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Missing in action at Independence
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October 26, 2017
While Vincentians, many garbed in national colours, celebrated on Thursday, October 27, 1979,glorying in the replacement of the Union Jack by our own ...
Time foh us to unite again
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October 26, 2017
After 38 years, could someone please direct me to any Food Place in town way ah could carry ah visitor, any day in de week foh ah meal of “Roasted B...
Cecil Cyrus’ Odyssey of a Caribbean Surgeon
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October 20, 2017
Dr Cyrus’ latest book was difficult to put down. It is a rich piece of literature and filled with a wealth of medical experiences and opinions based...
One hundred & twentieth wedding anniversary
One hundred & twentieth wedding anniversary
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October 20, 2017
On her way home from church last Sunday, my girl Lie-Za dropped off a copy of de RC Diocese’s Newsletter, and told me to have ah read, cause ah lot ...
Taking stock
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October 13, 2017
Have you been paying attention to what is happening in Kingstown? I refer to onlyone, the mushrooming of vendors on the streets. It is now difficult t...
Pull-It-Tek-All cricket balls
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October 13, 2017
De Cumberland Playing Field was opened during de 2010 Elect-shun calm-pain. So in spite of all de Fun-Fear, opening de field again last Sunday wid a c...
Are we fiddling while ‘Rome’ burns?
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October 6, 2017
I happened to have been away at that frightening time when the country bore witness to eight murders and incidents of wounding. It appears to have a m...
Thank yuh, Mannie Francis
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October 6, 2017
Every time Senator Julie-Ann Fran-cess put he foot in he mouth, causing further outbreak, ah does remember his dad, Mannie Francis, ah man wid Wisdom ...
Refocusing our conversation
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September 29, 2017
The disasters which have recently hit the region will be the main talking point for some time, these having forced their way fully into our consciousn...
De churches must lead de battle
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September 29, 2017
My once peaceful village was in shock on Sat-day night, when one of our young ladies, who lives two houses above me, ah mother of three toddlers, was ...
Nature speaks
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September 22, 2017
Nature’s power displayed over the past two weeks should have caused most of us to take stock. I do not believe we have ever before seen anything of ...
Three storms in ah row
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September 22, 2017
My Girl Lie-Za say she notice dat since dem Three Police Officers say dey going Storm de PM’s Office to secure betterwuking condition foh fellow mem...
Irma’s destructive visit
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September 15, 2017
Like many other Vincentians, I had, over the past week, been totally transfixed by Irma’s path of destruction through the Leewards and other norther...
Secure yuh vehicle at all times
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September 15, 2017
De dogs on de outside barking, is de young man trimming, doing community service, already on the job. Ah doh know what his “soldier” friend gave h...
Another horrendous act
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September 8, 2017
The death of Simonia DaSilva of Fairhall on Sunday evening will simply be recorded as the 24th murder of the year. But it is much more. It represents ...
Remember de adulterous woman
Remember de adulterous woman
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September 8, 2017
Nine days ago, Colin Graham was selected and den rejected as NDP candidate foh East St George. He had his Birth, Baptiz-him, Eulogy and Burial de-clea...
On to a new school year: some thoughts
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September 1, 2017
Another school cycle starts next week; anxious students entering school for the first time, older ones glad to renew acquaintances with friends, stude...
De Test Match or de battleship
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September 1, 2017
Success has a million fathers and failure is an orphan, and foh failing, s/he will likely get an evil stepmother. Is years we been living full time in...
Marcus Garvey remembered
Marcus Garvey remembered
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August 25, 2017
Last week Thursday, 130 years ago, Marcus Mosiah Garvey was born in the parish of St Ann, Jamaica. Visionary, political activist and orator par excell...
Hats off to Bun Pan Guy
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August 25, 2017
Many years ago, 43 to be exact, on our way to Barrouallie, dey was dis elderly fellar, well dressed in “funeral wear”, standing on de ole Cane Gro...
How much longer will Americans tolerate Trump?
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August 18, 2017
I suggested before that the fact that the US had been debating whether President Trump could pardon himself shows the depth to which that country has ...
Pray foh guts to speak out
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August 18, 2017
De Searchlight Midweek Paper did not make de streets dis week; even de ‘Printer’s Devil’ is at wuk in SVG. However, de paper’s on-line version...
Oscar’s final farewell
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August 11, 2017
This evening, Diamond will once again pay tribute by way of a cultural wake to our brother Oscar, who had settled there for over 40 years, making a si...
When yuh see ah grow up…
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August 11, 2017
My friend, actually my father’s contemporary and friend, Raul ‘Sos’ Soso passed away peacefully, a couple weeks ago at the Thompson Home. He was...
The Oscar Allen I knew
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August 4, 2017
When I entered the Boys’ Grammar School, Oscar might have been in his last year at school. The only image I have of him then is one on the football ...
‘Brother A’, De good Samaritan
‘Brother A’, De good Samaritan
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August 4, 2017
De Papers dis week will be flooded, as everybody says dey two cents bit of Praises foh de life and times of Oscar Allen, better known among his Diamon...
Have we now reached the promised land?
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July 28, 2017
Next Tuesday, August 1, will be 179 years since our foreparents were relieved of their legal shackles and began a process of refashioning their lives....
Dey blew John horn
Dey blew John horn
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July 28, 2017
Dem girls didn’t just wake up last Fry-dey morning and decided dat dey were having ah 75th Birthday Party foh dey Father de next day. Mek it better,...
Behold the Vincy Unity Picnic!
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July 21, 2017
There is certainly never a dull moment with us. Why do we, as Vincentians, always have to create difficulties in situations that can be handled simply...
Humpty Dumpty was a large canon
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July 21, 2017
An e-mail was sent to me concerning de May-lay at de Vincy U-Nutty Pick-Nick, stating how ah member or non-member of de Committee lobbied foh Doc Fry-...
Carnival 2017: What message were we sending?
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July 14, 2017
When someone from overseas emailed me, telling me that he didn't realize we have only been celebrating Carnival for 40 years, I wondered what message ...
Starlift – de best of Vincy Mas 2017
Starlift – de best of Vincy Mas 2017
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July 14, 2017
Alas! Lickle Two-K-Owe, SVG's No 1 Vagrant, got ah clean hair-cut, ah good scrubbing, ah shave, powder, perfume, co-loan, and Flow T-shirt, socks and ...
Memories of my sojourn at the old school (Part 2)
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July 7, 2017
New boys to the school dreaded most what was euphemistically called ‘Swearing in’. We were recipients of many clouts by the senior boys. This was ...
Happy to have met ah lovely lady
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July 7, 2017
Man, as much as ah would love to heckle de PM dis Carnival weekend, on prince-apple ah can’t. Ah sticking to de instructions of King Solomon who rec...
Memories of my sojourn at the old school
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June 30, 2017
On Wednesday, I had the distinction of being this year’s honouree at the graduation ceremony of the St Vincent Grammar School. The invitation caused...
Long live PH Veira & Co
Long live PH Veira & Co
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June 30, 2017
Dis week is PH Veira & Co Ltd’s 75th/Diamond Anniversary. There is good Diamond, and dey rest is Die-man like de Die-man Stay-dum Sports Complex, ah...
Crisis in Venezuela: what next?
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June 23, 2017
The crisis in Venezuela should be of great concern to us, especially after the spraying of Ambassador Wickham’s home with graffiti. There is, of cou...
Rat-Tah-Tah-Tey-Tan-Tey-Tar
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June 23, 2017
Chose-dey Night, ah was listening to de 3-Owe Bert, Brian and Patches on Nice Radio’s program, as fans and regular listeners to Nice Radio were pled...
As I see it
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June 16, 2017
I AM INTRIGUED by recent political developments around the world. The Trump ‘theatre of the absurd’ continues to play itself out in a truly astoun...
Ah 120 karat diamond
Ah 120 karat diamond
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June 16, 2017
If yuh are at ah Wedding Anniversary Celebration way half de number of guests were not even born at de time of de nuptial blessings, and foh de other ...
Highlighting International Accreditation Day
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June 9, 2017
Today, June 9, International Accreditation Day, is being celebrated here for the first time. It is a day which should be of importance to students, le...
Ah sea-far-in(g) people
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June 9, 2017
Tragedy at Sea is no stranger to us in SVG. Back in 1944, during de War Days, dey was an excursion from Grenada to Sin-Vin-Sin wid relatives and frien...
What defines the state of politics
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June 2, 2017
This article is prompted by the thought provoking editorial of last week’s Vincentian, captioned ‘Why do people say politics is a dirty game?’ I...
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Minors threaten the survival of Bagga Fish Fest – organisers
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Minors threaten the survival of Bagga Fish Fest – organisers
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May 9, 2025
The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
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”...
Lodge Village mother faces two-year jail time for theft
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Lodge Village mother faces two-year jail time for theft
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May 9, 2025
A Lodge Village mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, ...
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...
Park Hill farmer pleads guilty to handling stolen ginger
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Park Hill farmer pleads guilty to handling stolen ginger
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May 9, 2025
A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...

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