‘Reparations Now!’ That’s the call being heard the world over today, echoing the Caribbean’s original tolling of the bell in …
CARICOM Can Take Reparations Quest a few notches higher at July Summit
Reducing Aggressive Behaviour in Young Children — Review of a Pilot Project in Marchand
Highly aggressive or uncooperative children at the primary school level are likely to be rejected by their peers and do …
Still Wondering Why Taxpayers Never Get Value For Our Money?
It’s usual practice here to only look at the act but pay no attention to the cause. For many years …
A Glimpse From Our Political Past 1974-1979
In my early teenage years, a close friend of the family who saw my interest in the politics of the …
Manners and Misbehaviour in Public Office
The number of instances of documents circulating on social media and other communications purported to be photo copied official originals …
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
Today, May 21st is The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. It was designated by the United …
Where is Your Mental Maturity?
The older I get, the more I start asking why, and I start questioning all the answers. Maybe it’s a …
Corruption is a Seed Greed Feeds On!
In my last Earl@Large programme on DBS TV (Sunday May 19), I said no government, party of politician can eradicate …
Halcyon Days and Nights, Celebrating with Silver Sandals!
Saint Lucia has seen two ‘Halcyon Hotels’: Halcyon Days in Vieux Fort (now Coconut Bay) and Halcyon Beach Club at …
Twisted!
Some may look at my life and want to judge it as unsuccessful; no house, no car, no children. The …
Preventing Behaviour Problems: What works
A philosophy of Education has established that man was born good; that it is as he or she perceives of …
More Jazz for the Youth
Life can be very challenging at times, as we all know. Some of us can hardly get through a single …
Trying To Get Back To Where You Once Were
Over the past few months we have been discussing how we cope with what has changed and in many ways, …
CARICOM Must Unify to Resist Imposition of OAS Boss
Readers of this commentary, particularly those in small countries, might wonder why they should be concerned about who is the …
Arrested and taken aback — Sex Crimes Not Sweet Taboo!
I was arrested – indeed, taken aback — by the following extracts from an article published in the May 7, …
Bike Safety Should be a Priority
WE have had quite a number of road fatalities for the year thus far, particularly bike related ones. It is …
Discipline On Our Roads Can Minimize Frequent Road Accidents
Our condolences and sympathy goes out to all those families who would have lost their loved ones through road accidents, …
What’s A Human Life Cost?
HOW much does a human life cost? And how much should be spent to save one? Or to pay for …
How do we begin to heal?
AS we reflect on Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I ask that we make some commitments to ourselves to do more …
BELIZE: The people have spoken, politicians should respect them
As territorial claims go, Guatemala’s claim to all – every square inch – of Belize is, perhaps, the most outrageous. …