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Spotlight on Sport
When does this era of our cricket end?
Reginald St. H ShillingfordApril 2, 2015Every new dynasty of Caribbean cricket leadership avows to alter our downward spiral of performance in international circles but the trend of failure has persisted over the last twenty or ...
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Our Caribbean
A changing tide in Nigeria's fortunes?
Sir Ron SandersApril 2, 2015March 31st was a great day for democracy in Nigeria. It was also a great day for the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations. On that day, the electorate of Nigeria democratically ...
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Our Caribbean
Lee Kuan-Yew's Caribbean rescue in the Commonwealth
Sir Ron SandersMarch 29, 2015Lee Kuan-Yew, who led Singapore for three decades, died on March 23rd. He was a remarkable man who is best remembered for courageous leadership that converted a tiny island with ...
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Health WealthTyre burning at the landfill in Fond Cole
Dr. Janet TaylorMarch 24, 2015I was one the refugees who left Roseau on Friday, March 13 when I realized the billowing, black smoke wasn't a storm cloud but rather a fire out of control. ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Friction all around
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMarch 24, 2015As it turned out, West Indies scraped through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup Tournament on the strength of a few decimal places favourable in the run rate computations. ...
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Spotlight
Encountering tomorrow's writers, today
Ian JacksonMarch 24, 2015The title "encountering" is twofold in nature as the extracts you are about to read not only represents English students from various form levels at one secondary school, the Saint ...
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Our Caribbean
Vanuatu and Tuvalu – inadequate response to human suffering
Sir Ron SandersMarch 22, 2015People on the East Coast of the United States of America (US) and the Caribbean should consider how best they might lend a helping hand to the people of the ...
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In Retrospect
The Health Minister's assessmnent tour of health districts
Dr. Emanuel FinnMarch 18, 2015Recently the Cuban trained new Minister of Health, Dr. Kenneth Darroux, toured the seven (7) health districts on the island to assess health services. But the Labour MP from Petite ...
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Spotlight on Sport
Insipidity of the good loser syndrome
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMarch 18, 2015More than ever each World Cup has its many stories – a large number staying in the background and never really coming to light. England, the country which gave the ...
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Spotlight
Give credit to our MCs and sponsors- a response to ...
Ian JacksonMarch 18, 2015Well, the art of MC-ing has been found wanting everywhere. A few weeks ago, I lamented the fact that very few associates in the Arts cared about the health problems ...
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Our Caribbean
US and Venezuela: Don't fan the flames, put out the ...
Sir Ron SandersMarch 13, 2015US President Barack Obama's Executive Order imposing sanctions on another seven officials of the Venezuelan government for alleged intimidation of political opponents was boilerplate. In other words, the language is ...
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Spotlight on Sport
The ICC World Cup as it is panning out
Reginald St. H ShillingfordMarch 12, 2015The 2015 I.C.C World Cup pans out rather interestingly. There are a number of qualitative groupings within the general assemblage. Take Pool 'B" in which the West Indies are located. ...
