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What’s in a name? On language, history and place names in St Vincent and the Grenadines
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What’s in a name? On language, history and place names in St Vincent and the Grenadines
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January 5, 2023
by Paula Prescod Place names or toponyms, as they are formally called, are like signposts that tell us a great deal about a nation’s past. They are a ...
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Nine Mornings festivities
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Nine Mornings festivities
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December 17, 2013
A youngster taking part in the Orange Eating competition.
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Saluting our nation’s 33rd anniversary of Independence
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October 26, 2012
by the Staff of Brighton Methodist School Fri, Oct 26, 2012We, the stakeholders in our nation’s education, will work collectively in a noble spirit ...
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As a region, are we better for having chosen Independence?
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October 26, 2012
Fri, Oct 26, 2012Federation vs. IndependenceThe St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College (SVGCC) is holding amalgamated celebrations for our C...
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What will it be like when SVG celebrates 50 years of independence ?
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October 26, 2012
Fri, Oct 26, 2012Editor: This year several countries have celebrated 50 years of independence, such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda. This m...
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Independence Queen Contest short story
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October 26, 2012
Fri, Oct 26, 2012Written by Loren “Leddie” Da Breo ©The first ever village Independence Queen Contest was advertised to be held the night before ...
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Thirty-three years in retrospect
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October 26, 2012
Fri, Oct 26, 2012by Eustace Maloney Long time ago me granny told me They used to call England the mother country.They were ruled by a governor,And we ...
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Election Day
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April 8, 2011
Last week:I had arrived in England on a cold, summer day.…I felt like I could have a new beginning. One of the questions I was asked when I applied ...
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Election Day
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April 1, 2011
A fictional series Last week:“Ah taking you to Queenshow,” Christopher announced without really giving me the option to decline. Of course I could...
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Election Day
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March 25, 2011
Previously:So shall a woman lose her soul and gain political power?It is so typical of us humans to salve our conscience by blaming someone else for o...
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Election Day
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March 11, 2011
A fictional seriesLast week:“PM what yo doing sitting in the dark in yo nightie?”My brother’s voice booms through the room“I ain’t celebrati...
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Election Day
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March 4, 2011
A fictional series Last week:It had been a year since I had been attending A’ level college. I was a straight A student….…I was finally able to ...
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Election Day
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February 25, 2011
A fictional SeriesLast week:Two more seats!! Oh my goodness I might actually win this election. Then what?“You have to sell your soul to the devil t...
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Election Day
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February 18, 2011
A fictional seriesLast week:School had begun to play second fiddle to my relationship with Christopher...It was my sixteenth birthday and he took me t...
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Election Day
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February 11, 2011
A fictional seriesLast week:…Before you knew it, Christopher’s name was all over the place….“Me hear he tief an get send back,” I overheard ...
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Election Day
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February 4, 2011
Last week:The television is on but I am not paying attention to the panel of experts discussing the projections and the actual election results as the...
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Election Day
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January 28, 2011
A fictional seriesLast week:Four years had come and gone since the day my principal, Mr Otley called me into his office to inform me that I had come f...
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Election Day
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January 21, 2011
A fictional seriesLast week:...That day, under the plum-rose tree, when Christopher had revealed that he was going to Canada; became a distant memory....
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Election Day
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January 14, 2011
A fictional series Last week:I had won my seat... We are still waiting for nine results... I am a breath away from my ultimate goal.......I remember a...
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Election Day
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January 7, 2011
Last week:We couldn’t afford to bury our brothers…. they’d found Shem in Yamboo…. Carl in Argyle…Christopher and I had been in the hospitalâ...
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Election Day
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December 30, 2010
LAST WEEK:Growing up I remember the river being a friend......We’d carelessly continued to play.......I’d turned to look at Hezron picking up almo...
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Election Day
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December 23, 2010
A fictional series Last week: Kita remembers her childhood experiences when her mother’s new boyfriend and his sons had moved into the two bedroom h...
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Election Day
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December 17, 2010
A fictional series by Ava BrowneLast week:…Here I am, at a radio station waiting to be interviewed... my very last message. I have done all that I c...
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Election Day
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December 10, 2010
A fictional series by Ava BrowneLast Week:“Why are you sitting in the dark listening to that nonsense?”The baritone voice echoes around my sparsel...
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The wakeup program
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December 3, 2010
Election Day - A fictional seriesLast week:So here I am standing dumbstruck… my political career… shrinking like a snowman in hell… with every p...
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The Speech – Election Day
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November 26, 2010
A fictional series Kita is about to address UNLDP supporters at an election rally, but is speechless when she stands before the crowd….“I am overw...
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The political rally
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November 19, 2010
Eenie meenie mi NO MORE. Enough! We Naah Nah Nah Nah Naaah… Naaah tun back!Last week:As Kita prepares for the election battle, she looks at herself ...
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Election Day
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November 12, 2010
Last Week:“What was I thinking? I can’t do this. I am no Eugenia Charles, no Janet Jagan, or Claudette Werleigh, or Indira Gandhi, or Margaret Tha...
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30 days before Election Day…
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November 5, 2010
The Wake Up Program…“Vote? Me ha time fu waste? Yo jump out ah de coal pot and find yoself sliding right down de latrine with dem party arwe have ...
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Our Nation Is Born
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October 22, 2010
Fri, Oct 22, 2010by Kenneth “Vibrating Scakes” Alleyne (c) 1979INTRO We are all moving on togetherSo we must now plan collectively for a brighter ...
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Son of the Soil
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October 22, 2010
Fri, Oct 22, 2010The birth of separation from the BritishOctober 1979, we stand with pride and freedomThirty one years now on our wayVincentians, stil...
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Independence
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October 22, 2010
by Shenica Haynes Fri, Oct 22, 2010Emancipated from the tyranny of slavery,Our ancestors can only celebrate a physical libertyFree from the chains but...
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Seniors get treated to a day of pampering
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Seniors get treated to a day of pampering
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October 22, 2010
Suzanne’s Hair Studio was definitely the place to be on Wednesday this week, as senior citizens were once again treated to a day of relaxation, pamp...
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Rosie – I am my own boss!
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Rosie – I am my own boss!
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October 22, 2010
Rosie Williams does not see herself working for people. She thinks being one’s own boss is the way to go. And who can blame her?Making her livelihoo...
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Golden girl looking for greater things
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Golden girl looking for greater things
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October 22, 2010
Vincentian Natasha Mayers, who eventually won the gold medal in the Women’s 100 metres at the just concluded Commonwealth Games in India, says that ...
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Battling cancer from generation to generation – I am Natifa Bonadie
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Battling cancer from generation to generation – I am Natifa Bonadie
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October 22, 2010
Natifa Bonadie has been surrounded by breast cancer all her life. Her mother was diagnosed when Natifa was only nine, both her grandmothers died from ...
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Vincentian triumphs over adversity
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Vincentian triumphs over adversity
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October 22, 2010
I am Ayanna BaptisteAt the age of 12, the average girl would be singing along to songs by the latest pop sensation, be stationed in front of the compu...
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Coordinator of the annual Christmas Caroling contest, Anthony Dennie, is dispelling claims that he had a hand in the show’s abrupt end last Tuesday, December 22, at the Victoria Park.
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Coordinator of the annual Christmas Caroling contest, Anthony Dennie, is dispelling claims that he had a hand in the show’s abrupt end last Tuesday, December 22, at the Victoria Park.
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December 30, 2009
Persons wishing to use the Botanic Gardens will have to pay a fee come January 1.The Gardens, which is a popular venue for wedding activities as well ...
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Our 13th Anniversary of Nationhood: Independence and Homecoming
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Our 13th Anniversary of Nationhood: Independence and Homecoming
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October 30, 2009
30.OCT.09by DR. THE HONOURABLE RALPH E. GONSALVESPRIME MINISTER OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESAddressed delivered to the Nation at Victoria Park on...
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We’re Out To Build A New St. Vincent
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October 23, 2009
23.OCT.09by Ebenezer Duncan (c)1. Oh there’s a lovely island in the Caribbean Seas    With cocoa, citrus, coconut and fine banana trees    The...
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Motherland
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October 23, 2009
23.OCT.09by Ronald E Browne Like a woman in the pangs of labourYou who from the bowels of the earth was forgedGushed forth from the womb of the Caribb...
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God Bless Our Homeland
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God Bless Our Homeland
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October 23, 2009
23.OCT.09by Patrick Prescod (c) 19691. God bless our homeland    Fair Isle of the Carib Sea    May peace and justice here be found    Where f...
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This Island
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This Island
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October 23, 2009
23.OCT.09by Bomani (c) 20061. It’s been so many years since I’ve left my homeNow that I’m gone I’ve got to returnThose places that I’ve been...
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