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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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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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April 12, 2019
IS AH LOT ah reasons why “my heart aches and ah drowsy, numbness pains my heart” foh Gussy De Roche and his family. Their boat ‘Gem Star’ caught fire ...
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April 5, 2019
I AM EXCITED over our recommissioned Medical Clinics in Shatto and Mespo now proudly elevated to SMART Hospitals. De Acronym SMART is what excites me....
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March 29, 2019
Ole people had ah lot ah co-local expression (sayings) dat dey uses to say, now today when we anal-lies dem dey make scents. When ah hear how our Prim...
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March 22, 2019
One week after the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) paid official homage to our last indigenous ruler, Paramount Chief Joseph Chatoyer on...
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March 15, 2019
“I must congratulate the Faculty, Staff & Students including the College’s Faculty Band, ‘Just in Time’ for a job well done. Skinny’s Address to the G...
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March 8, 2019
Lie-Za has ah de-link-went step-son who is ah Drug-ah-dick, Is like she would see him clean and straight foh six months, den she would get ah call fro...
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March 1, 2019
Ah was telling Lie-Za dat one sure thing dat came out at “Doc Adams” funeral service, was dat every tribute sort ah ‘piggy-back’on his pool of Anecdot...
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February 22, 2019
If I were asked to describe Edgar “Doc” Adams in as few words as possible, ah would say: “Colourful All-rounder!” Doc would have been amongthe thousan...
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February 15, 2019
Last weekend newspapers had ah field-day of Front and Back Page headlines dat would have led readers to one con-clusion: “de Go-venom-mint seized St G...
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February 8, 2019
Was just two weeks ago ah wrote bout de Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) and ah doh want to write again to look like ah only come out to beat up o...
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February 1, 2019
Ah will not exchange my Primary School days foh Silver or Gold, but doh tempt me though. It was close to de end ah de Colonial period and as children ...
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January 25, 2019
DEY’S HARDLY ah week dat our Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) does not come-in foh criticism. Is more like ah Cry-ticism, people literally cry whe...
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January 18, 2019
AH DOH BELIEVE dat de Prime Minister realize dat de One Percent Razor-pay dat he giving Public Servants, got lickle no value except yuh talking thousa...
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January 11, 2019
DE TOP STORY foh de past week is about ah Sweet Victory foh five members (Public Servants) of de Public Service Union (PSU). Firstly, ah want to add-w...
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January 4, 2019
OUT AH SHARE curiosity, ah went around asking a few folks in confee- dense what dey thought of Dr Cyrus’s Knighthood. De comments were unanimous: “Gre...
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December 28, 2018
WELL, WELL WELL said de ole man. What ah Christ-Mas! Barrels by the thousands, long lines wid happy faces, daily cashing remittances at Western Union ...
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December 21, 2018
Ah don’t believe dat next week Choose-dey is Christmas! The year really fly fast. Thanks to my faithful friend Dr David Joyette, ah was once again thi...
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December 14, 2018
MONEY-DEY morning was de scheduled day foh Par-liar-mint to meet to dwell wid de Me-dissing-all Marie Won-her Bill. An earlier sitting ah Par-liar-min...
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December 7, 2018
De Nine Mornings Committee Launch on Sunday Night turned out to be very good. Ah packed program dat flowed wid-out hitches. Great performances! La Gra...
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November 30, 2018
Ah was very impressed wid what ah saw and heard on de Go-venom-mint Info program (API), way de PM visited de St Vincent Cocoa Company recently. Lie-Za...
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November 23, 2018
Nobody WAR’N to plant de Corn, everybody WAR’N to reap de Corn, de Me-dissing-all Marie-War-nah. Man Everybody WAR’N to be Rasta! Yuh doh have to Drea...
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November 16, 2018
Two weeks ago, when ah was leaving de “Everything Vincy Expo” someone asked me if ah had sampled de original flavoured “Punch de Crème.” Actually ah d...
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November 9, 2018
De wisest man once wrote dat “dey’s nothing new under de Sun!” So all dat happening now, happened already and will happen again even in lickle SVG. Yu...
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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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