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Ten Secondary schools and three organisations this week received donations totalling $55,000, the profit from all inclusive party ‘Carnival Escape’ held during Vincymas 2023.

EDITOR:When our good friend and benefactor OT Mayers passed away earlier this year, he among other things requested that no flowers or funeral service be held for him because he preferred the ‘flowers when he could smell and enjoy them’ (paraphrased). I felt a sense of relief that seven years earlier, during our 20th anniversary as a non-profit, community service organization, OT was our guest of honour at an awards …

SEVEN SCHOOLS ON Thursday, September 21 received grants towards their school feeding programmes through a local charity organisation MRI6. The total amount donated amounts to $36,120 and contributions vary from $2-thousand to $5-thousand to the individual schools, a release from the Agency for Public Information (API) states. The recipient schools are the Georgetown Secondary School; the Emmanuel High School Mesopotamia; the Girls’ High School; Bequia Community High School; Buccament Bay &hell...

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Randy’s Final Step to the Rear Social Share Randy D ended some of his radio programmes with the words “Let me take two steps to the rear and get out of here”. Well, he has taken his final step out of here. The plaudits he received from calypsonians, other musical performers and the general public is testimony to the impact he had on people. If ever there was a cultural ambassador Randy was it. He was patriotic to the core. He not only loved SVG dearly but promoted it on every...