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June 19, 2015
I have been challenged by a couple of my regular readers who would like to see more comment on day-to-day political, meaning partisan politics, in thi...
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June 12, 2015
My focus this week is on two social issues of current-day relevance, but I cannot help but comment, with some amusement, on some reactions to my appea...
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June 5, 2015
A very sad political row has erupted here following the promise by Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace to grant honorary citizenship of St Vincent and th...
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May 29, 2015
It is ironic and often sad to hear or read so many âjust-comeâ advocates of Black Power today in their political assertions of political power tod...
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May 22, 2015
With the end of the odious system of apartheid and European colonialism in southern Africa, the global commemoration of African Liberation Day (ALD) h...
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May 15, 2015
(Note: As we went to press on Wednesday night, the final results of the Guyana election were still pending. The Guyana Elections Commission had releas...
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May 8, 2015
Over the next few months this writer will take the opportunity to examine the critical issues at stake in a series of democratic elections to be held ...
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April 30, 2015
Tomorrow, May 1, will be celebrated worldwide as International Workersâ Day, or May Day, as it is traditionally called. Here in SVG, workers will en...
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April 17, 2015
This week, SEARCHLIGHT embarks on a year-long series of activities to celebrate its 20th year of existence. This historic milestone in the paperâs h...
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April 10, 2015
The Caribbean, the English-speaking nations in particular, has long been a close ally of the United States, identifies with that countryâs aspiratio...
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April 2, 2015
On several occasions this column has raised concerns about the conduct of Parliamentarians,here and abroad, whilst conducting the business of the peop...
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March 27, 2015
I read with interest, whilst abroad, of the developments in the ULP camp in respect to the choice of a candidate to contest the Central Leeward seat i...
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March 13, 2015
Tomorrow is March 14, the centre of our month-long activities to commemorate National Heritage/Heroes Month. Today, March 13, our neighbours to the so...
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March 6, 2015
Taking a look around the Eastern Caribbean islands, one notices that governance issues are very prominent. This is hardly surprising, given our tradit...
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February 27, 2015
The recent elections in St Kitts/Nevis is still the talk of the day throughout much of the Caribbean, given our love for politics in this region. It i...
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February 24, 2015
So, the Kittian "electoral pharmacist,â dethroned leader Dr Denzil Douglas, was wrong after all! His self-styled "winning prescriptionâ was reject...
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February 13, 2015
It must have been obvious to all keen observers that, âlast lapâ or not, it was just not possible for the ULP government to produce the typical â...
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February 6, 2015
Disappointment again, as yet another Budget Debate ended in unnecessary fracas and confusion, leading to the expulsion of a Parliamentarian, followed ...
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January 30, 2015
The 2015 Budget debate is currently taking place in the highest official body of the land, the House of Assembly, the Parliament of St Vincent and the...
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January 16, 2015
As I add my words of solidarity with and condolences to the bereaved families and communities and the victims of Mondayâs tragic road accident in th...
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January 9, 2015
In my last column, issues pertaining to the international airport at Argyle were briefly visited. This was appropriate, both in the context of the mas...
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January 2, 2015
The people of St Vincent and the Grenadines entered the past year under a cloud of gloom, following the devastating floods of Christmas Eve night 2013...
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December 23, 2014
December 17, 2015. Mark it down in your diary, etch it in your memory, for that was one occasion that the termâhistoricâ could not be overused. It...
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December 19, 2014
Todayâs column will further develop on the theme started last week about elections and our democracy. It is a very relevant topic in the context of ...
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December 12, 2014
It really is a tragedy that former national cricketer and political activist Edgar Cruickshank had to die the way he did â struck by a vehicle while...
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December 2, 2014
It was most encouraging to note the comments by Opposition Leader Hon Arnhim Eustace, that our people need to pay greater attention, (I would say atte...
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November 25, 2014
Given the prevailing political and social climate in our country, it is difficult to get attention for matters which are not politically âsexyâ. I...
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November 18, 2014
Madame Chair, permit me to begin by offering the heartiest congratulations of the Caribbean delegates to you on your election as Chair of the European...
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November 11, 2014
Politicians and political parties in countries where elections are contested have a common nose for electoral results, irrespective of their own polit...
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October 24, 2014
This is Independence weekend, one which ought to be a positive occasion for us all. Unfortunately,the satisfaction of reflecting on our progress over ...
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October 14, 2014
The achievement of national independence by small countries like ours presents an opportunity for such states to exercise the options afforded to carv...
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October 10, 2014
October is here with us again, the month of National Independence, and the National Independence Committee has chosen the theme of âNational Prideâ...
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September 30, 2014
Our political landscape and economic and social architecture is really not much different from those of our neighbours. Going from island to island an...
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September 23, 2014
More and more, comments on the state of politics in SVG seem to be concluding on a negative note. It is fair to say that there are very few who have o...
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September 16, 2014
Following the unsuccessful attempts of the patriotic people of St Vincent and the Grenadines in 2009 to adopt a home-grown Constitution and be rid of ...
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September 9, 2014
During the course of the Test match at Arnos Vale between the West Indies and Bangladesh, I received a copy of a most interesting letter, written 16 y...
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September 2, 2014
When I embarked on this piece last week, the intention was not to stir up nostalgia, to hark back to any âgood old daysâ or simply to relive the p...
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August 29, 2014
More and more, calls are being made each week about the urgency of restoring the teaching of history to its rightful place in the education of our you...
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August 19, 2014
The political controversy in Trinidad and Tobago over constitutional amendments approved at the last sitting of that countryâs House of Representati...
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August 15, 2014
It may seem that this columnist is harping on issues pertaining to the relevance of the political and constitutional systems that we have had thrust u...
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August 5, 2014
It was heartening to note that Emancipation Day has not been entirely forgotten by the descendants of those who were relieved of their physical chains...
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July 22, 2014
Medical challenges which go with the ageing process have necessitated a couple of my regular columns being absent and it may well be the case for anot...
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July 1, 2014
Let me offer my apologies to readers for the unfortunate absence of this column these past two weeks due to pressing commitments abroad. In the meanti...
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