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Reliving the glorious struggles – Part II
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June 29, 2010
The 2010 Carnival season has officially begun with reassurances from the Police Service of their continued efforts to guarantee our safety during the ...
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Reliving the glorious struggles for democracy
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June 22, 2010
remember that the democracy we take for granted today did not come to us on a platter but is the product of years of struggles on the part of our peop...
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Africa’s World Cup: A sporting milestone
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June 4, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010, will mark another milestone in Africa’s history and in global sporting evolution. For on that day, the 2010 FIFA World Cup wi...
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A major challenge to caribbean governance
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May 28, 2010
“The country could not have had a Dudus Coke without a corrupt political system and while Coke must take personal responsibility, the truth is that ...
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Barking up the wrong tree
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May 21, 2010
---Some months ago, I wrote a column entitled “ On the Wrong side of history”, pointing to a number of anti-progressive positions being advanced i...
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Who makes a dictator? Pt-2
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May 7, 2010
Some 97 candidates have been nominated to contest the 41 seats at stake in the May 24 elections in Trinidad and Tobago which will determine who will g...
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Who makes a dictator?
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April 30, 2010
General elections in Trinidad and Tobago are just over three weeks away. As is customary in most Caribbean countries, T&T is “hot” with political ...
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Electoral implications
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April 23, 2010
In today’s globalised world, elections in any country are followed by hundreds of millions, in far reaches beyond the localised settings, such is th...
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Water and sanitation – Invaluable services
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April 16, 2010
Oh! How glad are we that the heavens have opened up at long last! The praises to the Almighty (from those who remember to be thankful) pour out to mat...
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Another dagger in the back
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April 9, 2010
Former regional diplomat Sir Ronald Sanders and British trade expert and journalist David Jessop regularly take their time to write in the press on ma...
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Let’s not lose sight of reality
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April 1, 2010
If you like “ole-talk” and “political bacchanal”, then the Caribbean is the ideal place to be. Spread over an archipelago of island and small ...
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Sexual abuse of boys and cover-up
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March 26, 2010
“I have been deeply disturbed by information which has come to light regarding the abuse of children and vulnerable young people by members of the C...
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Political concerns
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March 19, 2010
As the pitched battles being fought out by our political parties continue to rage, and with the possibility of the Prime Minister using his ridiculous...
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Sexuality imagery damaging young
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March 5, 2010
On Wednesday of this week, the women of WINFA organised a live radio call-in-programme to highlight issues concerning violence against women. Part of ...
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Neighbourly Lessons?
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February 26, 2010
EVERYONE familiar with politics in the Caribbean will know that Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and his Unity Labour Party have a mountain to climb as ...
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Yo’ dam’ rite, son
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February 12, 2010
“...The people of the Grenadines will never forget you or your children or grandchildren...” Those are words, according to the NEWS newspaper of F...
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Show respect for farmers
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January 29, 2010
I spent much of last weekend in meetings with leaders of the Fairtrade farmers’ organizations from the Windward Islands. They are preparing for nego...
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We live in a real world
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January 22, 2010
In my last column for 2009, I began reflecting on the past year, focusing in particular on the connection between events at the global and regional le...
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‘Sorry’, not enough for Haiti
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January 15, 2010
Two weeks ago I began a two-part series reviewing 2009 and looking forward to 2010. The second part was due last week, but I was stranded in the winte...
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2009 – Unfulfilled hopes – Part I
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December 30, 2009
As we make our Resolutions for 2010 and extend New Years greetings to our families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances, it is in order for us to ma...
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Saying thanks to the CRC
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December 23, 2009
SINCE the conclusion of the Referendum on the Constitution Bill 2009, there has been no shortage of comments, analyses, explanations, condemnations an...
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Dominica’s pre-Christmas poll
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December 18, 2009
The Caribbean anxiously awaits the results of today’s (December 18th) general election in Dominica. Given the wide media outreach in today’s techn...
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‘A done deal’ or ‘they done with us’
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December 11, 2009
Once again our banana industry and, by extension, the livelihood of tens of thousands of people in the Windward Islands, is attracting international m...
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Combatting climate change
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December 4, 2009
The past couple of weeks have been characterized nationally by an intense campaign which went far beyond the bounds of constitutional provisions to ev...
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A new Political Equation
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November 27, 2009
OH WHAT A NIGHT! The pioneering effort in Constitution-making came crashing down (temporarily, the most optimistic of us may hope) on Wednesday night ...
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Forward ever, backward never
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November 20, 2009
Next Wednesday’s referendum on a new Constitution for St Vincent and the Grenadines is a significant milestone in our history. It will be the first ...
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A no case submission
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November 13, 2009
ONE OF the old English poets is credited with the saying: “There are three things which come not back. The spoken word, the sped arrow (discharged b...
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Farmers awards amidst banana battles
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November 6, 2009
On Saturday, October 31, the SVG Fairtrade Farmers Organisation (SVGFTO) held an awards ceremony as they wrapped up celebrations to mark their annual ...
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Independence, reparation and the constitution
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October 30, 2009
There will be no shortage of comments, locally and beyond our shores, on the Independence address of Prime Minister Gonsalves. In the main, though, I ...
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UK Supermarkets waging war
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October 16, 2009
[NOTE: I take a break from the series on the Constitution this week , given the situation with bananas and next week for a comment on Independence] Th...
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Women and the Constitution
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October 9, 2009
One aspect of the constitutional debate which needs to be heightened is that of a sectoral approach, in so far as the proposed constitutional changes,...
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Constitution Reform – (IV) In defence of P.R.
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September 25, 2009
As the debate over a new Constitution for St. Vincent and the Grenadines continues to rage, much is being made in some quarters over the “whys” an...
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CONSTITUTION REFORM III
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September 18, 2009
As the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines get ready to participate in the November 25th referendum on a new Constitution Bill for our country, t...
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM 11 – THE CRC PROCESS
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September 11, 2009
The birth of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) ushered in a period of hope for a new approach to national issues. For the first time on any ma...
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Constitutional Reform I (The historical roots)
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September 4, 2009
By the time you begin reading this column, the Parliamentary debate on the Constitution Bill 2009 will already be history as the House of Assembly wil...