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November 2, 2007
As if the Iraq mess is not enough, our dear friend Georgie Bush is at it again with Cuba. Really, I have misspoken because he is always on Cuba as tho...
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October 26, 2007
I am sure at some time on Monday, on one of the news programmes, I heard the Prime Minister pontificating about climate change, at a UNESCO meeting, I...
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October 19, 2007
Usually I do not have the opportunity to read the newspapers until the weekend, sometimes not until the following week. On Friday night I heard two ge...
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October 12, 2007
As we move toward finalising and bringing to fruition the Caribbean Single Market and Economy it becomes obvious that what goes on in any of the CSME ...
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October 5, 2007
Politics reigns as never before in St.Vincent and the Grenadines. (I was tempted to say rains, because that might even be applicable). There is politi...
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September 28, 2007
Following the demise of the ruling parties in St.Lucia, the Bahamas, The British Virgin Islands and Jamaica, and before them, Antigua, any election in...
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September 21, 2007
The 12 days of mourning, the many tributes in speech, writing and song to the work and life of Sir John Melville Compton is only one side of the story...
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September 7, 2007
Today there are all sorts of terms and words to describe the era in which we live. We are becoming increasingly familiar with these, since we are affe...
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August 31, 2007
Next Monday, September 3, Jamaicans will go to the polls. The ruling Peopleâs National Party is seeking a fifth consecutive term of office, somethin...
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August 24, 2007
People in the Caribbean are breathing a sigh of relief after the recent passage of hurricane Dean. In fact we can only say this about Dominica, St.Luc...
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August 10, 2007
We are still into emancipation month and this month, 169 years since the shackles were removed from our fore-parents, is as good a time as any to refl...
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August 3, 2007
A lot has been said during the course of the year about the bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Slave Trade. The first of August should have r...
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July 27, 2007
Earlier this week the regional media focussed quite a bit on the visit to the region of Stephen Harper, Canadaâs Prime Minister and his efforts to f...
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July 20, 2007
On Sunday, July 8, while many would have had Carnival on their minds and were looking forward to the Dimanche Gras show, I was making my way out of th...
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July 6, 2007
I have been completely turned off by advertisements and statements to the effect that we are celebrating thirty years of mas because some of our young...
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June 29, 2007
I am really amused by the reaction of Caribbean leaders to the recent US Conference on the Caribbean. The highlight of the three day gathering was und...
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June 15, 2007
With the news that Common Entrance results are out one expects to see today large numbers scrambling for the weekly newspapers. I am never sure why it...
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June 8, 2007
The Caribbean has in recent times been making headlines around the world for the wrong reasons. It was not too long ago that a World Bank report descr...
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June 1, 2007
You either have to have nerves of steel or be an unapologetic and fanatic West Indian cricket fan to attempt to look at the West Indies at play these ...
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May 25, 2007
As the countries of Caricom try to deepen their relationships and coordinate their foreign and economic policies, issues that create tension and harbo...
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May 18, 2007
Interestingly when I wrote from Tortola last week, the thing that prompted my article was strangely omitted. Perhaps, not so strange! In any event, it...
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May 11, 2007
I am sitting on the balcony of my hotel room overlooking the sea, taking in a scenery that reminded me very much of the view from Cane Garden. Ahead w...
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April 27, 2007
It might be that things had to have happened the way they have to convince West Indian cricket fans and organisers of cricket that we are in deep trou...
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April 20, 2007
One of the things the World Cup has done is to cause us to reminisce about old times and to look at our early cricket heroes. Channel 63 has been repl...
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April 13, 2007
Not only was the 2007 ICC World Cup supposed to have been a cash cow for the region, it was supposed to have been a show piece and was expected to bri...
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April 5, 2007
Of the tributes directed to Lloyd Best that I have seen the one that resonates best with me is that given by Professor Norman Girvan. Girvan writes, â...
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March 30, 2007
On June 2, 1861 the first ship load of East Indian immigrants arrived here on the ship âTravaucoreâ. It had taken 92 days from Madras. On board we...
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March 23, 2007
Next Sunday, March 25, countries in the Caribbean and other parts of the world will hold celebrations commemorating the bicentenary of the abolition o...
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March 16, 2007
It is quite easy to try to pin the blame for the negative reactions to Bushâs Latin Americaâs visit on Hugo Chavez. Certainly the Venezuelan Presi...
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March 8, 2007
The English speaking Caribbean is hosting its biggest event ever. The real thing starts officially on March 11 but already all eyes are focused on the...
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March 2, 2007
Wednesday February 28 was one hell of a day in the history of St.Vincent and the Grenadines. I had not seen it like this for a long time, not even at ...
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February 16, 2007
I had in the past been a bit ambiguous about our celebration of Black History Month, arguing that as a country with a predominantly black and coloured...
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February 9, 2007
Last year the Caribbean media featured the achievement of Jamaican, OâNeil Simpson who won the Individual World Public Speaking Championship title a...
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February 2, 2007
Perhaps it will always be the best of times and the worst of times, although for different sets of people. To hear the discussions or rather the talk,...
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January 26, 2007
September 2008 will mark one hundred years of existence of the St. Vincent Grammar School formerly the Boys Grammar School. They have been slow off th...
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January 19, 2007
Hadnât it been for the terrible cost in lives and money one would think that what is happening in Iraq is one big joke. Part of George Wâs ânewâ...
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January 12, 2007
For a couple days during the holiday season amidst the hustle and bustle I was able to get a quick peak at Sir James Mitchell's autobiography, Beyond ...
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January 5, 2007
The passage from one year to another is merely a convenient demarcation point for really there is nothing different in the change from the 31st of Dec...
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December 22, 2006
Well, it has been a week or so since the 2008 Budget debate was completed. The whole exercise ultimately has to do with preparing the infrastructure a...
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December 15, 2006
Following opinion polls that predicted a land slide victory for Dr Kenny Anthonyâs St Lucia Labour Party, the overwhelming reaction from persons out...
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December 8, 2006
While our energies and attention have been focused on the 2007 Cricket World Cup and its possible significance to the region, another event promises t...
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November 24, 2006
For 15 straight years the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to end the 45 year inhumane blockade of Cuba by the United States o...
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November 17, 2006
Last week all eyes were on the US elections and if you were like me you would have been up late into the night soaking it all up. I must admit that pa...
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