Homeless Jamaican ‘Gully Bop’ makes it to Sting
Entertainment news. Dancehall’s newest sensation has many people wanting a touch of him. Robert Lee Malcolm aka Gully Bop moved from the streams of the gutter to Sting’s golden throne when his YouTube video blazed through every Jamaican smartphone. At first, it was hilarious to see a ‘homeless man’ spitting lyrics like that.Initially it was […]
St Vincent Prime Minister addresses nation following tragedy
Fellow Vincentians, On the morning of January 12, 2015, a terrible tragedy occurred at Rock Gutter, located almost half-way between the rural villages of Fancy and Owia on the northeast of St. Vincent. A mini-bus carrying twenty-one persons, eighteen of whom were students on their way to secondary schools at Georgetown, North Union, and Kingstown, […]
Big Pink Garbage Truck Saving Lives in The Bahamas
Caribbean news. Last October, Bahamas Waste unveiled their big pink truck to raise awareness of cancer and during this special unveiling, Hon. Melanie Griffin, Minister of Social Services and Community Development said, “You cannot fight breast cancer – or any other form of cancer – with ribbons alone, you fight it with a team.” During […]
Did you know American Indians owned Black slaves
World news. Many of us are well aware of the unpleasant history of Black people in the UK and United States; The Middle Passage, and The Triangular Slave Trade were the names attributed to this practice. A people traded by Europeans as property for the benefit of agricultural plantations in the US and Caribbean owned […]
Bus Preachers are Just Plain Hustlers
Social commentary. For years, religious folks have been sharing their love of God’s words with commuters. For some people, it’s a church they can’t avoid as they just paid their hard earned money to get where they have to go so they have to sit and find some way of zoning out. Preaching loudly and […]
St Vincent mourns the untimely death of seven children
Caribbean news. At least seven people, mainly students, have been confirmed dead after a minibus carrying passengers, plunged into the sea in the northwestern section of St. Vincent on Monday morning. It is reported that five bodies have been recovered from the sea. One person died in hospital and another died while on the way […]
Happy New Year 2015: Clear the clutter in your life
Social commentary. A new year is like a prolonged fresh breath of air…the zeal normally stays until mid January then back to old habits and comfortable ways and that’s when new year’s resolutions become nothing more than confetti. While few moments come close to celebrating a new year, I think for 2015 we should try […]
Two headed sheep baffles Grenadian authorities
Community news. Mere hours after celebrating Boxing Day, residents on the sister isles of Petite Martinique woke up to stunning news that a sheep had given birth to a two headed lamb. The extremely uncommon episode was one, which shocked the owner of the sheep, Mr and Mrs Randolph Bethel, residents of the community known […]
We all deserve love, let’s look past our differences
Social commentary. We shouldn’t have to apologize for how we were made. It’s not like we had any say in the matter. We breathed and saw ourselves in this body- flaws and all. It’s sad that as humans we find it fun to criticize those innate areas and actually expect the victim of the criticism […]
Eliminate The Sin of Envy
Spiritual commentary. Envy, which is one of the seven deadly sins is when there is hatred towards another person because of their possessions, status, appearance or god given talents. It’s that silent stare, or the uncomfortable feeling one receives when disclosing success. For example: a promotion, new present, or wedding engagement. The Bible in The […]