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It was ah State Fair
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November 2, 2018
Congrats to Invest SVG foh coming strong wid “Everything Vincy Plus Expo”, de theme foh dis year’s Nah-shun-all In-de-pen dance Exhibition. Dis countr...
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This Independence say a Prayer for Preys
webmaster 
October 26, 2018
I went back 20 years to see what I had written in my Column foh In-de-pen-dance dat year. As usual ah was come-plain-in bout how de Clergy was invited...
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Ah man called Jericho
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October 19, 2018
DE PAST STUDENT Association of St Joseph Convent Marriaqua Secondary School (SJCMSS) hosted an Awards Ceremony last Friday evening, bringing down de c...
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Our Princess Margaret of Quadrille
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October 12, 2018
Ah got ah call on Sat-dey morning dat Margaret Ince, one ah my dear friends foh over 40 years had passed away. She was ah humble Carib or Garifuna wom...
Plant more plants!
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Plant more plants!
webmaster 
October 5, 2018
How about ah massive Big-up foh de Nah-shun-all Parks, Rivers and Beaches Authority (NPRBA) through the “SCRPCC” (ley we use abbreviations eh), basica...
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Try sack-clothes and ashes dis time
webmaster 
September 28, 2018
Next Monday dey will be ah welcomed “Nah-shun-all Day of Prayer.” In one ah de Ole Testament Books in de Bible, de Children of Israel had ah “Nah-shun...
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De war against crime in SVG continues
webmaster 
September 21, 2018
Ole people say “Give Jack he Jack-kit” and Lie-Za say give Doctor Fry-dey his Fry-Fish” foh leading de NDP on two “back-to-back” walks - “Two-in-ah Ro...
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Keep Svg engines running
webmaster 
September 14, 2018
Ah want to write about Engines, de driving force dat could mek anything move: Far-ward, Back-ward, In-ward, Out-ward, Up-ward and Down-ward. Yes Lie-Z...
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Is it ah seventeen year cycle?
webmaster 
September 7, 2018
Ah was telling Lie-Za dat when ah left school; ah landed ah job at de Public Works Department (PWD). Ah was ah Time-Keeper/Votes Clerk getting $ 2.60 ...
Business is all about profit and loss
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Business is all about profit and loss
webmaster 
August 31, 2018
Last weekend Cims Martin was given his fair share of Tributes, particularly in de Searchlight, ah Newspaper dat was dear to his heart, and by extensio...
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Ah meet up wid me two Grand-Dads
webmaster 
August 24, 2018
Ah would have men-shunned before that my Paternal Grandfather was African descent, Jet Black, and he wasah Major (Alexander) in de Salvation Army, de ...
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Command respect foh yuh uniform
webmaster 
August 17, 2018
Ah met Commissioner John at ah wedding not long ago and ah was pleased wid de way he represented his Organ-I-say-shun. He mixed wid de crowd and spoke...
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Renaming cities and highways in SVG
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August 10, 2018
Man ah remember back in de 70s de period of Black Awareness. One ah de complaints was names. Was like everybody wid de slightest drop ah Afro Roots, w...
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Give Fits his out-fit
webmaster 
August 3, 2018
I am advised dat ah Consul General is an official appointed by a Go-venom-mint to live in a For-reign country, to represent and protect dat Go-venom-m...
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Somebody calling a bluff!
webmaster 
July 27, 2018
De voice of division in SVG is sounding loud and clear over acceptance of de Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as our final Appellate Court. Lie-Za is ...
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Me ah beer me cross
webmaster 
July 20, 2018
If ah was ah CDC judge at de J’Ouvert/Ole Mas competition, ah would ah bin forced to give ‘first prize’ to de man who went on stage wid “ah Beer in on...
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Know way we going eh
webmaster 
July 13, 2018
Nuff respect to Terry Pratchett foh his Quotation: “If you don’t know where you come from, then you don’t know where you are; and if you don’t know wh...
Gracias Havana … Thank yuh Come-Red!
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Gracias Havana … Thank yuh Come-Red!
webmaster 
July 6, 2018
It has been ah long 11 years of waiting for de Modern Medical and Diagnostic Centre (MMDC) to become ah reality, but now de final product is on de tab...
Oh Danny Boy
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Oh Danny Boy
webmaster 
June 29, 2018
Before we get into de full swing of Vincy Mas and wid Junior Pan taking place on Sunday, ah want to share ah long overdue story about my friend Frank ...
Kathy Sue’s Pastor
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Kathy Sue’s Pastor
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June 22, 2018
Ah believe is because Pastor Adolphus Isacs doh fancy Facebook and dem things, why soon after his wedding party was over, photos of him and his new br...
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Long live Svg Cadet Band
webmaster 
June 15, 2018
Yuh know yuh bin around ah long time, when you remember events of five and six decades ago, and yuh thinking dey took place only yesterday. So congrat...
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Anus in de confusion
webmaster 
June 8, 2018
Ah was telling Lie-Za dat back in de 1980s, De Mighty Professor won de Crown when he sang ah classic Kaiso “Body Confusion.” Ah believe was de great T...
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Eddy-Kate de youths
webmaster 
June 1, 2018
Years ago, while wuking in de forest, my workmen and I came face to face wid ah beautiful young girl, who had occupied a piece ah state land. She was ...
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Harry’n’Meghan will bring shoes
Webmaster 
May 25, 2018
Last Sat-dey morning Royal Wedding was worth every second ah spent watching it. Two things caught my attend-shun, de Hats! Dem woe-men didn’t forget t...
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My banana is it!…Still??
Webmaster 
May 18, 2018
As dead as Banana is in SVG de fruit just keep showing up on my Raid-yuh, my TV and on me phone. Sunday my sister-in-law in Montreal was on Whats-Up s...
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Ah born Vin-Sent-Shun
Webmaster 
May 10, 2018
Ah reading way it says dat “a Common-wealth citizen is a citizen of the member state of the Commonwealth of Nations.” Sin-Vin-Sin, Can-ada, Australia ...
The Love Vine
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The Love Vine
Searchlight 
April 27, 2018
AH BEGINNING TO THINK dat de Almighty has blessed me wid two Goodies: “my long life” and “my good centsah- humor.” And strangely enuff, dey go to-get-...
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Buried under de carpet
Searchlight 
January 13, 2017
It’s ah-maaazing how serious matters could get ‘buried under de carpet’ like rubbish and even die in de process. Bottlers closed its doors about six y...
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Never say never
Searchlight 
January 6, 2017
Finally! Despite all de negatives about de Argyle Inter-nah-shun-all Airport NEVER finishing, Dr Gone-soft could NEVER find dat kind ah money to build...
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Read Matthew 25 vs 40 to 45
searchlight 
February 7, 2014
Apart from de usual two and three months Crusade under de big tent, how could anyone not notice de sudden bust of lay-tent, social N-ah-G coming from ...
Big up de Country Relatives
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Big up de Country Relatives
searchlight 
January 31, 2014
Last Sunday afternoon ah listened to de closing session of de Bequia Blues Festival aired on Nice Radio. Actually, ah wanted to go to Bequia to tek in...
Multiplication not division
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Multiplication not division
searchlight 
January 24, 2014
My Primary School days started in ABC way we did Addition: 1 bun plus 1 bun = 2 buns (1+1=2); and Subtraction 2 buns tek away 1 bun leaves 1 bun (2-1=...
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Nah provoke de Lord eh
searchlight 
January 17, 2014
Trust Fidel Taylor to organize ah good concert. Way back in de 1970’s, after he sang his first Calypso foh Carnival: “St Vincent Could Move” he ...
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Mother nature
searchlight 
January 10, 2014
As we clear de debris and mud, and de material dust settles, de pull-it-to-kill dust is beginning to kick up into another storm. Elect-shun is around ...
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Joel Poyer’s message
searchlight 
January 3, 2014
We are in sad times; nine persons confirmed dead and four missing foh over ah week. Christmas Eve night 2013, will be remembered as one ah de darkest ...
Bassy - Love Vine
Who na pray go feel
searchlight 
December 27, 2013
Ah don't think anyone will dispute de fact dat Christmas 2013 was one ah de brightest in SVG foh dis century. Business places went on fire from Thursd...
Christmas on steel
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Christmas on steel
searchlight 
December 20, 2013
De Musical presentation to de nation by Youlou Pan Movement last Sunday evening, was indeed my best Christmas Gift in years. All six Steel Bands slate...
Bassy - Love Vine
De love vine Gifts for Santa
searchlight 
December 13, 2013
Late last night, ah got ah phone call from Santa. He phone to come-plain bout Rollie Bowman who de-fame-in his name two years in ah row. last year, he...
Bassy - Love Vine
Dah pot ah goat
searchlight 
December 6, 2013
De war of words between Arm-in and Sir James reminds me of Aesop Fable No 5, when Come-pay Lion and Come-pay Bear cornered ah goat and killed it! No s...
Cuatro foh ah living
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Cuatro foh ah living
searchlight 
November 29, 2013
Sorry if yuh missed Maestro Landaeta’s performance on de Cuatro last Sat-dey afternoon. Frenches House’s 180 seat conference room was close to ah ...
Bassy - Love Vine
De love vine Turkey! Turkey! Turkey!
searchlight 
November 22, 2013
One ah de worse Christmas ah ever spent, was when ah went wid Major Ellis and de Salvation Army Mercy Committee to visit de Prisoners to deliver dey C...
Keep dat head of yours Mr Treasurer
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Keep dat head of yours Mr Treasurer
searchlight 
November 15, 2013
De SVG Football Ah-source-share-shun is unable to account foh Ninety-six thousand, four hundred and eighty-five dollars! By now, de Ministry of Sports...
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Welcome Go-terminal opps Geothermal
searchlight 
November 8, 2013
Bandy Waist dead and gone but de records will show dat back in de l970’s, he staged possibly de first one man protest against ah Multinational Compa...
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Problem Child takes first and second for Road March 2025
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Problem Child takes first and second for Road March 2025
Christina 
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...
Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
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Soca Monarch win for Fireman & Skinny; Road March next
Christina 
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...
Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
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Vincentian UWI Professor gives SVG an “A” for educational advancement
Forrest 
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...
Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
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Four for Miss SVG grace Junior Calypso and Soca Monarch competition
Forrest 
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 ...
SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as  Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
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SVG appoints Mikhail Charles as Legal Advisor at UK High Commission
Forrest 
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...

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