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November 18, 2014
With just two years effectively left in Barack Obamaâs Presidency of the United States, the world suddenly looks set to face even more danger than i...
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November 11, 2014
In a letter to the president of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICB), Whycliffe âDaveâ Cameron, the Prime Minister of St Vincent and th...
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October 21, 2014
To anyone living in a developing country that is not an oil-producer, the present drop in the price of oil is very welcome. Ever since the worldâs m...
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October 14, 2014
Is the global response to Ebola in West Africa indifference? Whatever it is, the response of governments has been abysmal, with the single exception o...
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October 7, 2014
(The writer is a Consultant, Senior Fellow at London University and former Caribbean Diplomat) The value of the Commonwealth of Nations was again evid...
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September 30, 2014
(The writer is a Consultant, Senior Fellow at London University and former Caribbean diplomat) Activities at the United Nations in New York this week ...
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September 23, 2014
(The writer is a Senior Fellow at London University and former Caribbean diplomat) The winner of Scotlandâs agonising referendum on September 18 was...
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September 16, 2014
If the people of Scotland vote for independence from the United Kingdom on September 18, they will be buying a one-way ticket to their own misfortune,...
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September 9, 2014
In recent years Chinese tourists have been touted as the new opportunity for growth of the industry in the Caribbean. But how realistic is this prospe...
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September 2, 2014
I write this commentary on August 28, 2014 â fifty-one years after the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr made his famous speech, "I have a dreamâ ...
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August 29, 2014
Trinidad and Tobagoâs Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is right to have called for a special meeting of leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Co...
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August 19, 2014
On September 18, the electorate in Scotland will vote in a referendum to decide if Scotland should be independent of the United Kingdom (UK). A vote f...
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August 5, 2014
Amid the success of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Scotland, there has been a troubling development for the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Bus...
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July 22, 2014
It is news that should awaken the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from their complacent attitude toward developing countries. It ...
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July 15, 2014
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies at London University held a colloquium on Thursday, July 10 on the subject of âWhy join the Commonwealth?â I...
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July 1, 2014
Human trafficking is a despicable, dehumanising and exploitative practice that is rightly described as âmodern day slaveryâ. That its principal vi...
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June 24, 2014
On May 29, the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) issued a public statement in which it said that it ârecognises Guyana as a jurisdiction...
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June 3, 2014
A remarkable American voice has been stilled, but the entire world is poorer for it. Many of us â including me â never met Maya Angelou, yet her w...
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May 27, 2014
Negotiations between Canada and the 15 member-states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are now in danger of ending ...
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May 20, 2014
In my previous commentary, I argued that the 53-nation Commonwealth association is an important instrument for the promotion of the interests of small...
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May 13, 2014
The 53-nation Commonwealth association is an important instrument for the promotion of the interests of small states, including those in the Caribbean...
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April 17, 2014
The Commonwealth of 53 nations is facing yet another ordeal because of the government of Sri Lanka. This time the Sri Lankan government is refusing to...
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April 8, 2014
Itâs not often that, apart from funerals, grown men are seen to shed tears openly, and certainly not tough men who have fought hard political campai...
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April 1, 2014
Most of the Caribbean tourism groups have claimed the recent change in the Air Passenger Duty (APD) as âa complete victoryâ for the Caribbean. The...
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March 25, 2014
There is much euphoria in the tourism establishment over the Air Passenger Duty (APD) that on 19 March the British government announced would be reduc...
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March 18, 2014
In a rare show of unity, the governing and opposition parties in the Guyana legislature have demonstrated an outstanding and continuing commitment to ...
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March 13, 2014
The governing Peoples Progressive Party/Civic (PPP) and the Opposition parties in Guyana are locked in a unique governance struggle, in which two comb...
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February 25, 2014
Caribbean governments that are members of the Petro Caribe Agreement with Venezuela would be prudent by beginning to adjust their budgets to take acco...
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February 18, 2014
Of all the offensive â and unintelligent â statements made in the politics of the post-independence Caribbean, an assertion that Dr Keith Rowley, ...
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February 11, 2014
Negotiations on a trade agreement between Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have limped along for over five years. Unless political w...
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February 4, 2014
Negotiations on a trade agreement between Canada and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have limped along for over five years. Unless political w...
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January 28, 2014
The extent of the damage and human suffering on the island of St Vincent caused by unprecedented rainfall and flooding over the Christmas holiday peri...
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January 21, 2014
Throughout the Caribbean, people feel less well off. The only people who may be exceptions to this general sentiment are those in Guyana whose per cap...
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January 14, 2014
In the face of the disaster that hit Dominica, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines over the Christmas holidays, a respected and popular British...
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January 7, 2014
Can the countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) take international legal action against the States that are warming the plane...
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December 27, 2013
(The writer is a Consultant, Senior Research Fellow at London University and former Caribbean diplomat) The announcement on Friday, 13 December by the...
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December 17, 2013
A single word appears on the stone marking his burial place. It is âMandelaâ; and it is enough. Since December 5, that fateful day when Nelson Man...
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December 10, 2013
Full appreciation is due to Jamaicaâs Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade A. J. Nicholson for taking the initiative to invite Trinidad and...
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December 3, 2013
Relations between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are becoming increasingly difficult. This deterioration in relations between two of the most influen...
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November 26, 2013
Seemingly concerned about offending the principles of "non-interference in the internal affairs of Statesâ and the "sovereigntyâ of States, the 10...
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November 19, 2013
In a commentary on the statement by St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony that there is a grave economic crisis gnawing away at Caribbean countries...
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November 12, 2013
St Luciaâs Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony says that there is a grave economic crisis gnawing away at Caribbean countries and "governments are busy ...
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October 15, 2013
For years, nationals of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have complained of the discrimination theyâve experienced at the border controls...
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The last thing that the Bagga Fish Fest Committee wants to do is shut down the event, but with the disturbing number of children who are present at Fi...
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The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has brought attention to what has been described as “an urgent but often overlooked challenge of our time”...
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A Lodge Village mother of three, who is well known at several Massy Stores as a thief, may face up to two years in prison after she was caught again, ...
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A police officer, alleged to have aided and abetted a civilian to break traffic regulations, has been charged, and will appear in court on May 12,2025...
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A 45-year-old farmer of Park Hill, who pleaded guilty to a charge of handling stolen goods was fined, bonded, and ordered to make restitution when he ...
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