Monday, October 19, 2009
 In nature, the birds of a single species do in fact frequently form flocks. Ornithologists explain this behavior as a ‘safety in numbers” tactic to reduce their risk of predation. Yes, “birds of a feather flock together” in one way it strongly suggest that people of like minds form close friendships. read more...
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Monday, October 19, 2009
 When the former Minister of Finance and the Economy, Dr Errol Cort, made the point that the global economic crisis would not have any impact on the local economy, his statement was viewed as quite shocking. Given his training in economics, Dr Cort was likely being unreasonably optimistic. read more...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
 Under the constitution of Belize, the attorney general can only be selected in two ways. The first way is for the prime minister of Belize to recommend an elected lawyer from his party to be a member of his or her cabinet to the governor general to become a minister in his cabinet as our country’s attorney general. read more...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
 The Nobel Peace Prize Committee did accomplish a coup last week, when unanimously it awarded the coveted Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States. No one was expecting that choice, including Barack Obama. He was as surprised and elated as everyone else. read more...
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Friday, October 16, 2009
 Barack Obama did not ask for the Nobel Peace Prize and he was probably the most shocked person to learn that it had been awarded to him. He certainly made no secret of his surprise at the news. And, he was dignified and humble in publicly saying that he didn’t feel that he deserved to be... read more...
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Friday, October 16, 2009
 For over a year I’ve been chronicling the unseemly infighting among the children of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King Jr over everything from royalties from book deals to proceeds from the sale of Dr King’s papers. From the outset I lamented their failure to settle their differences. read more...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
 The law of contracts can be rather much of a conundrum to the ordinary person, who merely wishes to create a binding agreement for the purpose of enterprise or to safeguard the rights and responsibilities of parties in the ordinary course of living. They are not alone since, admittedly, it can become complex and... read more...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Fighting poverty and inequality is a priority for governments throughout the Western Hemisphere. We are committed to lifting people out of poverty and moving them from the informal to the formal economy. On September 22 at a conference in New York, leaders from the Western Hemisphere gathered... read more...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
 Listening to the news and commentaries and criticisms, about what is taking place in the wider world now-a-days, leaves one to wonder about the judgment of man’s conscience. And in listening to the response from those commentators on the CNN last week – after it was revealed that President Barack Obama... read more...
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Historically mothers have always had great intuition, with and generally common sense. My late mother was a gifted overcomer with a powerful sense of dealing with the adversities of life. Whenever I am experiencing a personal or professional challenge, I refer back to my mother’s little box of “life’s instructions”. read more...
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Monday, October 12, 2009
In the Caribbean, schisms have opened up over such pressing issues as immigration, foreign policy agendas, borrowing from the IMF, implementation of the Caribbean Court of Justice, viability of the Caribbean Single Market Economy, and leadership clarity over regional direction. read more...
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
The headlines for the Caribbean Life newspaper, which is published in New York City, dated September 30, 2009, were: “Clean Up Carib Courts; Jurist”. This article stated that British judges who sit on the Privy Council in London have expressed their frustrations in presiding over cases that come from Caribbean countries. read more...
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
If it is September, the action is on both sides of Manhattan, New York. On the East Side, at the United Nations, the parade of presidents and chiefs of state, at the podium of the hall of the General Assembly, is most of the time serious and solemn, sometimes comical bordering on the ridiculous and once or... read more...
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Friday, October 9, 2009
In Turkey, where meetings of the IMF and the World Bank were held during the week of October 4th, Caribbean Finance Ministers raised with the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, John Lipsky, their concerns about “the need for better representation and participation... read more...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
For almost fifty years, the United States has prohibited the vast majority of its citizens from traveling to Cuba as a part of its economic embargo on the island. However, a flood of American tourists may soon be unleashed on this forbidden island as a bipartisan coalition grows in the US Congress. read more...
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Friday, October 9, 2009
The failures of CARICOM have become so notorious that talking about them incites more contemptuous laughter than lawyer jokes. And there’s probably no greater monument to these failures than the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which was established in 2001 to replace the Privy Council. read more...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
 Access to capital for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been a consistent challenge for economies. Lack of adequate access to financing can have a serious effect on local businesses. For example, some companies borrow money for payroll. Some companies borrow money or use leverage for... read more...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
 The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, during December 7-18, 2009. There still remains optimism that this conference will result in the revision the Kyoto Protocol and will produce a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012. read more...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Progress is not a movement from some bad place where you think you are, to some perfect place you would like to be. Progress is about the development of oneself and by extension that of the society as a whole. And in our situation in Grenada today, change is not just a promise, it is an absolute necessity. read more...
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Sooner or later in your business life you will get stuck. It can happen for a variety of reasons; a personal problem, a chronic business problem or an outside condition that you simply have no control over. Don’t feel bad, because you are not alone. Getting stuck affects nearly every business owner or CEO. read more...
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Monday, October 5, 2009
In September, 2009, I wrote an article entitled: ‘Departing from the wisdom of VC Bird Sr, A Nation in Peril.’ With riveting honesty, it created a bone-chilling debate within Antigua and across the Caribbean. The article was a wake-up call on the complex ways that ethnicity and race intersect. read more...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Several months ago the Honduran military, along with Congressman Roberto Micheletti, the unlawful president of Honduras, overthrew the president of Honduras the Right Honorable Manuel Zelaya, who was duly elected by the people in a presidential election. Since the overthrow of this president, this... read more...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
The Republic of Haiti has maybe the largest number of artists per square mile than most countries in the world. This artistic pregnancy is spread evenly amongst the rich as well as the poor. It is due seemingly to the extraordinary natural beauty of the country. Each one of its towns and cities are surrounded by... read more...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
It’s now official. The G20 group of countries has replaced the G8 as “the premier forum for international economic cooperation”. In other words, the countries in the G20 will now make the rules for managing the global economy instead of the G8 – what used to be the world’s richest nations. read more...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
When it was first reported that Bahamian Senator Pleasant Bridgewater (49) and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne (47) were arrested for attempting to extort $25 million from John Travolta, I’m sure we all thought they had something truly compromising on him (like pictures of the Hollywood actor... read more...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Recently, the art of mediation was put in the Caribbean spotlight because of the dispute between the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association. For those who have no confidence in the system of alternative dispute resolution, the outcome would have given them the opportunity to... read more...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
 Banking once was a trusted and respected business. Even after the multitude of bank failures during the Great Depression of the 1930s and the savings and loan crises of the 1980s and 1990s, bankers were the pillars of their local communities. What banking and financial institutions need today is a... read more...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
President Obama has not taken any decisive steps to veer away from Washington’s benighted, near half-century trade embargo against Cuba. By refusing to take advantage of the opportunity to reject a longstanding and morally-bankrupt policy, which has achieved very few successes. read more...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The National Insurance Board (NIB) has responded to two releases by The Nassau Institute relating to a case study of the NIB's proposed combined tax increase of 84.1% in an effort to keep the fund solvent and add unemployment and pharmaceutical benefits. To reiterate, using data for an associate... read more...
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. Already its impacts are apparent and consequences severe. Arctic sea ice is disappearing faster than expected. Sea levels threaten to rise higher than previously anticipated. Coral reefs are dying. Water supplies are at risk from melting glaciers. read more...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
It has been widely said that political action in a country proceeds at the pace that is permitted by the understanding of its people. And it has also been declared by many who have spent decades operating in the system that we seem to be imprisoned in a combination of the hostile political forces. read more...
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Success means different things to different people. If you were to conduct a simple, non-scientific survey of people the world over asking if they want to be successful, there would be a resounding yes. Yet many persons live their lives in a manner that continually sabotaged their desire to succeed. read more...
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Monday, September 28, 2009
I love listening to the whispering voice of the people through stimulating talks and critical conversations. That voice represents a tea spoon sample of the people’s mood and perception. Because of shared openness between myself and the people, and through intuitive accessing, my line of inquiry provides... read more...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Recently Belize’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wilfred Seddie Elrington, initiated a program to involve Belizeans living in the Diaspora to participate and get involved in their country’s affairs. The foreign minister is aware of the vital role Belizeans living abroad play in the development of their beloved country Belize. read more...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Haiti has ten major cities besides Port au Prince, the capital. Four of them have a quality of life that makes them an oasis in a desert where good governance is as scarce as water in the Sahara. We can count amongst them St Marc with its deep port from where most of the succulent Haitian coffee departs. read more...
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Friday, September 25, 2009
In my commentary last week I made the point that the greatest destabilising force confronting the Caribbean and Central America is drug trafficking and its attendant crime, including illegal arms smuggling and distribution, robberies and executions. I called on the United States to take the lead... read more...
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Friday, September 25, 2009
Watching world leaders deliver speeches at the annual United Nations General Assembly is rather like watching actors perform in an Italian opera. And, frankly, their speeches usually have about as much practical import as the arias in an opera. Nevertheless, some of the notes sounded on Wednesday... read more...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
 Awhile back I thought that I would have no more to say on the topic of crime in the Federation. We now know and understand that it’s an issue that needs proactive resolutions and not reactive ambitions and explanations. My belief has been and has not changed, until politicians garner as much support... read more...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Parliament is the people’s forum, and when it is downgraded it is the voice of the people that is being extinguished. Parliament is supposed to be that place where every act of the government is held up to public scrutiny on the basis and the fulfillment of the promise to provide accountability, transparency, and... read more...
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Many times in life we face numerous distractions that cause us to take our eyes off the proverbial prize. In the timeshare industry, sales consultants are often reminded to “keep the main thing , the main thing” which is closing the sale. Professional football players in the National Football League are focused on... read more...
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