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February 7, 2020
by TRELSON L. MAPP HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE SVG has had three capitals during post-Columbian times. The first, Princess Town, today called Barrouallie...
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January 31, 2020
1. January 1, 2020 marked the commencement of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ tenure on the UN Security Council. Our first month on the Council saw ...
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January 31, 2020
by SIR LOUIS STRAKER JUNE 7, 2019 is a day that will stand out in the history of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Approximately one decade ago, this lit...
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January 31, 2020
by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall-Robinson I FIRST MEt Dame Ruth when her daughter Margaret adopted me as her friend, and took me home to meet ...
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January 31, 2020
(continued from last week) by TRELSON L. MAPP PUBLIC SPACES In the public spaces, one can find a confluence of mouth pieces from different political p...
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From the Series Almonds and Sunday Dresses
January 24, 2020
by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall Robinson IT FLOWERED IN front of the ‘Excel’ Cottage, and gladdened our eyes as we passed on our way to schoo...
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January 24, 2020
by TRELSON L MAPP THIS ARTICLE is the third in a series that highlights peculiarities of the Vincentian culture. The first, “ Tek Yo mouth off Vincy C...
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from the series Almonds & Sunday Dresses
January 17, 2020
by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall Robinson He was a little man, thin and wiry, with a permanent goblin grin on his face. He was an alcoholic...
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January 17, 2020
by Joseph Mapp Marriaqua District Health Team A gentle look at the meal packages that are offered for sale in Kingstown and their affordability is ver...
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January 3, 2020
by Philbert John So, I gave an acquaintance a ride on my way to work on this morning (Monday, December 30). It turned out that she was headed to the s...
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from the series Almonds & Sunday Dresses
January 3, 2020
by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall Robinson We would hear the ringing of the bell before we saw him. We would wonder whether he had a death anno...
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December 20, 2019
by BISHOP HOLLIS CHARLES, Bethel Gospel Assembly Mary was born into a very poor family but her parents were God- fearing. She was brought up in a Godl...
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December 20, 2019
by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall I used to plait Corn Row or Cascadoo in my god-daughter Mishma’s hair. She used to be so proud of this wonder...
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December 13, 2019
I never eat a golden apple without remembering Harold. He belonged to one of the two families in our village. Harold was a farmer and would pass our h...
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by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall
December 6, 2019
As children, we loved the rain, even when it came thundering over the mountains. Rain meant the water pouring from the galvanized roof into the gutter...
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December 6, 2019
(continued from last week) (final part) by Paula Prescod History and identity are strongly influenced by collective and individual attitudes to naming...
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by Margaret Sullivan and Nelcia Marshall
from the collection “Almonds and Sunday dresses”
November 22, 2019
As children, we licked our lips in anticipation when we realised that a main component of our Dinner would be “Sweat” Potatoes. We would be hoping tha...
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November 22, 2019
by Paula Prescod Place names or toponyms, as they are formally called, are like signposts that tell us a great deal about a nation’s past. They are a ...
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September 6, 2019
When the Memorial Funeral Home opened its doors on August 11, 2018, its main aim was to provide modern, affordable and efficient services to its clien...
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September 3, 2019
by Carnival Ken In the words of Alston Becket Cyrus, “carnival is mas and music! carnival is calypso! carnival is mas and steel-band! carnival is peac...
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August 16, 2019
Early life Vincent Ian Beache was born on August 13, 1931 in South Rivers, St Vincent. He had his early education at the St Vincent Boys Grammar Schoo...
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August 16, 2019
by Donald H.S. Thomas Customs Broker, Retired Educator & Sports Administrator Sir Vincent Ian Beache, the man I knew from age 22, mere words can never...
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August 16, 2019
by Godfred ‘Toffee’ Pompey In the late 1970s, I was introduced to one Vincent I Beache by my adopted mother Lucy Miguel when the Labour Party played t...
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August 16, 2019
by David Comissiong Barbados’ High Commissioner to SVG It is with great regret and a deep sense of sadness that I learnt of the recent passing of Si...
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August 16, 2019
Tribute to the late Sir Vincent Ian Beache, KCMG – from the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) Commissioner of Police, Mr. Coli...
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August 16, 2019
With the death of Sir Vincent Ian Beache, St Vincent and the Grenadines has lost a great human being. This is the view of former Governor General Sir ...
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August 16, 2019
AN ASSET TO ST. VINCENT: Vincent Beache - A very practical and intelligent young man; would be an asset to St Vincent in any government; was clearly i...
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August 9, 2019
by Michelle Forbes Director of NEMO As we approach the peak of the hurricane season, we encourage all to continue your preparedness in the event of a ...
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August 9, 2019
Ensure that you have a family evacuation plan n Keep up to date with the latest information on the radio. n Stock up on emergency supplies (medication...
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August 9, 2019
Can YOU afford the cost of repairing or replacing your damaged building or contents from your own pocket? Most of us can’t afford that. Even seriously...
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August 9, 2019
by Javil Parris Structural Engineer and Managing Director Paris Engineering Tropical storms and hurricanes are annual occurrences within the Caribbean...
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July 19, 2019
From the green peaks of La Soufriere to the pristine shores of the Grenadines; it’s all GECCU country. This is the philosophy that has and continues t...
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May 31, 2019
In 1908, businessman Joseph Burns Bonadie saw the urgent need for a bank that could be of assistance to the ordinary man. So, he founded the St Vincen...
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May 31, 2019
Anyone looking for a unique one-on-one banking experience should visit the First St Vincent Bank on James Street. “We are more customer oriented than ...
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May 31, 2019
Providing financial help to small business people is what drives the economy and that is exactly what the First St Vincent Bank does. “I believe that ...
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May 31, 2019
The First St Vincent Bank at the time of its establishment and for many years after, filled an important niche in the community as it was established ...
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May 31, 2019
The First St Vincent Bank is 100 per cent home-grown, and people should support an institution like this. That is the way board member Fidel Taylor se...
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May 31, 2019
A member of the board of directors of First St Vincent Bank is encouraging the public to embrace the 111-year-old financial institution. Trevor Sylves...
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May 3, 2019
by Carleen Heather Marshall “And when great souls die after a period peace blooms slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind a soothing el...
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May 3, 2019
by Paddy Corea CORNU....(cornu is latin for horn)... If I remember correctly I gave him that nick name in Form 2A at SVG-BGS The comradarie and respec...
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May 3, 2019
by Roy Austin “Paddy” Corea and “Mickey” Brisbane, two of John’s friends at the Boys Grammar School, often addressed him as Cornu, the Latin equivalen...
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May 3, 2019
by Nelcia Robinson Chivalry was alive in the 1950’s and as a Colony exchanging hands with Spain, France and Britain, St Vincent & The Grenadines inher...
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May 3, 2019
by the Right Rev. C. Leopold Friday Bishop of the Windward Islands We have learnt of the passing of Mr John Horne of Cane Garden, Kingstown St Vincent...
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August 14, 2026
Professional NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth received a hero’s welcome in Barrouallie yesterday, August 13,2026 returning to his roots during an emotional ...
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August 14, 2026
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) becoming increasingly advanced and accessible, Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Technological Inno...
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August 14, 2026
Former Miss St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), Aviar Charles recently reflected on her journey to the crown while encouraging the St. Vincent and th...
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August 12, 2026
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, through the World Bank-funded Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) Project, has reaff...
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August 12, 2026
While most Vincentians know that approximately 5000 Garifuna and Kalinago people were rounded up and forcibly exiled by the British to Balliceaux in 1...
