The Continuing Russia- Ukraine Story

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I got some interesting reactions to last week’s article, most by email, pointing to the hypocrisy of the US and the West, and to NATO’s eastward e...

Trying times – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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As I write today, March 2, I am quite aware that by the time this article is read the situation would have changed significantly, with so many things ...

Making Sense of the 1879 Carnival Riots

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In the issue of Searchlight of February 11, I had reflected briefly on the carnival riots of February 11, 1879, 143 years ago. In this piece I will tr...

Searching for the Real America!

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As a young boy I used to think that the US was the fountain of democracy, before I found out the truth. Is the real US now revealing itself? I wrote ...

Reflecting on the Carnival Riots of February 11, 1879

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On a recent radio programme with Bert Francois, I expressed the view that the history of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a history of struggle and r...

The University of Wales – SVG connection

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Thirty-seven Vincentian students are now in the United Kingdom pursuing undergraduate studies in a number of subject areas at the University of Wales....

Remembering Promoter – Alban D E Quow

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While we have been paying close attention to the number of deaths from the Covid virus, it must have dawned on us that there has been a large number o...

Another week- and so it goes!

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I have run out of adjectives to describe what is happening in our land. To secure passage of the budget we had to refer to the highly comic action of ...

It is still a New Year!

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There is never really a dull moment in SVG. How many times have I said this! Today is such a time with about seven of 14 ULP parliamentarians declared...

What does 2022 hold for us?

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Many of us start the New Year making resolutions, a ritual really, ‘a rite of order’ that we feel we have to do. It probably gives us some measure...