R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 26, 2021
This week we take a brief respite from the COVID pandemic and its ramifications for our society and engage in the matters relating to the award of hon...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 21, 2021
I had planned this week to do a tribute to the second of our “Golden Generation of Broadcasting”, Ferrand “Randy D” Dopwell, to depart within the past...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 15, 2021
“We have to be each other’s keepers”- SEARCHLIGHT Mid-week, Jan. 12, 2021. This quote, from the mid-week edition of SEARCHLIGHT, sums up succinctly th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 8, 2021
Three weeks ago this column covered the topic “Who will guard the guards?’, a reference to the post-election situation in the United States of America...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 31, 2020
After the tumultuous year of 2020, what prospects are there for the peoples of this planet for 2021? Certainly if we look at this question primarily f...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 23, 2020
First of all let me extend Season’s greetings to all our readers, customers, supporters, well-wishers and the people of our beloved St Vincent and the...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 18, 2020
In just over one month’s time, there is supposed to be a changing of the guard in Washington DC, USA with the inauguration of a new administration. Th...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 11, 2020
As we approach the Christmas season and the New Year, the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic is still the biggest challenge facing countries big and sma...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 4, 2020
Given our recent elections it was no surprise that this column focused a lot on political and electoral issues immediately preceding and after the gen...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
Part 2
November 27, 2020
In continuing my reflection on the November 5 elections, having looked at the ULP, it is the turn of the NDP to be put under the spotlight. No one can...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 20, 2020
Further progress towards restoration of normality in social life following the recent elections is being made in spite of the stubbornness of some som...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 13, 2020
As the dust begins to settle on the 2020 general elections, albeit with a bitter taste in some quarters, it is time for us all to reflect on the elect...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 7, 2020
CONGRATS to Comrade Ralph for his magnificent “Five in a Row” victory in Thursday’s General Elections”. In Carnival parlance we would say that ‘De Com...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 30, 2020
Elections 2020 in St Vincent and the Grenadines are now down to the wire and in less than a week’s time, voters will make their of leadership and gove...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 23, 2020
Vincentians are currently preparing (or at least ought to be) to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the recovery of our national independence on Octobe...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 16, 2020
The proverbial bell has now been rung to officially open the floodgates to the 2020 election campaign. Given the COVID pandemic, this campaign is supp...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 9, 2020
It is with great sadness that I heard the news over the last weekend of the passing of carnival icon Louis Boucher, in far from dignified circumstance...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 11, 2020
Let me begin on a positive note in extending hearty congratulations to well-known social activist Mr Junior Bacchus on his appointment as honorary Con...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 4, 2020
It must be clear to all who follow developments in the USA that it has failed to solve its problems of inequality, injustice and racism. To understand...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 28, 2020
A fundamental tenet of the Christian religion, according to the Bible, is that only a foolish man builds his house upon the sand as opposed to buildin...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 21, 2020
It has taken just over a week for the official results of the 2020 general elections in Trinidad and Tobago to be announced officially. Thankfully, we...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 14, 2020
There is an old local saying which goes like this-“Ting dey fo’ tark, but time na dey”, meaning that there are many issues to be discussed but time is...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 7, 2020
The most meaningless holiday weekend of my life has at last elapsed. It would have been so refreshing if the weekend holidays, a span of Saturday to W...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 31, 2020
Emancipation, the legal ending of chattel slavery in the Caribbean, is supposed to be one of the biggest days in the English-speaking Caribbean calend...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 24, 2020
Sometimes I wonder whether those persons who put themselves forward for political office and aspire to become Parliamentarians, Ministers or even to r...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 17, 2020
In a world starving badly for live sport, cricket has not had such a golden opportunity for decades to grab international attention as it did last wee...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
July 10, 2020
The LIAT demise and, to a lesser extent, the ongoing controversy over the outcome of the March elections in Guyana, have dominated the regional news d...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 12, 2020
Chant: “What we want?” Crowd response: “Justice!” Chant : “When we want it?” Crowd response: “Now!” That in a nutshell sums up the attitude of million...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
June 5, 2020
In what has been one of the biggest affronts to black people the world over, four white police officers in the city of Minneapolis, USA, blatantly and...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 22, 2020
Whatever we try to do, COVID-19 and its damaging effects continue to dominate our day-to-day lives on a global scale. There is no news bulletin and ha...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 15, 2020
I had another Mother’s Day, always a very special occasion for me, without my dearly beloved deceased mother, but, I tell you what, I am far from bein...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
May 8, 2020
Following the publication of the first part of this article two weeks ago, I was confronted by a couple readers who couldn’t understand why, in the mi...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 30, 2020
comments on pandemic issues by Renwick Rose – (Note to readers: In light of the ongoing COVID threat, I crave your indulgence in postponing the second...
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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...
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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 ...
