Standards of Beauty

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SLAVERY WAS SO successful that the colonizers managed to implant their religion and beauty standards unto Black people decades after they left. We can...

Are Vincentians Patriotic?

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This is a question I ask myself very often whenever I observe other countries. It almost feels offensive to question my fellow citizens on their level...

Colonialism still rooted in SVG

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In 1979, St Vincent and the Grenadines gained its Independence. Theoretically, that means we have been a free country for 39 years. Unfortunately, upo...

Where are the Whistleblowers?

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The Caribbean, as a collective, has a crime problem. I always joke and say if I had to commit crime I’d do it in St Vincent and the Grenadines, beca...

When life is unfair

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Sometimes you look at an individual and you can never tell the personal burdens they carry. As much as we would like to deny it, we all go through ver...

My Voice

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My entire life I’ve been opinionated; I always felt the need to tell everyone in my path exactly what I thought and how I felt. Even as I child ...

Bad neighbours

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I wish today’s topic was deeply insightful and useful, but unfortunately, it is not. Today I will use my voice to complain about all the annoying th...

To catch a predator

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In 2014, the United States Department of Justice estimated that 34.8 per cent of sexual assault cases were reported, however, that number is believed ...

A storm is coming!

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You watch the news, you listen to the radio, and you check Facebook for updates. The air is heavy and still, it is quite literally the calm before the...

Minibus

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When was the last time you rode in a public van? Was it enjoyable? I have a strong suspicion that the only people who enjoy riding in vans are school ...