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Why we must examine horns and look before leaping
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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!
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Health and Security Levy: An Investment in our Community, Country and People
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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
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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, …
Stumped for Words – By Sandals!
I was invited by Sandals Resorts International (SRI) last Sunday to an end-of-year appreciation event organized for the local media’s …
Samoa Disagreement
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Breaking the OECD hold on global tax governance
“THE Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is nothing less than a Club of the world’s wealthiest countries which …
The Dollar-and-Sense Difference Between Breadfruit and Maple Leaves
I like Warren Buffet, who’s seen as having worked so-hard to make so-much-money so-easily, that he’s considered the go-to and …
Putting Our Children First
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The Open School on: How to Help Students Reach Mastery in Learning
WELCOME students to another lesson in the Open School for the second term for the academic or school year 2023 …
We’re too jammed between First and Third World mentalities
IT matters not what happens to the rest of the world, when it comes to development each country seeks to …