R. Rose

R. Rose
Constitutional reform: Bold leadership needed
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March 29, 2018
Even as the Caribbean turns its attention to Barbados for the next round of its electoral merry-go-round, it is imperative thatthat we go beyond the â...
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Saunders, Thommo and another clean sweep
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March 16, 2018
I could not be more proud of an achievement as I am in the appointment of my long-time colleague, Justice Adrian Saunders, as President of the Caribbe...
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Women: press for progress; the time is now
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March 9, 2018
I extend warmest greetings to my Sisters of all ages and on all continents on the occasion of International Women’s Day, which was celebrated yester...
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Elections – Changing the change
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March 2, 2018
Since my column last Friday, there have been a number of developments relating to elections and politics in the Caribbean. The Antiguan Prime Minister...
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Another round of Caribbean elections
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February 23, 2018
Voters in at least five Caribbean countries, three in the CARICOM bloc, and two Spanish-speaking nations, are expected to exercise their precious righ...
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Thanks…..and….. Not ready
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February 2, 2018
A belated, but heartfelt thanks to my children for their overwhelming display of appreciation on the occasion of my recent 70th birthday. Thanks also ...
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2018: S…holes must teach a..hole a lesson
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January 19, 2018
Last week this column began to look ahead to the year 2018 and the challenges confronting us as a people.It ended with raising the abominable reality ...
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2018: The re-enslavement of black people
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January 12, 2018
The New Year is usually ushered in with a lot of resolutions, both on the personal and wider levels, most of which, unfortunately, will not be kept or...
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Thanks to Cuba
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January 5, 2018
The first column that I can write each year brings about a difficult choice of topics. Should it be a review of the past year? Or should I delve into ...
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Nine Mornings festival grounded in our past
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December 22, 2017
As I extend Seasons Greetings to our readers, the Vincentian community here and abroad, and indeed the global community, permit me to spare some thoug...
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Make Christmas a ‘Green’ one
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December 15, 2017
As we move into the final days of our preparations for the Christmas season, and then the festivities themselves, “Nine Mornings” included, it wou...
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Leadership replacement or succession planning?
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November 17, 2017
I missed the announcement of the Cabinet reshuffle, which may well be a good thing, having not been within earshot of the gossip and not being on the ...
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We, too, must fight sexual harassment and abuse
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November 10, 2017
Before the latest chapters of ‘Trump-gate’ and the recent terror attack in New York city, (note how quickly themedia branded this as terror, as op...
The real revolution in education
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The real revolution in education
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November 3, 2017
One of the highlights of our annual Independence celebrations is the Secondary Schools Public SpeakingCompetition, eagerly awaited each year by studen...
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New challenges for an independent nation
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October 26, 2017
Thirty-eight years ago, just as the first minutes of October 27, 1979 elapsed, St Vincent and the Grenadines became an independent nation, taking the ...
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Our violence, our problems, our solutions
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October 20, 2017
Had all ten persons shot at Diamond last weekend succumbed to their injuries, the headlines would have been vastly different, and the shock throughout...
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Election system in political spotlight
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October 13, 2017
Another round in the 20-year acrimonious political battle between the governing Unity Labour Party (ULP) andthe opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) ...
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Beyond the Irma carnage
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September 15, 2017
Like the vast majority of Caribbean people, my heart goes out to the countless victims of the wrath of hurricane Irma in the northern Caribbean.The st...
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CARIFESTA: do we really understand?
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September 1, 2017
After all the apprehensions, the 13th edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (CARIFESTA) concluded in Barbados last Sunday night.The ap...
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Choosing St George to slay political dragon?
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August 25, 2017
Traditionally, August is a vacation month in the Caribbean, the ‘August holidays’ we used to say, before we borrowed ‘summer’. However, in pol...
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Challenge for new generation
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August 11, 2017
As we prepare to say our farewell to our late brother Oscar Allen this weekend, I can’t help but reflect on the great loss to our society and Caribb...
Continue Oscar’s legacy
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Continue Oscar’s legacy
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August 4, 2017
Tributes continue to pour in, to our late Brother, Comrade and patriot, Oscar Allen, who passed away last week. Like his sister in struggle, Earlene H...
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Emancipation belongs to us all
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July 28, 2017
Another Emancipation Day will be upon us next Tuesday, a significant milestone in the history of people of African origin in particular and of the peo...
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Transfer as punishment? Most disturbing!
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July 21, 2017
I was most disturbed to read on the front page of the Midweek issue of SEARCHLIGHT that three police officers have been transferred as a form of punis...
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Women in Kaiso forefront
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July 14, 2017
Let me begin by offering my heartiest congratulations to the respective winners of the various Carnival competitions, to the CDC and private entertain...
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‘Dey don’ mek dem like dat anymore’
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June 30, 2017
(Reprint of an article by Renwick Rose, in tribute to the late Reynold ‘Renzi’ Rose, published in the NEWS newspaper, June 25, 1993)Time continues...
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Is we men to blame
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June 23, 2017
ANOTHER Father’s Day passed last Sunday, with the customary muted celebrations, and globally Most celebrations of this nature are confined to the fa...
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Abuse of social media
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June 9, 2017
The latest tragedy at sea, (the Coastguard was still heading the search for six missing persons in the Grenadines), put a dampener on celebrations to ...
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Give peace a chance
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April 21, 2017
Never in my living memory has there been an Easter weekend as fraught with the threat to global peace and security as the one we have just experienced...
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Brexit implications
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April 13, 2017
(continued from March 31) Two weeks ago, this column raised the issue of the implications for the Caribbean of the decision of the United Kingdom (UK)...
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