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Bassy - Love Vine

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DE RIGHT TO WHAT KIND AH LIFE
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September 11, 2009
Ah don’t know if dey’s ah parallel here but interestingly in de USA, President Obama is having de time ah his life selling his Health Care Reform ...
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Yes de no has it
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September 4, 2009
Yuh mean to tell me dat after six years ah public meetings all over SVG, N-less trips traveling all over de De-ass-poorer, collecting and compiling in...
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Ah going Community college
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August 28, 2009
It was like ah barrel full ah fresh air watching Dr Jewel War-he-can being interviewed by Zinga Greaves on de Guv-ah-mint API television program. Ah n...
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KNOWS NOT… KNOWS NOT… HE KNOWS NOT
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August 21, 2009
If ah was PR Campbell, Cheerman ah de CRC, ah would ah reflect deeply on de way ah show off me scholarship pon Shuffle-on Ballantyne foh no justifiabl...
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Skills! skills! Everyway
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August 14, 2009
Ah feel hopeful when ah see de burst ah Summer Activities involving our youths, and ah want to commend dem individuals, groups and organizations who h...
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Time to stop dream
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August 7, 2009
Last week Sunday night ah almost did ah ‘round de clock’ listening to de Antigua Calypso Monarch Competition. Just in case yuh ain’t know, de st...
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Poverty down!!! But is prostitution up???
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July 31, 2009
De Headlines in last week’s papers said nuff about de Poverty Survey, interesting if not frightening, one headline was: “Poverty Down”! Another:...
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Arm-in put jumbie pon Ralph
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July 24, 2009
Ah got to Big Up Darnley Dublin foh forwarding an e-mail he got from ah Trinny source entitled: “A Trinidad to remember”, it’s ah one-dah-full t...
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Lie-za done-ate Ten Thousand
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July 17, 2009
When every Tom, Dick ‘n’ Harry voted foh de first time in 1951, ah fellar name Morgan won de Marriaqua seat, dey say he my-great and never took up...
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Time to honour CDC members
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July 10, 2009
Ah won’t want to go on record as one who persistently bashes Carnival. But Carnival is our biggest cultural display, in ah cents, Carnival is ah ref...
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Ah voting no unless…
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July 3, 2009
Ah know ah should relax dis weak and write bout Carnival but de situation in Honduras is like real Carnival bark-an-all, ah bit ah concern foh us in S...
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Needed: More Butchers in de police
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June 26, 2009
While some young and irresponsible, trigger-happy Policemen continue to use excessive and unnecessary force, killing and beating up ‘pon innocent yo...
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De days ah fee-she business over
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June 19, 2009
Ah have ah pashion foh Fish dat fishes deeper dan just eating fry Fish and boil-een. It is always my conviction dat if dis country is to survive, our ...
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Born-ah-man or born-ah-woman
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June 12, 2009
Seems like de Drafters and Art-tests of de new Constitution foh SVG got de Jah-mek-her lady wrathed, mek she tek up she pen ‘n’ pepper dem. Ah tal...
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Lickle sketches ah SVG
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June 5, 2009
Last Friday My wife came home and handed me ah lickle book, ah very attractive cover but no bigger dan ah note pad, she said to me: “your friend Gra...
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We need ah David and ah sling-shot
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May 29, 2009
The Bible gives a very interesting account of ah battle between Israel (de Jews) and de Philistines (de Arabs). One ah de greatest battles ever fought...
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Pull-it-tek-all ah-dull-assent
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May 22, 2009
Ah remember when ah turned thirteen ah started to act up wid some strange de-link-went behave-yah, Granny never bother wid me much, she told me Pubert...
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Sea moss is more dan macho
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May 15, 2009
Ah couldn’t help reading last week’s article on “Carts” by Doc Fraser ah second time. Knowing him well, he will want to charge me foh two read...
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‘E look good but lard ah fraid
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May 8, 2009
Sir Ronald Saunders’ article entitled “Time to care again for Caricom” in last week Searchlight is food foh we to tek time chew, swallow and die...
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Nah mek Satan get yuh rev
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April 30, 2009
“In de land of Uz there lived ah man name Job, he was blameless and upright, feared God and shun evil....Then de Lord said to Satan, have yuh consid...
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It was all Obama
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April 24, 2009
Ole people say every Dog ha’ he Day when he’s ah star. Dey’s Doctor Day when our life depends on his verdict. Pastors got dey Sun-dey too, and d...
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Revisiting Pan Against Crime
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April 17, 2009
Ah forgot to mention last week dat while in T’n’T ah stayed at Laventille, next to de Bad John and dem. My relatives live two houses above one ah ...
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Wha three-knee-dad look like
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April 9, 2009
During de last seven years ah fly pon plane three times, twice to Three-knee-dad and once to de USA. Ah does feel shame when de wife tell me friends d...
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Pon-zee banks like su-su hand
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April 3, 2009
Was early in February ah did write say dat bill-on-air Stand-ford facing scamp charges, but in SVG we got White Colour Scamps in our midst, Bank on my...
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Wukers treated like dirt
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March 27, 2009
Ah passed thru town last week and ah frighten, Middle Street dat is always bussing wid movement look like storm pass thru. Ah wondered how de street v...
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Ah dose ah he own medicine
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March 20, 2009
De role of an Opposition Representative in SVG is painful and frustrating. Dey got no say in dey own constituency, get no budget to wuk wid, literally...
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Nah-shun-all Hero
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March 13, 2009
Nah-shun-all Hero Day reach round again and I am reminded that two weeks ago Minister Baptiste announced that de names Mc Intosh, Joshua and Cato will...
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Lickle G’ ah faithful soul
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March 6, 2009
Ah want to share ah bit ah de life of George Trimmingham, known to all in de village as Lickle G, the big brother of Fred, former outstanding national...
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Mr. PM, yuh election date wrong
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February 27, 2009
De Arithmetic is pointing towards Elections dis year and soon too. De Prime Minister will want us to believe otherwise but his actions speak loudly. L...
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De Robbing Hoard of Cricket
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February 20, 2009
When ah was ah lickle youth man somebody gave me ah story-book on de Tales of Robin Hood foh Christmas, dah was so long ago, dat all ah could remember...
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IHC, we love yuh bad
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February 13, 2009
While in conversation ah few years ago wid Dr Datta, she was telling me about some serious medical cases she had at de Pediatric Ward down at Milton C...
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Ah pair-ah-ducks
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February 6, 2009
Ah will have to tank ah former English teacher ah mine foh my “Bad English”, he did tell us dat dey’s no definite pronunciation to de English. W...
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Hercules was ah proud black man
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January 30, 2009
Ah believe dat over de years ah would ah mentioned de names Charles Hercules and Tommy Saunders in my column more times dan anybody else. Dey were my ...
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Be inspired
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January 23, 2009
Dr Jules Ferdinand will forgive me if ah write just ah lickle piece on his book, “Be Inspired”, he must give way to Mr Inspiration himself, Presid...
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Ah Cattle Boil foh dem
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January 16, 2009
Something like it bud-ah-ring P.R. Campbell. Ah does try and listen to as much of his programs as ah could mek, but lately he dropping lickle hints, t...
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Click! Click! Hold yuh calm-ram
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January 9, 2009
Looking back at some ah de most feared instrument used over de years, de Tongue would be de vanguard and among de most deadly! King Solomon had nuff t...
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Vincy Christmas is still de best
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January 2, 2009
Another Christmas gone! Ah could ah feel dah good ole Vincy Christmas feeling thru-out de land. Vincentians spend real money and like dey declared war...
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Jim is my Father Christmas
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December 23, 2008
Keep yuh Carnival wid yuh Back-canal and some ah de other seasons too, but give me Christmas. De food, de carols, music, Nine Mornings, even de smell ...
Bassy - Love Vine
De Hospital ain’t all dat bad
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December 19, 2008
Ah few days after celebrating her 86 birthday, my Mom fell and struck her hip, of all body parts. She was in lots ah pain and was rushed to de Milton ...
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Budget wid mix grades
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December 12, 2008
Ah wonder if is because ah only heard bits and pieces ah de budget, or maybe de parts ah heard is de only good parts why ah want to give it ah Good Gr...
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My friend is now living overtime
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December 5, 2008
Ah don’t tink my buddy Dennis Joyette will forgive me foh missing his seventieth birthday party last Sunday. After all is only survivors like de Mig...
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Boys will be boys
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November 28, 2008
Yes, last week when ah read de story wid de two lickle youth men from Pole Yard at Arnos Vale, who jumped de Airport fence, got pass de security, datâ...
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Tri-tri and two-two behave-yah
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November 21, 2008
Time and time again, ah have been spot on target predicting de date and time to look out foh Tri-Tri. Ah get de feeling dat some people think is some ...
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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July 7, 2025
With the Soca Monarch finals out of the way, all eyes and ears are turned towards Kingstown in anticipation for who will capture the 2025 Road March t...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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July 4, 2025
The government of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a high grade for the strides made in education during its term in office, but is concer...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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July 4, 2025
Four contestants who will be competing in the Miss SVG show later this year, made an appearance at the Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch Competition on ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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July 4, 2025
Vincentian lawyer, Mikhail Charles, has been appointed Honorary Legal Advisor for St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at its High Commission in the Un...
Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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Five entrepreneurs to make business pitch in Men’s Empowerment Project
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July 4, 2025
The Centre for Enterprise Development Inc, (CED) has announced its upcoming Business Pitch Competition, where five dynamic entrepreneurs will compete ...

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