The Headmaster, The St. Vincent Grammar School, Kingstown. 15th November 1976, Dear Sir, We the undersigned teachers of the General Paper would like to place on record our deep concern over the frequent attempts by the Ministry of Education to interfere with the teaching of that subject. In particular we refer to the real case of Friday 12th November when the Minister found it necessary to invite you to …
We are about two weeks from the 44th anniversary of our Independence and we are preparing to celebrate it in real Vincy style. True enough, we are no longer a colony of Britain, but we seem to exist by the mercies of many from whom we beg and to whom we seem prepared to curry favour. October 27 will assume its accustomed posture. The national colours will be displayed high …
Following the preliminaries of the Lions South Public Speaking Competition, two videos were circulated on Facebook featuring two of the Impromptu presentations. The topics of those presentations were “Heat Wave” and “Electricity Bills”. The responses to those videos I found very distasteful and quite callous. We really should be very sensitive and not make such embarrassing and disagreeable comments. The two students involved were young teenagers, speaking possibly for the …
Reflecting on the riots and disturbances of the 1930s, I had written elsewhere (The 1935 Riots in St Vincent) “The disturbances of the 1930s in the Caribbean marked a significant turning point in the development of the British colonies. For St Vincent, as with other British colonies, it signalled a new phase that ended with the introduction of adult suffrage in 1951. The governor’s belated acknowledgement, at the time of …