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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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November 11, 2022
Well my 81st Earth Day come and gone and ah want no claim to fame to long life, but give Thanks and Praise to God. Lie-Za would want me to give ah bal...
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November 4, 2022
Tears ran down by cheeks early Monday morning when ah saw on Face Book, ah house gutted all over wid fire. And when ah read de caption: Nichole Browne...
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October 28, 2022
My girl Lie-Za still battling wid and asking foh an explanation of de term ‘Scapegoat’. Her memory goes back to de statement made years ago, at de lat...
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October 21, 2022
Win or Lose, West Indies Cricket (Test, ODI or T/20) brings out de best of “de Child in Us,” we find de Darnedest adjectives to express our E-more-shu...
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October 14, 2022
I beg to borrow an Acronym “WOW” as in “Women Of Worth,” that was coined by the newly elected Executive of de NDP’s Women’s Arm. WOW is Refreshing, In...
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October 7, 2022
Ah saw ah post on Facebook way my Brother-in-Law, Fidel Caesar published dat after wuking close to 40 years wid de Public Service, he was about to “Re...
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September 30, 2022
Full marks foh ah “Baard” Editorial in choose-day’s Mid-week edition of de Searchlight entitled: “Will a National Hall of Fame Help?” Hall of Fame rem...
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September 23, 2022
Ah must add-Myth dat while de Baptism of de Mighty Sparrow n.k.a. (now known as) Brother Slinger Francisco, was inspired first and four-most by Divine...
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September 16, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II is dead, long was her Rain! Britain is steeped with tradition, since her death de British have been in permanent mourning, ah tired...
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September 9, 2022
Victor Layne was Kaiso King of SVG in de 1930’s. Dat’s according to Daryl, an old-time Kaisonian whose sobriquet was ‘Rose Place Lion’. Back den while...
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September 2, 2022
Back in Primary School Days, de first period after lunch was Singing; mainly traditional English Folk songs, ‘member it was Colonial times eh. Verse 1...
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August 26, 2022
“Me Nar Move, move fuh wah? Ah de same sky ova all arwe head. Fuh me move de sky go haffu drop down and no mo earth nah dey….“Run to town fuh wah? Who...
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August 19, 2022
It was in 1990, de Environment was ah hot topic on de Nay-shun’s Agenda. As an incentive to promote de Environmental Calm-pain dat year, de Nah-shun-a...
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August 12, 2022
Back in de 1950s Boy Scout was one ah de best thing dat happened to me at about age 12, and if ah had to do it all over, it would be Met-dis Scout und...
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August 5, 2022
De highlight of my Emancipation weekend was ah Wedding on Monday. The Ceremony was quite unique. All weddings are unique, except dat dis Ceremony was ...
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July 29, 2022
Oh Lord, you said: “ I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.” I pray a Prayer of Mercy for Bigger ...
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July 22, 2022
Like any great Son of de Soil, de Nay-shun continues to salute Nigel Greaves who last Sunday, in his own Calm, Cool and Calculative style, took ah qui...
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July 15, 2022
Ah was listening to Lie-Za share her thoughts on de Pry-Minister’s latest moves; firstly, his sudden open invitation to parents and children to his Ca...
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July 8, 2022
Ah take pride in two aspects of our Vincy Culture, i.e. Christmas and Carnival, and would have served foh many years on Carnival and Nine Mornings Com...
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July 1, 2022
After two and ah half years of Sabbatical without any renumeration, com-pen-say-shun,remittance, subsistence or whatever to de components of Vincy Mas...
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June 24, 2022
Ah was telling my buddy in de US dat ah keeping ah low profile foh Vincy Mas 2022. Despite numerous reminders or warnings to de population dat COVID-1...
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June 17, 2022
Pardon me if ah sound Eve-ill when ah say “Ah Jumping Foh Joy” ah not rejoicing eh, but when ah heard and red, ah think is better if ah quote CNBC: “D...
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June 10, 2022
All my years growing up ah always thought dat de quotation:” Order is Heaven’s First Law” came straight and direct from de Bible. Order might not be d...
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June 3, 2022
Long ago as ah small youth in Church ah had to sit stiff and straight next to my grandmother foh three hours non-stop, sometimes longer, depending on ...
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May 27, 2022
LIE-ZA CALL ME pan-aching saying she remember late last year we were Officially told dat Vincy Mas will be packed into two weekends this year, with sc...
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May 20, 2022
WHEN AH READ dat ah lady from Park Hill whose photo was on Facebook holding ah gum and ah Caption: “ 380 to do god’s knows what in park hill,” was cha...
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May 13, 2022
Now-ah-days people ain’t as superstitious as dey uses to be long ago. Remember when yuh hear ah “fowl-cock” crowing in de middle in de day, dat was ah...
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May 6, 2022
Ah was telling Lie-Za how Medical Science has come ah long way, and if ever ah tek sick wid any Excruciating Pain except (ULP) Labour Pain, get me to ...
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April 29, 2022
Ah do get emotional when ah hear terrible things, repeatedly happening to our original Ancestors, now casually referred to as “de people above de Dry ...
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April 22, 2022
Platinum (70) years ago, in 1952 ah remember when Headteacher, Sir Tommy Saunders made de announcement dat King George VI had died, even though we wer...
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April 14, 2022
Ah would love to remember OT as ah Master Builder, ah Nay-shun Builder! He built just about any and everything dat could be made from wood, from ah Cr...
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April 8, 2022
Allow me dis week to recognize ah piece of work done by my villager, Primary School class-mate and life-long friend, de Mighty Sheller, one of SVG’s g...
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April 1, 2022
Nah-shun-all He-rose month is over, ah bet nothing will be said or heard about dat subject till next year March when dat or he-rose again. Ah was tell...
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March 25, 2022
According to We-Key-pee-dey-yah, de term De-famo-shun or De-famo-tree is the act of communicating whether oral or written, false statements about a pe...
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March 18, 2022
WID DE WAR between de Ukraine and Russia heading foh World War 3, ah remind me-self dat ah was born during World War 2, and ah survived some real Hard...
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March 11, 2022
Vibrating Scakes, former Calypso Monarch of SVG and raining In-de-pen-dance Monarch, sent me ah “Whats Up” or “Whats App” message asking what I knew b...
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July 9, 2025
The 'Baddest Boy'- Shertz ‘Problem Child’ James- has copped first and second place for the 2025 Road March competition. The results were announced tod...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
