Speaking Out

Some people derive pleasure and satisfaction from making others uncomfortable. They lack the ability to sympathise. Empathy is nowhere to be found in their mental make-up. As a boy no …

It is said that HINDSIGHT is “twenty-twenty vision”. This suggests that PERFECTION is guaranteed only after the FACT – on review. However, the “twenty-twenty” vision of which we now speak …

For the first time during my lifetime, I am reading that a Parliamentarian has questioned the imposition of Land Tax. I do not recall ever hearing, seeing or reading a …

I would like to congratulate Dr Sonia Browne, MP for St. Philip North, for calling for the Three Houses Park to be renamed after social worker and politician, the late …

“For him [Paul Elmer More], sin and redemption, justice and grace, were realities which the naturalists can ignore only at the cost of brutalizing society.” – (Russell Kirk) At the …

Cahill, what is Cahill? It was an ill-conceived project to use plasma gasification to use local and imported waste to generate electricity. Let me say if my writings offend your …

Ever so often someone trumpets the praises of Singapore with a comparison to Barbados that only matches closely in a few areas – both islands were British colonies, both gained …

Since the departure of Barclays from the banking industry in the Caribbean approximately 17 years ago, there has been the withdrawal of the Bank of Nova Scotia and more recently, …

It’s always sad when a life is lost due to misadventure and it’s even more tragic when young people lose their lives. This brings me to the tragic loss of …