R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 1, 2022
In spite of the fallout which affects governments and leaders in office for a long time, the Unity Labour Party (ULP) remains in office, having just c...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 25, 2022
As the governing (not “ruling” mind you, an important distinction in the post-colonial world) Unity Labour Party (ULP) celebrates its 21st anniversary...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 18, 2022
PRIME MINISTER Dr Ralph Gonsalves has again said that it is high time for the designation of additional persons to the hallowed status of National Her...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 11, 2022
International Women’s Day 2022 meets the women of our planet and their precious children closer to a nuclear Armageddon than the world has been for si...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 4, 2022
The world, still reeling from the crippling effects of the Covid pandemic, has been thrown into a further tailspin as a result of the Russian military...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 25, 2022
In beginning this tribute to Basil “Bung Sukarno” Cato, who died in the USA three weeks ago and is due to be buried today, my condolences go out to th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 18, 2022
Let me take a break from my 50th anniversary journey as relayed in this column these past two weeks, to share some reflections on local developments w...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 11, 2022
Last week when I began on this theme, I did not hesitate to ask the question, what have been the rewards for the struggle and hardships endured over t...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 4, 2022
Dear Readers, I crave your indulgence and understanding as I mark with reverence what is a very special landmark for me, the 50th anniversary of my en...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 28, 2022
January 22nd passed uneventfully in St Vincent and the Grenadines as many others before it, with many Vincentians praying for the “end ah month” to co...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 21, 2022
A lifelong friend of mine who shares my love for calypso resorted to that art form in describing the happenings in last week’s parliamentary debate on...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 14, 2022
The drama which has unfurled in Parliament around the spread of covid contamination, leading to the suspension of the 2022 Budget debate is a poignant...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 7, 2022
I find it hard, in fact almost hypocritical to wish a Happy New Year, not just to friends and family but to people in general, knowing that 2022, like...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 31, 2021
It is with a great sense of relief that we mark the end of a most tortuous year. Fifty-two weeks ago, how many of us could have imagined that at year ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 23, 2021
It is heartening to note that despite all that we have gone through these past two years, it has not dampened the enthusiasm for Christmas and our C...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 17, 2021
ANOTHER CHAPTER in the political history of St Vincent and the Grenadines will be officially closed tomorrow when former Prime Minister Sir James Mitc...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 3, 2021
When first the impact of the COVID pandemic hit us over two years ago, there were few among us that thought we would still be grappling with it today,...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 26, 2021
Next Tuesday, November 30, the people of our eastern neighbouring country, Barbados, will not only celebrate the 55th anniversary of their reclamation...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 19, 2021
My commendations go out to the St Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers Union (SVGTU) and to the teachers of this country as they enter the concluding a...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 12, 2021
The governing Unity Labour Party (ULP) last weekend celebrated, albeit in subdued circumstances due to COVID restrictions, its historic election victo...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 5, 2021
Last week this column revived the memory of the tragedy that was Grenada 1983 when a People’s Revolution that had promised so much, imploded and opene...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 8, 2021
It is taken for granted that anytime you hear or read about 9/11, the reference is to the terrorist attack on New York and Washington on Sept.1a1, 200...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 1, 2021
“I cannot understand a politician who is lukewarm about vaccination or not prepared to take a stand. Are they not aware that they are going against th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 24, 2021
The 1960s marked the rise in consciousness, anti-colonialist sentiment and nationalism all around the world. It was reflected in the popular music of ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 17, 2021
The Caribbean is not immune from the onslaught of the Covid -19 virus which continues to create so much havoc and damage to life and limb over the wor...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 10, 2021
It is my fervent hope that all who listened to the First African Union- Caricom Summit on Tuesday of this week would, like me, have been filled with h...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 3, 2021
There is a global pandemic affecting not just the health and safety of hundreds of millions of people all over the world, but posing a more lasting an...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 27, 2021
When I went to school we were taught about deltas, triangular masses of land at the mouth of large rivers formed by sediments brought down by the rive...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 20, 2021
Whatever one thinks of the motives for persons engaged in weekly protests and picketing, primarily around the Parliament building, it is at least a we...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 13, 2021
The Caribbean today faces major threats to its quest for development- in the economic, political, social, cultural and environmental fields to name th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 6, 2021
Like hundreds of millions of other human beings on planet earth, black and white, red and brown, rich and poor, male, female or otherwise, I find myse...
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August 14, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Development Cooperation Fund (DCF), has approved a US$125,000 project for the Centre for Enterp...
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August 14, 2025
The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) and Cable & Wireless St Vincent and the Grenadines Ltd. (Flow) officially signed a contra...
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August 14, 2025
A document of our story, written by our own Vincentians, is how Minister of Culture, Carlos James, has described Volume One of the History of Saint Vi...
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August 14, 2025
The exhibition and hand over ceremony for a bucket truck that marked the end-of-phase for the Enhancing Public Safety with Intelligent Video Analytics...
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August 14, 2025
The Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force(RSVGPF) said it is deeply saddened by the passing of Corporal 603 Selman Bailey, who died on Satu...
