FOR many years, we in the Eastern Caribbean have boasted of a relatively strong and stable financial system as one …
Over-regulation Of Banking
Who’ll Commission The Commission’s Reforms
I DON’T really believe (like some already do) that the Report of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) was intended to …
CARICOM: A Collective Bargaining Unit For Rights
(The writer is an Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University and …
Privatization And Competition – We’re Being Driven Down The Wrong Road — PART THREE
THIS is the third of a four part discussion, with Parts 1 and 2 having considered the planned introduction of …
Were the Startled MPs Shooting The Messenger?
By Alexis B. Montgomery The shock value stemming from the recommendations communicated by the citizenry of Saint Lucia through the …
The Futility of Obsession
THE EDITOR AS a St. Lucian I listened to the constant attacks on Allen Chastanet by the Castries Central MP …
Ideas, Energy, Vision, Hope
DARNLEY Norville, a dear departed friend, once acted as General Secretary of the United Workers Party and became a close …
Can Rowley Win?
IN 1969 as a young seven year old I was introduced to politics. My uncle who lived in Trinidad was …
Fighting Climate Change In Our Own Backyard
I have very little reason to doubt global warming is the major contributory factor in the changing weather patterns that …
Where Rufus Bousquet And I Agree
SHAMEFUL is one way to describe the confusion in the United Workers Party. Deluded might be another fitting description, trying …
To Cut Or Not To Cut
A colleague of mine and I were having a discussion about the recent decision taken to cut down the famous …
Privatization and Competition – We’re Being Driven Down Wrong Road — PART TWO
IN Part 1 we considered whether the planned introduction of competition to LUCELEC and the creation of legislation and a …
‘Do You Remember’ Old Marcus Garvey?’
YESTERDAY (August 17) marked the 128th Anniversary of the birth of Marcus Garvey and the song (by Burning Spear) from …
Retaining Walls With Tyres
BY pure coincidence I read an article on the Government of St Lucia’s website which spoke of efforts of the …
Do Some MPs Need A Presentation Coach?
FOR most IT and medical professionals, public speaking is merely an occasional engagement that requires little panache and éclat. For …
So The Leader, So The Followers
By Stephen Lester Prescott LAST week’s article struck a few chords as some friends called me up to comment. Some …
Not Answering Back
THERE is a paradox, wrapped-up in a dilemma the way important government business is kept hidden. Let me explain. Four …
Privatization & Competition – We’re Being Driven Down The Wrong Road — PART ONE
THIS discussion is in four parts, and broadly examines the experience of water utility privatization in some of the Caribbean …
The CARIFORUM EPA
Stating The Facts. By Mikael Barfod – Head of the European Union Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean RECENTLY …
China’s Devalued Currency, Blood And Windfalls
(THE writer is an Antigua and Barbuda diplomat, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London University and Massey …