September 4, 2015
The US is a strange country and one that is full of contradictions. The candidacy of Donald Trump is exposing its hypocrisies. Let us hope it will for...
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September 4, 2015
My aunt-Enna does just flare up anytime ah see de name âSt Vincent and The Grenadinesâ. Dahâs exactly way happen when ah read an article publish...
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August 28, 2015
Monday, August 17 would have marked 128 years since the birth of Marcus Garvey and June 10, 75 years since his death. 2015, the start of the Decade fo...
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August 28, 2015
In 1776, Land Surveyor, John Byres produce ah Map of SVG in which he sub-divided mainland St Vincent as well as each of de Grenadine islands into esta...
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August 21, 2015
Paul Lewisâ interesting and very informative article that appeared in last weekâs edition of The News newspaper provides me with a point of entry ...
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August 21, 2015
De debate on Geo-terminal Energy hotter dan de Volcano. We have Haz Samuel on the side dat has my buy-us support, ley me say like Ralph âmy jaundice...
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August 14, 2015
Based on questions asked of me and comments made on radio, I have decided to shift the way I intended to end this series and to focus on some other re...
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August 14, 2015
Allow me to quote from my article written ah month ago: âSo when ah hear about Geothermal energy, ah source of cheaper and cleaner energy from the V...
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August 7, 2015
Unfortunately those who remained have not sparked any great deal of scholarly interest. The recent visit of two representatives of the descendants of ...
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August 7, 2015
Firstly, ah wish to congratulate de successful SVG Team dat attended de World Special Olympics Summer Games in Los Angeles, dey brought back home a re...
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July 31, 2015
The tale of the âCaribsâ as cannibals was started by Columbus. He did not understand the language of the Indians he met in the northern islands, b...
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July 31, 2015
Dear Dr Ramos, blessings from de Love Vine and Lie-Za, de Vine keeper. She is de kind ah lady dat yuh will love from de word go. She has ah great scen...
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July 24, 2015
Recently the word Garifuna has formed part of the conversation of many of us. Who are these people? Simply put, they are the descendants of the Caribs...
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July 24, 2015
Ah looked at me light bill, energy charge $151.50, Vat $7.73; Few-ill sir-charge $107. 50 total $266.73. Dat bill is ah lickle less dan ah YES wukerâ...
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July 17, 2015
Late last year, President Obama tried to restore some sense into US foreign policy and diplomacy as it relates to Cuba, by using his executive power t...
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July 17, 2015
Ah want to introduce or reintroduce readers to Artos, my most trusted and dependable friend. Artos and Karpos, his twin hail from de famous Artocarpus...
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July 10, 2015
It pains me to see how poorly patronized are the two carnival shows associated with calypsos. My thoughts here are meant to start another conversation...
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July 10, 2015
Dey say when de US sneeze de whole world does catch de Flu! Lie-Za say no is when de US poop de whole world does smell it. Whether is ah Poop or ah Sn...
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July 3, 2015
In my column last week, I drew attention to the aggressive behaviour that exists at all levels in our society. Related to this, of course, is the ange...
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July 3, 2015
Ah warm well-come home to all Vincies living abroad who are here foh Vincy Mas. Before ah forget let me invite yuh to play Ole Mas wid de Go-venom-min...
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June 26, 2015
Anyone interested in the future of this country should have been alarmed by two matters that made the news over the past two weeks. (In fact, there we...
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June 26, 2015
December last year, mother Olive Dickson, one ah my Murray Villagers celebrated her 100th birthday, she was de third villager within de last six years...
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June 19, 2015
I am quite aware of attempts to clarify the distinction between Garifuna and Garinagu, Garinagu referring to the collective people. But Garifuna is co...
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June 19, 2015
AH LISTENED wid pity foh SVG, when ah heard de Aweposition Leader lamenting over de act-shun of ah Permanent Secretary, who turned up as part of de UL...
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June 12, 2015
Over the last two weeks the scandal involving top officials of FIFA has rocked the football world. FIFA is a rich and powerful body, supervising what ...
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June 12, 2015
First to begin, ley me deliver Lie-Zaâs message. After de Arm-in Initiative, she has now found herself ah man from Belize. His name is Gary, his mot...
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June 5, 2015
The announcement by the President of the New Democratic Party (NDP) that if elected to office they would grant honorary citizenship to the Garifuna, w...
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June 5, 2015
Ah say already dat His-story was not one ah me fear-foh-it subjects in school, is Dr Fraser ah does turn to foh help in His-story. Ah remember years a...
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May 29, 2015
The date was Friday, May 22, 2015 and the venue was the Kingstown Methodist Church. The Choraleâs "Our God for All Seasonsâ was scheduled to start...
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May 29, 2015
Ah few years ago ah did ah job at ah home in Cane Garden and de owner turned out to be Audrey Hazell, SVGâs First Carnival Queen. She was or is stil...
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May 22, 2015
Writing about West Indies cricket is a challenge, because it seems to function by a different sense of logic and by its own screwed up internal dynami...
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May 22, 2015
Ah have dis lickle Book dat ah keep in my vehicle as ah driverâs companion. Ah call it my Taste-ah-mint. Any question foh which ah want an answer, a...
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May 15, 2015
Whenever critical issues are raised about governance, the state of our politics and our political culture, the critics have a common answer which they...
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May 15, 2015
Lie-Za came to my house hot and sweaty early Sat-dey morning asking way she could get an NDP T-Shirt and Yellow Flag to wear. She come-plain dat over ...
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May 8, 2015
The issue of term limits for Prime Ministers has had quite a bit of discussion in the region in recent times. Equally important for discussion is the ...
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May 8, 2015
Lie-Za is ah-darm-ant dat deyâs not ah single Customs official in de Carry-Beyond dat ainât know who is de Prime Minister of SVG, even PM Tim Harr...
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April 30, 2015
(Continued from last week) Although I have suggested that there is need to pay more attention to French sources, I am not unaware of their biases. How...
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April 30, 2015
Last week ah almost cried again foh âUtter Someâ the former president of the SVUT and ULP fanatic, now purging at home serving an indefinite Pull-...
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April 24, 2015
Before I go into the meat of my reflections, I want to draw attention to an issue that has been lingering for some time among some sections of the pop...
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April 24, 2015
On my way to Mespo foh church last Sunday morning, ah must have crossed over fifty vehicles, mainly mini vans packed like sardines, ah talking bout ah...
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April 17, 2015
Searchllightâs birth certificate would probably indicate April 7, 1995 as its date of birth, but while it was expected on that date, it actually onl...
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April 17, 2015
Ah did three years of Latin in Grammar School, and when ah went to Form 4, ah drop it and opted foh Chemistry. Dat was ah bad choice as Latin is such ...
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April 10, 2015
Last Sunday, April 5, someone from Toronto sent me a copy of a newspaper article that appeared in the Toronto Star on that same day. The accompanying ...
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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...
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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
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May 9, 2025
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