Living in Troubled Times

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There is no doubt that the COVID-19 virus has  become a central player in our lives. The news continue to be bad, although it appears that more pe...

Brief Reflections on the 1935 Riots

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Two major events took place in St. Vincent in October, the first was the riots of October 21/22 1935, and the second Independence in 1979. Every yea...

‘Bigging-Up’ Cuba!

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The Centre for State Control of Medicines, Equipment and Medical Devices said recently that Cuba’s Abdala vaccine is 92% effective after 3 doses. ...

How and When Will it all End?

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One of my difficulties is having to write my column on Wednesday, so that by the time it is available to readers of Searchlight on Friday and those wh...

We Need to Find a Way Forward

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I ENDED MY column last week with a quotation from the Anglican Bishop of the West Indies whom I referred to as the late Drexel Gomes. I am happy to r...

This has got to be the worst of Times

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I WISH I could have said like Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” In my many moons in this once blessed la...

Do we ever learn?

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Today, I want to follow on from where Bassy left off last week. We are now into the month of September, and I suspect plans are already being prepared...

Let Democracy Reign!

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We are into the last weekend of the month we dub Emancipation Month. Clearly a misnomer because whatever limited activities we have are centred on the...

Difficult times! Will our faith see us through?

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(Continued from last week) I ended last week with what was really a rhetorical question because security personnel around the PM are there to asse...

Difficult times! Will our faith see us Through?

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The talk around SVG is about the Prime Minister being hit by a stone. One understands why this is so! The act should be condemned fully. I do not know...