CARIBBEAN MUST REFOCUS – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 06 OCTOBER 2008 “So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me” – Philemon 1:17 An article entitled “House approves historic bailout bill” by Carolyn Lockhead which appeared in last Saturday’s San Francisco Chronicle […]
BAILOUT OR INVESTMENT – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 29 SEPTEMBER 2008 “So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me” – Philemon 1:17 At the end of last week, there were many global reports in the print and electronic media concerning the […]
BALANCE IS A KEY TO SUCCESS – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2008 “A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work” – Proverbs 16:11 Two weeks ago the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. Marion […]
WEALTH CREATION – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 15 SEPTEMBER 2008 “But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swear unto thy fathers, as it is this day” – […]
SHEPHERDING, FUNDING AND SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 08 SEPTEMBER 2008 “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want” – Psalm 23:1 Ten years ago, the changing international environment and its impact on traditional trading and business patterns in the Caribbean region forced policy […]
BALANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 01 SEPTEMBER 2008 “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he” – Proverbs 29:18. “The Walcott-Jagdeo Carifesta clash: Who lost?” This was a headline in the Kaieteur News in […]
CDERA TO REACH THE PEOPLE – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 25 AUGUST 2008 “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” – Psalm 23:4 I […]
GOVERNANCE IN WI CRICKET – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN TO APPEAR IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 18 AUGUST 2008 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and […]
GROWTH DESPITE ADVERSITY – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN APPEARED IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 11 AUGUST 2008 “The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death” – Proverbs 13:14 I have stated in this column before that the purpose of life, in my ‘book’, is to […]
SOUTH-SOUTH DIALOGUE – BASIL SPRINGER COLUMN APPEARING IN THE BARBADOS ADVOCATE’S BUSINESS MONDAY ON 04 AUGUST 2008 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” – Psalm 133:1 The concept of Smart Partnership for global cooperative prosperity grew out of a dialogue among members of the Commonwealth Partnership […]