The state of things

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For some time now, the media had been debating the state of the American economy with growing fears that the US was already in recession. The news tha...

Farmers taking the lead

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I was deeply moved last Friday evening at a ceremony organized by the Langley Park Fairtrade Farmers Group, held at the LESCO (Langley Park Educationa...

George McIntosh and the Spiritual Baptists

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George McIntosh is one of the names frequently mentioned as deserving national hero status. In this article, I want to highlight McIntosh’s role ...

Cuba in transition?

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It has now been formalised. 76-year-old Raul has replaced his elder brother Fidel as the new president of Cuba. The change seemed to have had little i...

Finding the space

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These are indeed trying times for our nation. We have lost the art of conversation as we speak often what we don’t believe, but what is convenien...

The world does not stand still!

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The past week has been a difficult one for this country. Emails were many as the matter that is the current topic of conversation ...

Super Tuesday and on the home front

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It is now Wednesday morning and the time is 10:00am and as I sit in front of my computer after a hard night monitoring political developments in the U...

Is the Private sector coming alive?

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In December last, the CARIFORUM group, that is, the group comprised of CARICOM and the Dominican Republic, concluded a full ‘Economic Partnership...

Slapping of IPA and the land issue

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I really should not be surprised that more Vincentians are not speaking out on the issue surrounding the slapping of IPA. If the matter was not so ser...

Confusion reigns amid talk of betrayal

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The events of last week have left me truly confused. Of course, I am referring to the Teachers’ Strike and developments during and after, includi...