Stories about St. Vincent & the Grenadines from May, 2007
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Miss Universe Pick
Zahra Redwood will represent Jamaica at tonight's Miss Universe competition as the first Rastafarian Beauty Queen - but Abeni has “taken a liking to Miss Tanzania for being bold enough...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Murder of Innocents
After a domestic squabble turns disturbingly violent, Abeni wonders, “When did it become okay to kill our children, when?”
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Child Sexual Abuse
Referring to reports from the WHO, Abeni contemplates the push factors for the sexual abuse of children in the Caribbean: “How do parents protect children from their own relatives and...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: VAT Introduced
“I swear I have to get into back yard planting,” writes Abeni, as the introduction of Value Added Tax sends food prices in St. Vincent and the Grenadines soaring.
St. Vicent & the Grenadines: Goodbye, Cricket World Cup
In a bittersweet farewell to Cricket World Cup 2007, Abeni writes: “So you gone and I am still wondering about the legacy word. We made some pretty stadiums and fix...