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Bubbly and effervescent like Andrews
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March 29, 2018
St Peter was telling de Lord dat he received ah Tweet dat de Evil One is planning to create some Territorial Challenges and dat he, St Peter, will nee...
Our electoral machinery
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March 23, 2018
Within a short period of time this year we would have had three general elections in CARICOM. Since elections could be called at any time within a fiv...
Jean and her Taree sugar cake
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March 23, 2018
Ole people say ‘so ah man live, so he die.’Last Thursday when ah looked around in Met-dis Church, down-stairs packed,de stairs to de upstairs as w...
What is Chatoyer’s legacy?
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March 16, 2018
I have for some time been trying to find a simple and short way of expressing this and it came to me on Tuesday ,when at the Garifuna International co...
Give honour way honour is due
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March 16, 2018
Honourable Dan Cummings was right on de money when he presented his concept of ah Nah-shun-all Hero at Wednesday’s wreath laying ceremony to honour ...
We have a long way to go
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March 9, 2018
We appear not to be serious about how and where our country is going. In recent times, more voices are being heard on crime and the abuses meted out t...
Way we going really?
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March 9, 2018
Many, many years ago, about 50 or more, ah met ah young Jewish man in Bequia, who told me he was into de Hamburger Fast Food business. I invited him t...
South Africa at the crossroads
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March 2, 2018
The swearing in of Cyril Ramaphosa as President of South Africa on February 15 marks a significant development in the politics of the country. His ass...
PSU 75 and half-alive
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March 2, 2018
Congratulations are in order, as the Public Service Union celebrates 75 years of never ending struggle, wid lickle or no success foh de Basic Rights a...
The SVG diaspora connection
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February 23, 2018
Any conversation about SVG and its development must include its diaspora, spread largely over the US, Canada, Britain, and the Caribbean. We mainly as...
Madness allowed to breed sadness
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February 23, 2018
Imagine ah 19-year-ole young man, Nicholas Cruz, named after ah Saint, ah suppose, was able to legally keep at home ah deadly AR-15 semi-automatic rif...
Is Sir James back??
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February 16, 2018
Ah spent close to two hours of my Valentine’s morning listening to what seems like an energized Sir James, putting to-get-her ah package dat wrapped...
Times that try men’s souls
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February 9, 2018
I can think of no better way of describing the current situation in SVG than to refer to the opening sentence of one of Thomas Paine’s essays at the...
Only in Sin-Vin-Sin
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February 9, 2018
Is only in Sin-Vin-Sin ah 'Par-liar-men-tree-girl' could go virus... oops... viral and claim she had ah fling wid ah mini-star of Go-venom-mint, she g...
A community response needed
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February 2, 2018
Over the past two weeks, from Barbados, I tried following developments in the ongoing sad saga that is being played out on our national theatre, with ...
Is de cookie crumbling?
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February 2, 2018
Par-Liar-mint sitting on Wednesday was ah great day foh De-muck-we-see. It was all pull-it-tek-all strategy.De No Con-fee-dense Vote tabled by de Awe-...
The Budget realities
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January 26, 2018
Over the next few weeks, attention will be focused on what the Budget has in store for the country. The IMF 2017 Article IV Consultation will undoubte...
Sex-Shall-Harass-men
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January 26, 2018
‘How do I look?’ Lie-Za asked as she modelled ah T-shirt wid four words, big and bold on de chest : ‘Sex-Shall-Harass-Men!’ She admitted dat m...
When will Trump be stopped?
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January 19, 2018
Last week, we were treated to a tragi-comic situation, sparked by disgusting utterances supposedly made by Trump.They were not only offensive, but abs...
Tribute to Ah Nah-Shun-All treasure
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January 19, 2018
My Mother of blessed memories told me dat de day ah was born, how ah gobbled down my first meal of Colostrum, earliest breast milk, how dat was not en...
Was Oprah speaking to us?
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January 12, 2018
One of the talking points on the American and international media this week was about Oprah Winfrey’s speech when accepting the Cecil B DeMille’s ...
But deliver us from all evil
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January 12, 2018
Lie-Za say Church was full till it running over on Ole Year’s Night; was like everybody went foh dey customary New Year’s Blessings and mek dey sh...
As we face 2018
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January 5, 2018
As the old year gave way to the new, there would have been, as customary, many pledges and resolutions.Everyone hopes that 2018 will be more satisfyin...
Double award foh Sergeant Smith
Double award foh Sergeant Smith
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January 5, 2018
Ah wish to endorse de honouring exercise in which several Police Officers were recognized for dey outstanding performance in 2017.Ole people say it go...
Has Christmas lost its meaning?
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December 29, 2017
A few nights before Christmas, my mind was drawn to the sound of one of the traditional Christmas carols and assumed it was coming from the television...
Awe-ward! ah-ward! and a-ward!
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December 29, 2017
In ah couple days we will be saying goodbye to 2017, but not widout me passing out ‘New Year’s Goodies’ foh Nah-shun-all recognition. Ah giving ...
‘We 50!’ Kudos to Starlift
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December 22, 2017
What a way to end a 50th anniversary celebration! Starlift had set the pace in 2009 with a Christmas spectacular on its 42nd anniversary, when it had ...
Time to wish all ah Merry Christmas
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December 22, 2017
Botanic Gardens wid its Nine Evenings of Lights is de Night Spot to lime before de season ends. Just fancy dat event going on foh de last two years an...
Trump’s America
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December 15, 2017
I am astounded by what is happening to the body politic of America.  I don’t know why I should be, for I know that America is living a lie, professi...
One foh de Lord, one for Santa
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December 15, 2017
Pastor Errol Daniel is my fair-foh-hit Pentecostal Pastor. Ah does all time watch ‘Direction,’ his Sunday after-lunch TV programme. He is de John ...
About those lazy Vincentians!
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December 8, 2017
How often have I heard it said that Vincentians are lazy? Some obviously fit that bill, but it is ageneralization started long ago that was first appl...
Is ah no show wid-out CP
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December 8, 2017
Once upon ah time was ah very good time. We didn’t have ah hell of ah lot, but times were good: No Barrels, No Western Union, yet we had we good Chr...
Let the chips fall where they may
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December 1, 2017
Why do we keep on making headlines for the wrong reasons? The New York Post, it appears, was the first to carry the story in terms that were not compl...
Void of humility and class
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December 1, 2017
Bad things help yuh to remember good things and Vie-see Verse-saw. Back in 1989, ah visited de SVG Mission in New York.Needless to say, ah was given a...
Are there lessons to be learnt from Zimbabwe?
Are there lessons to be learnt from Zimbabwe?
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November 24, 2017
I was struck by the comment of one of the thousands caught up in the jubilation over Robert Mugabe’s resignation. He was glad the people had given M...
Ah new Doc on de block
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November 24, 2017
As late as it seems, ah still wish to congratulate young Niyan Fraser on the attainment of ah Ph D in Management and Commerce (specializing in Entrepr...
Missing at Independence (Part 4)
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November 17, 2017
The Independence issue had been part of the conversation throughout the Eastern Caribbean in the 1970s; after all, Grenada became independent in 1974 ...
His last will and testimony
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November 17, 2017
De future of SVG lies in de hands of de Youths and we must all salute our young people when dey blossom, even in de dirty game, poly-ticks.. Ah beg to...
Missing in action at Independence (Part 3)
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November 10, 2017
The Independence issue led to the collapse of the Cato-Joshua “unity government”, but it was well known that tensions existed within the “shotgu...
Ole Mistah Doyle: Show me yah company
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November 10, 2017
When ah told Lie-Za de Sage’s adage dat ‘Ole Mistah Doyle’ did tell de PM say: "Ralph show me ah Liar and ah will show you ah teef”, she wante...
Missing in action at Independence (Part 2)
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November 3, 2017
In trying to understand the formal process leading to Independence in 1979 it is important to reflect on the political situation and actors at that ti...
Go Organ-Ache Nay-Shun-Wide
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November 3, 2017
Ah wish Vax-scene was around when ah was growing up, because nothing passed me. From de common Colds, Fever, Measles, Chicken Pox, to Glass Pox. In Fo...
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CARPHA zeroes in on Mental Health
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CARPHA zeroes in on Mental Health
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May 9, 2025
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
Officer Charged in Traffic Violation Case
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Officer Charged in Traffic Violation Case
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May 9, 2025
A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...

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