CLEANLINESS (Part two)

Why is Cleanliness a Virtue? Can such a changing, and sometimes advertiser driven concept really be a virtue? Yes. While the standard of cleanliness may vary from time period to time period, and from culture to culture, meeting the standard of your time and place is not without merit. Cleanliness…

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MARRIAGE IS ABOUT ACTION

Sir Godfrey Gregg Andrew Smarthead: Well, nobody’s going to go out with ME! Solomon Slow: Have you asked anybody yet? Andrew Smarthead: No, but who would? I don’t even have any good skills. Solomon Slow: What do you mean? Andrew Smarthead: You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills. Girls only want…

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CLEANLINESS (Part one)

The History of Cleanliness While the meaning of all the virtues has changed over time, the application of the virtue of cleanliness has perhaps fluctuated the most. We would probably be grossed out by your parent’s standard of cleanliness, and today’s standard would likely have disturbed them. Historically and…

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AIR CANADA TO ARGYLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Air Canada Introduces Service to St Vincent’s New Airport   Air Canada is spreading its wings to St Vincent and the Grenadines this winter season. Pending the green light from the Ralph Gonsalves administration, Air Canada is banking on introducing weekly flights starting December 14. The Canadian flag carrier is…

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MARRIAGE MADE EASY WITH THE C’s

Sir Godfrey Gregg Remember when you first met your spouse? It may have been one of those fairy-tale moments. Everything around you faded into the background and the only thing that existed was them. You mustered up the courage to introduce yourself and your relationship was born. Or it may…

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HIDDEN STORY

HIDDEN STORY OF 2,000 AFRICAN-CARIBBEAN POWS IN A MEDIEVAL CASTLE A new exhibition at Portchester Castle opens on July 20, 2017. Curated by Abigail Coppins, it tells the story of men, women, and children transported from St. Lucia after fighting for France against Britain, according to Mark Brown (The Guardian):…

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MONARCH

For those who follow the Royals and the news Prince Phillip will be stepping back from active duties but knowing him the work continues in the background. Queen Elizabeth 11 at ninety-one (91) has scaled back from public duties and has placed Prince William more in the spot light with…

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey (Part ten)

Influence The UNIA flag uses three colors: red, black and green. Schools, colleges, highways, and buildings in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States have been named in his honor. The UNIA red, black, and green flag has been adopted as the Black Liberation Flag. Since 1980, Garvey’s bust has been housed…

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BAD INVESTMENT CITIZENSHIP BUSINESS

Bajan distress at investment citizenship The recent arrival in Barbados of two persons who exercised their CARICOM rights to a prolonged stay on the island, obtained through a member state’s Citizenship by Investment program has Prime Minister Freundel Stuart uneasy. The Barbadian leader has reported that the persons, who…

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REMEMBERING LIAT FLIGHT 319

Remembering LIAT Flight 319 Please note: It’s now 31 years. It is now thirty- one (31) years since Vincentians at home and abroad were plunged into their most horrifically tragic air disaster in the history of commercial air flight in St Vincent and the Grenadines. It was on August 3, 1986,…

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey (Part nine)

Death Garvey died in London on 10 June 1940, at the age of 52, having suffered two strokes, putatively after reading a mistaken, and negative, obituary of himself in the Chicago Defender in January earlier that same year, which stated, in part, that Garvey died “broke, alone and unpopular”. Due to travel…

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AIR CANADA COMING TO AIA

Air Canada Launching First-Ever Flights to St. Vincent Re-Post St. Vincent’s new international airport just get a major boost. Air Canada has announced the planned launch of the first-ever scheduled flights from North America to St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ new Argyle International Airport. The new flights will operate…

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey (Part eight)

Later years In 1928, Garvey travelled to Geneva to present the Petition of the Negro Race. This petition outlined the worldwide abuse of Africans to the League of Nations. In September 1929, he founded the People’s Political Party (PPP), Jamaica’s first modern political party, which focused on workers’ rights, education, and aid to the poor. Also…

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MENTORS AND MILESTONES
THE CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY
THE BRIDGE OF TRUST
UNITED IN PURPOSE
THE GIFT OF PRESENCE
THE ART OF LISTENING
THE ESSENTIAL PARTNERSHIP
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
THE UNBREAKABLE LINK
BUILDING YOUR FINANCIAL FORTRESS
THE HEART OF THE HOME
WORDS AND ACTIONS MATTER
LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE
THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE
RESPECT STARTS WITH LISTENING
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THEIR ROLE
VALUING TEACHERS AND EDUCATION