Today Thursday, May 23, 2013 
There is an unfortunate pride that is linked to owning national airlines in the Caribbean. It is a pride that goes before a fall. Successive Jamaican governments held on to Air Jamaica although the ai…
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DevilsAdvocate •
April 28th, 2013 •
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Editorial, Travel )
In 1838, British slave owners in the English-Speaking Caribbean received £11.6 (US$17.8) billion in today’s value as compensation for the emancipation of their “property” – 655,780 human bein…
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DevilsAdvocate •
April 14th, 2013 •
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Controversy, Editorial )
Despite all the promises of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), the countries of the Caribbean have not benefitted from increased exports to EU markets or from incre…
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DevilsAdvocate •
March 30th, 2013 •
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Business, Editorial )
Barbadians can and must grow our economy, in order to continue the improvement in the quality of life for our citizens, to provide job opportunities for our enterprising youth, and to enrich our cultu…
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Bajan Reporter •
March 27th, 2013 •
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Business, Editorial )
Years ago, my friends and I went on an amazing cruise to the Caribbean, and as I zip-lined through the jungles of Belize, walked the trails of the Mayan ruins in Cozumel and rode the rocky roads witho…
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DevilsAdvocate •
March 24th, 2013 •
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Editorial, Events )
Let me begin my brief remarks by thanking the Barbados Employers’ Confederation for extending the invitation to the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Association of Barbados to be represented at to…
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DevilsAdvocate •
March 21st, 2013 •
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Business, Editorial )
My first topic is the Nation newspaper. You are the leading newspaper on this lil rock we call home. You have the most sales and subsequently make the most revenue from advertising. Therefore one woul…
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March 16th, 2013 •
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Editorial, Political )
The most important reason for the selection of a country as the host-venue for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is that it serves the interests of the Commonwealth as a whole. If thi…
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March 14th, 2013 •
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Editorial, Political )
Every year on March 8 we observe International Women’s Day. It is wonderful to see that in over 100 years since women’s day was first observed in 1909, immense progress has been made in furthering…
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DevilsAdvocate •
March 9th, 2013 •
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Editorial, Nature )
Seventeen countries of the Caribbean face a heightened period of economic uncertainty now that Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has died. Twelve of the 17 Caribbean countries are members of the Cari…
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March 9th, 2013 •
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