closest to us for the most trivial of ...