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Ralph Gonsalves: a history making fourth term
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December 15, 2015
Dr Ralph Gonsalves is set to make history in St Vincent and the Grenadines as he starts a fourth term in office as Prime Minister. Having already comp...
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Tax-havens: the need for action – Part 2
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November 17, 2015
By the very criteria set in the United States (US) by the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC), several states in the US are “tax havens”. But, they ha...
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It’s all down to money
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November 3, 2015
Money matters. It will matter a great deal when representatives of about 200 countries meet in Paris from 1 to 11 December to try, yet again, to settl...
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Hail to Jamaican accomplishment
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October 20, 2015
On 13 October 2015, it was 44 years since a West Indian won the Man Booker Prize for the finest fiction written in English for the year. The first and...
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Caribbean countries under attack
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October 6, 2015
Once again Commonwealth Caribbean countries are under attack as "tax havens”, even though they are nothing of the sort. This time it is not only the...
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The meaning of Pope Francis
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September 29, 2015
Let me admit from the outset that as a baby, I was baptized a Roman Catholic and for many years in my early childhood I was a faithful acolyte to prie...
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The Queen’s history making reign
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September 15, 2015
On September 9, Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch in British history. Her record also applies to her 15 realms other than Britain...
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Militant Pacific islands ready to fight
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September 8, 2015
The Island-States of the Pacific are outraged at what they regard as indifference by industrialized countries of the effects of climate change on thei...
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The curious politics of disadvantaging your own
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September 1, 2015
Barack Obama will not get the credit he deserves for his sensible and sometimes visionary presidency of the United States of America. At least not in ...
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Guyana and Venezuela – Peace under law
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August 4, 2015
A search of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s statements posted on his official website shows no mention of anything he said after ...
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Climate change: Time for talking is over
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July 28, 2015
Imagine if on the anniversary of its independence the friendliest message your nation gets is that if your country sinks underwater, a nearby island i...
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Sniggering at China not in anyone’s interest
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July 14, 2015
The rapid and continuing slump of the stock market in China has so far been domestically concentrated, but there will be some effect that could reduce...
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Commonwealth’s future – Part 1
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June 30, 2015
Questioning the relevance and value of the Commonwealth of Nations is nothing new – for such has occurred ever since the modern Commonwealth was cre...
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Caribbean countries: trapped?
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June 23, 2015
A common market in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries would lead to a substantial rise in the regional exports. This is one of the findings o...
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China: Strike while the iron is hot
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June 2, 2015
China’s Premier Li Keqiang, accompanied by over 100 senior Chinese business leaders, visited four South American countries for eight days in May. Al...
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Youth, unemployment and selling citizenship
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May 5, 2015
(The writer is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University) The economies of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries a...
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Orphans of Obama’s legacy?
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April 21, 2015
Undoubtedly both Presidents Raul Castro of Cuba and Barack Obama warrant credit for breaking the 54-year old barrier to the establishment of diplomati...
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US and the Caribbean: brief summits not enough
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April 14, 2015
(The writer is a Senior Fellow at London University and a Consultant on International Affairs) US President Barack Obama and Jamaica Prime Minister Po...
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Celebrate the CCJ – and empower it
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March 10, 2015
(The writer is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London) In just over a month – on 16th April 2015 – the Car...
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China’s Yuan will rival US dollar globally
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February 10, 2015
Within the next ten years, the world community should expect China’s yuan (also called renminbi) to be as widely used as the United States dollar. F...
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Terrorism – is not a Western problem only
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January 20, 2015
(The writer is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University and a former Caribbean diplomat) There are many victims of ...
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Lessons from Guyana and Norway
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January 13, 2015
Forests are crucially important to climate change. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "they have the potential to absorb about ...
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Inadequate response to Ebola
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November 25, 2014
The good news is that a prophylactic vaccine against chikungunya, developed by the Austrian biotech company Themis Bioscience GmbH, is reported to ind...