EDITORIAL - Global financial turbulence; local impact possible
In the heat of the general election campaign, it is easy to lose sight of the turbulence which unfolded on the global financial markets last week. On Thursday, the main global stock markets declined sharply - with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling...
Political debates or press conferences
In the 1980s, I enjoyed being part of the United Theological College of the West Indies' debating team which included persons such as Clinton Chisholm, Kirton Lashley and Rodwell Thom. For two years, we debated the Halls of UWI Mona campus and never lost... - Devon Dick
Portia, Bruce and trust
During the leadership debate on Saturday night, my telephones rang without letting up. My friends and colleagues in the Caribbean and the U.S. were constantly calling to express dismay at what they felt was the poor showing of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller... - Vernon Daley
Arctic scramble
At the beginning of August, mini-submarines planted a Russian flag on the Arctic seabed at the North Pole, symbolically claiming the Lomonosov Ridge, an underwater mountain range, as part of the country's continental shelf. If the claim were accepted, it would expand... - Gwynne Dyer
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