12 February 2010
The economic  citizenship issue

The economic citizenship issue


12.FEB.10Nine years ago, one of the key issues in the elections of 2001 was that of economic citizenship. The debate around this added to the volatile...
05 February 2010
Truancy Officers needed in SVG

Truancy Officers needed in SVG


05.FEB.10IT SEEMS the time has come for Government to effect the provisions made in the Education Act of 2008 for Truancy Officers...
29 January 2010
Between a rock  and a hard place

Between a rock and a hard place


This must have been the most difficult Budget that Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has ever had to present to Parliament. H...
22 January 2010
The Budget  and politics

The Budget and politics


22.Jan.10Just as the Old Year closed with the political implications of the November referendum competing for attention with the Christmas celebration...
15 January 2010
A horrendous calamity

A horrendous calamity


15.Jan.10If the devastation which has hit the people of Haiti does not touch the social consciences of the people of the world, then nothing else will...
08 January 2010
Road safety, our responsibility

Road safety, our responsibility


08.Jan.10THE TRAGIC vehicular accident on the new Argyle by-pass road raises for the umpteenth time questions about the enforcement of regulations for...
30 December 2009
End of year, end of decade

End of year, end of decade


30.DEC.09December 31, 2009 not only marks the end of yet another year, it also signals the end of one of the most momentous decades in human history....
23 December 2009
A giving spirit this Christmas

A giving spirit this Christmas


23.DEC.09The entire nation reacted with outrage last week when word spread that burglars had broken into the local Salvation Army headquarters and ha...
18 December 2009
What will the Budget hold for local businesses?

What will the Budget hold for local businesses?


18.DEC.09The recently released Barbados and OECS Corporate Performance and Outlook report has confirmed what we have all suspected.The majority of bus...
11 December 2009
Healing the Grenadines Rift

Healing the Grenadines Rift


11.DEC.09Some anniversaries pass relatively unnoticed, shorn of the hype and attention given to others. This is particularly so of events with which w...