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February 14, 2020
IN SVG WE can look forward every morning foh Breaking News from any and sometimes every Radio Stay-shun; not to leave out FaceBook. Tuesday’s Searchli...
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January 10, 2020
If ah never did know bout de “Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts (EMCVPA),” ah got me appetite whet to go find out more on Sat-dey ...
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January 3, 2020
2019 has come and gone but left us some unfinished “Dutty Man” miss-behave-yah in de Police Force towards the end ah de year. Even Lie-Za say she feel...
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December 20, 2019
One ah de things dat ah used to look forward to was de “ding-ah-ling” sound of de Salvation Army bells on de street corners. Is so much noise vendors ...
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December 13, 2019
Ah decided to check pon me near-bars to see way going on next door. As ole people does say, yuh must all time monitor yuh near-bar, if his/her house p...
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December 6, 2019
It’s beginning to look ah lot like Christmas, my fear-foh-it Season. Ah could feel de changes in de Air (warm in de day, cold at nights!) Ah not heari...
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November 29, 2019
Alas! It’s Black Friday! Alas! It’s de First Day of Christ-Mas! Alas! It is de day after “Thanksgiving” when all hell break loose as Shoppers all over...
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November 22, 2019
Monday morning my girl was not de usual “Estatic Lie-Za” dat ah expected after ah hysteric-call ULP 25th. Annie-verse-ah-rear cell-abrasions. She come...
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November 15, 2019
Time and time again ah would have stated dat ah grew up in ah Grounded Christian home with my paternal Grand-parents, Salvation Army Officers (Majors)...
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November 8, 2019
Ah just want to Big-Up Jeffard Sutherland, Chairman of the SVG Our-Root Industry Association, and in ah friendly way ah holding him to his promise “to...
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November 1, 2019
De 2019 Awe-wardees foh Sporting and Cultural Ambassador are all worthy of dey selection. Lie-Za’s biggest complain is dat de Awe-wards are too late i...
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October 25, 2019
So after forty years of pull-it-tek-all In-de-pen-dance, our Gift from de Go-Venom-mint is “Ah Renewal!” Lie-Za taking offence, she say it should not ...
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October 18, 2019
Ah was telling Lie-Za ah have ah lickle machine at home dah does tell me How Low me Blood Pressure is; notice ah say “How Low”, because dat always giv...
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October 11, 2019
Ah was never so flattered when ah young lady told me she always look forward to Lie-Za’s comments in my article. Dat was all Lie-Za was waiting to hea...
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October 4, 2019
Ah have glorious memories of my youthful days as ah “Village Barber.” Ah was in Junior Form in Grammar School, making me matinee change trimming mainl...
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September 27, 2019
Ah wrote some time ago dat in school ah never loved History, it was de most boring subject.Actually, ah few of us had our own class in de back row. Is...
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September 20, 2019
Three weeks ago ah made ah long overdue trip to North Leeward, Troumaka to be exact. At de Troumaka to Rose Hall intersection, we were greeted by ah S...
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August 23, 2019
“IF ALL de Seas were one Sea, what a great Sea dat would be? And if all de Trees were one Tree, what ah great Tree dat would be? And if all de Axes (A...
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August 16, 2019
Ah uses to think dat is only women like Lie-Za, who does blush and smile when yuh give dem ah 20 percent discount on dey age, like saying she is “65” ...
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August 9, 2019
If ah had to go it all over again in Grammar School, my first choices would be Latin and History. Doctors Fraser and Care-not John must be fed up wid ...
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August 2, 2019
Dat Doris Charles Front Page story in last week’s Searchlight Newspaper would mek “Bold and Beautiful” or “Days of our Lives” look like ‘Nursery Rhyme...
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July 26, 2019
Good thinking by de SVG Football Association (SVGFF) for remembering dat in 1979, 40 years ago, our Nah-shun-all Football Team shocked de entire Carib...
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July 19, 2019
Last week ah tek ah ride pon Lord Kitchener’s back wid his Master Piece of ah Calypso: “De Carnival is Over!” Dis week ah riding pon Patches back, ah ...
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July 12, 2019
“The sun is descending, the moon is appearing and the crowd is gone; it seems like nobody is interested in carrying on. When the sky is like a wooden ...
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July 5, 2019
It speaks volumes when ah young girl of humble setting from Lodge Village, wid only a St Mary’s Catholic Primary school Education, no college or Unive...
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June 28, 2019
Ah few weeks ago de price was six mangoes foh five dollars, now it’s six foh ah dollar. When they are plenty-full like dat, ole people uses to say: “M...
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June 21, 2019
Dey’s ah Rum Shop story dat after Papa Jim had ah belly-full ah roast breadfruit wid roast corn(ed) pork foh supper; he washed it down wid ah cup of C...
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June 14, 2019
It is amazing how lickle things stand out in your memory. Like back in 1969 when ah was studying in Calgary, Alberta, if yuh know yuh Ja-ha-go-fee yuh...
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June 7, 2019
Ah want to congratulate Lyndon James, Chief Instructor of “Be Fit” fitness club for raising funds and providing ah supply of testing material foh Die-...
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May 31, 2019
One of our greatest setbacks as ah Nay-shun is our failure to take full advantage of de expertise of our men and woe-men of Wisdom, our older folks. W...
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May 24, 2019
After 18 years of NDP ‘rain’, de people of SVG had grown tired of an Administration dat needed an injection of new blood wid new I-dares. De Awe-posit...
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May 17, 2019
On ah very touching note, we at Searchlight celebrate de passing of Harold Hoyte, ah great citizen from de Carry-Beyond Village of Bar-bathe-us! Mr Ho...
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May 10, 2019
Back in de 1960s it was de Mighty Sheller, ah seven-time Calypso Monarch who won de crown wid ah song titled: “Big Jobs!” De punch line was in de chor...
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May 3, 2019
Last weekend we had two important functions. De “Everything Vincy Night Market” on Fry-dey Night and de following night, was de Drama Production: “Jum...
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April 26, 2019
Ah was talking ‘bout Birthdays and one ah our Classmates reminded me dat John Horne’s Big Birthday coming up and ah must wish him “Ole Boys Greetings”...
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April 18, 2019
Ley me ask de real question, what ever happened to Lent, 40 days set aside for Repentance thru Fasting with Prayers and reflection on Jesus Christ’s s...
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AFTER SEEING SINGLE MOTHERS From her community struggle to make ends meet and feed their children, Natilia Franklyn-Pilgrim from Dickson Village, Geor...
