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Seek guidance as you make the next step
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August 15, 2017
This week is a time of anticipation and uncertainty for thousands of our young people, as they anxiously await the release of the results of the CSEC ...
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An Open Letter to Sharda Bollers/FSA
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August 15, 2017
Dear Mrs Bollers, After the recent financial fiasco with St Vincent Building and Loan Association, and the uncovering of the inner workings of the Ass...
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Free our homes; free our land
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August 11, 2017
EDITOR: Nothing in life comes free, not even freedom. For too long we have been chained. Trained to think that we are still enslaved and the only way ...
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Accreditation
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August 11, 2017
Officer Officer !!! Do help me Please!!! Yesterday, Stella cried in vain To the police she explained Not cash from m-o-n-o-p-o-l-y I paid for this cou...
Saluting Oscar Allen from under the zaboca tree
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Saluting Oscar Allen from under the zaboca tree
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August 11, 2017
EDITOR: From my vantage point here, and on the basis of my interaction with him for a period of over 50 years, OSCAR ALLEN seemed to have lived a life...
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We must take health issues seriously
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August 8, 2017
EDITOR: In this the 21st century, in a territory of this Caribbean civilization, to be more specific, in this our homeland St Vincent and the Grenadin...
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Vincentians need to be more responsible
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: Vandalism is quite common in this blessed land of ours. This practice is done in many government institutions across this nation. Maybe there ...
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Take note of number plates!
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: In certain countries we regularly hear of adults, teenagers, and young children missing after spending time with a relative or friend, or out ...
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Dangerous tiles at Financial Complex
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: It is important that whenever we see anything amiss in our environment and surroundings where it puts the public at risk we bring it to the fo...
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Thank you, Mrs Bowman
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August 4, 2017
EDITOR: Thanks to Mrs Andrea Bowman for all that she has done at our beloved Girls’ High School (GHS) and beyond. As she retires from the school, we...
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Modern day ‘wonder women’ of SVG
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July 28, 2017
EDITOR: Traditionally, the duties of women were to stay at home to maintain the house and ensure that the children were well taken care of, while the ...
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Kudos to the hard-working traffic police officers
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July 28, 2017
EDITOR: We must compliment the hard-working traffic police, who are doing a good job. Of course, there would be the good and the bad; no system is per...
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Vincentians, Carnival is on verge of extinction
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July 25, 2017
Dear Vincentians: The festival you have spent the last 40 years cultivating is on the verge of extinction. Private promoters and foreign deejays are s...
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Venezuela under attack
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July 21, 2017
Donald Trump threatens the homeland of Bolivar Open letter to the Vincentian public Last Monday, July 17th, the government of the US President Donald ...
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Madame, you are stone wrong!
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July 18, 2017
EDITOR: There are four basic grounds on which an objection to recognizance/surety in an election petition can be made and a finding of insufficiency c...
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A vote of confidence for Carlos James
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July 18, 2017
EDITOR: I offer a vote of confidence for Senator Carlos James as the representative who I believe will replace the incumbent Roland “Patel” Matthe...
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Pageantry is very much part of Vincy Mas
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July 18, 2017
Editor: Having listened to cultural officer, Michael Peters’s assertion that “Miss SVG has no national significance...” in keeping with his defi...
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The State of the Athletics Association 3
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July 18, 2017
Bad Governance and Administration by Luke Browne In this series of articles, I have been focusing attention on the ridiculous state of the Athletics A...
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What is mental health?
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July 18, 2017
EDITOR: Mental health is a state of well-being in which every individual realizes their full potential. This allows a person to manage the pressures o...
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A call for young persons
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July 14, 2017
EDITOR: The majority of adults today may see us as trees in the wilderness. Some of us are evergreen, while others are ever brown. The diary of a mode...
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Life or alcohol – which is more important?
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July 14, 2017
EDITOR: Life or alcohol, which is more important? Any normal thinking individual will say “Life!” However, quite a number of men in our society sh...
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My sympathy to the PM, family
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July 14, 2017
EDITOR: I am extending my sincere sympathy to Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves and his family on the passing of his wonderful mother. She took solid ...
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Prepare to meet Christ… not for Carnival!
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July 7, 2017
EDITOR: The final days of earth’s history are upon us. While no one knows the exact day of Christ’s return, Bible prophecies show that we are livi...
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Open letter to Skinny Fabulous
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July 7, 2017
 Dear Mr Fabulous,  I have never been to one of your “Uncle Skinny’s Kids World” events and it is doubtful I ever will.  With that being said, l...
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Wey my band?
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July 7, 2017
Many years ago, calypso legend ‘Black Stalin’, sang a song entitled “Wey my band”, raising issues emanating from growing sponsorship in Carniv...
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Bring back the good ole days of music
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July 7, 2017
Editor: I confess that I am not a musician. I am only an ordinary listener of music, who looks back longingly at the days when popular Vincy music ref...
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Letter to the Commissioner of Police (Ag)
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July 7, 2017
Dear Sir, I am asking you the same favour that I asked your predecessor and that is for you to assign an officer at the site of the cenotaph during th...
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Questions! Questions!
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: Is it still true that election petition rules are mandatory? If the answer is yes, can a court condone partial compliance of a mandatory provi...
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Pre-school at Rose Bank turns 25
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: On June 22, the THEODORE MCKENZIE PRE-SCHOOL of Rose Bank held its 25th graduation ceremony, where some 11 children graduated. It is indeed co...
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Too many shootings are occuring in SVG
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: Please permit me a space in your newspaper to express my views about the number of shootings that are occurring in St Vincent and the Grenadin...
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Security personnel at AIA need better training
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July 4, 2017
EDITOR: I am disgusted by the security officers at Argyle International Airport (AIA) and in my view, they need training. They have no tact and can’...
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Open letter to president of the PSU
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June 30, 2017
Dear Mr Boucher, I write in response to your press conference held on 20th June 2017, in which you seek to question my promotion to an assistant chief...
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Recent accounting audit company upheaval worrying
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June 30, 2017
EDITOR: A merger is defined as “a combination of two things, especially companies, into one.” It is also “a deal to unite two existing companies...
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My agony as a parent of a Victor Ludorum
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June 30, 2017
EDITOR: As a parent, I must speak out against the way that the Athletics Association treated my son. I am angry about it and can’t hold back any lon...
Make Luke Browne chair of Kingstown Town Board
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Make Luke Browne chair of Kingstown Town Board
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June 30, 2017
Editor: From a newspaper article of October 21, 2016, I learnt that our Minister of Health, Wellness, and the Environment Luke Browne assumed the chai...
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In order to move forward change is necessary
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June 27, 2017
EDITOR: I am a supporter of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and my interest is vested in the development of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). One ma...