The most rudimentary objective preserved in the French Revolution of 1789 was Liberty, Equality and Fraternity – privileged circumstances if you like. The many equalities enshrined in the consti…
This morning my fellow Falkland Islanders and I woke up to a new future. Last night, our country made its voice heard. Let me be clear that thirty years after the brutal invasion of our home, the peop…
James A. Baldwin wrote, “Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is war; love is a growing up.” Although I might agree with some of these sayings, I …
If you had super strength and a steel hide would you chase a European super-villain around the world for under five hundred Barbados dollars? With such powers at your fingertips, why be a mercenary op…
It is with a sense of profound regret that I learned of the passing of Sir Branford Taitt this morning. Sir Branford had a long and distinguished career as a public official, serving as minister in th…
Charles M. Schulz wrote, “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then does not hurt.” And as Valentine’s Day approaches and the ads on television, radio and in the newspapers bomba…
On Valentine’s Day, countless couples will celebrate romance by candlelight. On the same day, one billion women and men worldwide will stand up to shine a light on the darker side of gender relation…
Where in the Caribbean can journalists be sent to prison for doing their job? The answer: Everywhere. A comprehensive legal review conducted by the International Press Institute (IPI) confirmed that…
“It often bothers me that people who like to babble on my chosen profession… and art… distort things by making supposedly informed and emphatic statements which are simply not the ca…
So the Golden Globes of 2013 has now come and gone, and what a night it was. From Amy Poehler and Tina Fey hosting the show, to Jodie Foster apparently “outing” herself on stage (and what a rambli…
Nowadays, the common thing among men is to “not really want a relationship!” Unfortunately, some women are still acting “desperate”, for a lack of a better word, by allowing themselves to be u…
As we bravely venture into a New Year, the Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry wishes all Barbadians these next 12 months filled with opportunity, unity and prosperity. We have as a country been…
A MAN and his son were once going with their Donkey to market. As they were walking along by its side a countryman passed them and said: “You fools, what is a Donkey for but to ride upon?” So the …
Boy are you in trouble, you got NO gifts at all? However, in this day and age where many a person is getting a Kindle or a Kindle Fire HD placed under their Tree (BTW – if we celebrate the bir…
The winners of the Sol Scenic Drives photography competition for inclusion in the Sol 2013 Calendar have been announced and the featured photographers have been presented with their prizes in all 13 c…
The brutal murder of 20 children and seven adults in Newtown, Connecticut, shakes us to the core as individuals and requires a response as citizens. The United States seems to reel from one mass gun k…
Cuba has long been an economic, trade and investment opportunity that has been neglected by the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. This neglect could become a matter of grave regret as…
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “The heights by great men reached and kept, were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” Th…
Even before the latest cease-fire took hold, it had become clear that the dilemma facing Israel in Gaza entails more than simply developing military answers to the challenge posed by Hamas. The real q…
I would like to enter the debate on dental registration in the hope that I can provide an element of clarification after reading what I consider to be misleading comments in the printed press on Monda…
As Saint Lucia moves towards “Better Days“, a campaign pledge that has proven to be both elusive and problematic for the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party to fulfill, there is a heightened s…
To evaluate an American president’s foreign-policy performance after one term is challenging, given the complex diplomatic and strategic environment and significant domestic constraints that confron…
The European Central Bank’s recently announced policy of bond buying, what it calls “outright monetary transactions” (OMT’s) marks a convergence of European central banks with their Anglo-…