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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...