Bassy - Love Vine
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...
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March 10, 2023
De Volcano Football Club was dealt de full wrath of de Disciplinary Committee of de local Football Federation last month. In early February ah match b...
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March 3, 2023
Can you play an instrument like ah Pan, Guitar, Keyboard, Drums? What music genre do yuh play: Soul, Rock ‘N’ Roll, Blues, Jazz, Reggae, Kaiso? Do yuh...
Bassy - Love Vine
February 24, 2023
Ole people say “ de Darg wagging de tail” when de American Airlines (AA) has authority to prevent Prime Ministers Rowley and Gone-soft, de two most se...
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February 17, 2023
Congratulations are in order to de Public Servant Union (PSU) of SVG who this year (this month to be exact,) is celebrating its Diamond Anniversary. E...
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February 10, 2023
Every Christmas ah would buy ah gift and address it: “ to Bassy from One Love Bassy.” However last year Santa’s Claws was late in passing, so on Choos...
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February 3, 2023
Is like ah stirred up ah Red Ants nest in de Love Vine column last week when ah write say ah proud ah de NIS. How when ah was allowed to become ah mem...
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January 27, 2023
I always boast dat I am ah proud Nah-Shun-All Insurance Service (NIS) Pensioner. Happy wid my $179.00 ah fortnight benefit. It is small, but regular. ...
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January 20, 2023
If dem members ah Par-Liar-Mint think school-children not listening to de Pee-Itch-Air-Are-Tea dey carrying on in de House, dey lie. Johnny, ah lickle...
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January 13, 2023
Ah dreamt ah was ah Pastor and was sent country-side last Sunday to preach to ah congregation wid only ah handful ah predominantly senior citizens. Ni...
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January 6, 2023
Long ago people uses to be afraid to die because sometimes dey were leaving surviving relatives wid not even nuff burial money foh ah breadfruit coffi...
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December 30, 2022
Up until de late 1970’s, ah was neither “bought nor sold” on de significance of one’s ROOTS, until de airing of de popular television series “Roots,” ...
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December 23, 2022
I thoroughly N-joyed last Sunday Night’s Christmas Concert hosted by de Gospel Hall Maranatha Choir. After ah two-year no-pay Sabbatical, due to de Pa...
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December 16, 2022
I want to identify wid de Catholic Community who last month, on November 29, celebrated de promotion to Glory of our dearly beloved, Bishop Emeritus, ...
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December 9, 2022
Times and seasons do change. Long ago Christmas officially began wid Nine Mornings. In SVG we have two versions of Nine Mornings, dey’s de Novena, fro...
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December 2, 2022
Last week ah took an easy piggy-back ride borrowing material from JIRIE (Jah-Irie’s) publication, in which dey had paid tribute to Top Carry-Beyond Le...
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November 25, 2022
Lie-Za beg me to piggy-back pon ah thought-provoking publication issued by ah Focus Group name JIRIE Caribbean. The essence of de name Jirie pronounce...
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November 18, 2022
Lie-Za say is wickedness what dey doing to our beloved Market Vendors or Street Vendors. Ah had to agree wid her and told her Market Vendors go ah lon...
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April 2, 2026
THE DEPARTMENT OF Culture, in collaboration with the Peace Memorial Hall, officially unveiled the first ever large-scale sculptural mural in St.Vincen...
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April 2, 2026
PRIME MINISTER, Dr. Godwin Friday, has issued a statement addressing a series of recent incidents of violence, public disorder, and growing concerns a...
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April 2, 2026
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned an incident that led to the killing of two Indonesian peacekeepers of the United Nations...
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April 2, 2026
THE NATIONAL Society of Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) in St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) held its annual Melanie McKenzie Educational and Medic...
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April 2, 2026
SIX SECTIONS, ALL representing some aspects of the way Vincentians live, will be turned into costumes when the Lynx Mas Band makes it presentation for...
