09 February 2007
UWI Cave Hill ambassador

UWI Cave Hill ambassador


Last year the Caribbean media featured the achievement of Jamaican, O’Neil Simpson who won the Individual World Public Speaking Championship titl...
02 February 2007
The state of the nation

The state of the nation


Perhaps it will always be the best of times and the worst of times, although for different sets of people. To hear the discussions or rather the talk,...
26 January 2007
Big birthday bash for Grammar School

Big birthday bash for Grammar School


September 2008 will mark one hundred years of existence of the St. Vincent Grammar School formerly the Boys Grammar School. They have been slow off th...
19 January 2007
George W’s new vision?

George W’s new vision?


Hadn’t it been for the terrible cost in lives and money one would think that what is happening in Iraq is one big joke. Part of George W’s Ã...
12 January 2007
Sir James Mitchell’s Beyond the Islands

Sir James Mitchell’s Beyond the Islands


For a couple days during the holiday season amidst the hustle and bustle I was able to get a quick peak at Sir James Mitchell's autobiography, Beyond ...
05 January 2007
As we enter the year 2007

As we enter the year 2007


The passage from one year to another is merely a convenient demarcation point for really there is nothing different in the change from the 31st of Dec...
22 December 2006
Balancing the equation: Christmas, Budget, people

Balancing the equation: Christmas, Budget, people


Well, it has been a week or so since the 2008 Budget debate was completed. The whole exercise ultimately has to do with preparing the infrastructure a...
15 December 2006
A stunning result in St Lucia

A stunning result in St Lucia


Following opinion polls that predicted a land slide victory for Dr Kenny Anthony’s St Lucia Labour Party, the overwhelming reaction from persons ...
08 December 2006
Blair kicks off debate on slavery

Blair kicks off debate on slavery


While our energies and attention have been focused on the 2007 Cricket World Cup and its possible significance to the region, another event promises t...
24 November 2006
End that vicious blockade of Cuba

End that vicious blockade of Cuba


For 15 straight years the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to end the 45 year inhumane blockade of Cuba by the United States o...