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While the country was still coming to grips with the delayed election results last month, another in the seemingly interminable round of Latin American and Caribbean summits was being held in Caracas, on December 2-3.
Same old, same old
Before the end of the school term last year, on December 10 to be precise, this newspaper had reported on the situation at the Nismes Primary School.
What for Caricom this year?
Indications by the new Governments of St Lucia and Jamaica that efforts will be made to have their countries join the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will have once again raised popular hopes that our governments are willing to implement the commitments that they make – even if belatedly.
Different strokes: General elections in Guyana and Jamaica
A matter of mere hours after the close of poll following Jamaica’s December 29 general elections, Portia Simpson-Miller, perhaps surprisingly, only one of four women ever to be elected head of government in the Commonwealth Caribbean, had delivered her victory speech; outgoing Prime Minister Andrew Holness had conceded defeat, his two-month tenure as the country’s youngest ever prime minister having been the shortest ever.
The allegation against the Top Cop and the media
The case of the allegation of rape made against the Commissioner of Police, Mr Henry Greene has given rise to various perspectives and concerns including one by attorney at law, Mr Neil Aubrey Boston that Mr Greene was being subjected to a trial by the press.
Grass-roots democracy
If the political landscape has changed since last year, in practical terms the things that impinge on the daily lives of citizens remain very much as they were.
Stillness in a turning world
Earlier this week the writer Pico Iyer wrote a thoughtful essay for the New York Times on ‘The Joy of Quiet.
Family
It cannot be mere coincidence that both Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XVI had special words to say about the importance of family in their Christmas Day and New Year’s Day messages, respectively.
A matter of trust
The election of a minority government in Guyana has been a collective shock to all our systems.
Jamaica’s elections
Jamaica’s elections seemed to have stunned most observers, including the majority of those polling in the country.
North Korea’s Kim dynasty
Power has passed to yet another Kim in the Democratic People’s Republic People’s of Korea.
Ten New Year wishes – for politicians
The political terra firma isn’t quite so firm any longer; there has been a kind of earthquake, although there are some on both sides of our divided citadel who do not seem to have absorbed this new reality.
A global publicsphere?
The news from Syria is chilling.
New Year dreams
For many people, the end of one year and the beginning of the next are naught but an arbitrary division imposed by the Julian calendar.
Fix the city now
Georgetown has lost its appeal.