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
April 24, 2020
Introduction: On April 21, 1970, Dr. Eric Williams, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, faced with mounting social and political unrest, responded ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 17, 2020
No matter how hard one tries, it is impossible to escape from the tentacles of the latest pandemic to engulf the world, COVID-19. Almost 100 per cent ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 9, 2020
As I write this column, the House of Assembly is in the process of discussing, debating and hopefully approving a Supplementary Appropriation Bill tri...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
April 3, 2020
The fight against the relentless coronavirus pandemic dwarfs all else on the global stage today. In the process it continues to shatter myths, mistake...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 27, 2020
AS WE ALL STRUGGLE in the Caribbean to cope with the many- sided effects of COVID-19, let us not for a moment forget or lose sight of the struggle for...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 20, 2020
IF WE HAD any doubts about the danger of modern diseases to the entire world then those must have been quickly and crudely dispelled within the last m...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 13, 2020
THE WORLD is riveted on the coronavirus threat and its negative effects, both in an economic sense and on the health of the global. THE WORLD is rivet...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
March 6, 2020
ANOTHER Inter- national Women’s Day (IWD) has come around and, once more, we cannot escape from having the issue of violence against women as one of t...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 28, 2020
Congratulations to the Interactive Media Ltd., Publishers of this newspaper, for its wonderful effort in promoting and encouraging the efforts of our ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 21, 2020
I LEFT OFF last week on comments as to how our current two-party system not only contributes to and reinforces the political divisions in our country,...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 14, 2020
THE DUST HAS now settled on the Budget Debate 2020 and our billion dollar Budget is now a reality guiding the government’s programme of activities, bo...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
February 7, 2020
THIS WEEK there is a surfeit of issues on which those of us involved in the media can comment. Not just the traditional media, I must say, but even mo...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 31, 2020
THE PRESENTATION and consequent debate on the 2020 Budget have been postponed to permit for the funeral of Sir Frederick Ballantyne, our longest-servi...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 24, 2020
THE ESTIMATES of Revenue and Expenditure for the year 2020 have been presented to the House of Assembly and the nation now looks forward to the detail...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 17, 2020
MINISTERS OF Trade of the CARIFORUM region, that is CARICOM plus the Dominican Republic, are meeting in St Vincent today to discuss and agree on joint...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
January 10, 2020
I had intended to focus this, my first column for the year 2020, on matters local, but global events which can have far-reaching effects on us all are...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 20, 2019
How does one sum up a year? Is it in the usual “eventful” manner? Every year, every day, indeed every moment is “eventful”, so what makes one year mor...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 13, 2019
We like to recall the early days of our life and the sage advice of our Grannies –“Larn yo’ lessons well”. In so doing, Granny was referring not only ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
December 6, 2019
Late last month the Kingstown Town Board (KTB) organized activities to celebrate its 122nd anniversary. It was an initiative worthy of applause, but l...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 29, 2019
As the December 6 election date comes closer, our sister isle of Dominica continues to be mired in political confusion and controversy. Besides the vi...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 22, 2019
The all-too-familiar election bugbear is upon us once again in the Caribbean. This time it is the Commonwealth of Dominica, our sister country in the ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
November 8, 2019
With all the activities around Independence celebrations, including the annual independence pronouncements and awards, Vincentians have still found ot...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 25, 2019
This weekend marks the culmination of national celebrations to commemorate our country’s Independence anniversary. Held under the theme “Renewal @40”,...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 18, 2019
Youlou was entering the final days of her pregnancy. Hers has been a turbulent time, going back generations, no different from those of generations of...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 11, 2019
We are a mere two weeks away from the culmination of our national independence festivities. There are appearances of some flags and buntings but far f...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
October 4, 2019
The issue at hand this week is the dire economic difficulties being experienced by the people of Cuba and the attendant hardships facing our students ...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 27, 2019
“ And the beat goes on........” Those haunting words from a very popular song of the seventies are today driving us into a state of restlessness borde...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 20, 2019
The funeral of one of the heroes of the African liberation movement, Robert Mugabe, the deposed former President of Zimbabwe, took place last weekend....
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 13, 2019
RECENTLY a number of our former national footballers from the famous 1979 team which put SVG firmly on the regional map were honoured for their contri...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
September 6, 2019
Now that we have come to the end of the major Carnival festivals in the Caribbean, Grenada’s being the last, the festivals staged by Caribbean migrant...
R. Rose - Eye of the Needle
August 30, 2019
I am happy that the local sporting community has honoured, posthumously, the late Jules Anthony of Troumaca and more appropriately North Leeward for h...
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June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) invites managers, producers, artistes and members of the public to the 2025 Soca Monarch Preliminaries. The...
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June 13, 2025
Chevonne Stewart was formally introduced last Sunday, June 8, 2025, as the person the Unity Labour Party (ULP) intends to be its candidate for the Sou...
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June 13, 2025
The Carnival Development Corporation (CDC) is taking significant steps to ensure that Victoria Park, the main carnival venue, is accessible to everyon...
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June 13, 2025
Local calypsonians are gearing up to bring their best game as the preliminary judging round has officially begun. This year is a big year for the frat...
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June 13, 2025
St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has emerged as the top-performing Caribbean destination for growth in tourism arrivals from the United States (US)...
