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Our Caribbean
Oil Prices Fall Sharply: Will Poor Populations benefit?
Sir Ron SandersOct. 20, 2014To anyone living in a developing country that is not an oil-producer, the present drop in the price of oil is very welcome.
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Our Caribbean
Tribute to Rafiq Khan
Sir Ron SandersOct. 13, 2014I learnt of Rafiq Khan's passing with a profound sense of sadness. He and I were rivals when we managed radio stations that competed for audiences and advertising revenue in ...
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Our Caribbean
Ebola: Why such Indifference to West Africa?
Sir Ron SandersOct. 9, 2014Is the global response to Ebola in West Africa indifference? Whatever it is, the response of governments has been abysmal with the single exception of Cuba whose government has sent ...
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Our Caribbean
"Right is might"- the reality and the dream
Sir Ron SandersSept. 26, 2014Activities at the United Nations in New York this week may have looked like a celebration of internationalism and a recognition that territorial wars, terrorism, religious intolerance, climate change, ethnic ...
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Our Caribbean
The Scotland Referendum: Democracy Won
Sir Ron SandersSept. 19, 2014The Scotland Referendum: Democracy Won
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Our Caribbean
Scotland's September 18 Referendum: Its consequences
Sir Ron SandersSept. 11, 2014If the people of Scotland vote for independence from the United Kingdom on September 18, they will be buying a one-way ticket to their own misfortune, and with consequences that ...
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Our Caribbean
Fifty-one years later Dr King's dream remains unfulfilled
Sir Ron SandersAug. 28, 2014I write this commentary on August 28, 2014 – fifty-one years after the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King Jr made his famous speech, "I have a dream" at the Lincoln ...
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Our Caribbean
Kamla is right
Sir Ron SandersAug. 21, 2014Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is right to have called for a special meeting of leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) "to take pre-emptive measures to ensure ...
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Our Caribbean
Scotland's Independence: Should the Commonwealth Caribbean care?
Sir Ron SandersAug. 15, 2014On September 18, the electorate in Scotland will vote in a referendum to decide if Scotland should be independent of the United Kingdom (UK). A vote for independence will have ...
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Our Caribbean
China will cast a huge shadow as Japan meets CARICOM
Sir Ron SandersJuly 24, 2014The word will not be spoken in any formal speeches and it won't be mentioned in final statements and declarations, but it will be talked about in the corridors and ...
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Our Caribbean
Why join the Commonwealth?
Sir Ron SandersJuly 11, 2014The Institute of Commonwealth Studies at London University held a colloquium on Thursday July 10 on the subject of "Why join the Commonwealth?". I was invited to be a lead ...
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Our Caribbean
Who rules from financial services rules?
Sir Ron SandersJune 24, 2014On May 29 the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) issued a public statement in which it said that it "recognises Guyana as a jurisdiction with significant AML/CFT (anti-money laundering ...