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Our Caribbean
New Year: New resolution or same old illusion?
Sir Ron SandersJan. 1, 2016The prospects of economic growth and social development for the English-speaking Caribbean region in 2016 are not bright. While there may be improvements in a few countries, they will each ...
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Our Caribbean
A passport to save the economy
Sir Ron SandersDec. 25, 2015Several countries in the Caribbean now operate a Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) under which high-worth foreigners can obtain citizenship and passports of these countries.
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Our CaribbeanRalph Gonsalves: a history making fourth term
Sir Ron SandersDec. 10, 2015Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is set to make history in St Vincent and the Grenadines as he starts a fourth term in office as Prime Minister. Having already completed fourteen years ...
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Our Caribbean
Tax-Havens, the need for action – Part 2
Sir Ron SandersNov. 15, 2015By the very criteria set in the United States (US) by the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC), several states in the US are "tax havens". But, they have not been named ...
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Our Caribbean
In face of 'tax haven' attack, CARICOM must unite
Sir Ron SandersNov. 6, 2015No member state of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ranks among the top 20 jurisdictions worldwide for financial secrecy. The United States of America (at number 3), Germany (8), Japan (12) ...
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Our Caribbean
It's all down to money
Sir Ron SandersOct. 30, 2015Money matters. It will matter a great deal when representatives of about 200 countries meet in Paris from 1 to 11 December to try, yet again, to settle a universally ...
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Our Caribbean
Hail to Jamaican accomplishment
Sir Ron SandersOct. 15, 2015On 13 October 2015 it was 44 years since a West Indian won the Man Booker Prize for the finest fiction written in English for the year. The first and ...
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Our Caribbean
Caribbean countries under attack
Sir Ron SandersOct. 2, 2015Once again Commonwealth Caribbean countries are under attack as "tax havens", even though they are nothing of the sort. This time it is not only the usual countries that have ...
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Our Caribbean
The Meaning of Pope Francis
Sir Ron SandersSept. 25, 2015Let me admit from the outset that as a baby I was baptized a Roman Catholic and for many years in my early childhood I was a faithful acolyte to ...
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Our Caribbean
The Queen's history making reign
Sir Ron SandersSept. 13, 2015On September 9, Queen Elizabeth 11 became the longest reigning monarch in British history. Her record also applies to her 15 realms other than Britain, the majority of them in ...
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Our Caribbean
CARICOM: A collective bargaining unit for rights
Sir Ron SandersAug. 23, 2015The Caribbean regional integration project is often described and criticised almost entirely on the uneven benefits of trade to member countries. But, important as it is, there is more to ...
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Our Caribbean
Of China's devalued currency, blood and windfalls
Sir Ron SandersAug. 15, 2015Republican US Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, sees 'blood' everywhere. Unhappy and irritated by a question put to him by a female Fox News TV journalist during a debate between several ...
