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Agriculture and Sustainable Development in SVG
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: The Prime Minister made it clear, at the opening ceremony for the tissue culture laboratory in Orange Hill on June 19, that ...
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Change your ways, Mr Driver!
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: I feel impelled to write this article concerning a minibus driver who operates on the Leeward side of the island.{{more}} Th...
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Maintaining the Momentum
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”- Thomas Edison Having achieved...
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Life is truly amazing
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: Unlocking the mystery of life is one of the greatest challenges facing scientists today. Very few would doubt that we are bo...
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The church isn’t silent
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July 20, 2012
Fri, Jul 20. 2012 Editor: Is the church silent? The answer is NO. Far too often the church is accused of being silent when it comes to national issues...
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PM Gonsalves, over to you, sir
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: RE SEARCHLIGHT ARTICLE “EMPRESS A BIT SAD AFTER CARNIVAL SUCCESS”- page 19 of July 13, 2012 edition. When I penned and p...
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Open letter to the Minister of Education
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: It is almost two years since the nation witnessed the emergence of a new set of faces at the helm of the Ministry of Educati...
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Wonderful nurses of SVG
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: I was admitted to hospital three months ago. I had to stay at male medical ward for a couple of days. As we all know, they a...
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Students act uncivilly at library
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July 17, 2012
Tue, Jul 17. 2012 Editor: The National Public Library of St Vincent, sponsored by the Taiwanese government and ceremoniously opened on December 7th, 2...
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Village life in days of yore – Part 1
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July 17, 2012
by Oswald Fereira Tue, Jul 17. 2012 In this series, I will relate the relationships of village life in SVG as I experienced it growing up as a child i...
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Observations from 2012 Calypso Monarch finals
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: Sunny Banks’ Fire was put out by the Tsunami Fya Empress. Banks won an election for De Comrade, but could not win a calyps...
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Other Unionites made a bigger contribution
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: I here respond to a letter of July 6, 2012, titled “Is Lawyer Emmanuel Fatima Adams a forgotten hero?” I was dumbfounded...
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SVG should break with Scientology now!
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: In view of charges of child abuse by the church of Scientology (numerous references, including ABC’s Lateline and New York...
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Mothers, wake up and smell the coffee!
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: Traditionally, the cases of teenage pregnancy and the number of teenagers who had sexually transmitted infections were fewer...
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We are male deficient
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July 13, 2012
Fri, Jul 13. 2012 Editor: It is often difficult to determine whether we are moving forward, marking time or going backwards. It depends on what aspect...
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Only in St Vincent and the Grenadines
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: Radio stations in SVG and their so-called talk show hosts are getting away with murder, because there are no human rights law...
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It’s time enough!!!
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: All business houses in SVG and, by extension, the entire world, depend on customers to make their enterprise profitable, but ...
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Netball tournament closing disgraceful
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: Disgraceful. That’s how I view the closing ceremony of the just concluded National Netball Tournament held on Monday, July ...
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Let us continue to pray for this nation
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: We are nearing the end of the carnival season. This weekend, no doubt, will be very active with carnival activities. While th...
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The justice system in SVG stinks!
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July 6, 2012
Fri, Jul 6. 2012 Editor: We are Vincentians by reason of geography and law. Geography has only to do with the physical boundaries or the land which we...
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Is the YES programme a scam?
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July 3, 2012
Tue, Jul 3. 2012 Editor: I am a single parent mother of two. I have obtained O’levels from a well-known secondary institution about 9 years ago. I w...
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Re-hire ‘NDP teachers’
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July 3, 2012
Tue, Jul 3. 2012 Editor: There has been much debate and discussion on the failure by Government to rehire the three teachers who ran as candidates for...
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Grab and go with safe food
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July 3, 2012
Tue, Jul 3. 2012 We are definitely in the advanced stages of Vincy Carnival 2k12 and locals, as well as visitors, are enjoying the mas, music and the ...
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OECS on right track in respect of whaling
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July 3, 2012
Daven Joseph Tue, Jul 3. 2012 The International Whaling Commission convened its annual meeting yesterday in Panama. Several OECS countries, including ...
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God did not make laws
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June 29, 2012
Fri, Jun 29. 2012 Editor: A society needs laws in order for it to function normally, for if it does not there would be total chaos. However, to say th...
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Beware the DPS disease!
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June 29, 2012
Fri, Jun 29. 2012 EDITOR: There is a new threat affecting Vincentians. This affliction, while not life-threatening, can be quite annoying and may lead...
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Congrats to the Indian Heritage Foundation
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June 29, 2012
Fri, Jun 29. 2012 Editor: Congratulations, though belated, to the Indian Heritage Foundation for hosting the weekend activities, including the confere...
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God hates Carnivals
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June 29, 2012
Editor: “To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity/enemy against God…” R...
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Trial without jury in criminal cases
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June 29, 2012
Fri, Jun 29. 2012 Editor: Magna Carta of 1215 secured trial by jury - 12 men to make a decision or examine findings of fact which are then appled by a...
Happy 100th birthday, Nenny
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Happy 100th birthday, Nenny
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June 26, 2012
Tue, Jun 26. 2012 Editor: Nenny, as my grandmother is affectionately called by her children, grandchildren and villagers alike, celebrated her 100th b...
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Officials need to get serious about basketball
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June 26, 2012
Tue, Jun 26. 2012 Editor: The incident that transpired at the closing of the finals which caused the match to end “prematurely” was the ‘straw t...
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Are females taking over the judiciary?
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June 26, 2012
Tue, Jun 26. 2012 Editor: It seems as if females are taking over the top positions in the judiciary in the region. Reports state that Janice M. Pereir...
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Let us connect our Vincy Dots!
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June 26, 2012
Tue, Jun 26. 2012 Editor: I would like to thank everyone who came out to the 101st GHS lecture in May/12 and who listened via radio or watched on TV. ...
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Root Causes of Crime
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June 26, 2012
Tue, Jun 26. 2012 by Leave out Violence in S.V.G Association (LOVNSVG) “Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it.”- Henry Thomas Buckle...
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Homosexuality – a Catholic perspective
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June 22, 2012
Fri, Jun 22. 2012 Editor: I wish to join the debate on homosexuality and to offer a Catholic perspective. In 2002, amid growing concern over child sex...