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January 5, 2024
Maybe, just Maybe we need to slow down, stop and revisit our Good, Ole, Rich Traditions. Weddings is one. Long ago when you say wedding de first month...
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December 29, 2023
Two more days and we into ah New Year. Some people just can’t wait foh 2023 to go while others like us at Searchlight, not looking forward at all to D...
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December 22, 2023
Ah love dem Christmas Carols dat have interesting or controversial stories. Top ah my list would be “O Holy Night” rated as one ah de world’s most pop...
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December 15, 2023
“Hats Off!” or “Thumbs Up!” to GHS who at 7:30 a.m. last Monday morning, December 11 hosted de school’s first Nine Mornings. GHS is possibly de first ...
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December 8, 2023
Ah Christmas Gift as simple as ah Card or ah piece ah Jewelry or better still ah good piece ah money could be ah very powerful agent in bringing about...
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December 1, 2023
“Honourable Members! Honourable Members I am on my feet! Honourable Member for Central Kingstown, kindly take you seat!” Those were de Speaker’s words...
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November 24, 2023
“Oh how exciting…all de roadside dey cleaning; De real cleaning dey would not do….De Garbage in dey head needs cleaning too.” Powerful lyrics from ah ...
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November 17, 2023
My best days serving on de Carnival Development Committee was scouting foh folklore material. My fair-foh-it group was our unique four or five piece S...
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November 10, 2023
Today ah give Praise and Thanks to de All Mighty, de All Power-ful God, who has allowed me to climb de stairs and see de eighty-second floor. And toda...
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November 3, 2023
Dey’s ah ole quote dat says: “If you love someone, set her free. If she comes back, she’s yours. If not, she was never meant to be,” Yes, members of ...
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October 26, 2023
Hats off to UWI Cave Hill Faculty foh hosting its 2023 Graduation Ceremony. Incidentally dis year de UWI celebrates ah Double Jubilee with two signifi...
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October 20, 2023
Deys ah very interesting story in de Bible about ah man who prayed to de Lord to grant him and his wife ah child. Not only did God answer his Prayer, ...
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October 13, 2023
Ah dey hey was just one-dah-ring how much ah dem young people today know bout Harvest, when farmers in particular uses to mek ah special contribution ...
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October 6, 2023
My daughter informed me dat she was going to ah Surprise Birthday Party foh one of her senior colleagues who was celebrating his 99th. She was full-ah...
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September 29, 2023
When ah heard pon de news dat last week, de vehicle of ah Cuban resident hey in Georgetown was set pon fire, straight away ah bad feelings almost knoc...
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September 22, 2023
Back in 1986 Professor Arturo at de Venezuelan Institute of Culture and Education, introduced us to Venezuelan Folk Songs and how to play de Venezuela...
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September 15, 2023
Back in 2017 ah gentleman representing PACE, ah Canadian Real Estate Co, was interviewed live by Bing Joseph on Boom FM Radio. De gentleman made some ...
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September 8, 2023
ABOUT TWO WEEKS ago I was reading a very interesting article in Searchlight entitled “Newly Minted Doctor of Health Science aims to share Knowledge.” ...
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September 1, 2023
With Pride on Tuesday evening ah put on me clothes and went to de NIS Panel Discussion “Pension Reform”. NIS is dear to my heart, ah believe it is de ...
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August 25, 2023
Finally de Emancipation Memorial Lecture in honour of de legacy of Oscar Allen, for his contribution to the socio-political, cultural, and religious l...
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August 18, 2023
Dis week ah accompany ah group of ex-patriots, mainly members of de late Edward Richardson’s family, originally of Mespo Gospel Hall fame, to a Fun Da...
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August 11, 2023
Before he died, Lie-Za said her Great-grand-father had told her an African Story of Slavery how many years ago, in de Seventh Year 1492, de Europeans ...
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August 4, 2023
Now-ah-days when ah check on de number of Summer Camps foh Youths in SVG, and de variety of de programs offered, man ah wish ah was ah Youth again. As...
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July 28, 2023
What can wash away our Nay-shun’s sins? nothing but 5 decades ah Sunday School Camp once ah year. Yes, dis year campers and former campers of de Glad ...
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July 21, 2023
Dennis Mounsey still of sound mind and body, who is retired and lives in de USA was ah contemporary of our departed friend Clifford “Inkey” Williams, ...
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July 14, 2023
Lie-Za say to mek sure and Big Up dis budding 19 year ole Maestro, Mitch Israel-Duharte, lead Pannist and Arranger of Starlift Juniors Steel Orchestra...
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July 7, 2023
Big up Rotary Club Sin Vin-sin South and Glynis Hay, its new incoming President for de year 2023-2024. After about 65 years in existence, Rotary Club ...
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June 30, 2023
Pardon me if ah sound braggadocious but actually ah was flattered after reading fellow Columnist Renwick Rose’s article last week entitled: “Carnival ...
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June 23, 2023
Ah had already made up me mind to stay way from commenting on Vincy Mas dis year, but Lie Za followed de judging of de Calypso preliminaries and she w...
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June 16, 2023
According to ah report by Knoema, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) homicide rate is showing signs of ah decrease through 1999 - 2021 period endi...
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June 9, 2023
Everybody got de Fear-foh-hit Kaisoian, ah love Theophilus Phillips whose ‘Nom de Guerre’ War Name was ‘The Mighty Spoiler’ because of his flair for w...
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June 2, 2023
Family Feud wid host Steve Harvey, is my favour-it TV Game Show. One ah Mr Harvey’s questions was “ if yuh were allowed to go back in time, at what ag...
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May 26, 2023
Ah few weeks ago ah wrote about four one-dah-full women from de village who had left for de Great Beyond, actually ah called dem Queens for leaving an...
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May 19, 2023
My friend whose father was ah Pastor of de ole time Save Soul Religion, sent me a short VDO recording she made earlier dis month, of her eldest brothe...
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May 12, 2023
Exactly fifteen months ago about thirty plus small farmers occupying 59 acres of lease-hold State Lands on de Richmond Estate, were literally kicked o...
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May 5, 2023
“We’ll honour yet the school we knew, The best school of all. We’ll honour yet the rule we knew, Till the last bell call. For working days or holidays...
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April 28, 2023
Congrats to de Girl Guides Association of SVG for hosting ah successful 5-Day workshop dubbed “Start Up SVG,” designed on empowering 37 young Guides w...
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April 21, 2023
Any Reporter/Journalist covering de Pry-minister’s latest disturbing ramblings, would have stories to cover foh de rest ah de year. Wasn’t it pathetic...
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April 14, 2023
Ah was telling my girl Lie-Za dat long ago, when yuh hear Ole People say “Ting foh talk but time nah dey,” de meant dat “dey’s much of what is happeni...
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April 6, 2023
Dey’s ah photo on page 3 of de Searchlight dated March 31, dat shows de PM on stage at de ULP Rally. Fired-up in his usual high spirits and appropriat...
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March 31, 2023
It was 1963 when dis Vincent-son “Prince of Surgery” returned home foh Christmas. Home wid ah ‘Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons’ (FRCS), de...
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March 24, 2023
Check all de dictionaries, de Websters, Collins, Wicked-pee-dey-yah, Dr Allsopp et al, dey are consistent wid de meaning of dis one lickle four letter...
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March 17, 2023
Ah was reliably informed dat Justice Esco Henry is ah woman who dwells constantly in de secret place of de Most High, and occasionally when she receiv...
News
September 12, 2025
THE ASHLEY LASHLEY Foundation, with support from the United States Government, is implementing a local-level project entitled “Community-Driven Strate...
News
September 12, 2025
NON- NATIONALS ARE being hired to fill several jobs in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) simply because locals did not have the required skill sets....
News
September 12, 2025
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Montgomery Daniel has sought to clear around rumours that have been circulating relating to his health. Speaking on NBC radio on...
News
September 12, 2025
The GOVERNMENT of St Vincent and the Grenadines is set to sign agreements for tourism investment of $1.3 billion on mainland St.Vincent. On Monday, Se...
From the Courts, News
September 12, 2025
A BARROUALLIE MAN will be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to being in illegal possession of a firearm and eight rounds of ammunition. Demron...
