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