23 March 2007
Remembering the bicentenary (of the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade)

Remembering the bicentenary (of the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade)


23.MAR.07Two hundred years ago this Sunday, on March 25th, 1807, the British Parliament passed an Act outlawing the grossly inhuman and dehumanising t...
16 March 2007
Respecting difference, promoting understanding

Respecting difference, promoting understanding


16.MAR.07In her message to mark Commonwealth Day, Monday 12th March, Her Majesty the Queen stressed the need for mutual respect and understanding in t...
08 March 2007
Hats off to the police

Hats off to the police


08.MAR.07Any nation's police forcE is subject to the greatest of scrutiny, and when it is perceived to fall short of expectation - reproach. It is no...
02 March 2007
Witness protection

Witness protection


02.MAR.07The issue of the protection of witnesses scheduled to testify or who have testified in criminal trials is now much more than an abstraction t...
23 February 2007
Chavez comes to town

Chavez comes to town


23.FEB.07The flamboyant Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has made his second visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, leaving heated discussion in his...
16 February 2007
Rise to the challenges

Rise to the challenges


16.FEB.07Leaders of the nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would by now have returned to their respective homes and jurisdictions after the ...
09 February 2007
Ottley Hall must have positive consequences

Ottley Hall must have positive consequences


9.FEB.07It is with huge sigh of relief that most Vincentians would have welcomed the resumption of the Ottley Hall Inquiry. After all it has dragged a...
02 February 2007
Getting our priorities straight

Getting our priorities straight


2.JFEB.07Now that Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr Ralph Gonsalves has made a Parliamentary statement on the release of the prisone...
26 January 2007
Debt relief wonderful news

Debt relief wonderful news


26.JAN.07The announcement last week Wednesday that the Ottley Hall Marina debt had been reduced from EC$167 million to EC$16.2 million was greeted alm...
19 January 2007
Why the fear of being photographed?

Why the fear of being photographed?


19.JAN.07There is absolutely no restriction on the taking of photographs in public places unless specifically barred by a court order.Despite this, Jo...