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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...
Certainly not de Prime Minister’s agenda
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June 2, 2017
Dey say ‘when mouth open story jump out!’ Lie-Za called Sun-dey to find out what is an Agenda,how she just heard de Cheerman of de NLA (de Lot-owe...
Talking education
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May 26, 2017
Last Friday some 1642 Grade 6 students – 799 females and 843 males – took the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA). I was in Kingstown only fo...
Life in ah tent
Life in ah tent
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May 26, 2017
If yuh never sleep under ah Tent, yuh miss ah good night rest. Scouting did it all foh me as ah youth. Ah remember when Scouting was big in SVG. In Ki...
John’s third twenty-fifth
John’s third twenty-fifth
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May 19, 2017
We was talking ‘bout Birthdays and one ah we Classmates reminded me dat John Horne’s Big Birthday coming up and ah must wish him ‘Ole Boys Greet...
A culture of crime and violence
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May 12, 2017
The discovery of two dead bodies at the Sion Hill Bay last week Thursday has reopened our concerns about the spate of criminal activity that seems to ...
Ah-count and ah-counter-blow
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May 12, 2017
Give me Lie-Za and she non-scents once ah day all week and twice on ah Sunday. She say she backing de PM dis round and come-plain dat we giving him ah...
The accountability issue: A view
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May 5, 2017
The issue of accountability as it pertains to the construction of the airport, and particularly to cost of construction and monies spent, was the talk...
No Best of SVG foh lie-za
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May 5, 2017
Big up‘Best of SVG’ Calm Pain dat climaxed last Sunday evening. Three months ago ah wrote wid water in me pen, trying to explain dat ah Calm Pain ...
Dat word transparent-see
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April 28, 2017
Lie-Za’s daughter, Lyn, came home and told her mom de prime minister visited de school and quizzed de whole school. He asked her to make ah sentence...
Four in ah row???
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April 21, 2017
Thanks to FLOW, viewers were able to watch de Carifta Games widout any extra charge; ah hope de WOLF in FLOW is no more.On ah serious note, dis is “...
Live and let live
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April 13, 2017
Some fifty years ago, ah group of English tourists passing thru de Leeward side of de island, made ah stop at Bottle’n Glass in Barrouallie/Bagga. A...
Thoughts as we approach Easter
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April 7, 2017
Last week, I reflected on the challenges faced by the US under the Trump’s presidency, but it is the American people who have to deal with his madne...
LIAT turn around is ah tail!
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April 7, 2017
Ah must congratulate all those bright boys, directors, CEO’s and managers foh successfully turning LIAT Airline around; it’s now TAIL Airline! It ...
Mespo 18-Hole Golf Course
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March 31, 2017
Nobody told me dat there was a Golf Course in de Marriaqua Valley, until Lie-Za said she going toher first practice session on Sat-dey and she invitin...
Honey in his music
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March 24, 2017
We have lost ah great Musician in the passing of Roland Sardine. Ah don’t know how many instruments he actually played, but in addition to his skill...
The March 14 mentality
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March 17, 2017
Every year, March 14 brings the same reaction from Vincentians. There are calls for more information on Chatoyer and the Caribs. We ask questions abou...
Grammar School Young Leaders are heroes
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March 17, 2017
Dis year’s Nah-shun-all Heroes’ Day (NHD) parade and preparations in general was Low-key. One of our very committed female activists – not Luzet...
This land is ours (Part 3)
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March 10, 2017
The 1935 Riots helped to put land settlement again high on the colony’s agenda. The Administration accepted that land settlement was key to tackling...
De cattle just-taste
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March 10, 2017
Dat High Court Ruling in Sin Lucia is welcoming, but frightening. It simply confirms de much talk-about Un-Just-taste system in SVG. Lie-Za saying dat...
This land is ours (Part 2)
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March 3, 2017
In last week’s column, I emphasized the point that land was and in fact, remains a dominant issue in the lives of Vincentians. It was, from the begi...
Eleven woe-man to one man
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March 3, 2017
As ah lickle youth we never knew anything bout Population Census. De only thing ah remember dat had to do wid population was de talk dat in Sin Vin-si...
This land is ours!
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February 24, 2017
I remember, as a primary school student in Barrouallie, being struck by the number of court cases involving land, often with members of the same famil...
We can work it out
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February 24, 2017
Wid February 14 gone, de big wedding feast is over, but ah guess ‘Love is still in de Ear!’ De honey-moon is what ah find interesting. We got to r...
Creating a Peoples’ Agenda
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February 17, 2017
The Argyle International Airport is now a fait accompli and it is back to business, hopefully, not as usual. Since 2008, this country has been serious...
AIA ready to go
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February 17, 2017
Ah live where at nights ah could see moonlight, see planes flying into ET Joshua, and even see star pitch or falling, but ah never hear anybody ever f...
A birth and baptism with a difference
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February 10, 2017
Next Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, we will witness a unique birth and baptism. The Argyle International Airport, this country’s largest capital projec...
Love is in de ear
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February 10, 2017
Is like ah ‘double whammy’ next Choose-dey wid de clashing of two major events, namely ‘Valentine’s Day’ and ‘De Opening of de Argyle Inte...
Stand for something, or fall for anything
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February 3, 2017
I was quite impressed last week when I saw photographs of Vincentians participating in the many marches and protests in different parts of the US. The...
De Best of SVG
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February 3, 2017
Just day-before ah was talking to Ms Garrick, who spent years in de USA. She reminded me dat she was here in de 1990s and it was In-de-pen-dance time;...
Consecray-shun before celebray-shun
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January 27, 2017
As soon as ah walked into de supermarket on Monday afternoon, ah was greeted by one ah my fair-foh-it member of staff. “Yuh hear de News, One Love?â...
Obama spoke to us, but we didn’t listen
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January 20, 2017
IT IS SAID that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. A former president of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, even said that the rest of...
When last yuh read ah book?
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January 20, 2017
De mere thought dat ah person is willing to pay ah quarter million US dollars foh ah SVG Citizenship Passport is enough reason to feel something wrong...
Out of darkness cometh light
Out of darkness cometh light
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December 30, 2016
Four years ago when ‘Point’ won de Nine Mornings Lighting Competition, ah Smile! De following year Point won again, and ah smile again! It was ah ...