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A dark time for the Caribbean
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September 18, 2012
The importance of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries acting jointly to address their development needs has become acute.With high levels of d...
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Rum threat looming larger
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August 28, 2012
In an unfortunate statement, attributed in several news reports to one of its spokespersons, the huge multi-national company, Diageo, has effectively ...
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A single Caribbean Sports Academy – Part 2
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August 21, 2012
The success of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games in London has created an illusion of the greatness of athleticism thro...
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Making the judgement on Obama
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July 24, 2012
The prospects of Barack Obama being re-elected as President of the United States appear to be hanging in the balance. The latest Times/CBS poll in the...
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Agreement with Europe begins to kick
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July 3, 2012
A statement credited to Alexander Walford, Policy Officer of the Caribbean-European Union (EU) in the European Commission, says that eight Caribbean c...
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Who should head the Commonwealth
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June 12, 2012
Now that there has been an enormously successful rejoicing of the 60-year reign of Elizabeth II as Queen of the United Kingdom and her 15 other realms...
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Republics maybe, but no quarrel with the Queen
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June 5, 2012
The streets were festooned with flags and multi-coloured banners; large crowds of people thronged the roadsides; British soldiers marched to the comma...
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Caribbean Rum facing threat in the US
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May 15, 2012
Rum-producing countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) may have to take the US to arbitration at the World Trade Organization ...
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The Poles melt, we drown
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May 8, 2012
In 1982, the less than one-year old Caribbean small island state, Antigua and Barbuda, raised the proposition at the United Nations that Antarctica sh...
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No rejoicing for Caribbean travellers
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March 27, 2012
Air transportation in the Caribbean has always been difficult. The news that a privately-owned, low-cost carrier, REDjet, has been forced to suspend i...
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Ambition without action is failure
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March 6, 2012
A recent statement by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Irwin La Rocque, that the region has been “overly ambitious in its...
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Imagine a leader leading
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February 28, 2012
Imagine if a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Head of Government were to say boldly the following truths, however inconvenient they may be to other Heads...
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Oil’s well that ends well
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February 21, 2012
Oil wells off the coast of South America’s only English-speaking country, Guyana, are now being drilled in earnest. Already Guyana’s economy is be...
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Don’t cry for Argentina
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February 14, 2012
The national and regional interests of Commonwealth Caribbean countries would hardly be served by backing Argentina in its long-running dispute with B...
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The Caribbean: Not so gay
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February 7, 2012
On the Caribbean island of Barbados, with a population of about 250,000 people, approximately 3,426 persons are living with HIV, and the Minister of H...
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LIAT: Time for regional action
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January 31, 2012
The three main shareholder governments in LIAT – the airline that is vital to movement of tourists and locals alike in the Caribbean – are schedul...
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Of Jamaica, Republics and the Commonwealth
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January 17, 2012
What effect will Jamaica becoming a Republic and leaving the 53-nation Commonwealth have on the rest of the Caribbean countries? Will they follow Jama...
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Canada taking the Commonwealth lead
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January 10, 2012
The Government of Canada has placed itself in the front of the drive to reform the 54-nation Commonwealth. The 62-year old organization should be all ...
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Cooking LIAT’s Goose
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December 20, 2011
LIAT, the small Caribbean airline that has been the workhorse of the region for several decades, is having its goose cooked. And the cooking is being ...
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Caribbean electorates: Not for sale
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December 13, 2011
General elections in St Lucia and Guyana on November 28 have raised serious questions about the financing of campaigns and the unfair use of state res...
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Gays have rights too: The Caribbean Dilemma
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November 15, 2011
A statement by the Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron, that his government will not provide budgetary aid to governments that violate human righ...
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The Commonwealth: Will wise heads prevail?
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November 1, 2011
A visitor to Perth in Australia during the week ending 30th October would be forgiven for believing that the City revolves around the 54-nation Common...
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Reform or diminish: The Commonwealth challenge
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October 18, 2011
On October 12, as a member of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) established by Commonwealth Heads of Government to advise them on reform of the Commonwe...
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Rigs to Riches: a lesson for Guyana’s future?
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September 27, 2011
Rigs to riches is the story of Norway’s rise from one of Europe’s backwater countries in 1969 to its position as one of the richest nations in Eur...
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Another side of 9/11
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September 20, 2011
Broadcast to the world via international television, a young man spoke poignantly at the observance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in New York of the...