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The past few weeks have provided an invaluable insight into what some of the electorate are talking about and what their concerns really are. Every time I stop and talk to the voters in Warwick North East, the same issues crop up: affordable healthca...

Do you remember being little? All the doting relatives asking what you were going to be when you grow up. Young children are always so truthful, so sincere, and breathtakingly honest. Some children say they want to be a diver, while others it was to ...

A few months ago, I was given a message that I had been summoned to the court of Edwena Smith at her stately home on Montpelier Road in Devonshire. For those who didn’t know, Mrs Smith was a legendary teacher of Latin at the Berkeley Institute from 1...

In January I wrote two opinion pieces on the proposed sugar tax. Given that the Government has now laid the Customs Tariff Amendment (No. 2) Act 2018 before the House of Assembly, it is worth reminding you of what the World Health Organisation recomm...

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” These were words spoken by American entertainer Kanye West that speak to the complete lack of knowledge of the true horrors of 500 years of European colonialism ...

That white males earn 70 per cent more than black men in the category of personal income with respect to full-time employment of those aged 16 and above in the 2016 census should be pause for significant concern. Similarly, the companion statistic t...

May 5 is the recognised day for highlighting the work of midwives. International Day of the Midwife was launched in 1992 when the International Confederation of Midwives asked the world to focus on the role of midwives and midwifery, and to widen the...

On March 19, I attended the reading of the British Virgin Islands Budget 2018-19. Having just finished our own Budget session, I was very interested in witnessing their procedures. While sitting in the gallery, I was sent a note asking me to sit with...

On April 6 last year, The Royal Gazette published an article titled “Benefits to all when our graduates thrive”. It spoke of 2017 graduates of the Berkeley Institute as they participated in the mandatory “exit interview” for graduation. It requires t...

Last weekend, the rise of the Right in Europe continued at pace. In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party, Fidesz, with its coalition partner reportedly secured at least 133 of the 199 seats in the Hungarian Parliament. The Prime Minister said...