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Jomo has my blessings
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July 31, 2008
Ah giving dem youngsters wid de new Party “ De People’s Movement for Change” (PMC) an endorsement. During my three scores plus years, a’ve dev...
From Cotton to Silk
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From Cotton to Silk
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July 25, 2008
As ah begin to write dis article, ah hearing Lynch on Radio saying that the young Lawyer Stapleton, was assassinated by ah gunmen dis morning. This is...
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Who E Hut E Hut!
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July 18, 2008
This week de ULP scored big wid ah double, two scent-tree. Scent-tree number one is de matter way de Lawyers foh de female Police officer in de allege...
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We got wuk to do here
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July 11, 2008
Vincy Mas 2008 is over and from all indications de Festival was good. It was free of serious violence. Ah look at all dem young people fete-in in dey ...
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No more long talk
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July 4, 2008
When we masH up Carry Come like how we did mash up de Federation, wha we go do next? Form ah next grouping or join ah next grouping ALBA? Ah beg to di...
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Lovely Cricket minus de bottles
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June 27, 2008
Inspite ah some heavy showers late Monday evening, Tuesday turned out to be ah nice day foh cricket. Ah light overcast but no rain and no set ah brigh...
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‘Vincy Heat’ look weak
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June 20, 2008
Goodness gracious, our “Vincy Heat” soccer team played like “Vincy Cool” last Sunday against Canada. Ah not giving up, ah hoping foh ah miracl...
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Another Fardah’s Dey
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June 13, 2008
Is ah lickle too late now to ask de Annual Day of Prayer Committee to dedicate dis Sunday as another Day of Prayer foh Far-dahs, Pray dat “Fardahs D...
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How bout repentance
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June 6, 2008
Somehow dis Annual Day of Prayer scheduled foh Monday not really registering on me. We been resorting to dis Day of Prayer ting since dis wave of Crim...
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$umting fee-she on de bay
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May 30, 2008
Just when de Buccama Bay Hotel project beginning to tek shape, looking good like it ready to start operations, it suddenly get ah bout ah hiccups, de ...
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It’s all about to-gather-ness
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May 23, 2008
Over de last few months or so, negative publicity dominated de print and electronic media to such an extent dat full publicity, coverage and recogniti...
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Give me freedom and dignity
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May 16, 2008
Forty years ago in de late 1960’s and early 1970’s SVG experienced an Intellectual Rev-all-yuh-shun organized by ah group ah young progressive thi...
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No food cry-sis eh… wait…
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May 9, 2008
When ah was ah youth ah looked forward foh de Sunday lunch, that was de day when de main course was rice and some kind ah meat, either home grown chic...
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Way hut eye mek nose run
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May 2, 2008
Dis week ah find me-self like dem Pastors who at times does have to Christen dey own pick-me, only difference is dat in my case is me grand pick-me, K...
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Talk talk and more talk
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April 25, 2008
Ah had fun wid my lickle ten year ole son preparing his Earth Day project. He’s very artistic, think he tek after his Mom. His own I-dare foh ah pro...
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Poverty – den and now
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April 18, 2008
When it rains it pours, last week after reading Cims Martin’s lovely piece on his boy days, ah couple ideas foh an article popped up in my head. Den...
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Can Junior back-us save Buccama
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April 11, 2008
Tour-is-him provides ah quick dollar dat could split up into many lickle ten cents pieces hey and dey and every way, one foh Tax and one foh Taxi, one...
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Sexiest beach… what
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April 4, 2008
Hip! Hip! Hip! Who...foh SVG. Big headlines “SVG among sexiest beaches”. At first it sounded like de person said “SVG among Sexist Beaches”. Y...
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Does Jomo have ah message?
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March 28, 2008
I am amused at how Jomo Thomas’ writings could create so much ah problems foh both pull-it-to-kill parties here. In de ULP dey glad dey don’t have...
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Is Good Friday worth celebrating?
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March 20, 2008
Christians all over will celebrate Easter dis weekend. So starting from dis Thursday night, Holy Thursday, into Good Friday, ah break on Sat-dey and b...
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We hit rock bottom last Thursday
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March 13, 2008
Maybe an expert from Kay-Blue & Why-Less or D. J. Sell should spend some time on Radio and TV and tell dis nation dat while some ah we might think we ...
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Give God de Glory
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March 7, 2008
Nearly two years ago my friend Andrew Cummings put me on oath not to tell anyone what he was going to disclose. He said dat he was informed dat he was...
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One scape-goat set free
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February 29, 2008
I am still hearing de shouting and screaming from the crowd on de morning dat de police were taking de young man Francis Williams to de Courts to be c...
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Long love Fidel Casro
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February 22, 2008
Dr Fidel Castro came on de scene when ah was in senior form, and as youngsters, we all admired dis bearded young hero, so much so dat every youth-man ...
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Landrina ah woman to her word
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February 15, 2008
Way back in 1986, dat’s over twenty-one years ago, ah group of us students who were attending Spanish classes at the Venezuelan Institute were invit...
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Sex-shall-harass-men
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February 8, 2008
Dis Sex ting started way back when dem two people disobeyed de Lord and did dey own ting, maybe de temptation was too much foh young Adam and his wife...
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Our good Catholic boy
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February 1, 2008
President Chavez might ah sounded like Santa Claws when he first launched his Caribbean Initiative, de ALBA machine. Remember, cheaper fuel was in dat...
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How dare yuh utter-sum
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January 25, 2008
Ah couple weeks ago ah wrote say dat Utter-sum as well as Fitz Jones in his time, sold out de Teachers Union lock, stock and barrel to de ULP. What el...
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Ah pull-it-to-kill virus around
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January 18, 2008
Ah Pull-it-to-kill Virus very much like one ah dem bad Flu but even more deadly, is sweeping thru the Caribbean islands. One by one it knocking out de...
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Time to reflect and restore
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January 11, 2008
Ah few months ago ah mentioned dat ah heard dat de Reclassification Report foh public servants was going to be "bad news" foh ah large number ah lower...
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Pull Yah Weight Foh 2008
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January 4, 2008
Ah got ah few left overs from 2007 to clear up before going into 2008. First is dat impressive book launch by Dr Richard Cox. Here’s ah humble, self...
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What would Jesus say?
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December 21, 2007
It is Christmas again. Never mind ah not feeling it yet. De Christmas lights on de stores and buildings in town dat usually help to lift de spirit are...
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Ah Pastor, Ah Pope and Ah Doctor
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December 14, 2007
Whenever Lie-Za wants to drop ah story pon me she would pretend she talking to she-self. Ah hear her mumbling how she wonder how dem other fellars dow...
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AH WIN AH HAM
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December 7, 2007
Ah done see Christmas, ah win ah Kay-blue & Why-less Ham last week. When ah went to pay foh me mouth, me phone bill, de cash-hey gave me two vouchers,...
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STUPSE – IMF WHAT!
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November 30, 2007
De IMF stole de headlines d’s last two week. IMF has been around foh some time, and dey’s ah school of thought dat says IMF is not ah bank or ah f...
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Ah dozen smoke and ah dozen drink
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November 23, 2007
Last week ah read in all de papers dat de daughter of ah former Ambassador was arrested and charged $100. 00 foh possession of ah portion ah miss Mari...
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Living in ah world of 100 people
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November 16, 2007
Paddy Corea and I sat in class foh nearly all our stay at Grammar School. He was into music, ah pan-ah-main-he-act, he plays de Sax too, we actually h...
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How dare yuh slap de king
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November 9, 2007
Ah just want to pick up from way de papers left off last week wid the slap dat Ipa allegedly got from ah police. Now ah writing on one foot, unfortuna...
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When misses big and lickle go shopping
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November 2, 2007
Ah been around long enough to have seen ah few salary increases foh Public Servants over de years. Back in de colonial days when de Administrator (de ...
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De Frasers’ big day
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October 26, 2007
Two weeks ago, six young Lawyers were “called to de bar” and dis week Niara Fraser had her baptism. I say baptism because when Justice Bruce Lyle ...
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De right to food coconut
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October 19, 2007
World Food Day is being celebrated dis week but dis year de Food dat fascinates me is de Coconut. Me and me wife had fun reminiscing over de dozens ah...
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My kind ah story
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October 12, 2007
Funeral Blues caught me de other day when ah went to play foh Maxi, my coconut vendor-buddy who was murdered. Maxi got entangled in ah tri-an-glue-her...
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Wid ah skill yuh will
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October 5, 2007
My God-son Ken just turn 21, and he is what yuh would call ah handyman. He went climbing ah mango tree de day before he had Common Entrance, his head ...