Peter Josie

INSPIRATION SOMETIMES COMES FROM UNEXPECTED PLACES

People remember how you make them feel; so does a good movie. Before Black Panther was released in Saint Lucia,… Read More

7 years ago

FREE SPEECH WAS NEVER UNCONDITIONAL!

Long before there were radio, television and newspapers, people communicated their feelings through speech, signs and symbols. Read More

7 years ago

THE BUILDING BLOCKS TO CONTENTMENT AND SUCCESS

The following is adapted from Fr. Charles’ writing in the Trinidad Guardian of November 12, 2007. At that time, I,… Read More

7 years ago

THE HARD-LEARNED LESSONS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]very now and then, certain developed countries at the United Nations reach for a word that is loosely bandied about… Read More

7 years ago

PRAISE WHERE IT’S MERITED

Most people, who think they know me, associate the name with politics, by which they mean local party politics. Read More

7 years ago

My Person of the Year

I returned home rejuvenated after a brief respite in the cold north/east United States. I meant to inform you, via… Read More

7 years ago

PENNY WISE POUND STUPID?

The process of paying or receiving money from government is often time consuming and frustrating. Repetitive paperwork adds to delays… Read More

7 years ago

POLITICS, SOUR GRAPES AND OBSTRUCTIONISTS

Writing in the Crusader newspaper around the mid-1970s, and later in the VOICE and the STAR, I praised those worthies… Read More

7 years ago

OFFLOADING MONKEYS FROM OUR BACKS 2018: the Year for jettisoning Falsehoods

This year, 2018, my articles will continue to raise the level of dialogue and discussion, and hopefully bring new insight… Read More

7 years ago

WINGS OF STEEL

The Star Publishing Company turned thirty in June 2017. It was an idea long in incubation, as worthy ideas often… Read More

7 years ago

THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS GIFT

This Christmas the following piece, which was written some three years ago in another newspaper captioned ‘The Greatest Gift’, is… Read More

7 years ago

CARICOM AND CUBA SOLIDARITY

Another CARICOM-Cuba summit, the sixth, has recently ended in Antigua and Barbuda. These summits followed the establishment of diplomatic relations… Read More

7 years ago

TO SQUARE THE CIRCLE . . . A job for Prime Ministers and Presidents?

If one were to carefully distill the biographies of prime ministers and presidents on leaving office, it would be clear… Read More

7 years ago

A Tribute To Fidel as He Grows in Death

It was a late invitation which, at first, I considered skipping out on but, out of deference to the Saint… Read More

7 years ago

A MAN LIKE MUGABE…

It’s impossible not to be fascinated by a man such as former President Mugabe of Zimbabwe who, at 93, was… Read More

7 years ago

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS

The pressure of daily living often leaves little room for those focussed on desired ends, to do much else. In… Read More

7 years ago

AN AVOIDANCE OF SCIENTIFIC RIGOUR AND PROBITY

On Thursday November 2, on TALK I was intrigued by the resurrection of a long past and not-so-secret love letter… Read More

7 years ago

THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE! WHO WILL GUIDE THEM?

If we believe that the people are the only moving force in world history, the question is: Who will guide… Read More

7 years ago

EACH MUST EXAMINE HIS LIFE; EACH MUST PLAY HIS PART!

The dictum that the unexamined life is not worth living was credited to Socrates even though the words may have… Read More

7 years ago

Letter to the Editor – WHO TAUGHT WHOM A LESSON?

We were flabbergasted when the former prime minister announced that Allen Chastanet wanted to teach him a lesson by simply… Read More

7 years ago

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