st vincent better be mindful and not take a 'who cares' attitude about bequia. dollars talk and if the vincy people are oblivious and keep their head in the sand, they could catapult themselves 200 years back into the past and end up landless people working for wealthy landowners once again. i may be going a bit overboard here but just envision this: 21st century colonization, but from asia this time, instead of europe.
in 1776, john byres surveyed bequia and at that time 700 acres of crown lands were put aside for poor white settlers. what a difference 200 years make, huh? i wonder if it's these very same crown lands that are now in the hands of god knows who? hmm...now in 2006 we are selling off crown lands to build an international airport on the mainland? is e.t. joshua airport not good enough? there is already a pink elephant of an airport in bequia sitting virtually empty unless you count the private jets that are parking there for pennies. look y'all, here is a petition that can be signed in support of the protest of the selling of bequia crown lands:
http://sv.usaroots.com/petition.htm
do your duty as a citizen whether you're ULP or NDP. be not afraid.
vincentians - get educated, get aware, and for god's sake and yours, demand more from your government! or vincyland may one day be called st.taiwan or st. malaysia.
thank god for freedom of speech!
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well said, ming. i was never an outwardly political person before, but this issue cuts to my very core. after studying the history of the caribbean and that of my beloved st vincent and after really believing that gonsalves was the right man for the job (what with the plans for increasing national pride and patriotism)i never would have believed that he would even have considered selling off the "crown jewels". sacrilege! anyhow, i can't wait to see how this all ends.
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