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If Yuh Happy and yuh know it, Say Amen!
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If Yuh Happy and yuh know it, Say Amen!
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
Three-in-ah-row! Ah complete white wash! Doh even remind us way happen ah week after in de 5-T20 matches Australia vs West Indies, (July 20th to 28th)...
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Bible Camps will produce Legends for Christ
Webmaster 
August 8, 2025
Summer Camp is alive and well at Glad Tidings Bible Camp (GTBC) in Cane Hall. GTBC is primarily a Youth Ministry within the Brethren Assemblies that i...
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De Tangled Webs We Weave
Webmaster 
July 31, 2025
DIS WEEK AH feel proud of de stand taken by de Par-liar-mint-tree Awe-position, to abstain, to withhold support “at dis stage,” foh de Prymini-star’s ...
Shallow is not afraid ah De Deep
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Shallow is not afraid ah De Deep
Webmaster 
July 25, 2025
Is ah lot ah Vin-cent-shun people like me-self, ain’t have ah clue who is dis Dr. Kiss-her Shallow, de President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), yet all...
Ah one-over Cricket Match!
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Ah one-over Cricket Match!
Forrest 
July 18, 2025
HEY! HEY! Vincy Festival Lovers! Let’s keep de Festivals rolling. VincyMas 2025 officially closed on Tuesday, July 8, and by July 15, one week later, ...
From Milking cows to Building Cars
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From Milking cows to Building Cars
Forrest 
July 11, 2025
AH WOKE UP ah week ago to hear dat Dennis Joyette my life-long, nex’ door neighbar and buddy is gone, he mek certain he gets to Heaven early at four s...
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Our Calypso Needs Serious Attention
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
We continue to hear lots ah praises about “ our vibrant and resilient Vincy spirit”. It is now exactly ah year since de Grenadines disaster, yet life ...
Belair Spa is Ah Vincy Wonder
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Belair Spa is Ah Vincy Wonder
Webmaster 
June 27, 2025
Back in de mid 1990’s, the marketing officer of de Nation Newspaper of Bo-bathe-us conducted a training workshop in SVG for Searchlight’s staff, mainl...
Mr PM Beg Pardon!
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Mr PM Beg Pardon!
Webmaster 
June 20, 2025
Ah read in “I Witness News” (IWN) dat last Monday, June 16, 2025, de Pry-mini-star”s in his ah-dress at the Church Service to mark Public Service Day,...
Ah Fruitful Christian Ceremony
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Ah Fruitful Christian Ceremony
Webmaster 
June 13, 2025
Zaina, one ah my four Great-Grand-Daughters is taking First Communion on Sunday, and ah dare not miss de Ceremony. Ah was up front and present two yea...
Ah Want My Cup Ah Tea
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Ah Want My Cup Ah Tea
Webmaster 
June 6, 2025
Haile! Haile! Haile! Justice Saunders! Last Tuesday morning was Historical foh Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, as de Carry-Beyond Court of Justice’s...
De One Man Shaker Band
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De One Man Shaker Band
Webmaster 
May 30, 2025
Ah truly N-joy’d looking at last Wednesday’s live television coverage of de Spiritual Baptist’s “ First Nah-shun-all hollow-Day” concert at Victoria P...
Back To Work Spiritual Baptists
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Back To Work Spiritual Baptists
Webmaster 
May 23, 2025
TWO NIGHTS AGO ah turned on my‘Sankey’ model TV, but dey was neither sound nor signal, de TV gone dead. De gentleman from whom ah bought dat TV, was S...
Let Dey Be Peace In May
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Let Dey Be Peace In May
Webmaster 
May 16, 2025
Alas it’s Spring! May, de month of Growth and Fertility and May I add, de month of Peace and Reconciliation dis year 2025! Yes is Spring, Calm-ah-Law ...
Memories of Ben Lockhart
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Memories of Ben Lockhart
Webmaster 
May 9, 2025
“Professor Benham E. L. Lockhart was born in Kingstown, St. Vincent, the West Indies, in 1945. He earned his B.Sc. Degree in tropical agriculture at t...
Dey’s Dignity In Labour, Oops! In Work
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Dey’s Dignity In Labour, Oops! In Work
Webmaster 
May 2, 2025
Trinidad elect-shuns over. PNM is out again after nine years, and UNC led by Calm-law is back in… again. Lie-Za say “Six-ah One, Half-ah-doesn’t ah de...
Dey’ll Be Ah Board Walk at Sion Hill Bay
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Dey’ll Be Ah Board Walk at Sion Hill Bay
Forrest 
April 25, 2025
EAST KINGSTONIANS and NDP supporters could give dem-selves ah Big Thumbs Up foh de party’s Easter-Monday Beach splash at Sion Hill Bay. De festivity s...
De Traditions of Holy Week
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De Traditions of Holy Week
Webmaster 
April 17, 2025
BEFORE AH PUT AH FINGER to the key board to write bout Holy Week, allow me to big-up the Royal SVG Police Force Band, foh ah one-dah-full musical pres...
Looking Forward to Palm Sunday
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Looking Forward to Palm Sunday
Webmaster 
April 11, 2025
As ah youth-man, Palm Sunday uses to be ah big thing. Dey was ah United Church Parade foh members of de Cat-licks, Met-Dis, Angle-can, and Salvation A...
All Fools Day is Real
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All Fools Day is Real
Webmaster 
April 3, 2025
It’s April 1st, “All-Fools Day.” Ah remember as kids how we looked forward to dis day to pull pranks on each other. And dat day when “Small Man” de cl...
SOCCER! Still de game of the people
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SOCCER! Still de game of the people
Webmaster 
March 28, 2025
Fuss ley me ‘big-up’ Vincy Heat, Team SVG Soccer Team foh holding dey own against de Jah-mek-ah Reggae Boys. We failed to win, but de signs are dear “...
De Cubans Are Welcome ANYTIME
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De Cubans Are Welcome ANYTIME
Webmaster 
March 21, 2025
Ah must add-myth dat up until ah had turned 17, in 1958, de only thing ah knew about Cuba den, was dat ah lot ah Vincy farmers, all cane cutters, had ...
Ah Female Garifuna Prime Minister Soon
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Ah Female Garifuna Prime Minister Soon
Webmaster 
March 13, 2025
Ah sure dat ah wrote in my column years ago, about my school days in 1955, in Boys Grammar School, one of de three main schools of higher learning in ...
Blessed Are the Pure in Spirit
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Blessed Are the Pure in Spirit
Webmaster 
March 7, 2025
My most lasting memories of Hon. Allan Cruickshank was de first and last. In 1984, NDP had just swept de polls and Cruickshank was de new Minister of ...
Turkey Benefits From Bird Flu in Chicken
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Turkey Benefits From Bird Flu in Chicken
Webmaster 
February 28, 2025
Lie-Za was all egg-sighted last week when she heard on CNN dey’s ah serious “chicken ‘n’ egg” problem in de US. And to help solve its egg price cry-si...
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Public Servants Monkey say Cool Breeze
Webmaster 
February 21, 2025
Ah ‘member ah time ah did ask Justice Satrohan Singh how does he manage to give his quick decisions on his Cases. His answer was simple and straight. ...
Penny Bank, I thank thee
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Penny Bank, I thank thee
Webmaster 
February 14, 2025
Ah must big up de Founding Fathers, shareholders, managers loyal staff and faithful customers of dis one-dah-ful financial institution “de Peoples Pen...
Fare-Well- Me-Shell
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Fare-Well- Me-Shell
Webmaster 
February 7, 2025
Is about eighteen years ago, and ah remember my-wife-and-I responding to an ah-peel by Margaret London, Pop-yuh-Law talk show host of Nice Raid-yuh “N...
Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant
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Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant
Webmaster 
January 31, 2025
De year just open and is like every weekend we are crowded wid funerals, Nah-shun-all Treasures who would have made meaningful contribution to de deve...
Nah-Shun-All Treasures Galore!!
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Nah-Shun-All Treasures Galore!!
Webmaster 
January 24, 2025
Ah was saddened dis week upon hearing of de passing in Canada of my dear family friend, Mrs Edna Little-De Nobriga. She lived to 101 years joining her...
Fool Ah talk but nah fool ah listen
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Fool Ah talk but nah fool ah listen
Webmaster 
January 17, 2025
Is ah lot ah people who offered dem-selves to serve dis country as politicians, made ah lot ah promises to LIFT de country higher, but LEFT dis countr...
Com-red Put-in Ah  Reply to De Com-rad
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Com-red Put-in Ah Reply to De Com-rad
Webmaster 
January 10, 2025
Now meking de rounds is ah letter about de War in Ukraine, written in December 2024 by our PM Gonsalves to Presidents Put-In of Russia, Zelinsky of Uk...
More things change, dey remain de same
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More things change, dey remain de same
Webmaster 
January 3, 2025
Happy New Year to evry-all. From all in-day-care-shun, de season was ah good one, except of course foh de out-standing victim-eyes brothers and sister...
De One Man Parrang Band
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De One Man Parrang Band
Webmaster 
December 20, 2024
Call him Journalist, Broadcaster, Editor, Managing Director, or plain and simple Shelley, de passing of Shelley Clarke, last Friday, has left us short...
Most Gen-yuh-in Rep-resent-her foh 2024
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Most Gen-yuh-in Rep-resent-her foh 2024
Webmaster 
December 13, 2024
Dey was ah time when ah uses to give out New Years Awe-Ward to locals, based on dey contribution to Nay-shun building foh de particular year. But Lie-...
De Secret is mode-ray-shun
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De Secret is mode-ray-shun
Webmaster 
December 6, 2024
Ah doh think he played any big set ah Cricket or Soccer, bat’n’ball maybe, but like ah true Bequia-man, from South-side, he coudah swim de nine miles ...
We want places to pay Bat’n’Bawl
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We want places to pay Bat’n’Bawl
Webmaster 
November 29, 2024
De Indian Premier League (IPL) is de most popular and biggest Cricket League in de game today. It usually takes place for two months, between March an...
Thank Yoh Rochelle Williams
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Thank Yoh Rochelle Williams
Webmaster 
November 22, 2024
Last Fry-dey ah had ah thrilling or chilling moment at FCIB now renamed Bank of St Vincent & the Grenadines (BOSVG). Ah still remember when Barclays B...
Doh Sink Day So-Car Boat
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Doh Sink Day So-Car Boat
Webmaster 
November 15, 2024
Last Sunday was ah bad day foh Tour-is-him in SVG in general, dats when the Aurora Cruise Ship, on its maiden voyage, carrying over 2,500 passengers, ...
No better beef, no better barrel
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No better beef, no better barrel
Webmaster 
November 8, 2024
De short awaited US Elect-shuns are over and ah sorry foh how dey tek Mrs Harris mek scape Goat. Lie-Za kept repeating every time she listened to Mrs ...
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Good In-d-pen-dance Parade
Webmaster 
November 1, 2024
Full marks foh de Organ-noisers foh ah brilliant I-dare to shift de In-de-pen-dance Anniversary Celebrations from morning to an Evening/night Function...
Yes, we have no bananas,  no sugar cane, no our-root
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Yes, we have no bananas, no sugar cane, no our-root
Webmaster 
October 24, 2024
In-de-pan-dance Anniversary Parade dis year is ah night-ah-fare, which takes me back to the year 1979, de time of de original inauguration ceremony, w...
Award! Ah-Ward! Awe-Ward
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Award! Ah-Ward! Awe-Ward
Webmaster 
October 18, 2024
FIRST FOH AH long time ah get ah challenge from an English Word:“Award!” Now dey’s Award! Ah-Ward and dey’s Awe-Ward, de awesome. Basically though, it...
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OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
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OAS Funds US$125,000 CED Climate Change Project targeting Women
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Development Cooperation Fund (DCF), has approved a US$125,000 project for the Centre for Enterp...
Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
News
Flow signs EC$1.2 million project to supply Internet services to schools across SVG
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) and Cable & Wireless St Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (Flow) officially signed a contra...
History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
News
History of SVG Volume 1 handed over to Dr Gonsalves
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
A document of our story, written by our own Vincentians, is how Minister of Culture, Carlos James, has described Volume One of the History of Saint Vi...
Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
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Police receive ‘bucket truck’ under Taiwan-funded Video Analytics project
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The exhibition and hand over ceremony for a bucket truck that marked the end-of-phase for the Enhancing Public Safety with Intelligent Video Analytics...
Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
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Police mourns passing of Corporal Bailey
Forrest 
August 14, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF) said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal 603 Selman Bailey, who died on Satu...

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