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by Swinburne Lestrade The silliness, mischief and shenanigans that characterised the last few weeks, indeed the entire four-year term, of a certain Donald J. Trump have me reflecting on the issue of civility and incivility in politics. There were huge incivilities on display in the USA, as there were in nature Isle of Dominica. Incivility is the most generous term that we can use to describe much of Trump’s behaviour,
by Kenny Green To understand the dynamics of the importance of social protection and the working class we can refer to a particular case. India is a superpower. One of the BRICS and a country teeming with wealth. It also features close to 350 million people with no access to modern sanitation, or in other words, the basic flushing toilet. In fact, they do not even have access to the
Money Laundering and Its Effects by Annette Severin-Lestrade Consequences of Money Laundering According to Marcus Pleyer in his article Lead by Example, “Money laundering is not a victimless crime, and the ramifications of ineffective action are real”. In previous articles, we discussed the meaning and process of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing (ML/TF/PF) and we gave examples of the various forms that money laundering can take. Let us
by Adrian Augier Many people wonder why we love to flout rules; why we hate to line up; why we treat authority with such scant regard. In this environment of lock up and crackdown, most explanations presume indifference, indiscipline, or both. But easy answers do not describe the root of the problem; or if the root is a problem at all. Fact is, anyone brave enough to challenge the status
by Kenneth Green The biggest challenge to the organic growth of Caribbean entrepreneurs is the WTO-driven reliance on free trade. This is the biggest factor in the distrust of China in many countries where Chinese influence has started competing with American advertising and brands. Free trade is not fair trade, and the Caribbean is a battleground for competing traders. The sheer enormity of the demand for raw materials needed by
by Kenneth Green The need for serious Caribbean originated policy discussions on how the region and its countries should be engaging with the Chinese Government and Chinese business, is testament to the growing importance of that relationship. China is the world’s fastest growing economy and carded to become the world’s biggest economy by 2030, according to the think tank, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). The importance of
by Swinburne Lestrade The silliness, mischief and shenanigans that characterised the last few weeks, indeed the entire four-year term, of a certain Donald J. Trump have me reflecting on the issue of civility and incivility in politics. There were huge incivilities on display in the USA, as there were in nature Isle of Dominica. Incivility is the most generous term that we can use to describe much of Trump’s behaviour,
by Kenny Green To understand the dynamics of the importance of social protection and the working class we can refer to a particular case. India is a superpower. One of the BRICS and a country teeming with wealth. It also features close to 350 million people with no access to modern sanitation, or in other words, the basic flushing toilet. In fact, they do not even have access to the
Money Laundering and Its Effects by Annette Severin-Lestrade Consequences of Money Laundering According to Marcus Pleyer in his article Lead by Example, “Money laundering is not a victimless crime, and the ramifications of ineffective action are real”. In previous articles, we discussed the meaning and process of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing (ML/TF/PF) and we gave examples of the various forms that money laundering can take. Let us
by Adrian Augier Many people wonder why we love to flout rules; why we hate to line up; why we treat authority with such scant regard. In this environment of lock up and crackdown, most explanations presume indifference, indiscipline, or both. But easy answers do not describe the root of the problem; or if the root is a problem at all. Fact is, anyone brave enough to challenge the status
by Kenneth Green The biggest challenge to the organic growth of Caribbean entrepreneurs is the WTO-driven reliance on free trade. This is the biggest factor in the distrust of China in many countries where Chinese influence has started competing with American advertising and brands. Free trade is not fair trade, and the Caribbean is a battleground for competing traders. The sheer enormity of the demand for raw materials needed by
by Kenneth Green The need for serious Caribbean originated policy discussions on how the region and its countries should be engaging with the Chinese Government and Chinese business, is testament to the growing importance of that relationship. China is the world’s fastest growing economy and carded to become the world’s biggest economy by 2030, according to the think tank, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). The importance of