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June 6, 2014
After reading last week’s newspapers I had to seriously ask myself if it was really our SVG they were talking about. But really, why should this hav...
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June 6, 2014
Last October, Nine months ago to be exact, ah was invited to Eric “Tartah” Browne’s ninety-fifth birthday party and ah had such ah grand time, d...
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May 30, 2014
Are we, who inhabit this space that someone once called “Home of the Blessed,” aware of the extent to which this ‘rock’ that is our home, is s...
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May 30, 2014
Yuh could call me: “Miss Con Duck, Miss Bee Hayve Yah, Miss Demean Nah, Miss Ahpro Pre-hear-shun.” Call me way ever name yuh want. But ah name Tee...
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May 23, 2014
She say is too much ah ‘dis one say’ and ‘de other one say’ in de Raiding ah de How-hard’s Marine and somebody lie-in big time! De Pry-minis...
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May 23, 2014
(I recently stumbled on this old short story that pushed me into third place in an open regional short story competition. I was then completing my fir...
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May 16, 2014
I was quite intrigued by an article in Caribbean News Now! entitled “Our Caribbean: Middle class politics takes command.” The author, Oliver Mills...
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May 16, 2014
When is not one thing in SVG is de other, and ah suppose is de same thing de world all over. When it ain’t Crime or Drugs is Agriculture, if it ainâ...
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May 9, 2014
Over the years we have been hearing complaints about the state of Kingstown, about the prevalence of crime and the fact that criminals now operate fea...
My Arab connection
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May 9, 2014
From de time my grand-daughter, Zinzi told me dat she and Chady getting married, and dat Toya De Roche-John is her Wedding Planner, ah started to gear...
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May 2, 2014
I don't know if I missed it but I searched last week's papers for news of any Labour Day activities and couldn't find any. It is as if the meaning of ...
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May 2, 2014
Dug Howard, now an established Activist made no apology foh his association wid de famous Pitty-shun in circulation, dat attempts to paint de image of...
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April 25, 2014
The nature of governance grows out of and relates to our political culture. It is something we have to continually assess. This should concern all Vin...
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April 25, 2014
Ah want to thank de Met-dis Church Kingstown, in particular de organizers of de Met-dis Mid-dey Meditate-shun (MMM) committee, foh adding purpose to m...
Professor Norman Girvan – An Appreciation
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April 17, 2014
The Caribbean has lost one of its “brightest” and most committed sons. Norman Girvan, Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, sus...
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April 11, 2014
In last week's papers, it was painful watching dat EHS student, on ah Hospital bed, para-lies? ah hope not, wid his mother, looking distraught at his ...
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April 4, 2014
King Nebuchadnezzar was one ah dem great and powerful leaders. Of course he loved himself, didn’t have ah perfect middle finger or wuk Owe-be-yah fo...
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April 4, 2014
Last week, I wrote about confronting the stories that still determine how people see us and how we see ourselves. The questions of identity and image ...
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March 28, 2014
In March, we focus our attention on looking at our past, really on "from whence we came.” A great deal of attention is naturally paid to the Caribs....
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March 28, 2014
Good Engineers are few and far to find, and dis country has lost ah wuk-horse wid de passing of Jeffery Cato. Maybe ah could recap ah bit and recogniz...
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March 21, 2014
It is now Carry Club, as de leaders continue to Flip Flop. Dey were first off de blocks to call foh an end to de students protest backed by de Awe-pos...
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March 13, 2014
The heads of CARICOM have been meeting here this week and I was tempted to focus on this, looking particularly at what is happening with the march tow...
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March 13, 2014
Ah learned in Scouting dat de Boys Scouts Movement was startedin de United Kingdom, in 1907 by Lord Baden-Powell, ah retired Lieutenant-General in de ...
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March 7, 2014
I want to start by making reference to an email that was sent to me by a friend. It relates to a debate currently surfacing about the eligibility of S...
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March 7, 2014
Ah sad incident dah took place at Fitz Hughes last Friday when de Black Squad raided Silma Thomas’s home. De Report is dat she collapsed during de R...
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February 28, 2014
Reverend Drexel Gomez, retired Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies, argues that “Prayers alone cannot solve the economic and social problems of t...
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February 28, 2014
Dennis George is my Sage, ah man of profound wisdom and memory. He tells me dat own Sugar factory and distillery at Mount Bentick. We planted we own S...
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February 21, 2014
I was on the Shrink’s couch with my complaint about serious depression. It was only a week ago that I was voted out of office, but the journey back ...
Dey blow me mine again
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February 21, 2014
Ah think was August last year ah wrote how dem students at St Martin Secondary School blow me mine at de conclusion ah dey Summer Program. Dey had par...
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February 14, 2014
Lie-Za drew my attention to Utter Some’s High Court.victory Case against de Go-venom-men’t. An incident took place in 2010 when Utter Some was de ...