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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...
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More subjects to mek dem employable
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August 26, 2011
De GHS Scent-an-yell Committee was angling foh 100 per cent passes but, de ninety-six percent dey got is STILL ah tree-mend-us performance foh any Edu...
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Ah still trying to figure out
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August 19, 2011
Pardon me if ah sound like de Kid from Dooms Avenue, but all of ah sudden it beginning to look like SVG is on ah big close down sale! “Ah Still Tryi...
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Shall we practise what we preach
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August 12, 2011
No honest and fair minded Vincentian would want to downplay P. M. Gonsalves’ bold and commendable effort in making an International Airport a realit...
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Dey will all fall eventually
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August 5, 2011
Foh de whole week ah dey glued to de TV watching de demise ah former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, de Pharaoh-like dictator.{{more}} Mr. Mubarak ...
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Rebuke our children or else…
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July 29, 2011
Is like ah weekly fixture on de front pages ah de Newspapers. When is not “Young man shot dead”, is “Man killed in drive by shooting” or “bu...
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Glen just clean up yuh Beach
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July 22, 2011
Dis has been two long months of add-fussy-tea foh SVG and its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Gonsalves, yuh would think some-buddy “jump de PM Sheep! I...
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My fair wedding
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July 15, 2011
Ah want to wish Ferne Cato belated but still “Happy 60th Birthday” and ah won’t miss de 70th foh nothing. Yuh notice how ah give out Ferne’s a...
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Caught unaware by Wiked-Leak
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July 8, 2011
Nuff respect to de people ah de North, Windward and Leeward. Tajoe and GAO foh de Kaiso and Road March honours and Fireman Hooper foh Soca Monarch. Ah...
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Technique and theory need in pan
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July 1, 2011
Ah made it to de Junior Pan Competition last Sunday; de crowd could be ah lot better, but nobody listens. Ah keep writing dah CDC should hold dat show...
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Is clean up time
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June 24, 2011
Dem ole people had ah rule foh correctness dah dey uses to drive in we head: “Nothing done half-way ever done right”! And while ah want to big-up ...
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Vincy pride de Police Band
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June 17, 2011
Dis week ah driving in de centre ah de road; a not even stopping to pass me Fowl-mouth pon dis Giant Chicken Project ah read about last week. Dat is o...
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Big up Skin-knee Fabulus
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June 10, 2011
Before ah forget, ley me congratulate Skinny Fabulus foh ah one-dah-full I-dare hosting ah “Uncle Skinny Kiddies Carnival Fair”.{{more}} CDC deaf ...
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PM revisit VAT and Customs
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June 3, 2011
“de country is in trouble”! Basically what de article said was dat foh de first quarter ah 2011, Guv-ah-mint, Customs and Income Tax departments c...
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Another badventist past-her
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May 27, 2011
De talk about reincarnation came up and Lie-Za was listing de names ah persons she wanted to come back as, pure big shots. So ah told her dat many yea...
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End ah which world non-scents
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May 20, 2011
Bible gives all de warning signs. De Jews who never accepted Christ as de Son of God, have dey own signs, seven major signs to be exact, when de end i...
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Sir Charles yuh suppose to wave
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May 13, 2011
ah heard de police siren coming towards us, same time one ah de fellars seated in front de shop-door say: “de bass ah come”.{{more}} In ah jiffy d...
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God save our gracious queen
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May 6, 2011
May Day or Labour Day is ah special day on my calendar. Ah started to wuk as ah Votes Clerk at Public Works on de fuss ah May, 1960. My pay was $ 2.60...
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De two-storey out-house
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April 29, 2011
camp site in de forest, standing among the tall trees is dis simple but striking piece ah architecture; ah two storey, wooden toilet wid 2 ft by 4 ft ...
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As ah remember Good Friday and Easter
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April 21, 2011
Lie-Za fuming mad! She say in all her years pon dis earth, is de first time she ever see Easter fall at the end ah April. How school children went pon...
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Here is ah second warning
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April 15, 2011
Ah don’t like to go back to things ah write, ah left dat to school pickney when de time come; but last week ah ended de article like dis: “ Ah wan...
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Our children are de Lord’s
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April 8, 2011
Lie-Za asked me if ah read ah letter in de Searchlight’s midweek paper signed by “Former Patient”. Unfortunately ah don’t read letters way peo...
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De-muck-we-see ULP style
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April 1, 2011
Ah was telling Lie-Za how ah was ah foundation member ah de Christian Council (CC)when it started way back in 1968-69 wid what de den four major churc...
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Ah day wid my All-me-matter
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March 25, 2011
Bright and early last Fry-dey morning me lickle youth-man woke me up to pack our lunch to go on de Grammar School PTA Boat-ride to Bequia. Ah know ah ...
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Ah Big Man-shun is Ah Head-ake
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March 18, 2011
Ah notice an Ad in de papers last week way one Financial Institution was forclosing or simply selling out 15 properties, 10 ah dem are family homes; i...
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Not too late to reconciliate
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March 11, 2011
Good Add-vice is scarce. Last Sat-dey former Speak-um-all was his vintage self, giving sound add-vice to present Speaker Alexander. Maule was ah guest...
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Nah-Shun-All-Hero
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March 4, 2011
De year just start and it nearly done. Is March already which reminds me ah two things, de wife’s birthday coming up, ah does get problem wid dat da...
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Are dey Bull-or-Man?
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February 25, 2011
I was elated when Mr Burgin, the Head-teacher at Kingstown Anglican Primary school invited me to talk to the Grade 6 students last Monday. Dat’s de ...
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Ah not leaving sweet SVG
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February 18, 2011
GHS Centennial Celebrations Committee scored again last Thursday night wid dey monthly lecture series. Guest speaker was Stacia Morris, a past student...
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Mr Prime Minister dey angry
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February 11, 2011
Last ting first. Ah just want to Big-up Dr Steven Nanton, a Vincentian born, US trained doctor, ah Gastroenterologist, dah’s ah big word, ah mouth-f...
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Wrecking-silly-hate
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February 4, 2011
First tings first. To Hate is to be Silly, and when dey’s Hate, is time to Wreck it. In other words it is time foh Wrecking-Silly-Hate. De Guv-ah-mi...