On January 7, 1948, seventy five years ago the University College of the West Indies admitted 33 medical students to its single campus, housed on the grounds of what used to be the Papine and Mona sugar estates. It was then a college of the University of London. Medicine was given priority because of the regional health situation with rampant high infant mortality rates, chronic sickness and inadequate training of …
A country's legacy is built on the struggles and triumphs of its people and here in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), we have overcome insurmountable challenges to advance toward social and economic progress. March 17, 1797: End of the Carib Wars and banishment of the Garifuna [caption id="attachment 159985" align="aligncenter" width="610"] "Painting by Agostino Brunias (commissioned by Sir William Young), depicting negotiations between British soldiers and Black Caribs, 1773" …
EDITOR: As we celebrate our National Independence this month, let us spare some thought for a significant milestone in our history which occurred in the month of October. SVG - October 21 1935 On October 21, 1935, the working people of St Vincent and the Grenadines, fed up with extreme poverty, neglect and racial oppression under British colonial rule rose up in rebellion against the colonial authorities and the local …
October being Independence Month in SVG, I thought it useful to draw on reprints of previous articles I had done on the topic over the years. They may be particularly helpful because my experience is that still too many people, not just young people mind you, do not have a full appreciation of the meaning and importance of independence. Indeed, if the majority of our people had that understanding and …
Wednesday, 17th August was the anniversary of the birth of one of Jamaica’s national heroes, Marcus Mosiah Garvey who was born at St. John’s Bay on the north coast of Jamaica in 1887. His Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) as it was called was launched in Jamaica in 1914, with its headquarters later located at Harlem in New York. The organisation spanned many countries and impacted on Blacks everywhere. In …