Boggling the mind

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The front page story of the September 3 edition of the News newspaper captioned “Teacher harassed, strip-searched at airport” raises many co...

Ivan the Terrible –

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Today, Wednesday, the day this article is being written, is literally the day after and really once again St.Vincent and the Grenadines was saved, the...

Alarming trends with crime

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It is now Wednesday morning and I am sitting before my computer, having come here with every intention of writing a different kind of article this wee...

The Olympics and all that

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Well, this weekend should see the end of what I call the Amerilympics. It certainly wasn't the Olympics, if one followed the NBC coverage of the games...

Venezuela and Haiti

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The people of Venezuela seemed to have given a solid vote of confidence to President Chavez. Despite the nod of approval by the Carter Center and the ...

As we approach the US elections

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“A nation’s artists and musicians have a particular place in its social and political life. Over the years I’ve tried to think long and...

The tale of the Breadfruit

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I notice that in this year's emancipation celebrations the breadfruit has been highlighted and there is no doubt about the significant role played by ...

La Luta Continua

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Next Sunday, August 1 is the anniversary of emancipation, an event that was perhaps the single most significant one in the history of black people in ...

Reflections from Jamaica

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A packed day last Wednesday in Jamaica, the day on which I normally write my column, prevented me from submitting anything to the paper. The week in ...

Carnival and the World Cup

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Well another carnival has passed and the usual informal reflections and postmortems will no doubt be already in progress. We have to stop this stupid ...