Editorial

There was a recent call by Prime Minister Gaston Browne for a “political ceasefire” among the country’s two main political parties in an effort for them to coalesce on the issue of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effect on…
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POINTS ON WHICH COVID-19 VACCINE TO TAKE… ‘pic sense outta nan sense’ ***Disclaimer: I do not profit financially from the sale or distribution of any particular vaccine. I am a licensed healthcare worker, but I am not a…
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The previous two editorials published on Monday and Wednesday in PointeXpress expressed strong condemnation of and disappointment in the actions of Europe and North America in their attempts to hoard the world’s vaccines supply for…
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In our last issue (Monday February 1st, 2021), highly respected physician, Dr. Lester Simon, sought to put to rest the many rumours that have been circulating in the country, almost from the start of the pandemic, that the Ministry of…
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When many hear the word ‘discipline,’ it is common for the first association to be with a form of repressive control, such as in a school environment where coercion might be used to get students to comply with rules. While that is one sense…
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The season of Christmas is a time for celebrating the birth of our risen and ascended Lord, Jesus Christ. While there are those who may argue that the date is misplaced, there are few who would doubt the importance of the yuletide season in…
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J’Moul Francis BA Law, LLM, (EU Law, Competition Law, and International Law); Commonwealth Scholar, Legal Commentary Blogger at www.francisobiter.org  Last week on Thursday 10th December 2020, the world marked ‘Human Rights Day’ under…
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It’s the news that the world has been waiting for since March when COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The US-based Center for Disease Control (CDC) is about to greenlight the use of the Pfizer vaccine.…
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At a time when the Caribbean has had little to celebrate since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, the news that LIAT, the Antigua-based regional carrier, returned to a limited commercial schedule last week was indeed good…
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On Thursday, scores of pensioners, angry over late payments from the Social Security Scheme (SSS), gathered outside the Office of the Prime Minister to protest. The group of pensioners and their supporters gathered to ventilate their…
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