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More doubts over CARICOM’s future
An interesting analysis, entitled CARICOM’s Future in Doubt, was published by the Economist Intelligence Unit on October 5.
A time for everything
Guyanese are known for their love of partying.
Global economic worries
Increasing signs of worry among the major economic powers of the world – particularly the Western world, about the future of the global economy must give pause to those of us who have little power to influence the developments which are the causes of their present discontents.
President Jagdeo’s twilight zone
President Bharrat Jagdeo still appears far from ready to have the lights turned out on his tenure as the country’s Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of its armed forces.
The Mingo lot
Testimony by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Luncheon in the libel matter brought by President Jagdeo has cast revealing light on the Pradoville 2 Scheme and the levels of contract between the directorates of political parties, in this case the ruling PPP/C and the PNCR.
Campaign
This is a very strange election season.
Three remarkable Peace Laureates
The citation for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize – awarded simultaneously to the activists Leymah Gbowee (Liberia) Tawakkul Karman (Yemen) and the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia – notes that “[w]e cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments at all levels of society.
MINUSTAH: Should they stay or should they go?
Some six months after Michel Martelly was announced as the winner of Haiti’s presidential election, the country finally has a prime minister in the person of Dr Garry Conille, following his ratification by the Senate on Tuesday.
Owed to teachers
They are among some of the most undervalued people in this society.
Unanticipated departures
Over the last three years the region has experienced now three unanticipated departures from political leadership, interestingly enough in the countries which we have designated in Caricom terms as the More Developed Countries.
President Chávez’s illness
Virtually overnight, the image of President Hugo Chávez has been transformed.
The oppression of CNS Channel Six
There is no doubt that the commentary which was presented by Mr Anthony Vieira on CNS Channel Six on May 4 this year and which has now been listed as the reason for the suspension of the licence of CNS Channel Six for four months contained scandalous allegations which no responsible broadcaster should permit without ensuring that there was some basis or evidence to sustain it.
Continental shelf submission
On September 6 this year, Guyana formally submitted her claim for an extended continental shelf of 150 nautical miles to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The Eurozone crisis
Earlier this week, a series of remarkable statements by an American trader turned a routine segment of BBC television news into a compelling glimpse of the greed and fear that are commonly said to drive the world’s stock markets.
No player is bigger than the game
In a European Champions League football match on Tuesday, Manchester City’s Argentine forward, Carlos Tévez, refused manager Roberto Mancini’s call to come on as a substitute in the second half, with City 2-0 down to Bayern Munich.