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The City too Small for Today’s Hustle
Death Via Levies or Potholes
The car industry in St. Lucia has gone through ups and downs over the years. On several occasions, the government …
CARICOM Continuing Haiti Engagement on Transitional Governance
Never mind deflections of international attention and legal hurdles in Kenya, Caribbean governments continue to engage directly with governing and …
COP28: Small Developing Nations Left in the Shadows of Fossil Fuel Giants
COP28 in Dubai, presided over by a major oil-producing nation, has ended with a compromise that, depending on one’s perspective, …
Time for Regional Media to Up Our Game!
CARIBBEAN coverage of the controversy between Guyana and Venezuela again underlines the need for urgent and effective steps to again …
Government of Saint Lucia: A Citizen’s Mid-term Review of Performance
THE Prime Minister and members of his government have held on tightly to an unwavering determination to making people the …
The Interminable Dispute Over the Essequibo Territory
“WE have taken the first steps in a new historical stage of the struggle for what is ours.” Pronounced Nicolàs …
Why we must examine horns and look before leaping
OFTEN adaptations have to be made and some are seen as relevant or replacement changes. I guess if things remain …
Tomorrow’s Guyana-Venezuela Summit in St. Vincent and The Grenadines: Another Triumph for Caribbean Diplomacy
Following a series of fleeting visits and related initiatives dating back to September, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister …
Another Palestinian Catastrophe in 2023: No Christmas in Bethlehem!
IN all the ‘impossible’ things that have happened in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel from Gaza …
Health and Security Levy: An Investment in our Community, Country and People
THE Health and Security Levy was passed in Parliament in July 2023 and implemented on October 2, 2023. When I …
Why we are still behind God’s back!
THE saying, who pays the piper calls the tune, meaning the investors, stakeholders and those who manage the industry and …
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
IT was incredible to hear the Prime Minister describe the United Workers Party team as “desperate unemployables”. What a statement …
Saint Lucia’s Developmental Progress has Evolved by Leaps and Short Bursts
WITH what measure does a country evaluate its developmental progress? Albeit, developmental progress comes in various forms and wide dimensions …
Will Essequibo be the Caribbean’s Nagorno Karabakh?
In the wake of last Sunday’s (December 3 ) International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the Guyana-Venezuela dispute over …
Educational Reform: How to Change the Culture of Education (Part 3)
I have already defined culture as a way of life of a group of people, an institution, a community; the …
Climate Change Realities at COP28: A Critical Assessment
THE upcoming Climate Change meeting in Dubai – COP28 – is enveloped in hype, yet expectations of transformational change are …
Sunburnt on a Deserted Island of Irrelevancy!
NOT all his party’s supporters will admit publicly or privately, but more today than ever will tell you that Allen …
Racing to be First to Get Back to Square One!
A good friend always tells me not to judge others by my standards, but, I’m afraid, not accepting wrong from …
Conference Diplomacy and the Law of Diminishing Returns
INTRODUCTION Economists would be familiar with “The Law of Diminishing Returns” which holds that as investment in an area increases, …