June 19, 2008 EDWARD HARRIS AT LARGE! OAS/YABT TO LAUNCH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT IN ST. LUCIA Finally, St. Lucian businesses and industries will officially be a part of a global thrust to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in their enterprises. In recent years businesses were involved in philanthropic programmes as they attempted to reach [...]
CHRONICLING A CAREER – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 23 JUNE 2008 “We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ” – 1 Thessalonians 1:3 The day is [...]
June 10, 2008 EDWARD HARRIS AT LARGE! THE ST. LUCIA GOVERNMENT IMPASSE NOW SETTLED HON. RUFUS BOUSQUET IS BACK IN THE CABINET!!! The period of uncertainty has ended and some semblance of normalcy has returned to the nation. Hon. Rufus Bousquet was assigned the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Investment with responsibility [...]
June 13, 2008 EDWARD HARRIS AT LARGE! PUT LESSONS LEARNED AT CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS TO WORK IN YOUR ORGANISATION!!! Saint Lucia continues to be the conference destination of choice in the OECS. June is one of the busiest months so far this year. CAIC, Commonwealth Secretariat, Caricom, OAS and other agencies would have held conferences [...]
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 16 JUNE 2008 “Then I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people – The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other along the wall. Wherever you hear the [...]
June 6, 2008 EDWARD HARRIS AT LARGE! BARACK OBAMA – THE MAN OF THE MOMENT!!! I feel that my selected motivational quote speaks to the success of Senator Barack Obama and I made the decision to share it with you at the beginning of my article. . YOUR ASPIRATIONS ARE YOUR POSSIBILITIES The first ingredient [...]
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVOLUTION – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 09 JUNE 2008 “When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away” – Luke 21:9 In February 1999 Lester Brown, president of the Worldwatch [...]
May 28, 2008 EDWARD HARRIS AT LARGE! THE ST. LUCIA GOVERNMENT IMPASSE PARLIAMENTARIANS RUFUS BOUSQUET & MARCUS NICHOLAS WILL BE BACK IN THE CABINET! It has been three weeks of turmoil in the Government of Prime Minister, Honourable Stephenson King. The main subject of the impasse was the removal of Senator Ausbert d’Auvergne who members [...]
MAY 30, 2008 EDWARD HARRIS AT LARGE! INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY WHAT WILL IT BE – A MINISTRY OR A SECRETARIAT??? It is very clear that if we are to be actors on the world stage, Innovation and Technology must be placed on the front burner. No time should be lost in finding a driver for [...]
THE CARIBBEAN ECONOMY: FROM PERIL TO STABILITY – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 02 JUNE 2008 “Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from [...]