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Godfrey’s canvas
We are, still, a young nation.
Brainstorming on the CSME
One hopes that Prof Norman Girvan’s recent meeting, in his capacity as the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, with President Donald Ramotar and Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, also provided the opportunity for engagement on matters relating to the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME).
Inequality and greed
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, US President Barack Obama denounced that country’s bottom heavy tax system, among other things, as well the fact that in many parts of America women still do not receive equal pay for equal work done and pledged to do all he could to change both situations.
US elections: Republican challengers
As happens from time to time, the present American presidential election process is an unorthodox one, since barring any unpredictable occurrence, the Democratic candidate is already known.
Minister Manickchand’s assignment
Of the few new ministerial appointments and portfolio reassignments that have occurred under the Ramotar administration, those of Ministers Robert Persaud and Priya Manickchand are probably the most significant.
Roger Khan: The elephant in the room
As President Ramotar settles into his mandate and comes to grips with his agenda for the year and beyond, nothing will test his freedom of action and sincerity in reforming the security sector like the question of a full investigation into the rampage here of convicted drug lord Roger Khan and whether his activities ensnared senior members of the last two administrations or at worse criminalized them.
Opposition reality check
Having been handed the kind of gift which no one could have imagined a decade ago, the opposition has not been taking best advantage of it.
SOPA and free expression
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) currently before the US Congress, and the related Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate, have provoked a lively debate over the possible consequences of regulating the internet.
Muhammad Ali‘s greatness
Muhammad Ali, the former, three-time world heavyweight champion, turned 70 on Tuesday.
Not just any woman
Comments attributed to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education of St Vincent and the Grenadines Mrs Girlyn Miguel, who was recently quoted on the internet news website I-Witness as exhorting women of that island nation to “dress properly” so that they don’t tempt men, sparked outrage – not only among Vincentians but also among other readers on the world wide web as the article was quickly spread via Facebook and Twitter.
What for Caricom this year? Part II
In his first speech to the staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, Secretary General La Rocque emphasized that the heads of government statement suggesting a “pause” in the integration process, naming the single currency and monetary union as candidates for the pause, did not mean a halt to the integration process itself.
Parochial politics and the Georgetown municipality
Whenever, as he frequently did, President Jagdeo pronounced on the desirability of hastening the holding of local government elections, those pronouncements usually coincided with a crisis at City Hall.
The termination of Mr Fip Motilall’s contract
It came as no surprise that the contract for the US$15.
Broadcasting
Since it has been in office the PPP/C has never seemed to recognize that it is functioning in a modern context.
Some outrages mask others
The release of video footage that appears to show four US Marines urinating on the corpses of Agfhan fighters has been greeted around the world with outrage.