R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 1, 2023
This week the column focuses on two current international situations which, though far away from our shores, have implications for all of us. I begin ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 25, 2023
I am but an ordinary citizen, with no great knowledge of financial matters but trying my best to understand the implications of national matters relat...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 18, 2023
Organizers of last Friday evening’s “Pan in D Street” must feel very encouraged at the positive response from pan lovers and the general public. It wa...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 11, 2023
In the days before World War II and for a good part of the two and a half decades afterwards, budding sports persons (male and female) in the Caribbea...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 4, 2023
In a week when the people of the Caribbean held activities to commemorate the legal end of slavery in the English-speaking Caribbean, pride of place m...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 28, 2023
Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, his Deputy Mr Montgomery Daniel, and Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance, Mr Camillo Gonsalves, have al...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 21, 2023
The past week has been a very busy one where the government and people of SVG are concerned. Pride of place was the Latin American/Caribbean Summit wi...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 14, 2023
It is a pity that once more I am forced to preface my comments on what seems to have been a fairly successful full-fledged return to VINCYMAS, with gr...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 7, 2023
With Carnival having been moved to mid-year in 1977, Vincentians have enjoyed a massive boost in participation while the economy has benefited tremend...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 30, 2023
This is Carnival season, but cricket has played such an important role in the socio-political development of Caribbean society that I could not resist...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 23, 2023
Last week this column placed focus on the development of Vincy Mas since the change over from the pre-Lenten period to June/July. In commenting on the...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 16, 2023
When you begin hearing calypso judging underway, then you know that where Carnival is concerned this year, “we down in de meat”, in other words Vincy ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 9, 2023
From all reports the people of Cuba are having some of the hardest times in their history, certainly since the Revolution of 1959. The harsh economic ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 2, 2023
It has taken me three parts spread over three weeks to reach the conclusion of my narrative on the shocking fatal shooting of Attorney General Cecil R...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 26, 2023
Having based my column last week on the events of May 1973, surrounding the murder of Attorney General Rawle, I was challenged last weekend by a gentl...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 19, 2023
On a normal Friday night in Kingstown, shots rang out in the quiet neighbourhood of the Fort Charlotte area, a peaceful residential area. It was not l...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 12, 2023
Readers of this column who would be surprised to learn that I spent about eight hours last Saturday morning watching – the coronation of Britain’s Kin...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 5, 2023
International Workers’ Day, May Day, has passed as any other public holiday in these times, mostly a day for recreation, much needed in many cases, bu...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 28, 2023
Last week, a number of activities were held in Trinidad and Tobago, including an International Conference at the St. Augustine campus of the UWI to co...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 21, 2023
I began this two-part series last week in a continuing push, especially in the fields of sport, culture and social development, that not enough attent...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 14, 2023
This columnist has been virtually crying in the wilderness for the institution of national Halls of Fame, particularly in the fields of sport, culture...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 6, 2023
As we come to the end of the Christian Lenten season and welcome the Easter resurrection, permit me to share some reminiscences with you relevant to t...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 31, 2023
We have come to the end of another month, but just not “another”. This historic month of March had its own special moments which we will remember, hop...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 24, 2023
The month of March is really a very packed one, filled with occasions of national, historical and global significance. It is of course, our month, dur...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 17, 2023
From all reports the activities relating to our commemoration of national Heroes Day turned out to be another success, as they ought to be. The import...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 10, 2023
“A California task force studying reparations for Black Americans descended from slaves wants the state’s taxpayers to shell out US $360,000 for every...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 3, 2023
On Monday of this week, Feb.27, the descendants of a slave-owning British family which owned a plantation, slaves and all, in Grenada, was due to take...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 24, 2023
Before I embark on my subject matter, permit me to pay my respects to former national footballer Gideon “Ragga” Horne who will be buried today, since ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 17, 2023
“Dis man have a gun, dat man have a gun, Man, dey will kill each other fo’ fun” These are just two lines from a popular Caribbean song. But, hold a mi...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 10, 2023
Last week I had intended to focus my column on Cricket and Carnival, two essential elements of our cultural existence in the Caribbean. Unfortunately ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 3, 2023
Tributes continue to be expressed for the outstanding contribution of Dominican, Windwards and Combined Islands batting star, Irvine Shillingford who ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 27, 2023
On hearing the news that our country had been elected unanimously to the Presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), a...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 20, 2023
A boost has been given to the long and bitter campaign by the aggrieved peoples of the Caribbean, North America and Africa in particular, to achieve j...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 13, 2023
Let me begin by extending best wishes to all for the year 2023, another challenging one before us. I must also offer my apologies to readers of the co...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 30, 2022
As I extend the customary New Year’s greetings to all my readers and the wider local, regional and international community, I must confess that it is ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 23, 2022
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, one of the more conservative states in Europe, on Monday of this week made a public landmark apology for the Du...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 16, 2022
In spite of the gross disrespect for the Vincentian people, and guests, shown by FLOW, still the premier telecom entity operating here, Vincentians ha...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 9, 2022
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has over the years had its fair share of visits by Heads of State and Government since our independence in 1979. P...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 2, 2022
This weekend St Vincent and the Grenadines lays out the diplomatic “red carpet” to welcome Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for a three-day official ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 25, 2022
Every November, there are official ceremonies on what is called “Remembrance Day” in honour of those who died during the two world wars. The emphasis ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 18, 2022
The situation in Dominica following the decision of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to advise the President (Dominica is a Republic) to dissolve Parl...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 11, 2022
Last week, I began raising the issue of rather alarming developments in the so-called “bastions of democracy” in western states which are upheld as “m...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 4, 2022
I hope that I am not alone in closely monitoring developments in the so-called “western world” as they pertain to the perceived underpinning of the sa...
News
May 9, 2025
The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
News
May 9, 2025
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A Lodge Village mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, ...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...
From the Courts, News
May 9, 2025
A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...
