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By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD Guest Writer I ran into a 20-something fellow, wearing a T-shirt that said, “I love being Black”. I had a wave of fond nostalgia, remembering how my mother began our outings with “I’m free, ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator During my post graduate studies, I was forced to vicariously walk among the ruins of a number of some fallen ancient empires — Roman, Egyptian, Greek, Israelite and Byzantine, plus a number of ...

By Dan Shepard Guest Writer Record global greenhouse gas emissions are putting the world on a path toward unacceptable warming, with serious implications for development prospects in Africa. “Limiting warming to 1.5° C is possible within the laws of chemistry ...

By David Comissiong* Guest Writer BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, January 10, 2019 (CMC) – I cannot speak for the rest of the Caribbean Community, but I can confidently assert that the people of Barbados, after some 52 years of national independence, are ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator While self-service technology may provide convenience and speed, it also converts law-abiding shoppers into petty thieves, by offering them ready-made excuses to take merchandise without paying. An ugly truth conceals itself behind the ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator My country ‘tis of thee I don’t like what I see and hear — that the end of the present A Partnership for National Unity (APNU)/Alliance For Change (AFC) government draws near. In ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Historically, the season called Xmas has been the recipient of a multiplicity of revisions, and I feel that the time has come for yet another modification. Do not get me wrong, but my ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator We are frequently bombarded, from all angles of society, with the axiom that the youths of today are the leaders of tomorrow. Many of our politicians have also adopted the phrase, although it ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Permit me, from an estrogenic perspective, to pose the following question: What has happened to men today? A rising tide of books, blogs, lectures, social media posts and magazine articles all point to ...

By Yvonne Sam Social and Political Commentator Although having both resided and being gainfully employed in Great Britain for over 12 years, especially in Woodford, the parliamentary constituency of Sir Winston Churchill, I feel that I have a somewhat slight ...