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What do we, in SVG, celebrate next month?
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September 28, 2018
Next week we begin our celebration of the anniversary of the recovery of our ‘independence’. What dowe really celebrate and what goes through our mind...
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The harsh realities of Independence
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September 21, 2018
As we prepare to celebrate our 39th year of Independence recent developments should force us to reflect on the real meaning of independence and of the...
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That bizarre American soap opera
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September 14, 2018
Political developments in the US over the past year present themselves as a captivating soap opera or even a reality show, starring a ruthless preside...
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My Dear Watson
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September 7, 2018
Last week was another of those weeks that challenged the nation’s soul. The decision by the US government to recall their volunteers and send them to ...
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Further Reflections on Oscar Allen as I knew him
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August 31, 2018
I attended the Oscar Allen “Memorial Emancipation Lecture” and left inspired to continue my reflections on Oscar. Reverend Patrick Perrin’s early enco...
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We have long lost our Innocence
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August 24, 2018
I wrote this column on Wednesday, August 22. As I started writing, news reached me of another murder; this time, a security guard who while on her way...
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The Ross University issue
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August 17, 2018
The recent announcement about the relocation of Ross University from Dominica to Barbados should force us to look at certain realities that our countr...
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Does August 1 mean anything to us?
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August 10, 2018
Although our Emancipation Day Anniversary has been changed from August Monday to August 1,  it has not meant a great deal to us. We have not been givi...
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50 years ago- Walter Rodney remembered (part 3)
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August 3, 2018
In the latter part of the 1970s Guyana had been experiencing rough times. 1978 and 1979 were horrible years. Do you recall the Jonestown ritual that i...
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50 Years Ago – Walter Rodney remembered
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July 20, 2018
Oscar Allen died on July 28, 2017, and this piece is in his honour. Over the past years Oscar had been reminding me of our pledge to do articles aroun...
There is life after Carnival
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There is life after Carnival
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July 13, 2018
Let me first congratulate the winners of the different carnival shows. I want to single out Fireman Hooper and Man Zangie. This I believe is the 10th ...
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There is life after Carnival
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July 13, 2018
Let me first congratulate the winners of the different carnival shows. I want to single out Fireman Hooper and Man Zangie. This I believe is the 10th ...
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A view of the Public Service from outside
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June 29, 2018
Searchlight’s editorial of last week, captioned “Take Another Look, Mr Prime Minister”, might have opened a can of worms. In any event it is, hopefull...
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United States has lost its moral compass
Is that America?
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June 22, 2018
Are those images we are seeing on TV really coming from America? From the America we know, or thought we knew? From the America we dream of moving to?...
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We love our nice time!
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June 15, 2018
Some time, maybe two years ago, some persons were advertising SVG as the place to go to ‘lime’. It was, they were suggesting, the ‘liming’ capital of ...
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Reflections on the Barbados Election
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June 8, 2018
Truly Amazing! Within three months, two elections in different Caribbean countries resulted in a parliament without the presence of any representative...
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Is there a curse on SVG?
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June 1, 2018
It is hard not to believe that a curse has been put on this once blessed country of ours. There is a bizarre sickness that appears to be spreading and...
That Royal Wedding!
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That Royal Wedding!
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May 25, 2018
I really surprised myself. The thought of watching a royal wedding seemed unimaginable to me, but it happened. Interestingly enough, what drew me to i...
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The ugly face of corruption
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May 18, 2018
An article captioned “Corruption on the rise in the Caribbean”, was carried in the Curacao Chronicle of March 7. It quoted from Transparency Internati...
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Thinking education
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May 10, 2018
Now is examination time for our students. It is the time of CPEA, CSEC, CAPE and for internal school examinations; a period of hope and expectations f...
Crossing the Red Lines
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Crossing the Red Lines
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April 27, 2018
WE MUST THANK the Christian Council and other stakeholders for initiating the forum on crime and violence that was held at the Methodist Church Hall l...
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Beating the traffic issue
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January 13, 2017
I must admit to a fixation with the issue of traffic around Kingstown, for apart from the specific problems caused, it adds to and in fact helps to cr...
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It’s 2017; so what will be different?
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January 6, 2017
Over the last weekend, many pledges, resolutions and wishes would have been made.  These are, to a large extent, part of a routine to which we think w...
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The day I was Prime Minister
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February 7, 2014
Last night I had a funny dream that sent shivers through my body. I dreamt I was Prime Minister! When I got up I couldn’t be sure that I wasn’t th...
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This is the Life
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January 31, 2014
I wonder how many of us sit back and reflect on how technology is changing our lives. Quite often we refer to its impact on the world, forgetting that...
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So, no debate! well that’s we!
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January 24, 2014
I tried desperately to continue last week’s conversation with ‘Myself’ but he would have none of it. SVG is a place for ‘ole’ talk, cussing ...
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That classic debate with ‘Myself’
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January 17, 2014
For some time now, I have had this uneasy feeling that those who lead this country and the bureaucrats who do their bidding are under the impression t...
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As we enter the New Year
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January 10, 2014
2014 was expected to be a challenging year with our economy still rolling in the doldrums. Our economy appears to no longer have any commanding height...
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Coping with tragedy
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January 3, 2014
I am assuming that when we refer to the hurricane season we take into account related weather “patterns or systems”. The old jingle tells us that ...
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Our public officials must stop lying!
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December 27, 2013
Something is rotten in our State, if I am to borrow from William Shakespeare; not Denmark, but SVG! I have tried for some time now to force a conversa...
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The Christmas season
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December 20, 2013
For the past few weeks we have been caught up with Mandela’s death, reflecting on his life and about the legacy he has left. There was much talk abo...
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A giant passes
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December 13, 2013
How does one begin to write about Nelson Mandela who, in my view, was the most outstanding personality of the 20th and 21st centuries? Here was a man ...
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The Hundredth Anniversary that is Not!
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December 6, 2013
So, it is now official! The year was 1913. This year is therefore the 100th anniversary of 'Nine Mornings'. So says the Ministry of Culture, which has...
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Beyond the boundary
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November 29, 2013
This is not really about cricket but the dreadful and embarrassing state of West Indian cricket parallels and reflects the state of a region that is i...
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The transfer of Glebe lands – the background
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November 22, 2013
The “Glebe Barrouallie” Project, involved much more than the transfer of land. It was an integrated development project aimed at developing the ar...
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Kenny Anthony bells the cat
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November 8, 2013
It had to be done at some time, since the region is in need of an honest reality check. Now Dr Kenny Anthony of St Lucia has at last spoken out. This ...
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What did we celebrate last Sunday?
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November 1, 2013
I was really moved by the number of people I saw dressed in the national colours, many of them, I must say, beautifully designed. Then, there were tho...
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‘Send out you hand,’ by Dorbrene E. O’Marde
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October 25, 2013
On Saturday, October 19, Antiguan-Vincentian Dorbrene O’Marde, more familiarly known as “Fatz”, launched two books at the UWI Open Campus as par...
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The Silly Season – Pappyshow Time!
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October 18, 2013
Whenever I read newspapers from other Caribbean countries, I do so with SVG in mind and try to find out what lessons we can learn from them or to what...
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A call to journalists
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October 11, 2013
"My fellow Journalists, not every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of a politician is news. We are reporters, not scribes. That means we’re sup...