THRONE Speeches by this Governor General are always worth every word, every minute of attention — and this year was …
Expecting The Unexpected
It Does Not Have To Be
THESE two parties really are not cutting it. I do not think that I have much convincing to do to …
What Did Melanin Ever Do To You?
I SAW something on both Facebook and Instagram that has left me to this minute still baffled. It was the …
Good Sense on Drugs Absent at The U.N.
FOR a brief moment it appeared that good sense would prevail and the international community would ditch the failed ‘war …
God Save My ‘Queen’
I woke-up early last Thursday morning with something on my mind. I could not quite place it, but it was …
Signing on To A More Secure, Stable World
THE signing of the Paris Agreement in New York on 22 April was a historic event and an important step …
DOUBT
BEING doubtful is a feeling of uncertainty about something. Sometimes persons just decide to doubt the things that someone says, …
A Phenomenal Team
By Stephen Lester Prescott SIR Vaughan Lewis is not a man known for giving undeserved praise so when he claimed …
Too Slow for Too Long
THIS year’s Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank were held in Washington D.C. against …
Agriculture: No Escaping It
I have been persuaded to write this piece to correct any lingering misconceptions about my role as Minister for Agriculture …
Parallel Worlds PART 3 – Climate Change
‘The Media is to be encouraged in its quest for information and in its challenges of government policy, as it …
Liberated Africans
SOME months ago I had a very informative discussion with Ronald “Boo” Hinkson, who has in my view a remarkable …
Kenny and the Politics of Division
THE EDITOR: SO last week Kenny Anthony announced after 20 years as Political Leader of the SLP and 15 years …
The More Things Change – PART TWO
By Nahdjla Bailey CONTINUING Claudia Johnson’s address of 1980, not 1990 (see note at end), entitled ‘’An Education for Civilized …
Elections Timeframe Revisited
THE EDITOR: Subsequent to the original date of June 21, 2016 for the general elections, the SLP administration has now …
Why a Snap Election?
THE EDITOR: Everyone is now predicting the PM will call a June election. The signs are everywhere, non-stop Labour ads, …
Dollars, Cents And Commonsense
IN just a few days, the House of Assembly will be brimming with numbers: seventeen men and women debating the …
Preserving History Through Building Conservation
WHAT is the most picturesque and most photographed part of Castries? I will make a guess and say it’s lower …
The CCC Is UUUsless
AM I terrible for reaching to the point where I am “sorta, kinda” wishing for a visitor to fall or …
No Quick Fix In Haiti
(THE writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the US and the OAS. The views expressed are his own) Peace …