Where have all the community leaders gone?
...I was thinking about community life throughout St Vincent and the Grenadines. Long ago there used to be a vibrancy about life in many of our villages and communities. The community leaders, working...
View ArticleAnother dead body in the road
I WAS THINKING … about the 17 unfortunate persons who have been killed this year. At this rate, St Vincent and the Grenadines is projected to easily exceed the 30 homicides per 100,000 persons crisis...
View ArticleReading Dr Friday
I WAS THINKING about the philosophy and personal policy position of the leader of SVG’s parliamentary opposition. Yes, I have heard Dr. Godwin Friday debate various bills in parliament. I have heard...
View ArticleRADIO STATIONS – Licensing the radio commentators
I WAS THINKING that a fundamental principle of our law speaks to a requirement that persons who provide a service impacting the general public’s health and safety, or our nation’s values in a major...
View ArticleKaiso, Kaiso …. Yes Kaiso!!
I HAVE BEEN THINKING about Anthony Dennie’s comments on Abijah’s 2022 calypso, voiced a few days ago on the ULP mouthpiece, Star FM. He said, among other things, that Abijah’s 2022 ditty, will receive...
View ArticleThe Summit of the Americas – Picking and Choosing Attendees
I WAS THINKING about the most recent edition of the Summit of the Americas, which closed on June 10 in Los Angeles, USA. Who did not attend - Not in attendance were the official leaders of Cuba,...
View ArticleTo stay or to go now – and who shall succeed
Listening to WEFM’s Issue At Hand last Sunday, I got the impression that Prime Minister Gonsalves affirmed that he has the energy, strength and will to continue in office, unless or until the people...
View ArticleStaying home for Carnival
This year, I feel compelled to stay home for carnival. These are my reasons: Seven reasons When I see the debauched behaviour of a sizeable contingent of H20 soca patrons, who with difficulty, were...
View ArticleVincy Mas 2022 – a focus on some winners
So the first (and hopefully only) Covid carnival has ended. We must applaud the carnival-makers, including the Minister of Culture, for their commitment to staging Vincy Mas 2022. It happened as...
View ArticleOur school children – what are they doing for the holidays?
I WAS THINKING about what the children of St Vincent and the Grenadines are doing to occupy their time and to live healthy, happy lives, now that the schools are closed for the long vacation. Back then...
View ArticleThe fight – Gearing up for the next title bout
Imagine a boxing match between the undefeated and undisputed light heavyweight champion – ULP, in one corner, and in the other, a contender, desperate to win back the championship belt after 21 years...
View ArticleThe Diaspora and the Homeland – Strengthening the links
Living abroad is the result of intertwining choices and events that impact our lives since our youth. At least, this is the case of most of us who find ourselves in North America, England or the...
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Emancipation, Referendum and the Evolution of our Nation State
August 1, 1838 was obviously a watershed date in our history. The official liberation of the slaves, who toiled mainly on plantations, was celebrated then, with muted jubilation. Some 184 years have...
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Thinking about the Sufferers and the Cost of Living
“… Sufferers don’t care who from country Sufferers don’t care who from town Sufferers only want to know Where de next food coming from.” - Black Stalin The rising prices for goods and services is...
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Subsistence Living and the Roadside Cleaning Teams
Last week, I spoke to the issue of our relatively high cost of living and its impact on us, the sufferers. At the time, I did not realise that the price of vehicle gas had increased to such an historic...
View ArticleThe Fading West Indies Team in the Face of Cricket Imperialism
There was a time when cricket was so imbued in our psyche that we saw it as evidence of a developing people, worthy of genuine independence. In the post-World 2 era right up until 1995, cricket did a...
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WHO TAUGHT YOU TO HATE YOURSELF?
“Who taught you to hate the texture of your hair? Who taught you to hate the colour of your skin to such extent that you bleach to get like the white man? Who taught you to hate the shape of your nose...
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A boost for SVG’s Tourism
Two big announcements were made more or less at the same time a fortnight ago. They had to do with the return of Air Canada on scheduled twice weekly flights to Argyle and the bigger one, the decision...
View ArticleSVG is ranked # 7 in the world for the highest murder rate!
I know that there will be a number of opinions expressed in this week’s newspapers about the British monarchy, since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. I will not belabour the issue now, except to say...
View ArticleExamination results are in – the government’s performance
The external examination “season” is almost at a close. Despite the trials and tribulations of the last two years, our young people have acquitted themselves quite well. I thought that I could use this...
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