Our Readers' Opinions
October 1, 2004
EDITOR: Hurricane Ivan must have totally removed whatever residue of common sense or ability to reason from the leadership of the Opposition, the New ...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 17, 2004
EDITOR: I would like to express my thanks to Mrs. Keizer and her staff for the excellent coverage of the effects of Hurricane Ivan on SVG. It was a pl...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 17, 2004
EDITOR: A recent letter to the editor alleged, âCuba is a Democracyâ. The letter offered no sensible arguments to support that claim, but was, ins...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 17, 2004
Editor: Many in the Rastafarian community were so disgusted by Mr. Diogenesâ letter in the SEARCHLIGHT Newspaper, dated August 6, that they were tem...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 17, 2004
Editor: It is now over a year since the horrific, reckless tragedy on Back Street, Monday, September 1, 2003, which caused the demise of Anastasius Do...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 17, 2004
Editor: Hurricane Ivan has just brought to the Caribbean the benefits of Caribbean political unity. If the governments of all the affected Caribbean c...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 10, 2004
EDITOR: Recently I had discussions with an economist and three fellow banana producers. The issue: the subsidies on fertilizers being paid by the Gove...
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September 10, 2004
Editor: Text messaging is a very economical way of keeping in touch with friends and family, especially when they live overseas and down in the island...
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September 10, 2004
Editor: It is encouraging to hear of the success of many students in this yearâs external exam. The teachers, ministry officials, parents and studen...
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September 10, 2004
EDITOR: I would like to congratulate Camille Crichton on the excellent work she is doing. It is engagement of this type that contributes in a lasting ...
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September 10, 2004
When I first met Petra Paul, some fourteen or so years ago she was a maid /helper at a restaurant. Instantly, she portrayed a robust presence reinforc...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 3, 2004
A few years ago while attending the Ministry of Education's adult education programme in pursuit of obtaining passes at GCE and CXC, I came into conta...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 3, 2004
Three years ago, I moved to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from the United States. Upon my arrival, I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the Vincentia...
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September 3, 2004
Editor: Last week Wednesday, August 25, I listened to Eduardo Lynch on his radio programme New Times talking about the Hyco Boss Reach Stacker machine...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 3, 2004
In recent times we have been having a number of open manifestations of conflicts (interpersonal and "interorganizational") in this fair land of ours. ...
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September 3, 2004
It was a joy for me to read about the emancipation activities organized by Diamonites Community Organization in Diamond Village on the Windward part o...
Our Readers' Opinions
September 3, 2004
by Dr. Richard A. B. Cox Most modern constitutions, including SVG's, stipulate the fundamentals of the electoral process of the country. The problem w...
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September 3, 2004
by R. Andrew Cummings ESPN is the one of the leading print and electronic media organizations in the world. Its huge tentacles reach into every contin...
Our Readers' Opinions
August 27, 2004
The writer of Emacipation and Rastas seems quite disturbed by Rastafarians and Afro-Caribbeans for promoting emancipation and the interests of Africa....
Our Readers' Opinions
August 27, 2004
EDITOR: The above headline was the slogan used in the campaign recall referendum of 15/8/04 in Venezuela by supporters of President Hugo Chavez. The m...
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August 27, 2004
Editor: On Sunday, August 15, I was scheduled to leave our shores for Trinidad via Liat 361, which was supposed to leave at 8:30 that morning. Due to ...
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August 27, 2004
Editor: The National Lottery Scheme seems to have become, like the National Insurance Scheme Service, important and indispensable in our social life. ...
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August 27, 2004
EDITOR: The emancipation declaration on 1st August, 1834 should not be only a historical event when chattel slaves were freed from the neck, wrist and...
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August 27, 2004
EDITOR: On the verge of hosting Crickets World Cup 2007, it seems to me that we are preparing our team to be mere spectators. To select Mervin Dillon ...
Our Readers' Opinions
August 27, 2004
Editor's note: The printer's devil got the worst of us last week. In a letter submitted captioned Cuba is a democracy" by Dr. Franklyn James we printe...
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August 20, 2004
Editor: Recently I heard a caller on an FM station referring to the Cuban government as undemocratic. Now the definition of democracy is government by...
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August 20, 2004
Editor: This year is supposed to be 166 years since emancipation. However we seem to lack the knack for economic advances. And even with the strides t...
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August 20, 2004
Editor: We must emancipate ourselves from the negatives of Africa that are sensationalized in the media, or from a religion that is deeply rooted in o...
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August 20, 2004
by C.I. Martin Apart from Dominica which did not apply, St. Vincent is the only independent state in the Eastern Caribbean not to have been selected a...
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August 20, 2004
Editor: I read with contention a letter in your newspaper by one Disgusted. To tell you the truth, I don't know what or who the writer is angry with o...
Our Readers' Opinions
August 13, 2004
EDITOR: I would like to correct some misinformation in the Bassy Alexander column of last week. Barack Obama is not running for senator in Ohio, as he...
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August 13, 2004
EDITOR: I note with amazement the rapidity with which some members of Caricom are moving to recognize the illegally installed Latortue regime in Haiti...
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August 13, 2004
EDITOR: Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has politically fast tracked two major construction projects, with hundreds of millions in borrowed money: ...
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August 13, 2004
Editor: I am ever disgusted by men and women who profess some form of intelligence being so compromising and crooked in their manner of reasoning. I r...
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August 13, 2004
Editor: Our nation seems to be fast heading along a path of political suicide, suffering nervously from a serious bout of political party madness. The...
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August 13, 2004
Editor: The issue of one of this nationâs newspapers on July 30, 2004 headlined âCustoms Close Down, Heads Will Rollâ was most misleading. I was...
