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Trinidad & Tobago: “Axe the Tax”!

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 13/11/2009

From Trinidad and Tobago, This Beach Called Life clears the air on “the not-so-new property tax that has angered homeowners into an angry fireball. Citizens, despite cursing and more cursing, were about to resign themselves to paying the much higher property tax when, out of nowhere, a flagpol ...

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Trinidad & Tobago: Art or Ego?

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 13/11/2009

“One thing that seems to me to distinguish good governance from bad is an understanding that cities and countries are built on communities, not on buildings”: Club Soda and Salt comments on Trinidad and Tobago's “latest white elephant”.

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Trinidad & Tobago: Will The Performing Arts Centre Perform?

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 12/11/2009

The construction of Trinidad and Tobago 's new National Academy for the Performing Arts has been controversial, but despite the obstacles, the academy was opened earlier this week , soliciting reactions from local bloggers...

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Bahamas, Cuba: Fair Trade?

Posted by Janine Mendes-Franco on 11/11/2009

Rick Lowe issues a few words of warning to the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce when it comes to doing business with Cuba: “The Chamber stands for ethics in business and I believe they are on shaky ground recommending we do business with a regime in Cuba that apparently does not honour basic human ...

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Climate Change Will Harm U.S. Economy, Economists Say

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/11/2009

Almost all 144 top economists surveyed for a New York University School of Law report agree that climate change threatens the United States economy and that carbon regulation — whether it’s a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system — will drive energy efficiency and innovation, re ...

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