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Nah shun all puppet trees
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July 22, 2016
Dis is one week dat ah don’t have much to write bout, except dat just when de nation is about to vent we disgust over de sudden deport-here-shun of ...
Our new world
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July 15, 2016
This is a new world and we have to appreciate that it cannot be business as usual. How we live and what we do must be seen in the context of what is h...
Shelley and Rose-Marry
Shelley and Rose-Marry
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July 15, 2016
Last weekend was kind-ah hectic. First was de Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation (NKSF) dinner on Sat-dey Night; Church Service early on Sunday Morni...
Carnival Riots 1879 (Conclusion)
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July 8, 2016
Here we come to the conclusion of the Administra­tor’s report and examine reactions to the riot. “18. I have thus given to Your Excellency a deta...
Vincy Mas continues to slide
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July 8, 2016
De Carnival is over, but of course, de Back-anal continues. Many of us will now go looking in some corner ah de house foh de school book-list dat we h...
Time up; send way yuh got!
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July 1, 2016
Satan is ah busy man, eh. Ah tek me time write me article foh dis week and Bam! De whole article disappear; ah search all through de computer, no arti...
Man ‘E Hut Me’
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June 24, 2016
Ah just like de title ah Abija Calypso ‘E Hut Me!’ One could never disclose all de things dat ‘Hut Yoh!’ And, like ‘E Hut Me’ friend who i...
Zombie Land or Trapped on Plantation SVG!
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June 17, 2016
Last Monday, June 13 marked 36 years since the assassination of Walter Rodney, renowned Guyanese historian and political activist. His death, it is be...
Nutten foh nutten
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June 17, 2016
Ley me well-come home my Classmate and long standing buddy, Paddy Corea. Ah ain’t see him yet, but ah know he dey hey foh yet another Carnival. Padd...
Hand plat rope, rope tie hand
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June 10, 2016
Ah got an invitation from Lie-Za to visit dis new Club in which she is ah member. She said it’s really ah Social Club wid ah difference, way decent ...
Let’s talk about it
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June 3, 2016
Well, my column was missing in action last week because I had to give priority to some pressing matters. But here I am today, Wednesday, June 1. As I ...
Ordan: ‘Blood will run in de country’
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June 3, 2016
Ah listen bits-n-pieces ah de Pry-Minister’s marathon ah-dress at de ULP Con-vin (cent)-shun last Sunday; ah done say ah-ready dat is ah wuk to sit ...
Is Mister Clean ah nasty man?
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May 27, 2016
Ah believe dat ah number of Talk Show Hosts (not all of dem) in dey passion and love foh dey country, would occasionally cross de edge at times, in ex...
We really gone through
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May 20, 2016
A video of the funeral for Giovanni Charles last Saturday was brought to my attention by a friend. We both reacted with disgust. i am referring to the...
Love is still the answer
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May 20, 2016
Police are very special people; long may it be so. It is unfortunate dat de relationship between Police and Civilian has deteriorated so badly, dat an...
Missing in action: hope and opportunity!
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May 13, 2016
I saw, on a video clip, the face of the 18-year-old who is said to be the person responsible for the death of police officer Giovanni Charles. He was ...
Claim yuh senior citizens discount
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May 13, 2016
De song, “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra is one of my fair-foh-it Oldies. Somehow de lines in dat song dat ah love is: “They have a time, the time of...
How much further are we going to sink?
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May 6, 2016
The last two weeks were something else... Four murders had been committed, including that of a young police officer. Then, as if that was not enough, ...
Eaves-dropping Lie-za’s phone call
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May 6, 2016
Hold yuh breath Mom! It’s only me. Ah was so busy, ah say to meself, ley me reach yuh early dis morning before yuh mek other arrangements foh Sunday...
Another Labour Day
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April 29, 2016
I wonder how many persons know about the significance of next Monday’s holiday. The fact that I have even dared to raise this is testimony to the de...
From rags to riches in reverse
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April 29, 2016
Maybe somebody close to Sir James, whom he respects, should let him know dat going on radio, bad mouthing de NDP which he founded, and Arm-in whom he ...
Our society’s ills
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April 22, 2016
My last article was captioned "Nero Fiddles while Rome Burns”. It was really an attempt to look at the serious threats to our society which is losin...
De making of diamonds
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April 22, 2016
Ah was part of ah Jewel Celebration dat took place last Sunday afternoon at de Kingstown Met-dis Church, where De New Kingstown Chorale hosted a “Se...
Nero fiddles while Rome burns
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April 15, 2016
This, of COURSE, isn’t about Nero or Rome, but about us, Vincentians. We are perhaps sleeping, drinking, ‘shit-talking’ or fiddling while SVG is...
Small act of kindness day
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April 15, 2016
Dis week ah choose to be guided by de slogan “Small Acts of Kindness” the theme foh a project organized by “SAK,” a Toronto-based group, heade...
Savouring proud cricketing moments
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April 8, 2016
One of the challenges I face every week is deciding what to write about. Not so this week. Sunday’s proud and unifying period for West Indians every...
We ah de champions
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April 8, 2016
Ole people say "when yuh are ah Winner, everybody dey wid yuh, but when yuh Losing, nobody want want to see or hear yuh, yuh like ah orphan.” Nothin...
Good Friday musings
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April 1, 2016
The scheduling of the SVG-T&T Football World Cup qualifying game and the reaction of some people has caused me to reflect on how ‘Good Friday’ use...
Obama’s historic visit to Cuba
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March 24, 2016
The Republican establishment and its 2016 presidential candidates never cease to amaze me. At a time when over 50 per cent of Americans, including Cub...
Ko-Joe Root, my vagrant friend
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March 24, 2016
“Yuh need to detox, Bassy,” Doctor Toney said. Den he gave me ah lecture on de subject of Detoxification; more simply put it’s De-tox-if-he-care...
Row! Row! Row! Yuh boat Colin
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March 18, 2016
Ah don’t want to blow Colin “Hitman” Graham’s bubble, but just to let him know dat his appearance on de scene is like fresh air, but not new. ...
National Heroes or National Honours!
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March 11, 2016
In discussing this with a friend who also saw it, he had come to the same conclusion and found it very impressive. We were obviously on the same wave-...
Let us save our Tour-is-him industry
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March 11, 2016
Dis week ah feel like ah dey round ah dining table, all kind ah nice food spread out in front ah me, but ah just don’t have de appetite. Dem fellars...
Zita Barn-well did darn-well
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March 4, 2016
Ah don’t want to "rub Salt into NDP wounds” foh not going Par-liar-mint, de whole I-dare done Salt already, mek it worse since de man add VAT to S...
Is so we stop!
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February 26, 2016
One of the issues that seemed to have influenced the Jamaican people to opt out of the Federation was the belief that the islands of the Eastern Carib...
De go-venom-mint salt
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February 26, 2016
Foh not going into Par-liar-mint and debate de 2016 Budget, de NDP throw away ah golden opportunity to drive de last nail in de ULP’s coffin. When a...
Black History and us
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February 19, 2016
I have always been ambivalent about Black History Month. First, we have merely followed the US and Canada in opting to dedicate a month to the history...