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		<title>Knowledge Can Save Your Life!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[They say ignorance is bliss, that what you don’t know can’t hurt you. Oh yeah?  A recent visit to the out-patient clinic of Victoria Hospital with an elderly friend highlighted the fallacy of both clichés.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Privatization: Who Determines the Quality and Access to Goods and Services?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The average person usually associates privatization with job loss, increased workload, lower salaries and overall poor working conditions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EXCUSES WILL ALWAYS BE THERE . . . OPPORTUNITY WON’T!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2018 16:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Natural disasters and tragic events seem to have the power to cause persons to, all of a sudden, be empathetic to the needs and suffering of others.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coolie Town: Are the Recent Deaths Symptomatic of Much Bigger Problems?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A report by the Saint Lucia Social Development Fund describes Coolie Town as a “tiny, peaceful, relatively undiscovered community” that “rests almost hidden in the heart of the undulating, verdant banana plantation of the Roseau Valley”.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>To Give or Not to Give  . . . Making your Charitable Giving Count</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More often than not we encounter people in Castries soliciting funds to assist someone else with medical expenses.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>BANANAS EH DEAD YET!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The banana farmers in Saint Lucia are privileged to have a dedicated governmental entity that provides them with technical support, and some financial and material assistance during critical times.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pedestrians Beware! Accident Waiting to Happen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Private vehicle owners, particularly bus drivers who operate the Jacmel/Morne D’Or route, have ample reasons to be happy; the rehabilitation of the main road from the Roseau junction to Morne D’Or and Vanard is at an advanced stage.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>IT’S EASIER TO BUILD A STRONG CHILD THAN TO REPAIR A BROKEN ADULT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.”]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Death of a Child: A Parent’s Greatest Fear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Parents generally expect their children to outlive them. For this reason, they usually put the needs of their children ahead of their own in an effort to establish a good foundation that would contribute to their success in life.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Accident and Emergency Ward — Relief, Grief or Disbelief?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2018 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many citizens dread visiting the Accident and Emergency (A&#038;E) ward at the Victoria Hospital due mainly to the long waiting period of, in most cases, in excess of four hours — persons are reminded of the waiting period by means of a sign next to the triage area.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Where Women Suffer, Society Bleeds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Too often matters of serious concern sometimes receive insufficient media coverage, therefore are unlikely to be the subjects of day-to-day conversation.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SUICIDE: Who’s to blame: The Victim, Society, Nature?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The death of a loved one from natural causes brings much heartache; how much more so the death of a loved one by suicide. Family members and close friends usually start examining their most recent interactions with the deceased to ascertain whether they missed out on any opportunity that could have avoided this tragedy. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Future of Agriculture is in the Hands of our Youth &#8211; For Better or Worse?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Logically, the future of agriculture is in the hands of the younger generation as the current generation of producers and managers make their exit naturally or by force.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Praedial larceny – The Theft of Agricultural Produce. Legally wrong, Morally right?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barthelmy Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As sinister as it may sound, there are people who would argue that nations may not be in favour of the total eradication of certain illegal activities, especially those that provide some of its citizens with the basic needs.]]></description>
		
		
		
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