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The best news of all
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December 23, 2005
We live in a world where good news seems scarce. The news media of which we are part, seems preoccupied with serving the public large doses of everyth...
The 2005 general elections and after
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The 2005 general elections and after
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December 23, 2005
by Oscar Allen The election congratulations must go to the citizens. St. Vincent and the Grenadines, you did not go overboard. Some of those who did n...
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Lessons to learn from election 2005
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December 23, 2005
EDITOR: I want to see election 2005 as a part of a process in which we are maturing as a nation. I want to see it as a phase in our political history....
Rainbow Radio League says thanks
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Rainbow Radio League says thanks
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December 23, 2005
EDITOR: Ten years of service in the field of Emergency Communications (Emcoms) has come to an end and already plans are underway for the Rainbow Radio...
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Don’t take me back to dark days
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December 23, 2005
EDITOR: It is Christmas time once more. The season for feasting and celebrating. I can well understand part of the feasting, but, certainly not the re...
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A visit to one of the nation’s nursing homes
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December 23, 2005
EDITOR: Today I pay tribute to the nation's "men and women of wisdom." They have diligently served their families and their community. Now in the twil...
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We must rid ourselves of our negative culture
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December 23, 2005
"Politics are the opium of the people." – V.S. Naipaul EDITOR: I don't want to sound cynical, but there is no hope for St Vincent. Okay, there may b...
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Stop the pettiness about cheating!
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December 16, 2005
Editor: Congratulations are extended to all the successful candidates in the recently held general elections. A special congratulation is extended to ...
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Why I did not vote
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December 16, 2005
Dear Comrade: I am a supporter and card carrying member of the ULP, but I DID NOT VOTE on December 7th. I am sure there must be a few hundred like me ...
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Frank, Ah Sorry!
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December 16, 2005
EDITOR: A member of my family is of the view that I should apologize to my brother for saying that HE IS NOT AS GOOD A HUMAN BEING AS DOCTOR RALPH GON...
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Sad Days Ahead
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December 16, 2005
EDITOR: As I listened to the election results, I was in awe as to what I was hearing. How could Vincentians vote the ULP Party back into power? My bel...
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Time to heal political wounds
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December 16, 2005
Editor: Congratulations to the Unity Labour Party and its flamboyant Leader the Honourable Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on an overwhelming victory in the Decem...
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Congratulations to Labour Party
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December 16, 2005
Editor: As I listen to the speeches and debates from various candidates and news on the 2005 elections ever so often on the Internet broadcasting of N...
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Take warning, Comrade Ralph
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December 16, 2005
Editor: Thanks for allowing me space in your valuable newspaper to congratulate the United Labour Party for winning at the polls and the New Democrati...
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Why are we importing frozen vegetables?
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December 16, 2005
"I hope that when your country (Great Britain) joins the European Union that it will not relinquish her obligation to protect our special arrangement ...
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Union remembers December 7 uprising
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December 9, 2005
EDITOR: The date for this year's general elections was accorded greater historical significance for Vincentians since it was shared with at least two ...
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The ULP – A brief critical look
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December 2, 2005
The forthcoming elections are really about two things, giving a grade to the ULP after 4 years and 8 months and assessing the extent to which the NDP ...
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Testing the political ground in S.V.G
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December 2, 2005
EDITOR: It seems thatt the outcome of the December 7 elections will be very interesting. During my 25 years of examining the outcomes of General Elect...
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It’s all about the human factor
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December 2, 2005
EDITOR: In seven days Vincentians will make a decision to forget or not forget the reason or reasons why we ended the 17-year governance of our countr...
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Thank you!
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December 2, 2005
Dear Prime Minister, We the Vincentian students and members of the University of Guyana extend our warmest greetings to you and join in wishing you an...
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ULP election machinery well oiled
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December 2, 2005
EDITOR: Hon. R.M Cato and the opposition the N.D.P spearheaded by Hon. J.F. Mitchell who commanded a team of inexperienced men who could not even diff...
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The case for the ULP
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December 2, 2005
There are three reasons why the ULP should be returned to office. Firstly, they have a good team. Secondly, they have performed. Last but by no means ...
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‘Where there is vision, the people prosper’
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December 2, 2005
Editor: On election day, the SVG electorate, on behalf of all Vincentians at home and in the Diaspora, should vote to reject the small vocal minority ...
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He who is without sin cast the first stone?
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: A certain man who is now running for politicial office stoned a church because he claimed that the congregation was keeping too much noise in ...
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Back over to you, Sir James!
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: The tropical depression which bore down on our tiny multi-island state just over a week ago has wreaked havoc nationwide; two lives were lost ...
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Stand tall for you are on the right side
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: I write to you as a man who suffered the ill treatment of my very own sister earlier on in your administration. I experienced the disgusting r...
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Time to give account will come
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: From all appearances, we are becoming a country without a conscience, our very souls are now hardened to the point of indifference. But the pr...
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A solemn tourism message
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November 25, 2005
Editor: As our nation celebrates tourism month, I wish to take this opportunity to address us on the important theme of “Keeping tourism alive beyon...
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Nzimbu banana art show was truly spectacular
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: All pieces done by NZIMBU were spectacular. I couldn't pick a favourite. It was as if the pictures were telling stories of long ago. The way t...
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Rephrase that ugly Miss SVG ad
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November 25, 2005
Editor: Kindly grant me the space in your newspaper to express my opinion on an advertisement I came across in your paper dated November 18, 2005. {{m...
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Give your support to the individual not party
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November 25, 2005
EDITOR: After witnessing the longest election campaign in the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, we finally have an election date and as a Vin...
Opposition suffering 17-year memory loss
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Opposition suffering 17-year memory loss
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November 25, 2005
by Camillo M. Gonsalves The legendary American economist and Harvard University Professor John Kenneth Galbraith once wrote that "nothing is so admira...
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Sabbath is very important
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November 18, 2005
In her zeal to publicize a religious doctrine accepted by some people, a correspondent in your last issue of the searchlight 11/11/05 wrote: "To keep ...
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Let us know which are throw-away promises
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November 18, 2005
Editor: Now that the election has been called, we will be listening to a lot of campaign promises being made over the coming weeks. When the leaders o...
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Is the ability to feed our nation in question?
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November 18, 2005
How can a small island state of 150 sq. miles, with a population of 120 000 people, be rich in volcanic soil excellent for agriculture with an abundan...
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Hadley is as much Vincy as any of us!
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November 18, 2005
Editor: The attack by NDP candidate St. Claire Leacock on the Chairman of National Properties Ltd., Victor Hadley, on Saturday night at the NDP meetin...
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I hate ‘party politics’ !!!
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November 18, 2005
EDITOR: We claim to have been independent for 26 years and are still encumbered by the millstone of colonialism in the form of the westminster parliam...
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Ten reasons why I can’t vote for the NDP
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November 18, 2005
Editor: The country will vote on December 7, 2005, and there are a few people here and there who are still undecided as to who should get that all-imp...