In defence of Vincentian citizenship

THE FIRM declaration this past weekend by Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves against bartering his country's passport under a so-called "economic citizenship" scheme to attract foreign investment, deserves commendation.

... Full story

Good moves by Caricom for Haiti

IT IS GOOD that Jamaica and the rest of its Caribbean Community partners have worked out their problems relating to cost-sharing for the Bruce Golding government in Kingston to maintain the Jamaica Defence Force relief operational base in earthquake-devastated Haiti until March 5.

... Full story

The value of heritage

IT is noteworthy that Tracy Davidson Celestine, one of the youngest members of the current administration at the Tobago House of Assembly, was the one to deliver the valuable comment connecting a people's heritage with the present and with the future.

Dark tourism days ahead

How should Caribbean Governments seek to support tourism during a global recession? At a time of diminishing national reserves this is a question set to haunt the industry, governments and the region as a whole, if as seems probable both Government revenues and visitor arrivals continue to decline.

Caricom's ticklish migration problem

IT is clearly not an accident that perhaps the single most ticklish issue getting issue dealt with at the just-concluded 30th meeting of the Caricom heads of Government had to be with people at the centre.

Still a need for caution

BARBADIAN health authorities have thus far clearly demonstrated competence and confidence in dealing with the direct impact of the Influenza A H1N1 on our country.

Which Castro is speaking for Cuba?

That's the question being asked throughout the Western Hemisphere following the Fifth Summit Of The Americas in Port-of-Spain.

The torture memos

Washington has spent the last week debating the government’s decision to publicise the Bush White House’s torture memoranda. These memoranda were the legal shields which the Office of Legal Counsel patched together so that “enhanced interrogation techniques” could be used against high-level detainees.

The torture memos

Washington has spent the last week debating the government’s decision to publicise the Bush White House’s torture memoranda. These memoranda were the legal shields which ... Full story

Rights versus religion

EVENTS OF RECENT DAYS have cast a long and disturbing shadow. In an Afghanistan province, a young unmarried couple were publicly put to death - murdered is a more appropriate word - because they wanted to get married and had eloped.