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July 31, 2009
Olson âCaribbean Peteâs last two pieces on his contribution to the Calypso art form caught my attention, particularly that of July 17 which dealt ...
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July 24, 2009
Many years ago, C.L.R James had depicted Caribbean Cricket as being played beyond the Boundary, and clearly, what is happening with our cricket involv...
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July 17, 2009
The issue of the death penalty has surfaced again within the context of the move toward having a referendum on a revised constitution. This is likely ...
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July 3, 2009
I had been trying not to respond to Hans King on the occasions when he tried some cheap shots at me over articles I had written. I am honestly sorry f...
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June 26, 2009
by Shirla Allen-Philogene - A review Between Two Worlds is what I care to describe as a delightfully written book. It is the kind of book that once yo...
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June 12, 2009
It is that time of year again, a time when the nation is in full motion as a number of things come together. It is, of course, Carnival time, but stud...
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June 5, 2009
As the Carnival season begins to heat up, a dispute between the CDC and the Calypso Association appears set to generate a different kind of heat that ...
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May 29, 2009
I have already promised myself not to write about West Indian cricket again, at least not in the near future. It is too painful to do, in fact, as pai...
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May 22, 2009
Today as you proudly practice your religion, it is clear that many members of your Church are unaware of the tremendous sacrifices that your fore-pare...
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May 15, 2009
Didnât I say some time ago that one swallow does not a summer make? This was in response to our capturing the Wisden trophy in the West Indies and t...
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May 8, 2009
Someone had suggested promoting Kingstown as a âCity of Archesâ. What for me has stood out most about Kingstown over the past few months is the â...
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April 30, 2009
As we get ready to commemorate another Workersâ Day, it is important that we reflect a bit on the struggle of Vincentian workers. When we think of t...
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April 24, 2009
(continued from last week) Even when Charlie Ollivierre dominated the Vincentian cricket scene his two brothers Richard and Helon were highly regarded...
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April 17, 2009
A few years ago âRedsâ Perreria, while doing a commentary on a One Day International Game played here, mentioned that âCharlieâ (Charles) Olli...
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April 9, 2009
Two matters that have been generating some discussion, at least in the media, and which are likely to continue to do so, at least, for the next six mo...
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April 3, 2009
The First Bus to the Leeward; the first idea of the Cross country Road While looking through some old notes recently, I came across two pieces in whic...
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March 27, 2009
Following the West Indies series victory over England and the impressive performances in recent times of Gayle, Chanderpaul, Sarwan and Taylor, West I...
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March 20, 2009
I was particularly pleased with last weekâs editorial in the Vincentian newspaper. It raised some important issues and asked the right questions abo...
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March 13, 2009
âThe Deepening Crisis of Political Confidence and Trustâ I was quite intrigued by a piece that appeared last week in at least two of the weekend p...
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February 27, 2009
Many persons in SVG as in the rest of the Caribbean must have followed closely President Obamaâs address to the US Congress on Tuesday evening. Apar...
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February 20, 2009
In last weekâs issue of the Searchlight newspaper the editorial captioned âResponding to the Crisisâ looked at the disquiet caused by the Global...
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February 13, 2009
It was Aristotle, I believe, who said that âOne Swallow does not make a summerâ. When I reflect on last Saturdayâs fine moment in West Indies cr...
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February 6, 2009
For months we had been caught up following not only Obamaâs move to the White House but also the economic crisis that had overtaken America and the ...
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January 30, 2009
Last week was all Obama. The focus then was on the Inauguration and the build up to that momentous day. We all looked at the spectacle and gloried in ...
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January 23, 2009
In my life time there has never been a day like this, like the 20th January when we recognised that not only was history being made, but we were consc...
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January 16, 2009
For the past three weeks two issues have been fighting for a prominent place on our television screens, the Israeli assault on Gaza and the Obama inau...
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January 2, 2009
The writing had been on the walls for some time, but there was a great deal of caution. A black man becoming president of the United States of America...
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December 23, 2008
The New Kingstown Chorale is like old wine. The taste gets better with age. It seems now that there can be no real Christmas without the New Kingstown...
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December 12, 2008
During the closing ceremony of the recently concluded 3rd Caricom-Cuba Summit, Caribbean leaders presented the âOrder of the Caribbean Communityâ ...
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December 5, 2008
These days the saying that no news is good news really hits home to us more than ever, for every time you open your newspapers or even look at televis...
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November 28, 2008
It is almost hard to believe that we are into the final days of November and that the end of the year is really just around the corner. Many of us are...
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November 21, 2008
This weekend friends of Joel âTobyâ Huggins and his family and no doubt workers at Vinlec where he stood as a colossus for many years, at Domlec, ...
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November 14, 2008
It is about ten days now since Americaâs historical presidential elections. The excitement has continued as the world looks forward to see the first...
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November 7, 2008
For a while on Tuesday night, the world watched and waited and then erupted. Tears, cheers, dancing was the response not only in America but around th...
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October 31, 2008
I was invited by the Vincentian Association of the British Virgin Islands to participate in their Independence Anniversary celebrations and in particu...
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October 17, 2008
Today, as I do on most Wednesday evenings, I sit before my computer penning my column for this week. As I am about to undertake this exercise, the wor...
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October 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, was celebrated as International Day for Disaster Reduction. I am not sure if it was commemorated here or if many persons knew or...
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October 3, 2008
Prime Minister Bruce Golding of Jamaica created a big stir recently when he lambasted his regional colleagues for always bringing out the begging bowl...
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September 26, 2008
I must thank Reverend Jobe for starting the debate on wire-tapping, following the call for its introduction by Deputy Commissioner of Police Bertram P...
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September 19, 2008
The American media this week was filled with news about the continuing economic woes in that country. The collapse of Lehman brothers and the sale of ...
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September 12, 2008
When I came across the Manley Memoirs at the Cave Shepherd Book store I took it up immediately. It is the life story of Beverley Manley, the wife of M...
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September 5, 2008
The regional media has been taken up over the past weeks with news and commentary on the fate of the regional movement. One finds a portrait of a regi...
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August 22, 2008
Todayâs article really came naturally. I sat before my computer at about 11 am on Wednesday trying to decide on the topic for this weekâs column w...
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