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April 4, 2008
I had for some time been not only concerned about the situation existing in St.Vincent and the Grenadines but also contemplating what the future holds...
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March 28, 2008
St.Vincent and the Grenadines is a country in which so many bizarre things appear to happen every so often. This is compounded by the fact that our pe...
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March 20, 2008
I was deeply moved last Friday evening at a ceremony organized by the Langley Park Fairtrade Farmers Group, held at the LESCO (Langley Park Educationa...
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March 20, 2008
For some time now, the media had been debating the state of the American economy with growing fears that the US was already in recession. The news tha...
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March 13, 2008
George McIntosh is one of the names frequently mentioned as deserving national hero status. In this article, I want to highlight McIntoshâs role in ...
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February 29, 2008
It has now been formalised. 76-year-old Raul has replaced his elder brother Fidel as the new president of Cuba. The change seemed to have had little i...
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February 22, 2008
These are indeed trying times for our nation. We have lost the art of conversation as we speak often what we donât believe, but what is convenient t...
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February 15, 2008
The past week has been a difficult one for this country. Emails were many as the matter that is the current topic of conversation was discussed far an...
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February 8, 2008
It is now Wednesday morning and the time is 10:00am and as I sit in front of my computer after a hard night monitoring political developments in the U...
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February 1, 2008
In December last, the CARIFORUM group, that is, the group comprised of CARICOM and the Dominican Republic, concluded a full âEconomic Partnership Ag...
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January 25, 2008
I really should not be surprised that more Vincentians are not speaking out on the issue surrounding the slapping of IPA. If the matter was not so ser...
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January 18, 2008
The events of last week have left me truly confused. Of course, I am referring to the Teachersâ Strike and developments during and after, including ...
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January 4, 2008
2008 is now well and truly with us. Most of us, maybe many of us, would have consciously or unconsciously pledged ourselves to turn a new page and be ...
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December 21, 2007
It is that time of year again, the time when we claim to be celebrating the birth of Christ. But, look how things have changed! It is always amazing t...
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December 14, 2007
Over the past three months, there has been a lot of discussion in the region about the Economic Partnership Agreement, with Europe, with Caribbean gov...
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December 7, 2007
Our dear friend George Bush is really something else. What a man! He must have been specially made, for certainly he is no ordinary human being. Even ...
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November 30, 2007
True to form the release of the IMF report has sent persons scampering to their respective political camps. This appeared to have been stimulated by e...
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November 23, 2007
It was my first visit to one of the French speaking Caribbean islands, albeit an overseas department of France, apart, that is, from an occasional bri...
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November 16, 2007
(An adaptation of a presentation made to the Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival, November 3, 2007) In recent years a lot more emphasi...
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November 9, 2007
(An adaptation of a presentation made to the Antigua and Barbuda International Literary Festival, November 3, 2007) In organising my thoughts for a pr...
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November 2, 2007
As if the Iraq mess is not enough, our dear friend Georgie Bush is at it again with Cuba. Really, I have misspoken because he is always on Cuba as tho...
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October 26, 2007
I am sure at some time on Monday, on one of the news programmes, I heard the Prime Minister pontificating about climate change, at a UNESCO meeting, I...
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October 19, 2007
Usually I do not have the opportunity to read the newspapers until the weekend, sometimes not until the following week. On Friday night I heard two ge...
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October 12, 2007
As we move toward finalising and bringing to fruition the Caribbean Single Market and Economy it becomes obvious that what goes on in any of the CSME ...
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October 5, 2007
Politics reigns as never before in St.Vincent and the Grenadines. (I was tempted to say rains, because that might even be applicable). There is politi...
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September 28, 2007
Following the demise of the ruling parties in St.Lucia, the Bahamas, The British Virgin Islands and Jamaica, and before them, Antigua, any election in...
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September 21, 2007
The 12 days of mourning, the many tributes in speech, writing and song to the work and life of Sir John Melville Compton is only one side of the story...
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September 7, 2007
Today there are all sorts of terms and words to describe the era in which we live. We are becoming increasingly familiar with these, since we are affe...
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August 31, 2007
Next Monday, September 3, Jamaicans will go to the polls. The ruling Peopleâs National Party is seeking a fifth consecutive term of office, somethin...
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August 24, 2007
People in the Caribbean are breathing a sigh of relief after the recent passage of hurricane Dean. In fact we can only say this about Dominica, St.Luc...
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August 10, 2007
We are still into emancipation month and this month, 169 years since the shackles were removed from our fore-parents, is as good a time as any to refl...
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August 3, 2007
A lot has been said during the course of the year about the bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Slave Trade. The first of August should have r...
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July 27, 2007
Earlier this week the regional media focussed quite a bit on the visit to the region of Stephen Harper, Canadaâs Prime Minister and his efforts to f...
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July 20, 2007
On Sunday, July 8, while many would have had Carnival on their minds and were looking forward to the Dimanche Gras show, I was making my way out of th...
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July 6, 2007
I have been completely turned off by advertisements and statements to the effect that we are celebrating thirty years of mas because some of our young...
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June 29, 2007
I am really amused by the reaction of Caribbean leaders to the recent US Conference on the Caribbean. The highlight of the three day gathering was und...
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June 15, 2007
With the news that Common Entrance results are out one expects to see today large numbers scrambling for the weekly newspapers. I am never sure why it...
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June 8, 2007
The Caribbean has in recent times been making headlines around the world for the wrong reasons. It was not too long ago that a World Bank report descr...
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June 1, 2007
You either have to have nerves of steel or be an unapologetic and fanatic West Indian cricket fan to attempt to look at the West Indies at play these ...
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May 25, 2007
As the countries of Caricom try to deepen their relationships and coordinate their foreign and economic policies, issues that create tension and harbo...
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May 18, 2007
Interestingly when I wrote from Tortola last week, the thing that prompted my article was strangely omitted. Perhaps, not so strange! In any event, it...
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May 11, 2007
I am sitting on the balcony of my hotel room overlooking the sea, taking in a scenery that reminded me very much of the view from Cane Garden. Ahead w...
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April 27, 2007
It might be that things had to have happened the way they have to convince West Indian cricket fans and organisers of cricket that we are in deep trou...
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THE DEPARTMENT OF Culture, in collaboration with the Peace Memorial Hall, officially unveiled the first ever large-scale sculptural mural in St.Vincen...
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PRIME MINISTER, Dr. Godwin Friday, has issued a statement addressing a series of recent incidents of violence, public disorder, and growing concerns a...
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April 2, 2026
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned an incident that led to the killing of two Indonesian peacekeepers of the United Nations...
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April 2, 2026
THE NATIONAL Society of Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) in St.Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) held its annual Melanie McKenzie Educational and Medic...
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April 2, 2026
SIX SECTIONS, ALL representing some aspects of the way Vincentians live, will be turned into costumes when the Lynx Mas Band makes it presentation for...
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