Editorial

  • Fire and hydrants

    By Stabroek staff | Monday, October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment


    The irony of the Home Affairs Minister and the fire chief standing proudly in front of gleaming fire-fighting units the day before a devastating fire …

  • Third term?

    By Stabroek staff | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 8 Comments


    The siren song of power is hard to resist. And it is particularly hard to resist for those who have been in office for some …

  • Beyond our boundary

    By Stabroek staff | Saturday, October 10, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Earlier this week, after pocketing a US$10 million bonus for winning the Fedex Cup, Tiger Woods became the first billionaire athlete in history, according to …

  • Ending the embargo

    By Stabroek staff | Friday, October 9, 2009 | 1 Comment


    There are signs that the steps taken by the Barack Obama administration to relax some restrictions on contact with Cuba and the initiation of quiet, …

  • Ending the embargo

    By Stabroek staff | Friday, October 9, 2009 | 0 Comments


    There are signs that the steps taken by the Barack Obama administration to relax some restrictions on contact with Cuba and the initiation of quiet, …

  • A dose of inspiration

    By Stabroek staff | Thursday, October 8, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Some years ago, there used to be a blind man begging on Regent Street. For that matter, in the past several physically disabled people could …

  • Astray in Afghanistan

    By Stabroek staff | Saturday, October 3, 2009 | 6 Comments


    Although, by any reasonable measure the situation in Afghanistan is worsening steadily – a corrupt government, rigged elections, a resurgent Taliban – instead of reconsidering …

  • Honduras endgame?

    By Stabroek staff | Friday, October 2, 2009 | 0 Comments


    Almost two weeks after Manuel Zelaya’s surprise return to Tegucigalpa, it is clear that any hopes that he might have harboured of provoking a rapid …

  • ‘Operation care’

    By Stabroek staff | Thursday, October 1, 2009 | 0 Comments


    In our Tuesday edition this week, we reported on ‘Operation Care’ an ongoing anti-truancy campaign that is carried out at irregular periods by the Ministry …

  • Recording

    By Stabroek staff | Sunday, September 27, 2009 | 7 Comments


    Recording
    The week before last a recording was released purporting to implicate a public official in impropriety, namely, the solicitation of a minor. The allegation is …

  • The AIDS vaccine

    By Stabroek staff | Saturday, September 26, 2009 | 1 Comment


    News that trials of an HIV vaccine have produced encouraging results offer a small glimmer of hope that the AIDS epidemic may eventually be brought …

  • Mr Zelaya’s gamble

    By Stabroek staff | Friday, September 25, 2009 | 0 Comments


    There is usually a fine line dividing overwhelming folly from extreme courage. At the time of writing, it is not clear how exactly to categorise …

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