04 October 2013
Continuing the ‘Nine Mornings’ conversation: Perhaps there is indeed cause to celebrate; not 100 years, but longer. Perhaps!

Continuing the ‘Nine Mornings’ conversation: Perhaps there is indeed cause to celebrate; not 100 years, but longer. Perhaps!


I had been doing some serious reflection since the announcement was made about the commemoration of 100 years of “Nine Mornings”. Like most ...
27 September 2013
When will this madness stop – the Nine Mornings absurdity; the Lions Club South Public Speaking attempted coup?

When will this madness stop – the Nine Mornings absurdity; the Lions Club South Public Speaking attempted coup?


So, the Ministry of Culture is going ahead with its mad effort to rewrite history in its own image and to disrespect our country and its culture? Do t...
20 September 2013
The Caribs and reparations

The Caribs and reparations


On the issue of reparations, the persons who have to be singled out for special attention are the Caribs. At the end of the second Carib War, some 4,3...
13 September 2013
Rev PAB Anthony

Rev PAB Anthony


I am writing this column on Tuesday, September 10, at a time when the situation in Syria still remains quite fluid. Yesterday, Putin’s propos...
06 September 2013
The reparations talk

The reparations talk


There has recently been much talk about reparations. I refer to it as "talk” because there has really been no meaningful dialogue, since at pl...
30 August 2013
Marcus Garvey and  St Vincent (continued from last week)

Marcus Garvey and St Vincent (continued from last week)


celebrated the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous "I have a dream” speech. The fact that today there is a black President in ...
23 August 2013
Marcus Garvey and St Vincent

Marcus Garvey and St Vincent


Imagine the first two decades of the 20th century, the United States of America overripe with racism and black leaders like Asa Philip Randolph, Chand...
16 August 2013
LIAT – Never a dull moment

LIAT – Never a dull moment


I go to sleep with LIAT on my mind and get up to hear a lot of complaints and to read incredible stories about LIAT. The LIAT planes pass fairly near ...
09 August 2013
Trouble in paradise!  What is happening to our Caribbean civilisation?

Trouble in paradise! What is happening to our Caribbean civilisation?


The Caribbean has always been promoted as a ‘paradise’. Recently, SVG seems to be promoting itself as a liming spot, whatever that means. ...
02 August 2013
Emancipation continues

Emancipation continues


On May 11, 1838, the St Vincent Legislature passed the required legislation to ensure that full freedom came on August 1, 1838. Roderick McDonald, i...