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Dust to Dust, Ashes to Ashes…
Two months ago, close to 20,000 persons living in de Orange and Red Zones, de danger areas located within close distances of de Volcano, were within h...
June 4, 2021
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People right to demand better
Is like ah had dis dream dat while de Evacuees from de Red and Orange Zones were under pressure to go back to de Danger Zones near La suffrey, we in d...
May 28, 2021
Silence dignified at its all time best
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Silence dignified at its all time best
Ah read ah very interesting article by IWN bearing the headline: “Christian Council anticipates justice in matter relating to two public figures.” De ...
May 21, 2021
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Man shot him-self in him-foot
Lie-Za all-time getting she story and dem wrong. She was telling me, she heard pon de Raid-yuh, how de PM Shot Him-self in Him-foot again. Ah told her...
May 14, 2021
Dey’s Gold in de La-Sew-Fray
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Dey’s Gold in de La-Sew-Fray
Before ah start, no, before ah forget, Ah want to ask ah fair-for of NEMO’s Director, Me-shell Forbes, when all de dust is settled. She must change da...
May 7, 2021
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Two out ah five great citizens
Foh dis week and maybe next week, ah paying respects to Five Vincy (Five in ah Row) who would have left us but not before planting ah Monument. RAWLE ...
April 30, 2021
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Dotish is ah good name brand
Lie-Za was telling me dat de oldest date on record of an Erupt-shun of de La-Sew-Fray Volcano of Sin-Vin-Sin was in 1718. She still wondering how de i...
April 23, 2021
Who is Professor Richie Robertson
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Who is Professor Richie Robertson
Professor Richard “Richie” Robertson lead Scientist in SVG’s Volcanic Erupt-shun was named after his uncle Richard Joachim, whom we terror-eyes during...
April 16, 2021
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De unanswered prayers 0f Joseph
Lie-Za vividly recalls de festive Pre and Post-elect-shun Calm-Pain put on by de ULP dat boasted of having ah War-Chest. So determined dey were to mek...
April 9, 2021
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Isn’t dey trouble everywhere?
Of course we should all know dat dis is Holy Week. But if we doh know or doh remember, suggests dat we eat we Sunday School Fees. Holy week starts fro...
April 1, 2021
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Sagicor light shines on Darkie
Before ah forget ah want to Big Up Sagicor foh honouring one of our outstanding NATIONAL CULTURAL icon’ David ‘Darkie’ Williams. as a part of the Insu...
March 26, 2021
Please sing our anthem in Garifuna
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Please sing our anthem in Garifuna
Last Sunday’s Nah-shun-all Hero’s Day Ceremony at Dorsetshire Hill was on TV, but ah was getting ready foh Church so ah listened in between dressing a...
March 19, 2021
Memory Lane here comes Nina!
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Memory Lane here comes Nina!
I am indeed saddened by de passing of my Dear Friend and everybody’s Friend, Nina Maloney. Ah remember like if is today, de first timeah was going to ...
March 12, 2021
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Go line up foh de job
Driving past Victoria Park on Wednesday morning, Lie-Za saw: “ah crowd-ah-people oh,” in de Pavilion wearing dey Mask like was ‘Mas-in-Victoria’ in Fe...
March 5, 2021
Vaccine-Nay-Shun Time!
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Vaccine-Nay-Shun Time!
Is amazing how de conversation shifting from de COVID-19 Test results to de safety of de COVID-19 Vaccines. All of ah sudden Tom, Dick’n’Harry and eve...
February 26, 2021
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Body confusion!
I am reminded of ah Kaiso “Body Confusion” written by Tanny Peters and sang by de Mighty Professor. De song-writer speaks about ah confusion among de ...
February 19, 2021
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Dis, dat or de udder!
When is not one ting is de udder wid COVID-19 Pan-dem-ache. When Grin-Ada said: “shut de doors and put on yuh mask,” Sin-Vin-Sin said: “ Shut doors fo...
February 12, 2021
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My big buddy and coach
IT WAS NOT UNTIL ah turned 16 dat my long in coming wishes foh ah Big Brother came thru. He was about ten years my senior, ah New Born-again Christian...
February 5, 2021
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All hands on deck!
Ah doh know what de Bequia Channel is like now-ah-days in de month of January, but ah remember many years ago, travelling from Bequia to Kingstown on ...
January 29, 2021
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Dey’s hope in our young people!
If de front and back page of de local Newspapers is not about COVID-19, it’s de La Soufriere, and why not, it’s world news and SVG is chalking up some...
January 21, 2021
De Bridegroom reach!
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De Bridegroom reach!
In April last year when COVID-19 took de world (except Sin-Vin-Sin) by surprise, Grin-Ada went on ah early Lock Down, but just like we in SVG, dey pai...
January 15, 2021
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The newest Banana Republic country
Donald Trump of ‘de Apprentice’ fame, during his four-year stint in de White House, was like de Win that developed into ah Whirl Win dat almost blew d...
January 8, 2021
De Suffray ah boil!
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De Suffray ah boil!
Come Ole Year’s Night, ah blanking 2020 foh causing us all dat ‘Jabez’ Pain and Suffering. Ah will refuse to even wish it happy riddance. And ah renti...
December 31, 2020
Dat Good Ole Drum Oven
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Dat Good Ole Drum Oven
My friend Aubrey Gould at de Archives Department, has developed an interest in Cuchiments, ole time household appliances and equipment like de Mortar ...
December 23, 2020
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Ah miss me God-Mother for Christmas
Ah dwelling wid God-Parents foh Christmas; masculine God-father feminine God-Mother or Nenny. How does one qualify to be ah God-Parent? It’s ah simple...
December 18, 2020
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Five years crossing de Bar
De great King Solomon in his wisdom concluded dat: “To everything there is a Season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” And he goes on wid de...
December 11, 2020
Will be Hell wid RocHelle and AsHelle
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Will be Hell wid RocHelle and AsHelle
Lie-Za say will be Hell wid RocHelle and AsHelle in Par-liar-mint dis time around, as de two ladies set ah first time record in de House way both Spea...
December 4, 2020
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What’s in ah name
Shakespeare might have left us ah real Jig Saw wid his Romeo and Juliet quotation “What’s in ah Name.” Could you imagine de uproar in de class-room wh...
November 27, 2020
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King David last days
One ah de Psalms in de Bible dat is attributed to Moses is Psalm 90. In it Moses wrote: “De days of our years may come to three score and ten years (s...
November 20, 2020
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Dr Friday reach round
Ah very interesting Article dis week in I-Witness News entitled: “Having lost the Popular Votes Gonsalves sings a different song!” Back in 1998 we had...
November 13, 2020
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Mothers In Elect-shuns
What was supposed to have been de “Mother of Elections” is over and my girl Lie-Za insist dat ah write say she and I from de Love Vine Column, sincere...
November 7, 2020
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Does Tie One have ah PBI programme?
Someone sent me an interesting Article wid de headline: “Tie-one offers Golden Visa for Asian Investors.” De article states dat Tie-One offers four ty...
October 30, 2020
Wide Awake In Ah Dream
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Wide Awake In Ah Dream
When Lie-Za hear both sides wid dey unlimited Spiritual vision, forecasting dis November 5, 2020 General Elect-shuns and labelling it as “de mother of...
October 23, 2020
My day in par-liar-mint
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My day in par-liar-mint
Ah remember de time when de Awe-Position had brought ah more-shun in de House to have de Ah-torn-knee General, PR, resign from his post. Back den, de ...
October 16, 2020
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Three cheers foh pa-pa-yaw
Dey say dat 518 years ago, when Christopher Columbus came to de Caribbean he got sick like ah dog! He had Dem-Gay: Nausea, high fever, vomiting, pain ...
October 9, 2020
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Covet 19 Money Reach Hell
In de Bible dey’s dis Parable told by Jesus of ah Rich man who featsted sumptuously every day. But right outside his gate was Lazarus, ah Poor Man cov...
October 2, 2020
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Ah Two-Thirds Majority
Lie-Za claims she had a vision dat clearly showed her de results of the upcoming Elect-shun. “It is a two-third majority foh de winner!” she said. “Sh...
September 25, 2020
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No grave can keep my body down!
Picong is ah Carry-Beyond Thing, Cultural like an Art-Form. It is like Picking on someone verbally of course, by calling him/her Nick-names, wid de in...
September 18, 2020
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Age is honour
Ah good way to start this Article is to show recognition to ah few of my friends who are celebrating significant milestones. Two weeks ago de Howards,...
September 11, 2020
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It takes ah village to raise ah child
Ole people say dat adults should contain dey exuberance if dey want to avoid de chance of minor injuries. So ah leaving all de celebration, de excitem...
September 4, 2020
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Ready to vote on de 20-fourth
First and Foremost, ley me say best wishes to Mrs Pearline Long, formerly Corea, who had ah One-dah-full 100 Birthday Party at The Thompson Home on Th...
August 28, 2020
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Those soothing quotations
When serious things happen, dey’s always ah soothing lickle quotation dat must come to mind. Tek foh example de hot Road March tune on de chart foh de...
August 21, 2020
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Squatters to “come by” Mac Lean lands
Dey’s de two word phrase “Come by” dat is applied on different occasions, one as in ah surprise visit or invitation : “ Oh ah just ‘come by’ to see wh...
August 14, 2020
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