Bassy - Love Vine

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De love vine – Canada we coming
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January 4, 2013
De good news foh de Caribbean, and SVG in particular, is dat Canada is in great demand foh skilled wukers. Commencing Wednesday, January 2, 2013, dey ...
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De Bar getting overloaded
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December 28, 2012
Over de last three weeks, three new faces have been added to de long list ah Lawyers permitted to practise hey in SVG, Israel Bruce out of Lauders and...
Ah tourist from de village
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Ah tourist from de village
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December 21, 2012
Back in de 1950’s when ah was ah youth, from way ah live ah could ah stay at home and watch when de big steam ships drop anchor in de harbour, dey w...
De living tree
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De living tree
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December 14, 2012
This week my thoughts are drawn from Shel Silverstien’s book, “The Giving Tree”. Ah tale about ah relationship between ah “all foh himself” ...
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He brokes! Santa brokes!
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December 7, 2012
Every time ah listen to folks meking dey calculations bout de future, how long dey plan to live, and all what dey plan to do during dat time, using as...
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Gone to manage Club Paradise
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November 30, 2012
When ah had reach de age to go partying, Coronation Club was de party headquarters, it was owned and managed by one S.G. “Syl” De Freitas next to ...
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Skin teeth beware
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November 23, 2012
Seems like our ripe Banana is not just a belly full, but has properties dat good foh preventing ah lot ah ailment, from head to toe. Somebody sent me ...
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Feeling our children’s pain
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November 16, 2012
We had a very unfortunate accident last Friday afternoon way de vehicle wid eight Community College students crashed, most of dem got damaged, some mo...
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Ah pound ah salt fish
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November 9, 2012
Nuff and plenty to talk bout dis week. Dey’s Mr Obama black sorry, back in de White House. But Pastah christen his pick-me fuss, ley we deal wid SVG...
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Whay does mek me cry
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November 2, 2012
Too Cool Kris got ah moment in his early morning program dat he does set aside foh listeners to air dey grouse; it’s called: “Whay does get yuh ve...
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In-deep-and-dense wid no prosperity
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October 26, 2012
Life foh we began in October of 1979, dat night we killed Co-loan-all-is-him, anything dat existed before dat 1979 date, King, Queen, Integrity, every...
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Puliticians de same all over… dey lie
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October 19, 2012
Ah watched de US presidential debate on Choose-dey Night between Guv-on-ah Rum-Lee and president Owe-Balmer. It was punch foh punch, blow foh blow fro...
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Not Union Island again
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October 12, 2012
Thirty-three years ago ah ah group ah young men on Union Island, Rev-all-yuh-shun-is led by Bumba Charles, staged an uprising later dubbed: “Decembe...
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We painting de town pink
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October 5, 2012
Dis Friday October fifth is “Pink Day,” specially dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness all over de world. Here at home, de SVG Medical Association...
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Read between de miss-in-jaw lines
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September 28, 2012
Time and time again we does get ah message, but because it ain’t saying way we want to hear, we does tun loose pon de miss-in-jaw, beat him up and s...
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Not being truthful at all
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September 21, 2012
Ah cannot, and ah will not dare challenge Chief Engineer, Brent Bailey’s (technical) findings on de Bigger Biggs mining site. But as ah Licensed Lan...
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Another home coming
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September 14, 2012
Time does really fly in truth. Come Wednesday next week, it would be exactly one year since ah left our beautiful Shores to go foh medical treatment (...
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Stop demon-eyes-in Bigger Bigs
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September 7, 2012
Well finally, after nearly 18 months, Bigger Bigs has decided to post on de Internet, as much footage as his secretary was able to capture of ah hosti...
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Keep out ah Oscar and Ralph come-mess
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August 31, 2012
Oscar and Ralph are friends from morning. Is Oscar he-self who reminded Ralph dat dey were born under de same roof, actually de last two Mo-he-can to ...
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Between ah rock in ah hard place
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August 24, 2012
To be honest, is months ah waiting foh ah fare-minded body like Ken-tek-he Boy-yeh to mek ah statement on de way de E-con-me falling apart, and give p...
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David de Shepherd boy is back
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August 17, 2012
Bolt is de greatest, ah Legend and an inspiration foh us all. He and Blake and all de other Carry-Beyond Athletes are like ah gift from de Lord to Car...
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De uni-form men-tell-at-tea
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August 10, 2012
Did Hawkins Nanton eat somebody white fowl, why dey have his good name knocking bout like if is he who did buy cheap Shy-knees fan dat catch fire in d...
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Mina Mina Shekel Upharsin
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August 3, 2012
Vin-sin-shun Folklore or foh dat matter, Carry-beyond Folklore is full ah beautiful colour-here-shun. Ah think in grammar dey call it ‘Idiom’, ah ...
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Our Grenadines, de place to be
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July 27, 2012
“Our little sister islands… those gems, the lovely Grenadines,” continue to justify honorable mention in the National Anthem of SVG. During the ...
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Way yuh bin so long So-butt-her?
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July 20, 2012
One ah de hot-test Kaiso (tent song) in de Mespo Can-ah-val dis year was about “So butt-her Seize- her” sung by Barbra Bacchus. Ah party song wid ...
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All lot ah first time
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July 13, 2012
Vincy Mas 2012 has survived all de Demonic attacks and condemnation, and came thru wid only ah few minor skirmishes, good wuk by de Police and special...
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Faithfully, freely and fruitfully
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July 6, 2012
“I love God, that is why I do what I do, and my wish for you the parents, is that you teach your children to love God.” Ah lickle quotation from S...
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Who Jah Bless
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June 29, 2012
Every time ah hear how de Police had to be called in to remove de lickle vendors (mainly women) from under de side-walks; ah does say to me-self : “...
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Shooting we-self in we foot
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June 22, 2012
My heart goes out to the relatives of Cally Joseph, especially his six-year-ole son and three-year-ole daughter; Cally was gunned down, shot eight tim...
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Ah chance to see again
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June 15, 2012
Bright and early Sat-dey morning, ah heard someone at my gate calling: “Ellick! Ellick!” Is only one villager who does call me “Ellick” instea...
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Dat Satanic Altar
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June 8, 2012
It is difficult to be 100 percent Vincy and not have an interest in Carnival or Vincy Mas. Ann-Marie Ballantyne wrote in a newspaper last week say she...
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Wide awake in ah dream
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June 1, 2012
Ah read way de Central Bank of Trini-dad-he Toe-big-oh was revising its project-shun and reporting dat de country had entered a technical “Recess-sh...
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God heals foh ah purpose
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May 25, 2012
Ah find de "human interest story” wid Hugh "Comrad Raguette” published in de Searchlight’s Midweek Edition on Tuesday, to be very inspiring. Hug...
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De good ole days ah cricket
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May 18, 2012
T-20 Cricket, the shorter version of the game is now as wild as NBA Basket Ball or European Soccer. Unlike de long, drawn-out Test Matches dat very of...
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Meet Doctor Ras-Guana-Gouti-Dread-Liveth
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May 11, 2012
Most ah de mornings after ah finish walking, ah would stop by foh ah coconut drinky at Ras Nutty, de coconut vendor next to Caribbean Tyres at Arnos V...
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Putting in gold in golden years
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May 4, 2012
Some fear-most person did write and say you can judge ah country by de way it treats its older citizens. And to be honest, when yuh see how our Golden...
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An-Easier choice
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April 27, 2012
Ah have a soft spot foh talented Youths, and nuff ah dem dey bout. Dey’s ah young female athlete, Miss Daily from Jah-mek-her in training hey in SVG...
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Pan in Gospel Fest ah good I-dare
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April 20, 2012
De Gospel Fest is in full swing. So far ah have only been able to tek in de Junior Pan Category ah few Sundays ago. Ah didn’t stay foh de whole sess...
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Dancing wid de star Ole George
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April 13, 2012
Finally Earl ‘Ole George’ Daniel, has made it. “Ole George” has been ‘danced around’ by EVERY Tom, Dick ‘n’ Harry foh years, trying on...
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Sin-Vin-Sins funniest home VDO
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April 5, 2012
Our Pry Minister after making ‘ah doesn and one’ pronouncement ah de incident wid his son, our Am-boss-ah-dah and de “NDP Cop” sorry, dat shou...
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Taxi riving ah way to start
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March 30, 2012
Firstly, ah just want to wish Anita “Tanty Nita” Snagg ah Happy belated Birthday Greetings and pray dat she enjoys many more. Tell her is Greeting...
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We beginning to look good again
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March 23, 2012
Arnos Vale was on Fire last weekend wid three days of exciting Cricket. De West Indies team played hard against Australia, dat is how yuh got to play ...
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Time foh dis ripping off to stop
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March 16, 2012
Madam Lie-Za say to tek warning! De shake up at Victoria Park last Sat-dey night is ah sign ah things in de making. Pay-trons pay’d E.C. $50. 00 foh...
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