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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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For God sake let’s move on
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March 9, 2012
Ah want to tek offence to de resurrection ah de ole debate on Ugly Black and Pretty White (Gone-soft vs Arm-in) now making de rounds in SVG. “I want...
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Tings not as b’right as dey look
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March 2, 2012
Things are not looking as b’right in SVG as we are led to believe, and certain things does disturb me, like when ah hearing pon Radio, how Guv-ah-mi...
Bad or good eye-de allergy???
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Bad or good eye-de allergy???
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February 24, 2012
De late Glen Jackson would be de Founding Father of Talk Show in SVG, and Elwardo “E.G.” Lynch would have succeeded Glen as de as de “heir appar...
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Be not ashame of yuh sickness
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February 17, 2012
Sister Ballah nee Lewis made ah strong request of me last week. Foh those who don’t know or remember Sister Ballah, well she is from de fair-most Le...
Yuh know yuh seventy when
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Yuh know yuh seventy when
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February 10, 2012
Ah few weeks ago, one ah my schoolmates, Leroy Rose phoned to inform me dat he’s having a Birthday Lunch, and he wanted de remnants ah dat bad bunch...
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De PM is like ah lame duck
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February 3, 2012
My stepfather played ah good game ah cards, especially ah game called Pedro. He could ah shuffle and reshuffle ah pack ah cards, is he who did tell me...
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Ah treasured milestone
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January 27, 2012
If ah didn’t have another engagement last Sat-dey night ah would ah crash Dennis and Didy George’s Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary Party. Dat is no e...
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Pay-up and hush-up
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January 20, 2012
Water was always ah scarce and treasured commodity. When ah was ah youth-man, no house in de village had pipe-borne water. De Villagers collected rain...
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Is de PM’s Olive Branch Foh Real?
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January 13, 2012
Some time ago ah group of Cat-lick Christians from SVG went on ah Pilgrimage to de Holy Land,and from all reports most of dem had ah spiritual renewal...
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Lie-za gives out 2012 Ah-wards
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January 6, 2012
Happy New Year to all! One person who refuses to ‘Be Happy’ is Lie-Za. Somebody in Guv-ah-mint set her up, dey told her dat her name was among tho...
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It was ah year to give thanks
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December 30, 2011
De Christmas was peaceful. No mad rush on de streets wid people spending on things dey don’t need; actually it seems like dey was no money to bad sp...
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Ah put away de house
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December 22, 2011
It was like ah warm welcome home hearing all these nice Vincy Nine Morning Songs. Ah yet to hear one by Ashley Kirby, sung by Lennox Bowman,but from t...
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God bless Cananda
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December 16, 2011
Well ah reach back safe and sound, and happy to be back too, even though ah was treated at, and to de very best Canadian Hospital and Hospitality. In ...
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LIAT…. Again?
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December 9, 2011
Yes, ah hear bout de Liat Pilot’s Sick-out, ah didn’t get de pieces ah de puzzle (both sides) surrounding de reason foh strike action, but ah find...
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Burns defends his gold
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December 2, 2011
Monday morning when ah read Kenton Chance’s ‘breaking news’ story that a prominent Trade Unionist was robbed/mugged around the Rio Foods area, j...
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Guerrilla war-fair Renwick’s style
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November 25, 2011
“It’s beginning to look ah lot like Christmas.” Man it’s freezing cold in Canada, two nights ago we had freezing rains, yesterday it snowed an...
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Come clear de air Mr Prime Minister
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November 18, 2011
St. Vincent was in de news big-time in de ‘Toronto Star’ weekend newspaper and again on Tuesday 15th in the Metro News, a free newspaper available...
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Three score and ten… Not out!
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November 11, 2011
In de game ah cricket, one ah de greatest ambition of any batsman. Male or female, is to score ah century / one hundred runs in any one innings; mek i...
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Dat National Hero non-cents again
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November 4, 2011
“Come-reds and friends, Behold I bring you glad tidings and good news, ah givin’ all yoh ah Second National Hero!” Bla! Bla! Bla! Bla! “I know...
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Ah one-dah-full lady name Peggy
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October 28, 2011
Pardon me if ah boring all yoh wid dem set ah “Non-cents Stories,” ah keep writing bout. Ah believe is how ah is ah “never see come see,” man ...
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De real death penalty
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October 21, 2011
Bishop Friday’s article “Capital Punishment Part 1” published in the Searchlight Newspaper last Friday, was ah Gem. De Bishop, in an inspired pi...
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Ladies and gentlemen de simple test
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October 14, 2011
Whenever there is de usual annual Awareness Calm-Pain foh de various diseases like HIV/AIDS, Pressure and Sugar, Heart, Eyes, Cancer and so on. the lo...
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Gurmry ah way yuh come from?
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October 7, 2011
When man like Renwick Rose says dat Agriculture Minister, Gurmry Daniel must go or be replaced, things got to be overbearing, water more dan flour! Re...
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Airport! Airport! What about ah good hospital?
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September 30, 2011
Exactly 42 years ago ah passed thru Toronto on my way to Calgary, it was my first time in ah metro city, man ah was like de naughty boy who did run wa...
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Nah spoil de new Bishop
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September 23, 2011
Hello SVG, just touching base from Canada, ah dey up hey addressing ah personal matter which ah will deal with in de tail later, every-ting under cont...
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Fight him on the outside
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September 16, 2011
Dis murder ting has raised its ugly head again dis week in Camden Park, and Redemption Sharpes, which is now ah regular. Ah must add-myth dat de tense...
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We-Key-Leak again
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September 9, 2011
Ah beginning to feel dat dis “We-Key-Leak” Intelligence Agency is an Arm-in de NDP or Vie-see Ver-saw. Like dey really come out to create con-fuse...
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Bolt miss but K-Ran-He bliss
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September 2, 2011
Some plants must die to give life to fresh flowers; some men have to step aside so dat de talents of de young ones may gain full recognition. If Usame...