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Who pays at the pump—and Who pays after the Storm?
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
Who pays at the pump—and Who pays after the Storm?
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September 18, 2026
A litre of gasoline has two prices, one is displayed on the pump and the other is hidden in the public accounts. When a government caps a price, trims...
The Block Is The Stock Exchange
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
The Block Is The Stock Exchange
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September 11, 2026
BY THE TIME a sixteenyear- old in Laventille or Denham Town can strip an assault rifle blindfolded, he has already done the numbers. The formal econom...
Move the Light
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
Move the Light
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August 28, 2026
There is an old story, told in India and elsewhere, about a woman searching anxiously under a streetlamp. A passer-by stops to help, “what have you lo...
Stopped at Grand Gate
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Stopped at Grand Gate
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August 14, 2026
Last weekend the Caribbean Premier League came to Arnos Vale, and St Vincent and the Grenadines opened its gates to the self-styled Biggest Party in S...
The Chain That Never Rusted
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The Chain That Never Rusted
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July 31, 2026
IT BEGAN WITH smoke. Not the smoke of industry, not the smoke of celebration, but the smoke of your village burning. You were grinding millet or braid...
The Internet is not what you Think it is
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
The Internet is not what you Think it is
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July 24, 2026
A grandmother in Layou opens Facebook to check on her grandchildren. Within minutes she is watching a video about a miracle diabetes cure, promoted by...
The Pitch Is the Map:
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
The Pitch Is the Map:
A multiracial, multipolar world is playing out at the World Cup,on the soil of a power trying to hold both at the gate
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July 10, 2026
The 2026 World Cup is under way. Before a ball is struck, before the anthem ends, the camera performs a kind of cartography. It glides across the line...
All Me Eye Water Dun:
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
All Me Eye Water Dun:
A Carnival reflection on a country that has given us too many reasons to cry and one night to laugh anyway.
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July 3, 2026
VincyMas 2026 is in full swing. The drums are rolling, the costumes are towering, and the brass is cutting through the night like a hot knife through ...
Who Keeps the Rent?
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
Who Keeps the Rent?
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June 19, 2026
THE COUNTRY MAY have spent the last week arguing the wrong question. The Prime Minister signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Global Ports Holding....
Come Again, Elizabeth?
Prof. J Robinson - Eye of the Needle
Come Again, Elizabeth?
A Calypso’s Question for a New St Vincent.
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June 12, 2026
As mainland St. Vincent builds out its tourist industry how do we build, and for whom does the value finally settle? As VincyMas 2026 approaches and t...