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Bassy - Love Vine

Bassy - Love Vine
May dat back pay R.I.P
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November 1, 2013
Ah felt like if ah wanted to be ah public servant again, when de Pry-minister announced on Sunday, dat Public Servants will get de outstanding one poi...
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De Love Vine In-deep-and-dense ah-ward
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October 25, 2013
Ah got two picks foh In-deep-an-dense Ah-ward 2013. Prince Andrew Simmons and his wife, Princess Anoria tek de first one! De story coming out ah Engla...
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Sin Vin Sin will rise again
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October 18, 2013
Before ah forget, ley me big-up GHS National Heritage Parade Committee, foh putting on ah good show wid de parade thru de streets ah Kingstown on Choo...
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Luke chapter 11 vs 4
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October 11, 2013
Is ah shame how dah lickle matter wid de student at St Joseph’s Convent (School) Kingstown, tun into ah “back-anal!” Ah deliberately refrained f...
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Lime squash and soursop popsicle
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October 4, 2013
When de late Eddy Griffith ran foh de NDP in East Kingstown in 1984, ah went “house to house” Calm Pain in my area wid him. Every home we visited,...
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Yuh have ah mission on October fifth
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September 27, 2013
Two weeks ago, ah lose one ah me girl-friends wuking at C. K Greaves, Arnos Vale. She been battling wid Cervical Cancer foh sometime but lost both de ...
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Pull-it-to-kill master strokes
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September 20, 2013
Time seems to be running out foh our Prime Minister Gone-soft. Elections are due in 2015 and his work is unfinished. Firstly he will love to finish de...
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Ah want to be ah Nonageranian
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September 13, 2013
My date and I arrived late, de Party was in full swing, Jewels Ferdinand was at de end of his "toast,” and from de applause he got, ah know he was h...
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Ah want me awe-ward too
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September 6, 2013
Ah Big-in-up Searchlight Editor and Staff foh gaining regional recognition at de “Jennifer Jones B’dos/OECS Me-dey-Yah Hell’t Awe-wards Ceremony...
Dem kids blow me mind
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Dem kids blow me mind
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August 30, 2013
Before ah forget, ah have to apologize to Sir Hilary foh ah-so-she-air-thing his Barbados ‘nighthood wid de British. Is Doc Fraser who told me dat B...
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Sir Hilary Salt
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August 23, 2013
Ah was ah lickle turned off when dey introduced Professor Hillary Beckles as “Sir Hillary!” ah never know dat he was ‘nighted by de British, Her...
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Repair-ah-shun not rap-ah-rear-shun
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August 16, 2013
Wid Jew respect to Profess-ah Beckles, P.M. Gone-soft, Jomo and his Rap-ah-rear-shun Committee, ah wish dem good luck, ah hope dey get dis six thrill-...
Is dat foh Paddy after 65 years
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Is dat foh Paddy after 65 years
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August 9, 2013
Ah heard from Mr. Carnival, Paddy Corea wid his bite-in comments on Vincy Mas 2013. We basically went thru Grammar School together. He broke ah few mo...
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E-man-say-pay-shun foh who
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August 2, 2013
As ah boy growing up we didn’t know nothing bout E-man-say-pay-shun Dey, we celebrated ah day called August Monday, de first Monday in August. De lo...
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De whole ah SVG owe-beast
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July 26, 2013
De next time yuh go to de Doctor and yuh see he put yuh pon de scale and he weigh yuh, height, den goes to his calculator, and within 30 seconds he co...
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Building lives through Bible camps
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July 19, 2013
One ah de reasons why ah became ah Boy Scout was to get to go on camps, sleep under ah tent on hard ground; eat food cooked over de open wood fire, wi...
Bassy - Love Vine
Is dis ah two-man gang ting
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July 12, 2013
Earlier dis year, two men walked into Searchlight Office, high daytime, one of dem headed straight to de Accountant’s desk and told him to hand over...
Bassy - Love Vine
We can be numero uno again
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July 5, 2013
Congratulations are in order foh de winners at de Junior Panorama, dat goes foh all participants, dey were all winners. Dis year we heard more bands, ...
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Another Sarah Baptiste
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June 28, 2013
In my line ah wuk ah does come face to face wid some painful situations. Like last week ah went above de Dry River to visit ah home. "Hello, anybody h...
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Renwick is SVG’s Robin Hood
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June 21, 2013
Renwick “Renzie” Rose was real Vintage Carnival wid his piece “Carnival Reminiscences” in de Searchlight Midweek. Of course it took Dr Fraserâ...
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Word ah mouth nah load ah head
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June 14, 2013
As de International Airport heads foh ah touch-down at Argyle, de-bait continues. De latest is dat de Pry Minister got de country "some good money com...
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Revamp dat Miss SVG show
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June 7, 2013
Ah not really into Carnival since ah turned me life over to Christ. But I maintain dat dey’s still ah lot ah good, be it cultural, financial and eve...
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De reincarnation of Milton Cato???
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May 31, 2013
I believe dat Utter-some is going to win his case in de final anal-assist, and he will have to be compensated. Lie-Za thinks dat Ralph Gone-soft in pr...
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Some good money coming
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May 24, 2013
Ah hearing de talk dat “Some good money coming!” Dat was de high-pint of our Pry-Minister’s address at de Fisherman’s Day Rally last Monday. W...
Bassy - Love Vine
De Lord answers prayers
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May 17, 2013
Six deaths within three weeks, four by de bullet and two by de sword. Lie-Za say some ah de killings were executions and not murder as dey say. Ah wan...
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Finish de dial-ah-sis clinic
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May 10, 2013
Ah does get ah lickle NIS Pen-shun when de fortnight come round, nothing big, no way close to way dem fellars does get foh having served two terms (10...
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The Prince-Apple Tree
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May 3, 2013
Before ah began my career in Land Surveying, ah worked as ah gas attendant at Public Works; de post, however, had ah high-foh-low-ting name “Assista...
Bassy - Love Vine
Give Burke de wheel
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April 26, 2013
De regular Mail Boat dat transported mails and passengers from mainland St Vincent to Union Island and back was on dock, and ah ‘make-shift’ arran...
Full marks foh de Ashton assembly
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Full marks foh de Ashton assembly
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April 19, 2013
Ah visit by me to Union Island was overdue, and so ah grasped de opportunity to accompany Pastor Isaacs in response to an invitation from de members a...
Bassy - Love Vine
When de saints go marching
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April 12, 2013
Six years ago the (USA) Kingstown Medical College of St. Georges that was operating here for over 20 years, closed its doors, pack-up and left! It was...
Bassy - Love Vine
Coconut healing oil
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April 5, 2013
Ah grow up pon ah lot ah bush medicine. Ah drink from de sweet smelling and pleasant tasting mint and Say-nah-man to de bitter Seed-under-leaf; if eve...
Bassy - Love Vine
We got to come forward or else…
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March 28, 2013
We’re certainly experiencing some strange happenings in Sin-Vin-Sin. Ah can’t recall ever witnessing ah funeral in SVG way dey was two coffins con...
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World’s first International Day of Happiness
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March 22, 2013
Ah discovered only this morning dat today, Wednesday, March 20 is the first World’s International Happiness Day. It is supposed to be a day in which...
Bassy - Love Vine
Charge dem foh rape
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March 15, 2013
It seems like we in Sin-vin-sin way ahead ah de world in artificial insemination. Correct me if ah wrong, but ah certain ah heard de Minister ah Hellâ...
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Relax Sir James
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March 8, 2013
Over de weekend ah looked at Sir James on IKTV program, “Unrendered” and ah realize we need to know way we came from, lest we forget. Is over 30 y...
Me and my Blazer reconciled
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Me and my Blazer reconciled
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March 1, 2013
Dey say how death of ah loved one is usually ah time when families and friends who ain’t talk to each other foh years, does come to-gather and mend ...
Bassy - Love Vine
Service wid distinction
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February 22, 2013
De matriarch of Searchlight submitted her final news item early on Tuesday morning and said au revoir, sine-die (sign-ah-die)! Ah find it very eye-run...
Bassy - Love Vine
Leave Theresa Francis name out ah dis
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February 15, 2013
Looks like de way de cookie crumbling, Building ‘n’ Loan will soon become Building Alone. Name ah call but de real names dem dat suppose to get ca...
Bassy - Love Vine
Back to school after 60 years
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February 8, 2013
Ah wrote before about Dr David Joyette, my former villager and near-bah now ah Canadian citizen, who came up wid ah niche I-dare of giving-back a last...
Bassy - Love Vine
Can we ve more vincy please
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February 1, 2013
Ah asked my See-Reann friend what he thought ‘bout de budget, actually he is Labour-knees and Lie-Za warn me not to mix dem up, Labour-knees don’t...
Bassy - Love Vine
More in de mortar
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January 25, 2013
Ah got quite ah few calls last weekend from some really concerned citizens, asking if ah had read Luke Browne’s letter published in de “Vincentian...
Bassy - Love Vine
Same same ole kha-key pants
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January 18, 2013
De Budget Debate going on right now, hopefully it will be over and forgotten by Fry-dey. I asked Lie-Za what’s new in de Budget, and she said absolu...
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To Troby – Our friend
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January 11, 2013
SVG Marketing Board, later moved to Canada and was an entrepreneur, also was employed by Epson Canada for 5 years.” Ah read dat summary over and ove...
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Problem Child takes first and second for Road March 2025
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Problem Child takes first and second for Road March 2025
Christina 
July 9, 2025
The 'Baddest Boy'- Shertz ‘Problem Child’ James- has copped first and second place for the 2025 Road March competition. The results were announced tod...
Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
Christina 
July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
Forrest 
July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...

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