Opinion: Human Rights in SVG
By Peter Binose The ‘United Nations Charter of Human Rights’ as Ignored and Abused by the ‘Unity Labour Party SVG’. Preamble [applicable almost everywhere but not in SVG] Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable…
Tourism Matters: Unjustified fuel surcharges
By Adrian Loveridge From Caribbean News Now According to a statement issued recently, the 200-plus airline members of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) are poised to deliver a higher than forecast record profit in 2015 and should see a…
2015 was brutal for oil stocks, and one industry guru thinks 2016 might be even worse
By Bob Bryan From Business Insider Energy stocks had a monumentally bad year in 2015. The iShares Global energy ETF, which does a decent job at tracking the industry as a whole, was down over 20%. Oil prices tumbled, earnings dried…
Cricket: Gayle to sue for defamation
From NZ Herald Besieged batsman Chris Gayle has declared his intent to sue Fairfax Media over allegations he exposed himself indecently. Gayle was fined $10,000 by his BBL side Melbourne Renegades following his controversial interview with Network Ten reporter Mel McLaughlin…
China’s mandate of Communism poisons Dalai Lama’s reincarnation
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling “But of course, religion is poison!” exclaimed Mao Zedong to Tenzin Gyatso, the “Great Fourteenth” Dalai Lama of Tibet.(1) Though initially impressed by China’s first communist leader and promise to modernize Tibet and interest…
Clarke: Justice Scalia’s remarks deeply troubling
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke says she’s “deeply troubled” by remarks made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the oral argument for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, “which could…
Barbados: Not so quick with corporal punishment
By Adrian Green From Barbados Nation news The European Union’s representative in Barbados is “disturbed” that the majority of Barbadians still favour beating children as a way of discipline. This was the front page story of the DAILY NATION on…
Will the TPP increase trade? That’s the wrong question
By Dave Johnson From Crooks & Liars One of the selling points for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is that it will “increase trade.” Here’s the thing. If you close a factory in the U.S., lay off all of the…
The two-faced, phoney side of Jamaica’s politics
By Christopher Burns From Jamaica Observer Phoney sells, but counterfeit politics and political practices sell even more. Nowhere is phoney politics and politicians more popular than right here in Jamaica. The governors are as guilty of phoney politics as the governed…
A New Year! The same old story; the same old nonsense!
By Chris From Guyana Caribbean Politics It is being reported that the Guyana Power and Light is imposing a security deposit equivalent to the cost of an average of six months electricity consumption on those persons who are disconnected. GPL…