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Tartah will fish no more
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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...
Let us not bury our heads in the sand
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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...
On yuh marks! Re-sign! Go!
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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...
Is all way Lie-za say
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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...
The day we waited on Flora
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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...
The middle class and politics
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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...
Chicken-go-nah
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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...
Can we not learn something from St Lucia?
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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
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...
Another Labour Day! What do we Celebrate?
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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 ...
Shame on any Gestapo leader
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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...
Let us begin to clean our political slate
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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...
Lent was well spent
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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
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...
De love vine please – no crime dis weekend
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April 17, 2014
What ah sad way to end de Lentern Season!Last weekend we recorded three gun-shot incidents, two were fatal, and a rape. Ah notice de Police say no rap...
Revolutionary path of Pope Francis: his challenge to the church!
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April 11, 2014
Pope Francis has, since his elevation about a year ago, captured the imagination of people in different parts of the world. Although celebrated by som...
Beg God to come back
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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 ...
Does Ralph and Armin dream?
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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...
Finding the right story
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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 ...
The stories that we still have to confront
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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....
Does anybody remember yuh?
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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...
The Carib story – Reflections on aspects of our national heritage
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March 21, 2014
On Saturday March 15, I delivered an address at the opening of the Garifuna National Conference, held at the Peace Memorial Hall. My presentation was ...
Carry-come gone again
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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...
The confusing National Heroes issue
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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...
De good ole days ah scouting
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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 ...
A role for civil society!
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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...
Hunt dem down till …more
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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...
It takes more than prayer
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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...
Pass me ah drink ah yah rum
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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...
Why I went to see a Shrink
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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
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...
I am Woman, real Woman! – Confessions of a young Woman!
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February 14, 2014
But Mama, you know over the years you have been giving your all to those politicians and you getting nothing in return. You go to all meetings from Ch...
Wretch-de-brute-shun coming
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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 ...
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Five out of Ten  for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
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Five out of Ten for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA
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June 27, 2025
In any school setting, a score of five out of ten would be considered below average but for the Sugar Mill Academy, who copped five out of the top ten...
Hard work pays off for Korey
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Hard work pays off for Korey
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June 27, 2025
(Korey Micah Lavia, Lowman’s Leeward Anglican School) While Kenroy has been away providing for his family as a seaman, his wife Venola, who works as a...
Adrina places first for girls overall in CPEA
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Adrina places first for girls overall in CPEA
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(Adrina Ledger, Sugar Mill Academy ) Aspiring lawyer with a green thumb, Adrina Ledger, has emerged as the top girl in the country. She told SEARCHLIG...
Make your weak subjects become strong and your strong subjects … Mason
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Make your weak subjects become strong and your strong subjects … Mason
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(Mason Rayshaud Williams, New Grounds Primary School) When Mason Rayshaud Williams, a student of the New Grounds Primary School, learnt about his resu...
Raffique scores  100  percent  in Science
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Raffique scores 100 percent in Science
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(Raffique Latchman, Sion Hill Government School ) Science and Mathematics lover, Raffique Latchman, can brag of being the only student in St Vincent a...

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