21 December 2012
Some thoughts as the year  races to an end

Some thoughts as the year races to an end


It is almost hard to believe that we are only ten days away from the end of the year. It is as if 2012 has some guilty feelings about the hardships it...
14 December 2012
This is SVG: Anything goes!

This is SVG: Anything goes!


In recent columns I have been raising questions about ourselves as a people, as residents of SVG, and where we are heading. As usual there are those w...
07 December 2012
SVG forever forward, never backward  – my response

SVG forever forward, never backward – my response


My column of November 23 was captioned “Are We Moving Backward as a People?” Elma Gabriel who describes herself as a Community Advocate in T...
30 November 2012
Remembering Bert Davy

Remembering Bert Davy


I should have been part of a tribute paid to Bert Davy on the Global Highlights programme, which is coordinated by Luzette King and forms part of R...
23 November 2012
Are we moving backward  as a people?

Are we moving backward as a people?


This is a question I keep asking, to try to convince myself that we are not. I have so far not been able to do that. We have developed materially and ...
16 November 2012
At last some good news!

At last some good news!


Over the past week we have been greeted with the pleasant news that all three valedictorians at the three established campuses of the University of th...
09 November 2012
Tuesday night was a Bongo Night!

Tuesday night was a Bongo Night!


You would have thought that there was an election on Tuesday in SVG, for the loud shouts that greeted Obama’s victory in the early hours of Wedne...
02 November 2012
174 years after  slavery – 33 years since independence: Where is the freedom?

174 years after slavery – 33 years since independence: Where is the freedom?


A friend of mine sent me an email from the BBC with an item having to do with the appearance in court of former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo,{{m...
26 October 2012
American presidential elections: Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?

American presidential elections: Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?


IN OUR PART OF THE WORLD, we tend to look to the United States of America for leadership. Even more, we are fascinated with virtually everything Ameri...
19 October 2012
Christopher Taylor’s “The Black Carib Wars – Freedom, Survival and the Making of the Garifuna”

Christopher Taylor’s “The Black Carib Wars – Freedom, Survival and the Making of the Garifuna”


Christopher Taylor is described as a journalist who works for the Guardian newspaper of London. His interest in the Garifuna, he states, started twent...