Why this weird Indian tax rule is scaring fund managers across the globe
By Henry Jamieson From Seeking Alpha Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. Summary Summary 20% tax on book profits. Potential to apply to the…
How corrupt is Britain? Massively
Review by Gwyn Griffiths from The Morning Star How Corrupt is Britain? Edited by David Whyte (Pluto Press, £16.99) THE CONCLUSION of this excellent book is that institutional corruption in Britain is endemic and Professor David Whyte has assembled an…
The ignorance of Ivan O’Neal makes me sad
By Peter Binose After reading Ivan O’Neal’s party political piece in all three of last Friday’s newspapers in SVG. I was horrified that once again he is bringing forward an obvious hatred for people who are better off than him,…
Jamaica’s Education Ministry fueling superstition
By Michael A. Dingwall While I was prepared to ignore this new school prank about a demon named Charlie who is supposed to communicate by moving pencils as a joke, I was taken a little bit by surprise to hear…
Letter to the Editor
Issues surrounding appointment of Mr. Robert Schuster From Courtenay Barnett Colin, It appears to me upon a legal analysis that for the past 3 months the “Judge” was not properly appointed in accordance with the law ( see attachments and…
Is ISIS in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
By Peter Binose, Madrid. Monday, May 25, 2015 Did they find everyone who had been issued a dodgy Vincentian passport that allowed them to change their name without declaring their previous name? Did they get back every dodgy passport issued?…
Thoughts from a Vet on Memorial Day
By Jack Pachuta I was raised in Canton, Ohio. Long before the city became known as the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, it was the place where William McKinley campaigned for and won the presidency in 1896…
COMMENT: French debt cancellation is no victory for reparations
By Michael A. Dingwall It has now been reported that the government of France has cancelled the debts owed to it by Haiti. Now while those who have been pushing for reparations from Europe for the so-called crimes of slavery…
Venezuela gives PetroCaribe Funds to the Caribbean Ponce’s whilst its own people prostitute themselves to stay alive.
By Peter Binose, Central London Saturday, May 16, 2015 Ponce; noun: one who lives off a prostitute’s earnings. Venezuela president currently has only a 20% approval rating. Yes they have built some houses and apartments for the poor, but that…
Obama, Biden, Kerry: Energy security is needed in the Caribbean
From Energy Trends Insider For two decades, the United States has virtually ignored the geopolitics of the islands of the Caribbean: since the end of the Cold War, the region had changed from a playground of superpowers in America’s backyard…