THE ease with which developed countries appoint heads of international and multi-national organisations (sometimes in the guise of an election) …
Where Has The Fight In Developing Countries Gone?
Beauty and Big Business
THE proposed multi-billion dollar development project earmarked for Beausejour, Vieux Fort serves as just another example of how tight a …
Irony of Ironies
I have never been one who was in favour of the establishment of the Citizenship by Investment Programme and for …
Sammy Unfairly Treated
BY now I’m sure that since Friday afternoon, all you’ve been hearing about is the outrageous events that unfolded surrounding …
Big Decisions for New Gov’t
WHILE the country is still not fully settled since the June 6 general elections, we have to be focussed on …
IMF: Light Up Its Darker Crannies
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS. He is a Senior Fellow at the …
‘Racing to the Bottom’
THIS is a little more on the story of our Citizenship by Investment Programme, the greatest affront that has so …
Where Poverty Is Bliss …
THERE are some real problems in these parts. If one listened to some religious types one was apt to think …
Conscience of A Progressive
LITERATURE on “progressive thinking” around the world is booming, and this trend is due to the inevitable need for societies …
Who Will Be The Sacrificial Lamb?
WITHIN its constitutional parameters much has been said and written about the position of Deputy Speaker and its particular relevance …
GIVE
“GIVE, and it will come back to you.” Have you ever heard this and acknowledged it? So often have we …
A Tangled Web of Lies And Deceit
The Editor: THE tangled web of lies and deceit which the SLP and its surrogates attempt to spread is an …
Goodbye My Friend
I make most people look short and so when I meet someone who gives me some latitudinal competition I am …
Price Scheming
THE EDITOR: The government has announced a decline in the price of gasoline and the school holidays economists are as …
Questions, Questions
THE EDITOR: Had we lived in a mature democracy with mature self-assured men and women at the helm, someone would …
Give Vieux Fort A Chance
IN the general elections of 1997, the people of Vieux Fort were asked to ‘give Vieux Fort a Prime Minister.’ …
Constitutional Reform Report – Shortcomings
OVER the last four months I have read the Constitution countless times, trying to unravel the mysteries that have appeared. …
On a Higher Note – Legalize It
NO sooner had the article on common sense been sent for publication than I had cause to pause and reflect …
Recurrent Stupidity – The Deputy Speaker Issue
THE powers and functions of the Speaker are well-settled in the Standing Rules and Orders of the House. The Speaker, …
Extraordinary Manipulation
THE EDITOR, A commentary by John Peters in your last Weekend VOICE captioned ‘Appointing an Attorney General’ read in part: …